Samsung subsidiary Harman has acquired a German software company that focuses on automotive augmented and mixed reality. Automotive tech company Apostera and its AR and MR software solutions “will expand …
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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Spirent CEO says that assurance, validation and testing are “the closest things our customers have to a crystal ball” Network testing, validation and benchmarking are taking on new urgency in …
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FCC releases more details on rip-and-replace requests, extends review period
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillThe Federal Communications Commission has released the list of eligible applicants who have requested federal funding to remove and replace equipment and services from Huawei and ZTE, which have been …
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Network testing company EXFO has announced a new collaboration with Red Hat, focused on adaptive service assurance for a 5G world. Specifically, EXFO’s Nova Active μ-Verifier service assurance solution is …
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SRG: With C-Band addition, Verizon’s 5G network is now ‘nothing like its predecessor’
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillVerizon’s C-Band turn-up has resulted in a 5G network that is “nothing like its predecessor,” Signals Research Group concludes in a new report. SRG tested Verizon’s 5G “Ultra Wideband” network, …
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As the federal government gears up to distribute the $65 billion in broadband funding that was passed in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), the National Telecommunications and Information …
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Small and rural network providers have made initial requests for $5.6 billion in funding in order to replace network equipment and services from Chinese vendors Huawei and ZTE in domestic …
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NEM impacted by Verizon 5G snub, has a ‘new baseline’ for its North American business Nokia reported fourth-quarter and full-year earnings in line with analysts’ expectations, although its business did …
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As the debate over whether terrestrial C-Band cellular networks can safely co-exist with aviation altimeters continues to play out — and carriers put off lighting up towers near some U.S. …
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T-Mobile US delivers a strong quarter and has ‘big aspirations’ for 2022
by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill‘We are experiencing the greatest growth momentum in our history,’ CEO Mike Sievert said on the company’s quarterly call T-Mobile US beat its own expectations for 2021, and is starting …
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Charter has been granted permission by the Federal Communication Commission to test 5G New Radio with a combination of 37 GHz and CBRS spectrum, using CBRS as an anchor. The …
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AT&T has confirmed that the mechanism for its separation of WarnerMedia will be a spin-off, followed by the subsequent combination of WarnerMedia with Discovery. The transaction itself was announced in …
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New RDOF awards are the program’s largest wave yet The Federal Communications Commission is set to award another $1.2 billion through its Rural Digital Opportunities Fund, after an overhaul that …
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‘C-Band could change who’s going to be fastest in the U.S.,’ benchmarking company says The turn-up of C-Band spectrum by AT&T and Verizon is already having an impact on 5G …
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Test and Measurement: Rohde & Schwarz debuts test cases for EU emergency call location
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillTest company Rohde & Schwarz says it is offering the first system capable of testing the compliance of smartphones to provide location information for emergency calls to 112. A new …
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Comcast says its top priority is increasing network capacity and improving its broadband experience Comcast reported profits up more than 34% for the full-year 2021, with net income for the …
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AT&T is seeking to take a similar strategy with deploying midband that it did with its FirstNet build: Touching a tower once to turn up multiple spectrum bands. CEO John …
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More than one in three of Verizon’s wireless customers have a 5G phone Verizon is seeing a boost in wireless service revenues, reaching total wireless service revenue of $17.8 billion …
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On a watt/bit basis, 5G is more power efficient than 4G When the conversation turns to 5G’s potential to be a “greener” technology than previous generations, the subject of power …
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Test & Measurement: Thailand expands use of R&S mobile interference hunting system
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillThailand, which has a long-standing relationship with Rohde & Schwarz to equip vehicles for mobile interference hunting, is expanding its use of the test company’s spectrum monitoring system. Since 2014, …
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How should we be thinking about designing IoT systems that live up to their potential as “greener” technologies? After all, says IoT standards organization OneM2M, mobile and IoT technologies have …
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Verizon uses C-Band for major expansion; AT&T starts with parts of eight markets
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillAT&T says C-Band is ‘turbo-boosting our 5G’; Verizon says 2022 will be ‘most important year in the history of Verizon’ Verizon and AT&T celebrated the long-awaited turn-up of their first …
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An airline group has predicted that flight impacts will be ‘incalculable’ AT&T and Verizon both confirmed this morning that they have gone ahead with their planned activation of the use …
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Mobile network operators and federal regulators continue to fight to reduce the number of spam and scam robocalls that flood Americans’ phones each year. But the flip side of blocking …
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Autonomous Halo pace car led the Autonomous Racecar Challenge during CES 2022 The line of sleek, Formula-One-style autonomous vehicles at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway took to the track one …
