The Federal Communications Commission will vote this week on whether to add two more locations to its roster of wireless Innovation Zones: Raleigh, North Carolina and Boston, Massachusetts. Acting Chairwoman …
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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As travelers return to airline travel at a rate resembling pre-pandemic numbers, AT&T is expanding the availability of its millimeter-wave-based “5G+” service at major U.S. airports, with Boingo as its …
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Rohde & Schwarz is looking ahead to the role that quantum computing will play in future technologies, and acquired Zurich Instruments AG as of July 1 to position its test …
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Ookla 2Q: Verizon tops fixed broadband speeds, but T-Mo runs away with mobile speeds
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillMobile and fixed data speeds continue to increase across the U.S., and Verizon is at the top of Ookla’s internet speeds list — but for its wireline broadband service. T-Mobile …
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Does the federal government finally have one broadband map to rule them all? Not quite, but it is getting closer. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration recently released a new, …
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#TBT: Comcast makes mobile moves; Prepping for 600 MHz auction; Pokémon Go takes AR to a new level … this week in 2016
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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Verizon’s network performance continues to be strong, but both AT&T and T-Mobile US are seeing a streak of performance improvements, according to the most recent round of testing from Rootmetrics. …
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Verizon will begin offering a same-day delivery and set-up service for new wireless devices this fall, in partnership with Asurion, which already provides device insurance and repair for the wireless …
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Alaska’s GCI expands satellite capacity, completes survey for subsea fiber project
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillAlaskan network operator GCI has signed a new, $150 million deal with Intelsat to expand GCI’s available capacity for satellite-based services. GCI has offered satellite service for nearly three decades, …
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Shifting sands in entertainment and media: Broadband access, VR seeing growth, PwC says
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillThe global pandemic spurred increased connectivity and a 30% increase in data traffic, according to PwC report The media and entertainment industry is seeing major shifts as a result of …
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#TBT: Racing to standardize IoT; FCC dips its toes into rural broadband; Dish eyes spectrum auctions … this week in 2014
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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Test and Measurement: Anritsu, Spirent team up on evaluating 5G video quality
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillTest companies Anritsu, Spirent Communications and Toyo have put together a solution for evaluating the video quality of 5G devices which incorporates Anritsu’s SmartStudio NR Network Simulator and its Radio …
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Yesterday was a major deadline for implementation of anti-robocalling tools. As part of its ongoing efforts to combat scam and fraudulent robocalls, the Federal Communications Commission had established June 30 …
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#TBT: IPv6 launches; ‘Wi-Fi is the new Ethernet’; How are people using tablets? … this week in 2012
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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Airspan’s antennas, Open RAN software anchor Gogo’s 5G air-to-ground network
by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill“Gogo 5G is going to be better than we originally thought it would be,” says Gogo SVP of engineering In-flight internet service provider Gogo is in the test stage of …
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FirstNet-AT&T has expanded its fleet of portable land- and air-based cell sites for temporary coverage, with more than 100 deployables now available to FirstNet subscribers at no additional charge. The …
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Do business professionals understand 5G? Not so much, Ciena report concludes
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillThere is a “significant knowledge gap relating to 5G” among U.S. business professionals, Ciena report says Less than 20% of professional employees in the U.S. say they understand the benefits …
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BAI Communications, which is majority-owned by the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), has agreed to acquire privately held U.S.-based network infrastructure company Mobilitie, saying that the purchase “represents a …
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In the debut episode of “Kell if I Know”, Adam Smith, director of marketing for LitePoint, discusses the ins and outs of Ultra-Wideband (UWB) — and this isn’t Verizon’s Ultra …
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Test and Measurement: LitePoint lands first FiRa Consortium validation for UWB test
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillTest company LitePoint said that its Ultra-Wideband (UWB) test platform is the first to be validated by the FiRa (Fine Ranging) Consortium for PHY conformance as part of its FiRa …
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The coronavirus pandemic has led to an intensified focus on broadband availability, as people around the world turned to online services to stay connected, work and learn. Terry Young, who …
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#TBT: iPhone 4 launches; Cisco dabbles in tablets; Sprint expands WiMAX … this week in 2010
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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A research wireless network testbed for rural broadband and related use cases will soon cover roughly 600 miles of central Iowa, including half a dozen communities, multiple school districts and …
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EU’s Project BroadWay conducts interoperable public safety network prototype demos
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillThe European Union’s BroadWay project, which paves a technological path for interoperable, cross-border public safety broadband, has taken another step toward reality, with the project recently demonstrating the results of …
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AT&T’s 5G will provide the foundation for new private 5G network testing at Texas AT&T University’s RELLIS research campus, for exploration and development of commercial and defense use cases. The …
