Market drivers for RedCap adoption are expected to involve both the desire to join the 5G ecosystem, and eventual LTE sunsets For a new technology, emerging is one thing. Taking …
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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AT&T announced this week that it wants to have 70% of its traffic on open network platforms within the next few years and will spend up to $14 billion with …
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Editorial Report: 5G-enabled IoT: Will RedCap help deliver on the promise of digital transformation?
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillThe idea that 5G would finally propel us from point Internet of Things solutions, and limited proofs of concepts, to the broad vision of digital transformation as enabled by a …
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AT&T to spend $21-22 billion in CapEx in 2024 AT&T’s returns from its fiber investment have been better than expected—and it’s eying an additional 10-15 million incremental locations within its …
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T-Mobile US, working with Ericsson and Qualcomm, achieved speeds of 4.3 Gbps T-Mobile US is touting its tests of millimeter-wave spectrum in its 5G Standalone production network, saying that it …
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Next March, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s Institute for Telecommunications Science and the Department of Defense’s FutureG Office will hold an invite-only event at which telecom companies and academic …
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AT&T aims for 70% of traffic to traverse open network platform—from Ericsson
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillNokia noticeably absent from AT&T’s five-year effort to deploy commercial-scale open radio access networks AT&T is planning to spend roughly $14 billion over the next five years to shift 70% …
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Nearly 1 in 5 mobile subscriptions will be 5G by the end of 2023, Ericsson says
by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill5G will account for 25% of global mobile traffic this year, according to the latest Ericsson Mobility Report Ericsson’s newly released Mobility Report takes a look ahead to the height …
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Spirent Communications has landed a contract to modernize and automate a global network of test laboratories for a financial services organization. The project, which kicks off in December, puts Spirent …
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What’s ahead for Verizon’s network in 2024? Joe Russo, the carrier’s EVP and president of global networks and technology, discussed some of the deployment trends and customer demands that the …
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Telco market is primed for disruption, analyst firm finds, due to impacts of GenAI and more What telecom trends can the industry expect to shape 2024? Juniper Research has put …
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Verizon: Network slicing showed ‘exceptional performance’ during Vegas race
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillVerizon put 5G network slicing through its paces as part of its support of last weekend’s Formula 1 Last Vegas Grand Prix racing event. The carrier said that the technology …
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5G presents a challenge for batteries in connected devices. Ookla has estimated that, based on its data, smartphone users connected to 5G networks drain their batteries between 6-11% faster than …
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Keysight Technologies closed out its fiscal year with record revenue of $5.46 billion, up 1% from $5.42 billion last year. Net income was down 6% to $1.06 billion, compared to …
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China has given regulatory approval to Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware, which is now expected to close tomorrow. China was the final global regulator that needed to approve the merger in …
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RedCap is being prepped for real-world deployments. What performance can it achieve? Development and testing of 5G New Radio Reduced Capability (RedCap) is picking up steam, with recent announcements from …
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Test and Measurement: Kuiper LEO satellites tested for two-way video calling, 4K video
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillAmazon successfully validated all of the systems on two recently launched prototype satellites for its Project Kuiper Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) broadband service, the company said in an update this week. …
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Carriers and network equipment manufacturers have stepped up tests and trials of 5G New Radio Reduced Capability (RedCap) in recent months. Geographically, these tests are taking place around the world, …
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Are the latest Apple and Samsung phones worth an upgrade? Ookla weighs in
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillApple’s iPhone 15 leads the pack in speed improvements in most global 5G markets tested Do the latest iPhone and Samsung Galaxy ZFlip and ZFold models offer enough of a …
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‘There are no easy spectrum allocation choices’: White House spectrum strategy identifies a pipeline of five candidate bands
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillNational spectrum strategy identifies five bands totaling nearly 2,800 megahertz, with emphasis on the midband The Biden administration has proposed a long-awaited spectrum pipeline of five candidate bands for near-term …
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Current tests are laying the groundwork for RedCap to be commercialized in the 2024-2025 timeframe Carriers and network equipment manufacturers have stepped up tests and trials of 5G New Radio …
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‘We all have to be careful’: GenAI is fueling voice and text-based scams
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillArtificial intelligence is being explored to improve customer service with smarter chatbots, dispatch network technicians more efficiently and automate simple, highly manual network operations tasks. It’s also being co-opted by …
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Verizon reports ‘meaningful’ power efficiency improvements in Intel-supported vRAN deployment
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillVerizon said that it was able to demonstrate a “significant boost to network performance” on its commercial network, as well as “meaningful power efficiency gains” and the capability to support …
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Customers in both the public and private sectors, as well as the telecom sector, are increasingly confident in 5G as a technology, according to a new survey commissioned by Boldyn …
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How fast should internet access be, to be considered “broadband”? The Federal Communications Commission wants to increase the minimum required speed for broadband, which it currently considers to be at …
