Monthly Archives: February, 2021

Nokia partners with Brazil’s CPQD to develop 5G O-RAN solutions

Finnish vendor Nokia announced a partnership with Brazil’s Telecommunications Research and Development Center (CPQD), which is an independent government-affiliated research body, to jointly develop...

COSMOTE, Ericsson, PTC combine on ‘first’ LTE smart-factory network in Greece

Mobile operator COSMOTE has deployed the first LTE-based private campus network in Greece for smart manufacturing, it has announced. The new deployment, at a...

AI and ML for RAN optimization, automation

Adding intelligence to the radio access network is the focal point of AI and ML adoption by telecom operators and their vendors. And given...

The Sunday Brief: Valentine’s Day edition—telecom love is in the air (and not on the ground)

Happy Valentine’s Day from Charlotte/ Davidson/ Lake Norman, NC.  We have prepared a very special issue this week for both President’s Day and Valentine’s...

Kagan: Xfinity, AT&T expansion slows during COVID-19

Over the last year, it looks like everything has flip-flopped, at least temporarily. Thanks to COVID-19, carriers who were expanding beyond their traditional core,...

Pivotal Commware raises $50 million

Millimeter-wave network equipment company Pivotal CommWare has raised $50 million in new funding that aims to help the company scale and support midband spectrum...

Rakuten Mobile attracts 2.5 million mobile customers

Japanese mobile operator Rakuten Mobile announced that 2.5 million customers had applied for a free unlimited mobile offer by Feb. 8. The mobile unit of...

KT ends 2020 with 3.62 million 5G subscribers: CFO

Korean operator KT ended 2020 with a total of 3.62 million subscribers in the 5G segment, the telco said in its earnings statement. In the...

China Mobile, Huawei launch 5G 4.9 GHz indoor network with 3 Gbps peak rate

    China Mobile Shanghai and Huawei deployed what they claim to be the world's first 4.9 GHz commercial LampSite network in Shanghai, China. In a release,...

Test and Measurement: Sony field-tests mobile next-generation broadcasting to vehicles

Sony this week detailed the results of field testing of ATSC 3.0 broadcasting to vehicles. ATSC 3.0, or NextGen TV, allows broadcasters to send...

The present and future of network automation

As 5G continues its evolution toward broad digital enablement of the enterprise, the proliferation of artificial intelligence and machine learning in networks will be...

5 telecommunications predictions for 2021 (Reader Forum)

It is not often that a singular event has a profound impact on nearly every industry, but this year’s global pandemic did just that-...

Telefónica, Leonardo put private 5G to work on UK’s next-gen Tempest fighter plane

The UK divisions of Spain-based mobile operator Telefónica and Italy-based aerospace manufacturer Leonardo have announced a deal to collaborate on private 5G for Industry...

Volkswagen reaches for the cloud with Microsoft to orchestrate smart cars

Volkswagen Group is to build a cloud-based ‘automated driving platform’ on Microsoft Azure to accelerate development of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and automated...

5G at the Super Bowl has ‘dramatically improved’ since last year, GWS finds

The 5G experience at this year's Super Bowl saw a dramatic improvement over what was available to users last year, according to testing by...

America Movil to acquire 5G frequencies in LatAm markets: CEO

Mexican telecom group America Movil plans to invest about $8 billion this year to boost its network infrastructure and acquire additional 5G spectrum in...

Honeywell, Idemia partner to foster smart building ecosystem

  Smart building tech and service company Honeywell and Idemia, a specialist in augmented identity, announced a strategic alliance to create an intelligent building ecosystem. The...

Sigfox migrates IoT infrastructure to Google Cloud in pursuit of ‘massive IoT agenda’

Sigfox is to migrate its entire IoT infrastructure to Google Cloud, the company has said. Until now, Sigfox has managed its core network infrastructure...

French institute kicks off pan-European 6G research project

French research institute for electronics and information technologies CEA-Leti has announced a new European Union "6G" research project for next-generation wireless connectivity.. Called RISE-6G, it...

Telefónica taps Mavenir and AWS to offer cloud-native IoT to enterprises everywhere

Telefónica is working with Mavenir and Amazon Web Services (AWS) to offer managed IoT connectivity to industrial, manufacturing, public sector, and automotive customers anywhere...

After just two years, Google’s gaming gambit goes aground

Google will no longer make games in-house for its Stadia gaming platform It’s been two nearly years since Google launched its Stadia gaming platform designed...

#TBT: AT&T intros PocketNet; Pacific Bell preps for GSM; Bell South sells cellular online … this week in 1997

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire...

Nokia working on bespoke industrial and municipal IoT for 5G O-RAN in Brazil

Nokia has a new arrangement with a government affiliated telecoms research centre in Brazil to develop solutions for industrial and municipal IoT using open...

Private LTE / 5G market jumps seven percent during industry’s annus horribilis

The coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has sharpened industrial appetites for private LTE and 5G based networking solutions, with the market growing in the face of...

Verizon and Deloitte to help ‘unlock’ retail data with 5G, MEC platform

Verizon Business and Deloitte hope to help retail locations “unlock” in-store data with a 5G and mobile edge computing (MEC) digital platform that is...
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