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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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Netscout: DDoS attacks hit a record ‘new normal’ as cybercriminals exploit pandemic conditions
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillNetscout observed a record 10 million dedicated denial of service (DDos) attacks in the second half of 2020, and the lessons it distilled from the resulting data are pretty bleak: …
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Danny Cobb, fellow and vice president of engineering for Dell Technologies’ telco systems business, remembers his company cruising into early 2020: Kicking off a new fiscal year with its operating …
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Ericsson’s 5G factory in Lewisville, Texas, is in many ways a manifestation of the company’s hopes for a 5G future: Sustainable and smart, sleek and spacious. Last February, the newly …
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The Federal Communications Commission is asking consumers to download and use its speed-test application, as it attempts to more precisely determine where broadband networks — including mobile broadband — do …
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Editorial Report: Learning by doing: Telecom putting 5G, MEC & virtualization to work for itself first
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillAs the telecom industry works to enable 5G, virtualization and MEC for enterprise customers, they are first experimenting with how those technologies can benefit their own factories, office buildings and …
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Google Cloud spent much of 2020 ratcheting up its focus on supporting telecom players’ computing needs, particularly when it comes to edge. Part of Google Cloud’s strategy for serving telcos …
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EXFO saw sales of its test and measurement solutions grow during the most recent quarter and the company narrowed its losses compared to the same time last year. EXFO reported …
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Rohde & Schwarz’s Teisnach factory sits among picturesque mountains in southeastern Germany, near the Czech border and about a two hours’ drive from Munich. One of two R&S factories in …
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#TBT: MetroPCS/T-Mo merger under the microscope; Facebook’s new Home; Mobile backhaul booms… this week in 2013
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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GSMA: Spanish government will make ‘highly qualified worker’ travel exception for MWC registrants
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillThe GSMA announced this morning that registered attendees coming to Spain for MWC Barcelona 2021 will be considered part of the “highly qualified worker” exceptions to the international travel ban …
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Netscout is partnering with Dell Technologies to target the network needs of medium-to-large businesses, melding its monitoring capabilities with Dell’s servers and switches. Netscout said that it has certified Dell …
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Grain Management rounds up $3.75 billion for spectrum, telecom investments
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillTelecom-focused private equity company Grain Management says it has closed on $3.75 billion in funding in the past year, exceeding its targets for purchases of spectrum and other investments. Grain, …
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Company will shift focus to “growth sectors including EVs, IoT and B2B” South Korea’s LG Electronics is exiting the mobile phone market, planning to wind down its mobile phone business …
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#TBT: Smartphones drive mobile video growth; T-Mo expands HSPA+; LightSquared says it’s on track … this week in 2011
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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The most-populous market in the U.S. — New York City and its surrounds — is also the fastest, according to a new ranking of metropolitan cellular networks by Rootmetrics. New …
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In what it calls an “unquestionable first,” Signals Research Group has tested the efficiency of LTE and 5G network schedulers of Ericsson and Nokia in the Verizon and T-Mobile US …
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AT&T 5G is being used to support a Stanford University research program examining the use of virtual reality by seniors. The Virtual Human Interaction Lab at Stanford focuses on the …
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Nokia has announced a new CBRS offering, partnering with newly authorized Spectrum Access System operator Key Bridge for an integrated private network solution with an emphasis on reliability and simplicity. …
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#TBT: Seeds of a smartphone shift; G is for glitch; WiMAX is gonna be big … this week in 2009
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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Intel plans to invest about $20 billion to build two new fab facilities in Arizona, bolstering U.S. jobs and the domestic semiconductor supply. Pat Gelsinger, Intel’s CEO, discussed the fab …
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The National Association of Tower Erectors is now offering free training to help telecommunications workers become more alert to the telltale signs that someone is being trafficked or exploited, and …
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SRG talks ‘apples-to-apples’ network comparisons and interactivity testing
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillHow do you approach network benchmark testing so that it represents the user experience in a way that’s as reflective of real-world conditions as possible? And how do you best …
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FCC continues its robocall fight with fines, warnings and a new response team
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillThe Federal Communications Commission this week levied its largest-ever fine against a robocalling operation: $225 million, against two companies which the agency says transmitted around 1 billion robocalls shilling short-term …
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NI announced this week that it’s joining OpenRF, a group of chipmakers and other ecosystem players that want to see an “open and interoperable ecosystem” between chipsets and the radio-frequency …
