Testing company Fortive, whose T&M brands include Tektronix and Fluke, beat its guidance and saw fourth quarter 2024 revenue growth of 4% year-on-year. Net earnings for the fourth quarter were …
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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NTIA Spectrum Policy Symposium: Spectrum, collaboration and the global tech race
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillThe U.S. is in global race for leadership in wireless technologies, and the implementation of the country’s new National Spectrum Strategy will impact the direction of spectrum policy for decades. …
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The Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission said that a an ongoing joint effort to undermine and reduce spam and scam robocalls is bearing fruit. The two agencies …
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AT&T now offers its Internet Air service in nearly 60 locations AT&T has substantially expanded the eligible service areas for its A&T Internet Air Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) service, and …
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The governing board for the First Responders Network Authority (FirstNet) has approved network reinvestments of $547 million for its fiscal year 2024, focused on increasing coverage and transitioning FirstNet to …
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AT&T and TransUnion are now offering businesses a branded solution for outgoing calls, to pop up a brand name and business logo for the recipient and confirm the legitimacy of …
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Eutelsat says OneWeb LEO business behind schedule due to ground network delays
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillIn an investor update, French satellite company Eutelsat said that its Low Earth Orbit (LEO) network via OneWeb is “progressing well” but more slowly than expected, and that it still …
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Test and Measurement: Spirent collaborates on more realistic automotive testing
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillSimulation and validation company dSpace is partnering with Spirent Communications to leverage Spirent’s high-fidelity global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) simulator, the Spirent GSS7000, as part of a turnkey solution to …
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T-Mobile US beat out its mobile competitors on postpaid phone net additions in the fourth quarter, posting 934,000 for the quarter and 3.1 million for the year. In its home …
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CEO Pekka Lundmark calls results ‘a resilient performance considering the challenging environment’ Nokia saw an expected decline in revenues during the fourth quarter and full-year of 2023, but the company’s …
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AT&T beat its guidance on its full-year mobility service revenues for 2023 and consumer broadband revenues for 2023, and garnered postpaid phone net adds for the quarter of 526,000. The …
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Verizon makes gains in mobile, FWA subs; says C-Band investments are paying off
by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill‘We are confident in our strategy,’ declares CEO Hans Vestberg Verizon reported solid numbers in mobile postpaid customer additions and strong broadband additions driven by Fixed Wireless Access. The carrier …
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‘Each year without an auction … digs the US deeper into a hole’: CTIA presses for FCC auction authority, speedy execution on spectrum plans
by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill‘NTIA has less than two years to get the U.S. back on track,” telecom industry group’s CEO writes The United States’ leadership in spectrum policy, 5G and reaping the economic …
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RAN market trajectory will continue downward, analyst firm says The market for Radio Access Network (RAN) equipment is expected to remain a tough one this year, according to new figures …
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The Global Certification Forum is adding device certification for cellular Non-Terrestrial Networks to its programs, responding to increasing interest across the industry in making sure that IoT devices and mobile …
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AST SpaceMobile set for commercial rollout with new investments from AT&T, Google, Vodafone
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillNew investors join Vodafone on backing ‘cellular in space’ network Satellite direct-to-cellular company AST SpaceMobile has garnered two major new financial backers, adding AT&T and Google as strategic investors along …
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Lower Colorado River Authority to test private network via Anterix’s 900 MHz
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillThe Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) has been granted authorization by the Federal Communications Commission to test the use of a private cellular network relying on 900 MHz spectrum held …
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Ookla: T-Mo sees ‘strong increase’ in Q4 speeds, Verizon and AT&T are ‘distant runners up’
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillT-Mobile US continues to ratchet up its network speeds, with modern chipsets able to achieve a median download speed of 188.96 Mbps during the fourth quarter of 2023, up from …
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IDC expects to see 16% CAGR for global telco cloud software market Most telecom providers are still leaning on virtualized network workloads rather than fully cloud-native infrastructure, but 2024 could …
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Twin Cities showdown: SRG tests Dish/Samsung vs. T-Mo/Ericsson, NSA vs. SA
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillHow does Dish Wireless’ network look in a match-up against another operator, particularly outside of its market of initial focus (Las Vegas)? Signals Research Group delved into that question in …
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ACP Extension Act would continue monthly broadband service subsidies for more than 20 million households In the wake of the Federal Communications Commission announcing wind-down procedures for the Affordable Connectivity …
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Keysight Technologies this week shared an update on progress toward its squeeze-out acquisition of real-time digital twin company ESI Group, which was announced in June 2023. ESI Group shares have …
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Lab-as-a-service, digital twins and more test projects garner federal funding
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillDish Network, Viavi Solutions and several universities win funding to develop various aspects of wireless testing The Biden administration yesterday announced $80 million in awards as part of the third …
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EchoStar shuffles spectrum licenses, hires firm to look at strategic alternatives
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillOn the heels of the re-merging of EchoStar and Dish Network, EchoStar has transferred some of Dish’s spectrum licenses to a new company entity for more “financing flexibility,” and has …
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Apple support for RCS be a boon for business messaging: Juniper Research
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillJuniper expects that Apple’s move to support RCS will boost business RCS messaging revenues by 500% in just two years With Apple set to begin supporting Rich Communications Services (RCS)-based …
