Carrier-certified small cells that can be directly purchased by the enterprise give companies a way to take control of their cellular connectivity needs, but bringing these products to market is …
Martha DeGrasse
Martha DeGrasse
Martha DeGrasse is the publisher of Network Builder Reports (nbreports.com). At RCR, Martha authored more than 20 in-depth feature reports and more than 2,400 news articles. She also created the Mobile Minute and the 5 Things to Know Today series. Prior to joining RCR Wireless News, Martha produced business and technology news for CNN and Dow Jones in New York and managed the online editorial group at Hoover’s Online before taking a number of years off to be at home when her children were young. Martha is the board president of Austin's Trinity Center and is a member of the Women's Wireless Leadership Forum.
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As T-Mobile US CEO John Legere wraps up his fifth year with the self-described “un-carrier,” the company is proving that it can continue to add customers even in a relatively …
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LoRa, or long-range radio, is moving to a new level just as mobile network operators are rolling out their own low-power networks to compete with LoRa-based wide area networks. Semtech, …
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Shares of Sprint slid almost 5% on news that the company is replacing CFO Tarek Robbiati with French telecom executive Michel Combes. Combes has a history of taking on challenging …
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AT&T has certified Sequans’ Monarch IoT chipset, which supports both LTE Category M1 (Cat M) and narrowband IoT in a single device. AT&T customers who deploy modules that use one …
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Carriers and other network operators should be able to offer some services using the Citizens Broadband Radio Service spectrum as soon as next year. Vendors have developed software to manage …
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Internet service providers are now free of net neutrality regulation, but several states may make them pay a price for prioritizing content. Some states are drafting laws that in many …
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A Crown Castle distributed antenna system in Chicago is the site of a new data center architecture that could change the economics of centralized radio access networks. Vapor IO, a …
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Verizon CFO Matthew Ellis told an investor conference the company’s 5G trials using millimeter wave spectrum are exceeding expectations in “commercial-type tests.” He said spectrum propagation has been better than …
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Verizon announced the biggest content deal yet for Oath, the company’s media group that includes Yahoo and AOL. Yahoo Sports and Verizon’s other digital media properties will stream live NFL …
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ARRIS has completed its $800 million dollar purchase of Ruckus Wireless with a promise to retain the Wi-Fi equipment maker’s name and leadership. Former Ruckus president Dan Rabinovitsj will become …
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“Make calls, keep records, send email, browse the web and run over a thousand different applications, all while on the go…” This holiday ad for “one of the first truly …
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Nokia labeled press reports about a potential acquisition of Juniper Networks as “rumors,” and said it is not currently in acquisition talks with the Silicon Valley company. Nokia stopped short …
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After launching its 5G modem chip early this year, Intel has announced plans to commercialize the technology in 2019. The company said its XMMTM 8060 modem is already making 5G …
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With President Trump saying AT&T’s $85 billion deal to buy Time Warner may end up in court, AT&T is reportedly making plans to fight back if it has to. According …
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The 5G standard is still several weeks away, but chipmakers are already testing 5G equipment in a variety of environments, including moving vehicles. A car traveling at 30 miles per …
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Smartphones are responsible for the majority of mobile network infections, and most infected smartphones are running Android applications, according to Nokia. The company tracks ransomware through its threat intelligence lab …
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Modules could support devices in as many as 20 countries Huawei said its HiSilicon semiconductor unit will work with Swiss chipmaker Gemalto to develop modules for narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) devices. …
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AT&T and Verizon have jointly agreed to build hundreds of new cell towers with Tillman Infrastructure, a company founded last year by Sanjiv Ahuja’s Tillman Global Holdings. Ahuja is the …
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Unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, are shooting movies, spraying crops, delivering pizza, and performing dozens of other jobs across many industries. For mobile network operators, this could represent a major …
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Several contributors to the emerging 5G standard presented last week at the 15th annual Texas Wireless Summit at the University of Texas, hosted by the school’s Wireless Networking and Communications …
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Analysts see growth for equipment providers regardless of FCC decision Companies from inside and outside the wireless industry are excited about the Federal Communications Commission’s plan to make more spectrum …
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AT&T has more IoT devices on its wireless network than any other U.S. carrier, and the company sees partnerships as a key driver of its success. The carrier has leveraged …
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AT&T is using a flying cell site to bring temporary connectivity to residents of Puerto Rico, where many towers and rooftop sites remain incapacitated due to Hurricane Maria. The carriers …
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AT&T says many of its customers are on a “journey to the cloud” and the carrier wants to provide the networking environment to get them there. To that end, AT&T …