When it comes to 5G, no band is perfect. In low bands, 5G coverage is maximized and cell sizes can be quite large, the performance of 5G New Radio is …
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‘There are not a lot of easy bands left’ says NTIA senior advisor With both mmWave and midband 5G auctions concluded and development and/or deployment underway for existing spectrum releases, …
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First came the challenge program focused on exploring autonomous, real-time spectrum sharing. Now, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency has put together a new program aimed at supporting the foundational …
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EXFO is now offering service assurance and analytics through Amazon Web Services (AWS). The company’s Adaptive Service Assurance (ASA) test solution and advanced analytics reporting module is available to AWS …
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T-Mo asked to be able to use new 2.5 GHz licenses for 5G while the FCC does its post-auction review T-Mobile US has asked the Federal Communications Commission to allow …
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The federal government plans to spend $1 billion to expand so-called “middle-mile” connections between networks, as part of a $65 billion effort to build out broadband infrastructure and connect all …
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Regional power utility Delmarva Power and Light has received permission from the Federal Communications Commission to test a private LTE network using 900 MHz spectrum from Anterix. DPL is one …
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In the wake of Hurricane Ian, service providers continue to work at getting networks and cell sites back online in both Florida, which took to brunt of the storm, and …
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Who has been buying midband 5G spectrum, how much and what did it cost them? Operators will be making return-on-investment calculations based a combination of spectrum prices plus the operational …
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Test and measurement equipment makter Rohde & Schwarz has unveiled a new oscilloscope series that it says has the world’s fastest real-time update rate and enables engineers to “see more …
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First woman to lead ITU pledges to work toward “meaningful connectivity” The International Telecommunications Union has elected Doreen Bogdan-Martin as secretary-general, the first woman to lead the organization in its …
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Rural carriers are weighing the “when” and “how” of the transition to 5G, both in terms of technical issues and business cases. During a carrier panel at the Competitive Carriers …
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Just in time for India’s imminent kick-off of 5G deployments, Mavenir has announced a series of made-in-India Open RAN radios supporting 2G through 5G. The company’s OpenBeam portfolio support includes …
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Open6G initiative is a cooperative industry/university/government research effort The U.S. Department of Defense is supporting an industry/university/government collaboration at Northeastern University focused on fundamental research on future 6G systems and …
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New Netscout report says botnets are “more potent than ever before” Geopolitical tensions involving Russia and Ukraine are being reflected in cyberattacks, while botnets “continue to evolve at a frightening …
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Amid renewed conversations around the re-authorization of the Federal Communications Commission’s auction authority for spectrum and what a new spectrum pipeline might look like, the Aspen Institute brought together government …
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“Some speeds have shown signs of slowing down from their initial launches,” Ookla says of Starlink service Starlink’s commercial success is causing network slowdowns, benchmarking company Ookla concludes in new …
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Some fascinating possibilities in this research testing presented in a paper this week at the 2022 European Conference on Optical Communications in Switzerland: Lightwave Logic, Polariton Technologies and ETH Zurich …
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Cellular and landline service is making slow progress toward restoration in Puerto Rico, as the island begins recovery from the impact of Hurricane Fiona. Of the U.S. territory’s nearly 2,500 …
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Verizon is making an advertising push in prepaid, accompanied by a branding overhaul for its Total Wireless prepaid service that is now known as Total by Verizon. The carrier has …
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Ligado Networks has cancelled plans to begin a 5G trial network that would have operated in northern Virginia and was expected to begin operations shortly. Ligado had planned to begin …
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Spectrum reallocation is only getting more complicated, as the airwaves get more crowded. There are certainly recent examples—the C-Band deployment delays and the ongoing dispute over Ligado’s spectrum use potentially …
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A recent global survey commissioned by Altair found “breakneck adoption” in the use of digital twins, with 69% of companies reporting that their organization makes use of digital twins. Forty-three …
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Rohde & Schwarz says it is the first test company with an over-the-air test system that is CTIA-authorized for multiple angles-of-arrival (AoA) testing, which is an important aspect of 5G …
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There are three areas of focus for the FCC’s space efforts As space-based communications become ever more important and begin to converge with terrestrial wireless, the Federal Communications Commission is …
