As Dish Network works to delay T-Mobile US’ plans to sunset the former Sprint CDMA network on which many of Dish’s Boost Mobile customers still rely, the Rural Wireless Association …
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 Chicago Bulls’ United Center was AT&T’s first 5G-connected NBA venue, with the technology making its on-court debut during last year’s All Stars Weekend. Now, the carrier is playing up …
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The Department of Defense continues to move forward with 5G and spectrum-related research and development, with a series of requests for proposed prototype (RPP) for the 400-plus members of the …
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Comcast sees record additions as its wireless business reaches break-even
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillComcast’s wireless business added 278,000 total lines during the first quarter of 2021, its best quarter to date, and it reached a break-even point for the first time since it …
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NI recorded its best-ever first quarter revenues: $35 million, up 8% compared to the same period in 2020. Geographically, NI saw revenues up 1% in the Americas, down 1% in …
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Back in 2017, an EY telecom survey asked telecommunications CIOs and CTOs what they thought were the biggest opportunities and obstacles facing them in the next three years. Virtualization was …
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#TBT: AT&T turns up NB-IoT; China Unicom trials 5G; Softbank invests in Loon … this week in 2019
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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FCC grants SpaceX permission to fly Starlink satellites at lower altitude to improve performance
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillSpaceX has been granted permission to fly its low-earth-orbit Starlink satellites at a reduced altitude, in part to improve the performance of the company’s satellite-based broadband service. The Federal Communications …
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Cox Communications has struck a deal to acquire the commercial segment of North Carolina-based Segra, the latest in a series of investments in fiber providers. Segra is privately held and …
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SBA Communications is seeing some current activity in building out deployments of CBRS spectrum, but the company anticipates a much larger uplift from the nationwide deployment of the C Band. …
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AT&T and US Cellular both received permission from the Federal Communications Commission this week to prepare for new deployments of C Band spectrum by testing network equipment that will operate …
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Hackers shifted to target financial relief and healthcare during the pandemic: Keysight report
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillThe mechanisms of cyber attacks in 2020 were not new — phishing, ransomware for financial gain and supply chain attacks were the primary trends of concern, according to Keysight Technologies’ …
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The importance of enterprise in the 5G network cycle could mean that the demand for the technology is substantially larger than for previous, consumer-wireless-focused deployments, according to Ericsson. CEO Börje …
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Test and Measurement: Comcast hits 4 Gbps symmetrical, with full-duplex DOCSIS SoC
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillComcast announced this week that it has successfully tested a full duplex DOCSIS system-on-chip (SOC) device from Broadcom, which Comcast says will enable it to deliver to deliver multi-gigabit upload …
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AT&T reported increased company revenues and solid growth in its wireless segment, driven in part by a bump in device upgrades. AT&T’s consolidated company revenues for the first quarter were …
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#TBT: SD-WAN gathers steam; Verizon signs One Fiber deal with Corning; Deciphering the 600 MHz results … this week in 2017
by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hillditor’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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Dish Network will rely on Amazon Web Services as the foundation for its cloud-based 5G network, the two companies announced today. Dish and AWS have signed a strategic collaboration agreement, …
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The residential real estate market is hot across the United States — and it turns out, so is the market for telecom infrastructure, especially towers, according to a panel of …
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Dr. John Smee, Qualcomm’s VP of engineering, says that one of the things that differentiates Qualcomm from other tech companies is its “if you build it, they will come” research …
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Verizon dangles $500 to cover home internet switchers’ termination fees with their current provider Verizon is activating its 5G mmWave networks in parts of New Orleans, Louisiana; Fresno and Riverside, …
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Analysts are expecting a good year for the global smartphone market, after years of device upgrade stretching out further and further as users held on to their existing devices and …
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Frontier Communications says now that California Public Utilities Commission has approved its restructuring plan, it has received all the necessary regulatory approvals for its restructuring and expects to emerge from …
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In its latest round of speed test data collection, Ookla ranks T-Mobile US’ 5G as the fastest during the first quarter of this year, clocking a median 5G download connection …
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The city of Las Vegas has been granted permission from the Federal Communications Commission to install and test 25 cellular-vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) roadside units, in preparation to transition from testing DSRC …
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Rootmetrics: ‘Strong and improving’ —but still inconsistent—5G networks in US cities
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillThere are two pillars that support the 5G user experience: Availability and performance. According to a new report from Rootmetrics, T-Mobile US is leading in 5G availability across US cities, …
