Monthly Archives: August, 2022

Lyft, Motional to launch new robotaxi in Vegas

Motional and Lyft have been conducting autonomous rides in Las Vegas since 2018   Motional and Lyft announced the launch of the former’s new all-electric IONIQ...

Extreme Networks launches first outdoor Wi-Fi 6E access point

The outdoor AP combines Wi-Fi 6E, advanced security and AI/ML capabilities in a single solution Extreme Networks revealed the Extreme AP5050, which it claimed is...

FirstNet board approves $358m budget

"Cellular devices are centric to what we're doing," LAPD commander tells the FirstNet board The First Responders Network Authority board has approved the agency's budget...

Kagan: Frontier Enterprise hires BT exec to wake up business segment

Frontier Communications has been through the ringer in recent years. They are now in the process of recovery and rebuilding in a marketplace that...

Semtech supports water monitoring system in New Zealand

IoT Ventures selected Semtech to supply LoRa devices for its Drought Early Warning System, a network of low-cost rainwater tank and rain monitors   IoT semiconductor...

#TBT: Is throttling necessary?; VoLTE proves its quality; Cisco shifts skills mix … this week in 2014

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...

Malaysian operators finally agree to take stake in wholesale 5G network

The Malaysian government established an August deadline for operators to accept the stake in DNB or else lose 5G spectrum access Malaysia’s transition to 5G...

Three Open RAN obstacles: Servers, RIC testing and optionality

In a bit of circularity, the Open RAN promise of full optionality between hardware and software components is also an overarching difficulty in deploying...

Mavenir sales job cuts suggest shifting Open RAN market

Mavenir is 'looking to optimize,' said executive A month and a half after reports emerged about widespread layoffs at Parallel Wireless, Mavenir, another Open...

Viavi expands support to 6G research initiatives

Viavi is supporting 6G research activities at the Northeastern University, the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Surrey Viavi Solutions said it...

Omnispace strikes a new partnership aimed at space-based 5G

The company is working Smart Communications to explore and demonstrate the capabilities of space-based 5G communications According to its website, Virginia-based Omnispace is on a mission to...

Amazon gets permission for drone testing in three locations

Amazon Prime Air has received permission from the Federal Communications Commission for drone testing over the next two years, using millimeter-wave spectrum. The company,...

What’s the innovative potential of Open RAN? It’s all about the RIC

The RIC is key to Open RAN network programmability and automation Looking past the TCO benefits associated with Open RAN, the real value operators are...

Comba secures part of a picocell contract with China Mobile

Comba noted that this deployment with China Mobile involved 20,000 small cell base stations   Hong Kong-based wireless infrastructure provider Comba Network, which is a subsidiary...

Does Huawei’s event set out a blueprint for future telco success? (Analyst Angle)

Huawei recently held its Win-Win Innovation Week in late July 2022 in Shenzhen, China. After a flurry of presentations on a wide range of...

How telcos can create an empathetic customer engagement strategy (Reader Forum)

The telecommunications space is increasingly crowded. No longer does one provider rule ‘em all like the days of Ma Bell; now, traditional telecommunications providers...

1&1 carries out first live test of its 5G network

1&1 said that the first customers will be able to start using internet services provided by its new 5G network in the summer German carrier...

India initiates process to award additional 5G spectrum: Report

Through this process, the DoT aims to unlock and sell a total of 5,500 megahertz of spectrum India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has formed an...

Verizon partners with Hi-Rez Studios on 5G mobile gaming

Verizon 5G customers can download the developer's latest game at 'super-fast speeds' on a mobile device Verizon announced a 5G connectivity collaboration with Hi-Rez Studios...

The future of USF: Make tech companies pay?

The Federal Communications Commission has made a required report to Congress on the future of the Universal Service Fund, and one of the most...

Globe Telecom sells thousands of towers in $1.28 billion deal

Globe Telecom has sold more than 5,700 of its mobile towers, with another 1,350 towers pending Filipino carrier Globe Telecom has confirmed the sale of...

US Army’s next-gen weapons program to use firearms with IoT tech

ARC said it technology platform will provide data on individual weapons at scale   National security and public safety company Armaments Research Company (ARC)said that its...

Hyundai Motor, Boston Dynamics announce AI R&D center in the US

Hyundai Motor Group said that the set up of the new AI center in Massachusetts will require a total investment of $424 million   Hyundai Motor...

Cradlepoint extends its NetCloud network-as-a-service offering

The Network-as-a-Service offering adds secure connect and will sport advanced SD-WAN and ZTNA by the end of the year Wireless WAN provider Cradlepoint on Tuesday...

Google Cloud to shut down IoT Core service next year

Google Cloud plans to shut down its Cloud IoT Core service, which was touted as a fully managed IoT connectivity service, in one year. The...
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