As 5G networks begin to proliferate indoors, Keysight Technologies has introduced a backpack set-up for walk-testing them. The new Nemo Backpack Pro is aimed at benchmarking 5G New Radio end-user …
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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Amid the ongoing economic fallout from the global pandemic — and the prospect of a major federal infrastructure package that could include historic levels of telecom network investment — a …
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#TBT: MWC up in the air; T-Mo/Sprint merger pending; the last pre-Covid Super Bowl … this week in 2020
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 bipartisan group of Senators has renewed an effort to pass a bill focused on coordinating federal efforts on telecom workforce development, including apprenticeships and emphasis on the needs of …
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Comcast continues to treat wireless as a “strategic priority” within its businesses, and the company expects to see its wireless growth accelerate, according to executive remarks on Comcast’s most recent …
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The promise of Open RAN rests, in part, on the concept that through the virtualizing and disaggregation of Radio Access Network components and software, new players and best-of-breed solutions will …
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‘We’re growing mobile nicely and we’re not giving away free handsets to do it’ Charter Communications spent $465 million on 210 licenses in the CBRS Priority Access License auction, and …
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With the Biden administration having given cues that it is interested in pursuing a major infrastructure and clean energy investment this year, a group of telecom associations joined together to …
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Ekholm cautions that 2021 is an ‘investment year’ Ericsson turned in strong results for the fourth quarter of 2020, with sales up 13% year-over-year driven by 5G momentum in North …
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“5G Living Lab” at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego uses Verizon 5G Work is underway to support the first 5G pilot projects at a Marine Corps base …
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Test and Measurement: Which Eastern US city has the fastest mobile networks? NYC, according to RootMetrics
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillNew York City has, in aggregate, the fastest mobile networks among the six largest cities in the Eastern half of the country, according to analysis from RootMetrics—and as far as …
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AT&T-FirstNet is now offering first responders vertical location capabilities in more than 100 markets, ahead of an April 2021 FCC deadline for having the technology in place to support 911 …
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#TBT: Charter tests 5G; Wi-Fi analytics from Super Bowl LII; Alphabet launches Chronicle … this week in 2018
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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‘Wonder Woman 1984’ works wonders for HBO/HBO Max, but premium TV gets a $15.5 billion write-down AT&T saw stronger than expected wireless additions during the fourth quarter of 2020, and …
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Acting Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel has wasted no time in appointing staff, and gave a first address to the agency which broadly outlined some of the potential areas …
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The global pandemic is driving a shift toward the use of remote, virtualized testing in lieu of in-person network technician visits, according to a new survey of communications service providers. …
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You’re the fastest network! And you’re the fastest network! Everybody’s the fastest network!
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillT-Mo is crowing about OpenSignal’s testing. AT&T touts Ookla’s analysis. Verizon brags about its RootMetrics rankings. Within the past week, each of the three national carriers has captured a series …
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Rohde & Schwarz has laid claim to being the first in the industry with PTCRB-validated IMS conformance test cases for 5G New Radio, which can be used for PTCRB certification …
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Jessica Rosenworcel has been nominated to take over leadership of the Federal Communications Commission as acting chairwoman, becoming the second woman in the agency’s history to hold the acting chair …
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5G network coverage already reaches about 75% of the U.S. population when they’re at home or at work, according to new data from pwc, and device penetration has hit 8%. …
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#TBT: 25 Mbps, too fast?; Predictions for IoT’s next phase; Sony buys Altair … 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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To map Earth’s wireless networks, Aurora Insights sends RF sensors to space
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillA SpaceX flight scheduled for Friday will carry dozens of small satellites into space, a “rideshare” launch with low-earth-orbit-bound equipment that will include one particular microsatellite that aims to map …
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Here’s a timely reminder from your friendly neighborhood FCC: Don’t use ham or CB radios to communicate while you’re planning or committing a crime. Crimes like, say, violent insurrection. The …
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Perspecta Labs wins contract to develop a spectrum access manager for DoD
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillPerspecta Labs, the applied research arm of government contractor Perspecta, has won a three-year, $6.2 million contract to develop a spectrum access manager to be used at the U.S. Department …
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It’s perhaps fitting that the some of the last spectrum licenses at issue in the biggest dollar-figure spectrum auction that the U.S. government has ever held, were in a license …
