Irvine, Calif.-based Infinite Electronics has acquired a number of well-known radio frequency brands from Smiths Group. Infinite purchased Smiths Interconnect’s Microwave Telecoms operations, which includes test equipment company Kaelus, RF protection equipment …
Kelly Hill
Kelly Hill
Kelly Hill reports on network test and measurement, AI infrastructure and regulatory issues, including spectrum, for RCR Wireless News. She began covering the wireless industry in 2005, focusing on carriers and MVNOs, then took a few years’ hiatus and returned to RCR Wireless News to write about heterogeneous networks (remember those?) and network infrastructure. Kelly is an Ohio native with a masters degree in journalism from the University of California, Berkeley, where she focused on science writing and multimedia. She has written for the San Francisco Chronicle, The Oregonian and The Canton Repository. She lives in northern Virginia, not far from Data Center Alley.
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NetScout, Vodafone sign deal for monitoring across European operations NetScout will provide passive probing for Vodafone Group’s operations in Europe. The two companies announced an exclusive, multi-year agreement under which …
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AT&T to migrate thousands of existing Oracle databases to Oracle cloud AT&T continues its shift toward software- and cloud-centric operations with a new agreement to move “thousands of its large-scale …
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#TBT: Politicians worry about 3G and the CDMA/GSM split, pagers wreak havoc in China … this year in 1998
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillEditor’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 …
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Verizon cloud sale follows on sale of data centers to Equinix Verizon has agreed to sell its cloud and managed hosting operations to IBM and plans to “work with IBM …
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Sprint continued the overall weak customer performance among top U.S. carriers, losing 118,000 postpaid customers and reporting lower than expected revenues. However, the carrier indicated plans to boost its network …
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Challenges for 5G testing and design The exploration of “5G” is a major area of focus for companies as they seek to gain competitive advantages going into the next generation …
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Lab aimed at speeding development, implementation of SDN/NFV Broadband Forum and the China-based SDN/NFV Industry Alliance plan to set up a joint lab in China for testing aimed at accelerating the …
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Federal court declines to re-hear net neutrality case; Trump forms American Technology Council
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillCourt cites FCC Chairman’s new rulemaking process in denying review A federal appeals court has declined to review its decision upholding open internet rules, citing the fact that the Federal …
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BRANCHBURG, N.J.– Verizon Communications is proceeding with planned trials of fixed wireless service that utilize millimeter wave, and exploring the engineering and testing challenges that come along with figuring out the …
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“Much of what is already out there is unsecured” Hacking and malware remain the primary vectors for cybersecurity attacks, according to the new Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, and internet of …
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Fortive saw its first quarter revenues grow 4.1% year-over-year to $1.5 billion, with net earnings of $199.7 million. Its figures exceeded its guidance, and company President and CEO James Lico called …
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Twitter might be the one platform that moves as fast as the telecom industry. RCR Wireless News surveys the Twitterverse and snags the telecom tweets of the week. If there’s …
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AT&T touts its “5G Evolution” in Austin, Tex. AT&T is offering faster wireless network speeds starting this week in Austin, Tex., marketed as “5G Evolution” and supported only on the Samsung Galaxy …
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#TBT: Profiling the cellular users of 1996; 100 million pagers expected by 2006; CDMA is on the way … 17 years ago this week
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillEditor’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 …
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AT&T says revenues impacted by fewer phone upgrades AT&T saw its revenues slip year-over-year from $40.5 billion to $39.4 billion for the first quarter, with its lowest-ever rate of postpaid device …
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Another telecom company has offered a $1.8 billion deal AT&T’s acquisition of Straight Path for its high-band spectrum may not be a done deal after all. Straight Path says that …
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AT&T plans to connect more than 400,000 locations with fixed wireless this year AT&T said that it has kicked off fixed wireless Internet services for rural and underserved areas in …
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Spectrum gains from 600 MHz auction will let T-Mo “compete in every single corner of the country” T-Mobile US continued its streak of strong quarterly results, adding 1.1 million total …
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5G development should take to heart a number of lessons that the industry has learned from previous generations of technology, former CTO of the Federal Communications Commission and Columbia University …
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Sprint spectrum position may seem more valuable after AT&T’s Straight Path deal Although chatter about a Sprint/T-Mobile US merger seems to be an industry reflex, a new report from Bloomberg claims that …
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Oracle made two purchases this week: measurement and analytics firm Moat, and software start-up Wercker that focuses on cloud-based application and micro-services enablement through software containerization. The Moat purchase will provide …
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Network benchmarking company P3 Group and network performance solution company InfoVista announced a partnership this week to provide global mobile network benchmarking services, combining P3’s measurement capabilities with InfoVista’s recently …
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Unlimited data plan resulted in positive net adds. Verizon Wireless’ recent launch of an unlimited LTE data offer boosted its first quarter customer figures and “positively changed the trajectory of …
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#TBT: TIM invests $2B in Cable & Wireless; Motorola launches ‘Wings’; Ericsson sponsors Celine Dion … this week in 1998
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillEditor’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 …
