Data center industry sees strong growth continuing, driven by AI LANSDOWNE, Virginia—The data center industry is seeing explosive growth, and some market observers have called 2024 a “turning point” for …
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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UScellular will sell a chunk of its remaining spectrum assets to AT&T for a little more than $1 billion in cash, including 1,250 million MHz-POPs of 3.45 GHz and 331 …
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What do data center solutions provider see happening in generative AI use cases? LANSDOWNE, Virginia—On a sunny, 77-degree November day amid rolling green lawns not far from northern Virginia’s Data …
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Test and Measurement: Spirent Communications sees an ‘uptick’ in performance
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillSpirent Communications is in the process of being acquired by Keysight Technologies Spirent Communications said that it has been seeing an “uptick” in its performance during the third quarter of …
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AI tops the list of 2025 tech trends in IEEE survey Artificial intelligence is expected to be the most important technology in the coming year—the second time in a row …
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UScellular says FWA customer base saw growth, a bright spot in its results UScellular reported a continued downward slide in its total operating revenues, service revenues and net income, as …
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AMD results: Gaining share, engaging enterprise amid ‘insatiable demand for more compute’
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillAMD results for the third quarter of 2024 saw its data center segment revenue increase more than 120% year-over-year to a record $3.5 billion. The company’s total revenue for the …
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Test and Measurement: Viavi to build USAID-funded O-RAN test lab in the Philippines
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillViavi Solutions will be designing, building and operating a new, comprehensive Open Radio Access Network test lab in Quezon City in Metro Manila, aimed at fostering adoption of Open RAN …
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Artificial intelligence is expected to play a major role in future 6G systems, to the point that 6G is already being talked about as an “AI-native” technology, with a holistic …
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AST SpaceMobile’s five recently launched BlueBird satellites have been successfully unfurled in orbit, the company said in an update, and its preparations for commercial service are underway. The five BlueBirds …
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AT&T continues its fiber + 5G focus and is considering adding another 10-15 million passings to its goal of 30 million AT&T and fiber provider Corning have expanded their ongoing …
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The Federal Communications Commission has granted the use of 4.9 GHz spectrum to the First Responders Network Authority (FirstNet), and by extension, its network partner AT&T. The order specifies that …
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Test and Measurement: Rohde & Schwarz touts ‘full coverage’ Skylo NB-NTN testing
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillRohde & Schwarz says that it now has “full coverage” for the test plan to certify narrowband IoT Non-Terrestrial Networks (NB-NTN) devices on NTN provider Skylo’s satellite network. The testing …
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Nokia reported mixed results for the third quarter of 2024 but is optimistic about signs of a slow recovery from the telecom industry’s pull-back on network-related investments. CEO Pekka Lundmark …
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As UScellular proceeds with a proposed $4.4 billion acquisition of its wireless operations by T-Mobile US—which would essentially turn the mobile network operator into an infrastructure company—the last of the …
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DigitalBridge said that it has successfully completed its buy-out offer for Japanese infrastructure provider JTower, and that it now has a more than 75% controlling interest that was acquired for …
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Q Link Wireless of Dania Beach, Florida and its CEO, Issa Asad, have both pleaded guilty to defrauding the federal Lifeline program that provides discounted connectivity services to low-income people, …
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The number of small-to-medium-sized businesses that are using artificial intelligence has more than doubled compared to last year, according to Verizon Business’ fifth annual survey of SMBs. The survey also …
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Test and Measurement: Axon Networks buys DZS’ service assurance, Wi-Fi management assets
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillService management and orchestration company Axon Networks is buying software company DZS’ service assurance and Wi-Fi management software portfolio that includes CloudCheck, Expresse and TruSpeed. Axon is making the acquisition …
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Hurricane recovery update: Post-Milton work continues, Helene outages persist in NC, TN
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillWireless and wireline service providers continue to make progress in repairing and restoring connectivity in the wake of hurricanes Helene and Milton. According to figures reported to the Federal Communications …
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Customer losses, 5G costs: UScellular makes its case for the merger with T-Mobile US
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillAs the Federal Communications Commission considers T-Mobile US’ proposed $4.4 billion acquisition of UScellular, the latter company’s executives recently sat down with FCC representatives to make the case in favor …
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Testing the various components of Open Radio Access Networks—the open control unit, distributed unit and radio unit, or O-CU, O-DU and O-RU—has been the focus of multiple plugfests and other …
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Viavi Solutions has officially opened its Viavi Automated Lab-as-a-Service, or VALOR, Open RAN testing facility in Chandler, Arizona. VALOR is aimed at filling a need for pay-as-you-go, flexible, accessible and …
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Several major United States telecommunications providers have reportedly been infiltrated by a Chinese hacking group known as Salt Typhoon, with a focus on gaining information on U.S. government wiretaps. First …
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As more BEAD plans get approval, Ookla asks: Where do the states stand on broadband speeds?
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillAs $42.5 billion in federal funding makes it way to the states to be translated into infrastructure deployment projects, Ookla recently assessed how the 50 U.S. states stand in terms …
