Goal is to time broad 5G availability with 5G iPhone availability Speaking May 12 at the MoffettNathanson Media and Communications Summit, AT&T SVP and CFO John Stephens acknowledged that COVID-19’s …
Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst
Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst
Sean focuses on multiple subject areas including 5G, 6G, Open RAN, hybrid cloud, edge computing, and Industry 4.0. Prior to his work at RCR, Sean studied journalism and literature at the University of Mississippi then spent six years based in Key West, Florida, working as a reporter for the Miami Herald Media Company. He currently lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
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Dell Technologies, IBM and Microsoft are developing cloud, edge, 5G strategies Operators have, across the board, acknowledged the importance of edge computing in delivering a differentiated, revenue-generating 5G service. There …
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RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change The World? Shekar Ayyar, VMware (Ep. 6) Telco cloud, virtualization all part of creating 5G service revenue Shekar Ayyar, VMware executive vice president …
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The notion of ecosystem development is a recurring part of the edge conversation. The idea is that a diversity of technologies and use cases need to be developed, requiring buy-in …
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Executives lay out business, network strategies post T-Mobile, Sprint merger Coming off a protracted but now-closed merger with Sprint and a decent Q1, T-Mobile executives this week told a story …
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The combination of 5G and edge computing promises to fast-track the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the Internet of Things (IoT). With 10 to 20 times faster speeds and …
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The combination of 5G and edge computing promises to fast-track the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the Internet of Things (IoT). With 10 to 20 times faster speeds and …
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Open RAN Policy Coalition launched this week with key operator members In examining the long arc of open radio access networks, the focus of groups like the O-RAN Alliance and …
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RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change The World? Steve Papa, Parallel Wireless (Ep.5) Discussing open RAN as the conversation turns from tech to policy Parallel Wireless CEO Steve Papa …
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Open RAN group ties COVID-19 pandemic to RAN vendor choice, security and performance A new group of operators and telecom network hardware and software vendors announced today the formation of …
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Microsoft confirmed acquisition of Affirmed Networks in March Microsoft made big telco moves ahead of its earnings call last week with the acquisition of Affirmed Networks and announcement of Azure …
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Beyond the U.S., mmWave 5G auctions coming up in key mobile markets While U.S. operators AT&T and Verizon went to market with millimeter wave-based mobile and fixed 5G services, most …
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Expect more traction around mmWave 5G with upcoming auctions, activations Qualcomm was within its second quarter 2020 revenue guidance despite a significant downturn in handset demand related to the COVID-19 …
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RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change The World? Dean Brenner and Alice Tornquist, Qualcomm (Ep.4) Making roads safer with 5G V2X Qualcomm’s Dean Brenner, SVP of Spectrum Strategy and …
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Densifying mmWave 5G while managing deployment costs The U.S., both operators and regulators, have been bullish on the role of millimeter wave spectrum in 5G. Indeed, both Verizon and AT&T …
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Dynamic Spectrum Sharing key to scaling 5G coverage If 2019 was the year of initial 5G rollouts and 2020 is the year of driving 5G to scale, then expect Dynamic …
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Earlier this week AT&T withdrew 2020 guidance due to COVID-19 impact Following the companies first quarter earnings call this week, AT&T announced that CEO Randall Stephenson, 60, will retire from …
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RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change The World? Doug Mohney, Space IT Bridge (Bonus Episode) It’s a first! Someone finally tells me, “5G won’t change the world” Space IT …
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Parallel Wireless CEO: “We have an all G world for a long period of time” U.S.-based OpenRAN provider Parallel Wireless this week announced it was selected by the Ghana Investment …
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AT&T attributes approximately $600 million impact to COVID-19 pandemic AT&T this week withdrew all previous financial guidance based on uncertainty around the long-term impact the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic will have …
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RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change The World? Bobby Napiltonia, NEXT Trucking (Ep. 3) 5G as enabler of smarter, more connected transportation systems Bobby Napiltonia, chief revenue officer of …
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T-Mobile President of Technology provides post-merger update on network integration The $26.5 billion merger of T-Mobile US and Sprint closed April 1 and this week President of Technology of New …
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All eyes now on MWC Los Angeles Following its at-the-time unanticipated but retrospectively lauded decision to cancel Mobile World Congress Barcelona in February, as COVID-19 gained a foothold in Europe, …
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Connecticut-based Frontier Communications on April 14 announced it was voluntarily entering chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after missing an interest payment on unsecured debt in March. Despite this development, Frontier said …
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CEO Rajeev Suri set to leave Nokia later this year According to multiple published reports, primarily sourced from an initial piece in TMT Finance, claim Finnish network infrastructure vendor Nokia …
