The ten most dreaded words in the English language: “We are trying to reach you about your vehicle warranty.” But the Federal Communications Commission says it has identified the people …
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.
-
-
Verizon saw lower profits, flat revenues and just 12,000 postpaid phone net additions during the second quarter, and it has cut its full-year expectations on growth in wireless service revenue …
-
Test and Measurement: SRG finds ‘stellar’ uplink performance in Tokyo’s mmWave
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillJapanese operators have deployed a significant amount of 5G millimeter wave coverage in Toyko with unobtrusive sites and are using carrier aggregation (2 x 100 megahertz) in the uplink to …
-
The governments of the United State and the United Kingdom have jointly launched a series of prize challenges, hoping to spur development of technologies that allow artificial intelligence models to …
-
AT&T posted a quarter of mixed messages: Strong numbers, particularly in net additions, paired with some financial hits due to the inflationary economic environment, and commentary from executives that make …
-
It’s a time of transition for mobile network operators: LTE to 5G NonStandalone, then to 5G Standalone; from Voice over LTE to Voice over New Radio; implementation of mobile edge …
-
T-Mobile US continues to hold a dominant position in network performance over AT&T and Verizon on nearly every metric, according to Ookla’s latest analysis of mobile networks. For the second …
-
Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel is asking FCC commissioners to consider opening a new inquiry into raising the minimum speed that the agency considers to be “broadband” from 25 …
-
AT&T, T-Mobile US and Verizon head up a field of 82 qualified bidders for the upcoming auction of 2.5 GHz spectrum, primarily available in rural areas across the U.S. and …
-
iBwave launches new public safety network survey tool, with a palm-sized RF scanner
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HilliBwave, perhaps best known for its indoor network planning tools, is in the midst of widening its target market to focus on campus networks and public safety, as well as …
-
Service providers have to deal with increasing complexity in their networks and services, amid what have been highly manual and ponderous service assurance deployments that almost inevitably result in visibility …
-
Test and measurement companies are highlighting their recent support of Open RAN testing and demonstrations, in the wake of the recent Open RAN global plugfest. Viavi Solutions was among the …
-
The Federal Communications Commission has gone ahead with a move to require all facilities-based wireless providers to adhere to a set of previously voluntary commitments around network resiliency and emergency …
-
Two Senators are calling on the Federal Trade Commission to pursue more information about just how much TikTok data is available to company representatives in China or Chinese security services, …
-
An Ohio man formed a broadband company on paper that used association with the federal EBB program to defraud consumers, the FCC says The Federal Communications Commission has proposed a …
-
umlaut CEO touts the ‘perfect test environment’ German test and analytics company Umlaut has begun operating a private 5G Standalone Open RAN network, aimed at providing companies a place to …
-
The general-purpose test equipment market is expected to grow at nearly 6% per year through 2026, reaching $1.95 billion by the end of the forecast period, according to new numbers …
-
T-Mobile US says it has expanded its 5G Home Internet service availability to nearly five million more potential customers in five states: Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. This additional …
-
Only 11% of organizations have a ‘fully automated’ test strategy: Keysight study
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillDespite widespread interest in increasing testing automation, it remains a challenge for organizations, according to new research commissioned by Keysight Technologies. Three-quarters of those surveyed said that their business relies …
-
FCC commissioner calls on Google, Apple to remove TikTok from app stores
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillFederal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr has asked Google and Apple to remove popular social media app TikTok from their application stores, saying that the app “harvests swaths of sensitive data …
-
Wireless transport company Aviat Networks has made public its efforts to buy competitor Ceragon, offering to acquire Ceragon for $2.80 per share in cash and announcing its intent to call …
-
New analysis from Ookla shows mixed results for SpaceX’s low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite-based Starlink services: A big jump in downlink speeds in the U.S. and Canada, tempered by a slowdown …
-
Nine projects in six states will be funded in the latest round of the $980 million program The National Telecommunications and Information Administration continues to portion out federal broadband funds, …
-
‘The physics of fixed wireless cannot serve the demand’: AT&T’s Jeff McElfresh on the case against leading with FWA
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillAT&T is playing the long game as it looks at its infrastructure investments, says Jeff McElfresh, COO of AT&T—and that doesn’t include leading with Fixed Wireless Access as its go-to …
-
Softbank, continuing its interest in high-altitude communications, says it has successfully tested a tethered autonomous aerostat during a field trial in Japan. Working with U.S.-based Altaeros Energies (in which Softbank …
