Verizon says that call and SMS traffic has seen a “significant decline from peak pandemic volumes” As stay-at-home orders loosen around the country, mobility is up on Verizon’s network, while …
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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NTIA asks for stay, reconsideration of L-Band license changes The National Telecommunications and Information Administration has asked the Federal Communications Commission to rethink its recent decision to modify Ligado Networks’ …
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Test and Measurement: Verizon’s network is fast and getting faster, RootMetrics says
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillVerizon’s network has provided it a consistent advantage over its competitors over the years. The differences are narrowing, according to data from RootMetrics, but the carrier still shows “consistent and …
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GWS survey finds ‘lack of understanding’ is influencing UK consumer, business views on 5G
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillU.K. consumers and businesses are aware of 5G and looking forward to it, but they’re a bit fuzzy on exactly what the newest generation of wireless technology is supposed …
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The Federal Communications Commission and Federal Trade Commission gave three gateway companies 48 hours to cut off robocalls peddling COVID-19-related scams, or else the FCC will authorize U.S. telecom companies …
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#TBT: Mulling cord cutting; Automotive Bluetooth accelerates; Paging is dead, long live paging … 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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A year ago at Connect(X), T-Mobile US executives were celebrating the fact that the Federal Communications Commission was on a path to approve the carrier’s merger with Sprint. CTO Neville …
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Attacks on web applications rise as data moves to the cloud, Verizon finds
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillWeb applications are increasingly under attack as valuable enterprise data moves to the cloud, according to Verizon’s annual Data Breach Investigations Report. Web application attacks doubled from last year, to …
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In April, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai put forward a proposal for a $9 billion Rural 5G Fund that aims to “help ensure that rural Americans enjoy the same …
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What is the Rural 5G Fund? The Federal Communications Commission doesn’t want rural areas to have to wait for 5G. To that end, in April, Chairman Ajit Pai put forward …
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Test and Measurement: Americans are ‘falling back into old habits’, Verizon says
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillVerizon is beginning to see a shift back toward a more typical, pre-pandemic network mix of calls and texts and is seeing more evidence of people leaving home, according …
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Fiber network deployment is the “rural electrification of our generation”, according to Conexon’s Jonathan Chambers As the Federal Communications Commission mulls exactly how it will distribute the proposed $20.4 billion …
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#TBT: We don’t need no stinkin’ 3G … Or do we?; CDMA2000 comes to China … 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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What is the state of broadband deployment in the United States? The simple answer is that despite years of substantial funding and programs focused on broadband expansion, there is …
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Test and Measurement: Autonomous, EV cars expected to drive automotive test needs
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillAnalyst firm Frost & Sullivan released a new report examining the impact of autonomous and electric vehicles on the test and measurement market, and found that if solutions offered by …
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T-Mobile US added more than 450,000 branded postpaid subscribers during the first quarter, reported record-low churn and progress toward network integration and 5G deployment, and believes it is well-positioned …
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#TBT: ’99 products, and a watch phone is one; Right now, WAP’s everything; If AT&T had 10 million subscribers … 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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The European Telecommunications Standards Institute is teeing up remote testing events as part of its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, in addition to shifting meetings for standards work online and …
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RootMetrics finds that early 5G deployments support the speeds, but not necessarily the latency, for intensive 5G gaming With its higher speeds and lower latencies, 5G is widely expected to …
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FCC touts use of 5.9 GHz by WISPs to bolster rural and suburban broadband
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillThe Federal Communications Commission has been doling out special access to spectrum as part of its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, to help operators deal with the strains on …
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Altice USA adds 41,000 wireless customers in Q1, best-ever residential broadband numbers
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillAltice USA says it remains confident in its core cable business, especially broadband Altice USA reported a rise in broadband demand across its network, leading to its best-ever residential broadband …
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Keysight says it has supported the development of about 75% of 5G devices Pandemic notwithstanding, the march toward 5G is so far continuing at a rapid clip across the industry, …
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Comcast’s Q1: Best broadband adds in 12 years, 40% increase in Wi-Fi data use
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillThe first quarter was a mixed bag for Comcast, which saw notable gains in its broadband and wireless services, while its theme parks, television and film production all have been …
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In a boost to the use of Open Radio Access Network strategies, testing company Keysight Technologies this week unveiled new emulation software, Open RAN Studio, for use in validating whether …
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‘Working through the new realities’: Netscout on network security and telework
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillNetwork usage has shifted dramatically since mid-March, when the COVID-19 pandemic began having significant impacts in the U.S. As enterprises and government agencies cope with the impacts of abrupt …
