As the 24 GHz auction closes out another week of bidding, the total bid amount has reached $1.828 billion after 49 rounds. The Federal Communications Commission bumped up the number …
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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COLLEGE PARK, MARYLAND — As wireless operators push forward with aggressive 5G roll-out plans, they will need a workforce that understands how to deploy increasingly complex network technologies, according to …
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#TBT: SMS used to combat SARS rumors; China Unicom launches 1X… 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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Verizon says it has turned on its 5G network in Chicago, Illinois and Minneapolis, Minnesota a week ahead of schedule, and its customers will be able to access the network …
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The United States is tied with China for first place in 5G readiness, according to a new report from Analysys Mason, which credited policy makers’ decisions with helping the U.S. …
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Spirent Communications has a new chief executive joining the company. Eric Updyke, most recently part of the executive team at Amdocs, started working for Spirent as of yesterday and will …
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One of the central tenants of the FirstNet proposition was not just a nationwide LTE network for public safety, but an ecosystem of applications that were public-safety grade. There are …
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Establishing Z-axis location information has been an ongoing part of an effort by the Federal Communications Commission to improve the location data available to first responders when a wireless user …
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The bids for 24 GHz spectrum continue to go up, with $1.63 billion in bids garnered through the first 32 rounds of bidding. Another three rounds will be held to …
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The FirstNet-AT&T partnership is just one example of public safety LTE The standardization of mission-critical features in LTE has helped to foster a number of global efforts to use LTE …
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The Federal Trade Commission has won court settlements that will shut down four robocalling operations that were responsible for billions of illegal robocalls, the agency said. Under court orders issued …
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#TBT: Presto change-o Moto; Sprint preps for 3G; what would people do with mobile data? … 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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Public safety answering points (PSAPs) are moving to implement Next-Generation 911 systems, which are IP-based, so that they can accept more digital information, from text messages to video chat and …
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Public safety agencies are working to better respond to an increasingly technology-reliant public, while at the same time making more effective use of such technology themselves. Many of the …
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The Federal Communications Commission’s auction of 24 GHz spectrum has garnered more than $1.409 billion in bids after eight business days and 23 rounds. That’s double the $704 million that …
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The use of LTE-Broadcast results in higher video quality as well as a more consistent viewer experience, according to recent testing by Signals Research Group — even when relatively few …
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The board of the First Responders Network Authority voted this week to outline its priorities for network reinvestment and continue engagement with first responders to shape the network over the …
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Test and Measurement: CommScope, Google pass CBRS environmental sensing tests
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillCommScope and Google have successfully testing the environmental sensing capabilities, or ESC, that will enable the use of the shared Citizens Broadband Radio Service spectrum. The companies said this week …
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AT&T’s “5G Evolution” service provides a better LTE experience — but it’s not 5G, although it does highlight just how much Long Term Evolution has indeed evolved since it was …
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The size of distributed denial of service attacks is “growing at an alarming pace all around the world,” according to NetScout Systems’ 14th annual report on worldwide infrastructure security — and …
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#TBT: Qualcomm to the left, Ericsson to the right, 3G IP fight, fight, fight… 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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After 12 rounds, the Federal Communications Commission’s 24 GHz auction has garnered nearly $605 million in bids. Unsurprisingly, the most hotly contested licenses are those covering New York City and …
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The Federal Communications Commission is moving forward with a proposal that mobile network operators must aim to provide the location of wireless 911 callers within three meters of the handset, …
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A number of new infrastructure products have been announced with support for the Citizens Broadband Radio Service spectrum at 3.5 GHz, as the industry prepares for commercialization of the band …
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As mobile network operators begin to roll out their initial 5G markets, there isn’t a lot of overlap between their top-performing cities for LTE and where they are making their …
