Cellular and wireline communications networks continue to make a slow recovery in the wake of Hurricane Ida, which made landfall in Louisiana as a Category 4 hurricane on Sunday afternoon. …
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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‘The last two weeks have been humbling’: T-Mo’s CEO apologizes for data breach
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillIn the wake of a major cyber attack on T-Mobile US, CEO Mike Sievert has issued an apology and an update on how the carrier is dealing with the breach. …
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There have been two recent U.S. midband spectrum auctions for spectrum between 3-4 GHz: The shared spectrum of the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) spectrum and the C-Band auction. How …
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Taiwan-based TSMC, the world’s largest semiconductor manufacturer, reportedly plans to raise prices between 10-20%, impacting devices from smartphones to automobiles. The Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed sources familiar with the …
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Test and Measurement: Streaming Video Alliance demonstrates Open Caching APIs in testbed
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillThe Streaming Video Alliance said this week that it successfully demonstrated multi-provider interoperability of its Open Caching APIs, connecting content caches from multiple entities in a new testbed order to …
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The National Telecommunications and Information Administration is gearing up to administer federal broadband funding on a larger scale than ever before, and it seems clear already that there is intense …
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#TBT: Lights, camera phone, T-Mo; ’03’s most-wanted phone features; Moto jettisons Symbian … this week in 2003
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillEditor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on …
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As carriers ramp up their focus on providing more precise indoor location, particularly in in the vertical or z-axis, due to Federal Communications Commission requirements, Qualcomm and z-axis information provider …
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Amid increased demand for bandwidth as 5G rolls out and connectivity becomes a primary focus during the pandemic, a number of network providers have announced upgrades or expansions this week. …
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The Federal Communications Commission is taking a fresh look at a proceeding that asks the agency to set aside a spectrum allocation for the operation of unmanned aerial systems (UAS), …
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EXFO’s plan to go private under the ownership of its founder and executive chairman has been approved by the Superior Court of Québec. The transaction is expected to be completed around August …
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While the proposed $1 trillion infrastructure bill has not yet officially been passed, industry policy experts are expecting that at some point, it will make it through the legislature and …
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Test and Measurement: Keysight posts double-digit growth in revenue, orders
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillKeysight Technologies had a record quarter, turning in its all-time highest quarterly revenue and record orders. Revenues were at $1.25 billion for the quarter, up 23% year-over-year; orders were similarly …
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‘The next chapter in connected driving’: AT&T to provide 5G connectivity for GM vehicles
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillStarting in model year 2024, GM vehicles will be able to access 5G networks; OTA updates will bolster LTE performance in the ‘next chapter of connected driving’ GM’s vehicles are …
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The First Responders Network Authority board has set its budget for the coming fiscal year, which includes $94 million in network reinvestments. The board approved a $253 million budget for …
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#TBT: GM defends OnStar calls; CDMA2000 on the rise; Telstra cuts a mobile ad effort … this week in 2001
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillEditor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on …
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Over the past several years, Facebook’s connectivity group has been focusing on research and development in communications network infrastructure, with an eye to how innovative approaches can reshape network economics …
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AT&T is making sub-6 GHz 5G network access available to FirstNet customers in 10 more U.S. cites, expanding the use of High-Power User Equipment and touting the ability of the …
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The saga of Viavi Solutions’ pursuit of competitor EXFO appears to be over. A majority of EXFO’s minority shareholders have voted to take the test company private in a transaction …
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AT&T will not be able to build out as much fiber as it had planned to deploy this year due to supply chain issues, the carrier’s CFO said earlier this …
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Test and Measurement: NIST researchers develop new model for configuring shared spectrum
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillResearchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new modeling technique that reduces by 33% the number of measurements needed for configuring shared spectrum. “We’re …
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#TBT: Sprint zeroes in on wireless broadband; FCC focuses on managing spectrum; Read email on your pager … this week in 1999
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillEditor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on …
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‘Broadband is essential to full participation in modern life’: Senate passes $1 trillion infra bill
by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill“Access to affordable, reliable, high-speed broadband is essential to full participation in modern life in the United States,” reads the bipartisan infrastructure bill that was just passed by the U.S. …
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The Federal Communications Commission has released a new map of mobile network coverage for voice and data from AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile US and US Cellular, in another step toward improving …
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US Cellular President and CEO Laurent Therivel painted a vision of a highly competitive wireless landscape for the rest of 2021, populated with aggressive offers to entice 5G adoption among …
