A Prime wireless service could undercut the national MNOs, but might boost Boost Rumors surfaced late last week that the U.S. national wireless network operators were in talks with Amazon …
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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Test and Measurement: Spirent, 5G OI Lab collaborate on private network performance
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillA bevy of partners including Spirent Communications and the 5G Open Innovation Lab worked together to spotlight a new private network solution that is aimed at making easier to deploy …
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Cloud, Open RAN and increased complexity means visibility is more important than ever Telecom networks are facing a slew of simultaneous changes that are increasing complexity, from the deployment of …
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The newest version identifies another 330,000 locations unserved by broadband The Federal Communications Commission has released an updated version of its National Broadband Map, one that FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel …
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FirstNet’s spectrum use has been reauthorized, but Congress must act to extend its statutory authority A Federal Communications Commission bureau has reauthorized Firstnet’s use of its Band 14 700 MHz …
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California-based Maury Microwave, which focuses on test, measurement, emulation and RF calibration, has agreed to buy Wireless Telecom Group (WTT) and its Boonton, Holzworth and Noisecom test and measurement brands. …
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CFO says that carriers are moving into the densification phase of 5G Only about half of Crown Castle’s cellular towers have been “touched with 5G,” according to the company EVP …
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A new ETSI report looks at intelligent surfaces’ potential uses to boost telecom networks Intelligent surfaces are one of the use cases being floated for potential ways that as-yet-unstandardized 6G …
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Anna Gomez is a former NTIA, FCC deputy and former Sprint VP President Joe Biden has selected a new nominee to fill the fifth seat on the Federal Communications Commission: …
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Wireless as a wireline replacement, and the cost-savings argument for 5G
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillVerizon Business CEO Kyle Malady on shedding network technical debt via wireless WASHINGTON, DC—Much of the focus on operators obtaining ROI on their massive 5G network investments has focused on …
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Dish’s Dave Mayo spoke at CTIA’s 5G Summit this week WASHINGTON, D.C.—Dish Wireless has until June 30th to build out its 5G network to cover 70% of the U.S. population, …
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Keysight Technologies reported a strong second quarter, with record revenues that were up 3% to $1.39 billion, or 5% when the impacts of foreign currency impacts and revenues from businesses …
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CTIA 5G Summit: Industry pushes for ‘full-power, licensed spectrum’, FCC auction authority
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillWASHINGTON, D.C.—The refrain came again and again over the course of the afternoon, from carriers, network equipment makers and other industry players: Spectrum is the lifeblood of wireless, and the …
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NI has been sharpening its automotive testing capabilities in the past few years, racking up acquisitions like the electric vehicle division of Germany-based Heinzinger Electronic and the EV test systems …
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Cox Communications is taking full ownership of Unite Private Networks, of which it is the majority owner, and plans to create a standalone company that combines fiber provider UPN and …
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State Department is requesting the band be officially recognized for 5G As the U.S. federal government continues its efforts to identify additional spectrum for mobile network use, particularly in the …
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Here comes the funding: Key takeaways from NTIA’s latest assessment of federal broadband spending
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillAs the U.S. federal government pours billions of dollars into broadband deployment and adoption, it is also trying to get a better handle on coordination and tracking of those efforts …
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Telecommunications providers are more likely than companies in other verticals to use artificial intelligence and they aim to offer sophisticated services using AI, according to a recent survey by Infosys—but …
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Dish loses 81,000 wireless customers, records $30 million in cyber-attack costs
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillCompany says no customer databases breached during cybersecurity incident in February, but employee data was extracted Dish Network continues to lose wireless customers, seeing 81,000 subscribers leave the service during …
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PITTSBURGH, Penn.—The state of Alaska accounts for about one-fifth of the total geographic area of the U.S. but just 0.2% of the U.S. population, or around 724,000 residents. Alaskan carrier …
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The future of spectrum is at a crossroads PITTSBURGH, Penn.—Good wireless spectrum is hard to find, and it’s getting harder and more complex. There are pressures all the way from …
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Data analysis from NTIA looks at CBRS trends from April 2021 to January 2023 Deployments of Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) grew at a steady clip of about 12% per …
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At CCA’s show this week, teeing up discussions on spectrum, BEAD and rip-and-replace
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillCCA’s Donovan: ‘It’s a pretty wild time in wireless’ The Competitive Carriers Association meets this week in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for its Mobile Carriers Show, amid a policy environment in a …
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Impacts to the radio frequency environment isn’t the first aspect that comes to mind amid the ongoing shift toward cloud-native, disaggregated networks. But that’s not to say there aren’t any, …
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T-Mo’s strategy is ‘differentiated and durable,’ says CEO Mike Sievert T-Mobile US continues to be the mobile network operator to beat, delivering another strong quarter of customer and financial results. …
