Monthly Archives: January, 2024

Test and Measurement: Anritsu boosts NTN testing

Test company Anritsu said recently that the first Non-Terrestrial Network protocol conformance tests for narrowband IoT were validated on its 5G NR Mobile Device...

Kagan: FWA 5G home internet and satellite are changing home broadband

Cable TV and telephone broadband challenged by new technology Traditional broadband is being threatened by new competitors and changing technology. It’s out with the old,...

Dynamite deployments, decent growth, desperate telcos – private 5G in 2024 (four predictions)

Is this a review of 2023, or a forecast for 2024? It could be either, on the grounds it looks backwards to look forwards,...

CHIPS funding to expand facilities in Colorado, Oregon

The Biden administration announced an agreement with semiconductor producer Microchip Technologies to expand its domestic production capacity of legacy chips, supported with $162 million...

#TBT: Time Warner bundles wireless; Considering content convergence; Send maps to your mobile … this week in 2005

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...

Zain Kuwait completes 5.5G test with Huawei

Zain Kuwait also tested Ultra-Reliable Low Latency Communication (URLLC) Zain Kuwaut said it has achieved speeds of 10 Gigabits per second after completing a 5.5G...

Intel, DigitalBridge launch enterprise generative AI firm Articul8

Articul8 was created with intellectual property (IP) and technology developed at Intel Intel Corporation and DigitalBridge Group, a global investment firm, announced the formation of...

Thailand seeks to create four new MVNOs by 2026

The government of Thailand said the proposed MVNO regulations stipulate that the existing operators can hold a share of the new regional MVNOs The chairman...

Is automation the answer for the 5G labor shortage? (Reader Forum)

In the transition to 5G, communication service providers (CSPs) have invested billions of dollars in building their infrastructure and virtualizing key components. Funding from...

TeamViewer invests ‘double-digit millions’ in Industry 4.0 duo to drive AI/AR IoT offer

German enterprise group-comms software provider TeamViewer, which has featured prominently in remote collaboration and augmented reality (AR) use cases for early private cellular network...

Jio expects to get approval for its satellite broadband offering soon

Jio has already completed with all the required submissions to local regulator IN-SPACe Indian telco Reliance Jio Infocomm is expected to gain landing rights and...

HFCL secures order to upgrade optical transport network for BSNL

BSNL previosuly said it expected to launch a 4G network this year Indian telecoms vendor HFCL has signed a deal worth INR 11.2 billion ($135...

SpaceX launches first direct-to-cell satellites

Newly launched Starlink satellites will support reciprocal access services with MNOs On Tuesday evening, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in...

How does RAN modernization foster sustainability?

The sustainability North Star— “zero traffic, zero watt” The radio access network (RAN) is the biggest energy draw in a mobile network. Because of this,...

France starts 2024 with 44,134 5G authorized sites

Mobile carriers in France are currently providing 5G services through spectrum in 700 MHz, 2.1 GHz and 3.5 GHz bands France had a total of...

Kigen announces eSIM / iSIM deals with IoT platform providers Neue and TEAL

Ireland-based SIM specialist Kigen has issued a couple of announcements about supply deals in the eSIM / iSIM space. The firm is working separately...

Industry 4.0 lighthouses commended for AI-based productivity, sustainability gains

The World Economic Forum has inducted 21 manufacturing operations into its Industry 4.0 hall-of-fame based on their usage of sundry digital tech, notably AI,...

Lenders refuse to extend fresh funds to Vodafone Idea: Report

Vodafone Idea needs to obtain fresh financing in order to be in a position to launch its 5G network Indian carrier Vodafone Idea may face...

Orange Spain ends 2023 with 2,463 cities covered by 5G

Orange reported its 5G network currently covers 83.2% of the country’s overall population Spanish telco Orange ended 2023 with a total of 2,463 towns and...

EchoStar, Dish complete merger

Charlie Ergen's network companies are now officially one entity again, with EchoStar having completed its merger with Dish Network. The all-stock transaction was completed...

BT reportedly misses deadline to fully remove Huawei gear

BT said that all 4G and 5G data sessions and voice calls are now delivered by non-Huawei core equipment' U.K carrier BT Group missed the...

Kagan: Could TM Technologies help solve wireless spectrum shortage?

Being developed for the US military, could TM solve spectrum data crunch We use more wireless data every year, but the spectrum we use to...

Seven IoT reports to set you up for 2024 – on cellular/non-cellular edge/cloud private/public IoT

Some new-year reading, before the 2024 news agenda goes into over-drive; here, the enterprise team at RCR Wireless picks some choice long-form reports from...

Four telco trends to navigate in 2024 (Reader Forum)

It’s been an interesting 12 months for the telecommunications industry. From the rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI) to ongoing macroeconomic instability, telcos have...

The Sunday Brief: CES preview—you want some AI with that?

Holiday greetings from Colorado, Kansas, and Missouri (picture is from the top of the Cranmer trail run at the Winter Park ski resort).  We...
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