CHARLOTTE, N.C.–Commercial wireless services in the Citizens Broadband Radio Service spectrum are getting closer and closer to reality, with devices expected to arrive soon and certification efforts underway. Speakers at …
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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Network benchmarking company Rootmetrics has been going through data from its testing during the first half of 2018 and concluded that increasing network data speeds is a clear area of …
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Project 25, or P25, is a technology for digital two-way radio communications for public safety and other public agencies, security and some commercial users. Here is a rundown of basics …
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Five ways KT used 5G at the PyeongChang Olympics — and three lessons learned
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillKT says it took 4.6 times the number of LTE sites to provide 5G coverage AUSTIN, Tex.–Several years ahead of the 2018 PeyeongChang Winter Olympics, Korean operator KT laid ambitious …
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#TBT: Handset trends in an iPhone world; customers want data, data, data; MVNOs go bust … this week in 2008
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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TETRA expected to grow at nearly 20% CAGR TETRA, or terrestrial trunked radio, is a standard developed by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute for mobile radio communications used by public …
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AUSTIN, Tex.–Verizon has begun testing LTE in the Citizens Broadband Radio Service spectrum at 3.5 GHz in its commercial network, with a deployment in Florida that utilized both indoor and …
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AT&T is moving forward with its nationwide build of a public safety LTE network for the First Responders Network Authority, or FirstNet, equipped with priority and preemption — but the …
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AUSTIN, Tex.–Sprint expanded its list of markets for initial roll-outs of 5G network technology, saying that it will build out 5G in New York City; Phoenix, Ariz., and the Kansas …
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The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Lab has expanded its Wi-Fi testing capabilities to include Broadband Forum testing that quantifies Wi-Fi access point performance. The testing is in line with …
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T-band spectrum used in 11 metro areas still slated for give-back Once upon a time in a Congress far, far away, public safety users were asking a national, interoperable mobile …
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Senate Democrats have officially filed for a review of the lifting of so-called “net neutrality” rules under the Congressional Review Act, even as the Federal Communications Commission gave notice that …
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#TBT: MVNO madness (Voce! Helio!); the Razr’s cool factor; MediaFLO abroad … this week in 2006
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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How will you know if a wireless device is using the Citizens Broadband Radio Service spectrum at 3.5 GHz and interoperates with other such devices? It will be OnGo certified. …
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Sound the (virtual) alarm: NIST develops virtual reality for public safety
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillIn a series of hallways made up of orange, grid-patterned walls and white floors with boxy fluorescent lights on the ceilings, virtual flames crackle and smoke. Suddenly, down another corridor, …
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As quarterly numbers continue to come in from network testing and monitoring companies, Viavi Solutions reported revenues up 11.9% year-over-year to $219.4 million, driven by strength in its network and …
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With the recent purchase of InterDigital’s XCellAir, European managed Wi-Fi company Fon seeks to help network operators capitalize on their Wi-Fi presence in residential homes — and get a foothold …
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#TBT: Phones boom, PDAs bust; The ‘rudest phone in America’ … this week in 2004
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 ‘un-carrier’ scores 617,000 branded postpaid phone net additions On the heels of its announced intention to merge with Sprint, T-Mobile US put up continued strong growth, bringing in …
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As Boston Marathon runners coped with bad weather on the course during the recent race, there was an invisible competition going on among wireless carriers — and one of the …
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Combined company plans $40 billion in network investment Sprint and T-Mobile US are gearing up for another attempt to join forces, with an eye on massive investment in 5G and …
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With first quarter results starting to come in, National Instruments had a record quarter and reported its highest-ever first quarter revenues of $312 million. That number is an increase of …
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As AT&T reported its quarterly earnings, CFO John Stephens expressed some reservations about the clarity of the business case for 5G fixed wireless access, and said that the operator is …
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#TBT: GPRS is all the rage, except in the U.K.; HP in court over Compaq … this week in 2002
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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Satellite player GlobalStar is diversifying its infrastructure position in a $1.65 billion transaction with Thermo Acquisitions that will combine satellite spectrum with fiber assets and investments in CenturyLink and other …
