CCOO leaving Nokia to run Apple’s India operations The commercialization of 5G is set for a big year in 2019 given operator plans and the timeline for handset availability. With …
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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With ecosystem alignment, expect big 5G momentum in 2019 Verizon launched a fixed wireless 5G service in four markets this year with plans to offer mobile in 2019, while AT&T …
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American Tower and Ruckus Networks partnered on CBRS project With rules governing general authorized and priority access licenses settled by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, there’s significant momentum around the …
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IPO will give SoftBank more capital to invest in tech, startups, sharing economy With approval from Japanese financial regulators in hand, SoftBank is working toward a $21.04 billion initial public …
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URLLC key to autonomous 5G applications A new report from industry organization 5G Americas highlights how some of the longer-term goals of 5G–supporting widespread automation in verticals like manufacturing and …
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5G will drive growth in fiscal 2019, Qualcomm CEO says Qualcomm has three priorities going into 2019, CEO Steve Mollenkopf said this week on an earnings call. Those priorities are …
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Early movement on millimeter wave a component of 5G wins Samsung is confirmed as a primary vendor for AT&T, Verizon and Sprint’s 5G deployment plans, and the Korean vendor also …
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Edge computing infrastructure needs assets tower companies already have If moves from two major tower companies are any indication, existing tower sites, given built-in access to power and backhaul, are …
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Building out NB-IoT is first step toward 5G Earlier this week, Ericsson announced it had won RAN and core business from Dish and SBA noted on an earnings call it was seeing …
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Fortune 500s driving adoption of workplace-as-a-service With its start as a business model largely associated with software and servers, the as-a-service concept is currently shaking up the commercial real estate …
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Nokia frame deals cover RAN, transport, NFV, SDN and services Nokia came out of the China International Import Expo in Shanghai this week with more than $2 billion worth of …
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China leading the way on deploying C-V2X Cars that can talk to each other, smart infrastructure and even pedestrians, access cloud services for navigation and infotainment and tap cellular networks …
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Key 5G spectrum decisions need to be made ahead of WRC-19 Operators and regulators need to work more closely through the process of allocating 5G spectrum, otherwise some countries could …
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Doing away with spoofing is “top consumer priority” for FCC After receiving an earful from the attorneys general of 35 states last month, U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai, …
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Nokia, DT and the Port of Hamburg prove out industrial 5G applications Back in January, Nokia and Deutsche Telekom started a project at the Port of Hamburg to test out …
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Power consumption key concern for millimeter wave Going into 2019, there’s significant momentum around 5G at millimeter wave frequencies. In the U.S. Verizon and AT&T are launching initial 5G services …
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Sprint/T-Mobile US merger could open up US to Chinese “ecosystem,” according to former House Intelligence Committee chairman As federal regulator review the proposed mega-merger between carriers Sprint and T-Mobile US, …
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New Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg based re-org on customer segment After reportedly considering a reorganization plan and speaking with internal executives for several months, Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg has re-aligned …
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Move comes after FCC Chairman criticizes Hurricane Michael recovery After publicly criticizing the network recovery efforts after Hurricane Michael devastated the Florida Panhandle, U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai …
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Doreen Bogdan-Martin elected as ITU Director of Telecommunications Development Bureau The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), a United Nations agency dedicated to information and communications technology standardization, this week elected its …
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5G NR-U can serve operator, enterprise and industrial demands In the context of LTE, the use of Licensed Assisted Access to aggregate licensed and unlicensed spectrum bands is key to …
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FCC has already allocated 12.55 gigahertz of millimeter wave spectrum Millimeter wave spectrum is key to delivering on the ultra-high throughput speeds associated with 5G. In the U.S., the Federal …
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CWA tells FCC merger could kill 30,000 jobs While T-Mobile US CEO John Legere and Marcelo Claure, former Sprint CEO and current COO of Sprint parent company SoftBank, told workers …
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Sprint CEO Michel Combes calls it a “major milestone” This week Sprint reported its Q2 2018 financials. Highlights include year-over-year growth in wireless service revenue for the first time in …
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Virtualization investments also require network management investments With 5G expected to see more widespread commercialization in 2019 and beyond, operators can expect more flexibility in managing resources and offering up …
