While mobile network operators clamor for additional spectrum in order to meet demand, tower companies are in a win-win situation. They benefit whether that demand is met by additional spectrum …
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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Northeastern University’s Open6G OTIC, which is among a cohort of Open Testing and Integration Centers (OTICs) certified by O-RAN Alliance last year, announced this week that its testing and integration …
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The new agreement for a commercial direct-to-cellular service is the latest step in the two companies’ relationship AT&T has officially inked an agreement with satellite direct-to-cellular company AST SpaceMobile, which …
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A shifting ecosystem takes stock of the state of the infrastructure market
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillATLANTA, GA—The changes across the telecom infrastructure market are well beyond that of “just” a jump from one G to the next—although some of them are being driven by 5G. …
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C-CIST classification identifies an international robocalling group dubbed ‘Royal Tiger’ as a consumer threat For the first time, the Federal Communications Commission is designating a persistent international calling fraudster ring …
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What does it take to cover rural America with 5G? UScellular’s CEO breaks it down
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillJust what would it take to actually get ubiquitous 5G in rural America? UScellular CEO Laurent Therivel walked through that scenario for just one county in rural Iowa at last …
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Keysight Technologies this week announced that it has added a software option that will enable pulse generation capabilities to its FieldFox handheld radio frequency analyzer, including the ability to generate …
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Spectrum, innovation and openness: Samsung on bolstering US wireless leadership
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillWASHINGTON, D.C.—Spectrum, driving innovation and openness. From Samsung Networks’ view, these are the three things that the U.S. government should be focusing on to bolster the country’s global leadership in …
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EchoStar continued to lose customers across its mobile, broadband and pay-TV customer bases as a combined company following the acquisition of Dish Network—but its losses overall were less than at …
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CTIA 5G Summit: Competitiveness, auction authority and closing the digital divide
by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill‘We are in the midst of a global battle over the future of wireless networks,’ said Commerce Assistant Secretary Alan Davidson WASHINGTON, DC—U.S. global competitiveness, the ongoing lack of spectrum …
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UScellular’s Fixed Wireless Access business continues to gain momentum, with the company reporting that it added 124,000 FWA customers during the first quarter, up 42% from the same time last …
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Spirent Communications, which is in the process of being acquired, gave a market update this week that indicated the company is still facing a tough trajectory. “Market conditions remain challenging, …
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AT&T has debuted a new service option that will enable customers to buy better network performance for an extra $7 per month, and indicated that the new capability is a …
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T-Mo makes ‘commitmint’ to continue $15 per month service option T-Mobile US has officially taken ownership of value-focused mobile virtual network operator brands Mint Mobile and Ultra Mobile as well …
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FCC fines the three major carriers $200 million The Federal Communications Commission has levied fines of $200 million against the three national operators, saying that AT&T, T-Mobile US and Verizon …
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For the first time, T-Mo looks to establish a fiber footprint T-Mobile US reported strong customer numbers and overall results for the first quarter of 2024, and raised its guidance …
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Comcast increases wireless revenues more than 13% YoY Cable companies Comcast and Charter Communications both reported quarterly earnings in which mobile growth was a bright spot amid customer losses in …
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The impacts on monetizing 5G network slicing remain to be seen The Federal Communications Commission voted along party lines to reinstate Obama-era Title II telecommunications regulation of broadband services, also …
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T-Mo surpasses the 5 million broadband subs milestone, makes a deal for a fiber JV T-Mobile US reported postpaid phone net customer additions of more than half a million in …
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‘These aren’t empty calorie additions’, says Stankey of AT&T’s wireless customer adds AT&T continued to emphasize its steady, 5G- and fiber-led strategy in its first quarter 2024 results, which beat …
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‘Convenience is the clear advantage’ U.S. consumers are primed to accept Fixed Wireless Access service as a primary connectivity option, and those who have it don’t intent to switch any …
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Satellite direct-to-cellular service provider Lynk announced today that it has signed a five-year contract with the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) to enable U.S federal agencies to purchase its services …
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‘We’re growing the right way’: AT&T’s Q1 delivers solid mobile, fiber numbers
by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill5G, fiber continue to drive the telco’s results in Q1 AT&T beat expectations on its customer growth, with revenues off just slightly from the same period last year as CEO …
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Verizon reported its first quarter 2024 results yesterday, improving its customer losses compared to the same period last year, increasing wireless service revenues and for the first time, breaking out …
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Carrier breaks out FWA revenues Verizon shared its Fixed Wireless Access revenues for the first time, reporting that during the first quarter its FWA revenue was $452 million—an increase of …
