May 2021

German operator Telefónica Deutschland/O2, which is controlled by Spanish telco Telefónica, is bundling frequencies using carrier aggregation (CA) technology to raise speeds for customers on its 5G networks. “We are …

Test equipment and antenna company PCTel has acquired Swedish company Smarteq Wireless, which develops external antennas for vehicular, energy and industrial IoT applications. PCTEL acquired Smarteq from Allgon AB for …

US Cellular continues to push the limits of 5G millimeter wave, announcing this week that it was able to demonstrate sustained average downlink speeds of about 1 Gbps and peak …

Poland-based industrial IoT provider AIUT has deployed a LoRaWAN network for the local water and sewage company in the city of Piekary Śląskie, in Poland, to connect smart water meters. …

Verizon plans to cover 46 markets with 5G C-Band spectrum in the first quarter of 2022 Verizon, Ericsson and MediaTek conducted a recent lab trial, in which the group aggregated …

  LafargeHolcim, a global specialist in building solutions, has partnered with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad with the aim of collaborating on the development of innovative and smart …

Deloitte provides three reasons that the U.S. digital divide remains Following the digital divide wake-up call prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic and the reveal of President Joe Biden’s sweeping infrastructure …

France had a total of 24,219 5G authorized sites as of May 1, of which 13,332 were declared technically operational by the local mobile operators, according to the latest information …

Taiwanese operator Chunghwa Telecom expects to end 2021 with over 10,000 5G stations across Taiwan, the company’s president, Harrison Kuo, said during a conference call with investors. Kuo said that …

After years of fierce rivalry, stretching back to the early days of IoT in France, spilling over into open hostility in recent years as the fabled IoT market has struggled …

This article is taken from a new Enterprise IoT Insights report on Industrial 5G SLAs. The full article, including additional sections, along with the rest of the report – with …

Belgium-based open RAN provider Accelleran has raised €6.8 million in a Series B funding round led by Cogito Capital Partners. The new funds will go to support its “global expansion”, …

  CommScope posted net sales of $469.6 million in its venue and campus networks business division in the first quarter of 2021, flat compared to the same quarter in 2020, …

The Competitive Carriers Association says that it has conducted analysis of awards in the Rural Digital Opportunities Fund and found that as much as $1 billion of the more than …

Verizon Business is claiming “global IoT connectivity”, after launching “permanent roaming options” in North America and Western Europe on a single SIM. It said enterprises can use it for IoT …

In a new Q&A report series, Enterprise IoT Insights talks with select industry leaders about how digital systems – including 5G, AI, IoT, and edge, plus other key technologies – …

Semtech is working with EchoStar Mobile, a mobile satellite services provider in Europe, to test satellite connectivity services enabled by the LoRaWAN protocol. The pair want to create the “first …

WBA CEO: ‘As operators and enterprises adopt OpenWiFi, they will need OpenRoaming’ The Telecom Infra Project (TIP) has adopted the OpenRoaming standard for its OpenWiFi initiative, which launches officially on …

American Tower Corporation (ATC) and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), a global investment group, announced that the latter will acquire a 30% stake in ATC Europe. ATC …

Canadian telecoms operator Telus announced plans to expand its next-generation 5G network to an additional 529 new urban and rural communities across the country by the end of the year. …

In a new Q&A report series, Enterprise IoT Insights talks with select industry leaders about how digital systems – including 5G, AI, IoT, and edge, plus other key technologies – …

The trials will test the interoperability between Play’s 2G/3G legacy networks and Samsung’s latest solutions Samsung Electronics is beginning work with Polish mobile operator Play on 4G and 5G trials …

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 up the time machine, put on …

Cisco characterizes Power-over-Ethernet as a “fourth utility” in smart buildings In a new blog post, Cisco’s Anoop Vetteth, vice president of product management for Enterprise Switching and Software Solutions, examined …

Will Starlink’s low-earth-orbit-based satellite broadband service actually be comparable to, or better than, terrestrial broadband? The company won nearly $900 million in funds from the federal government based on the …