A study by EJL Wireless Research estimated small cell shipments expanded by 84% in 2017
U.S. outdoor small cell antenna shipments are forecasted to increase by 75% in 2018 compared to the previous year, due to increasing demand from all four U.S. national mobile operators...
Rogers aims to start deploying 5G-ready network equipment and infrastructure at UBC starting in early 2019
Canadian telecom group Rogers and the University of British Columbia (UBC) have inked a three-year, multi-million dollar partnership deal to build a real-world 5G hub on the UBC campus...
If approved, the bill would ask the government to inform about progress in ZTE’s compliance deal
Republican and Democratic senators have introduced a bill that aims to re-impose sanctions on Chinese vendor ZTE if the firm fails to fully comply with U.S. laws and an...
The GSMA report forecasts North American 5G connections to account for 49% of global connections in 2025
Almost half of all mobile connections in North America are forecast to be running on 5G networks by 2025, according to a new report by the GSMA.
The GSMA...
The new facilities will be located in Washington DC, Palo Alto, Waltham and Los Angeles
Verizon will open four new 5G Labs this year, with the aim of accelerating the development of 5G use cases.
The carrier said that the new 5G Labs – to be...
Nokia said that the recent levies imposed on Chinese components will have a negative impact in 5G deployments in the U.S. market
Nokia warned the U.S. Federal Communications Commission that the ongoing trade war between President Trump’s administration and the Chinese government will negatively impact...
The two partners said that the 5G trial was demonstrated in labs in Kista, Sweden, and Santa Clara, California
Intel and Ericsson announced they have delivered what it claims to be a first 3GPP 5G New Radio-compliant live data call operating over the 39 GHz...
The Chinese vendor argues that it had been unfairly targeted by U.S. agencies over national security concerns
Chinese vendor Huawei has appealed to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission for a hearing into its restricted business opportunities in the U.S. market.
The company argues that it has...
AT&T said it has invested $1.2 billion to upgrade wireless and wireline infrastructure in certain areas across Tennessee between 2015-2017
Tennessee's wireless infrastructure saw a range of improvements during 2017, according to AT&T, which said that it deployed new distributed antenna systems and expanded existing...
Verizon and AT&T aim to launch commercial 5G services in certain US markets before the end of this year
North America seems to be leading the race to launch commercial 5G services, according to a new study by IHS Markit.
The study revealed that 82% of...
The U.S. government said companies doing business with Iran will be barred from making deals with American firms
German telecom operator Deutsche Telekom (DT) has halted all business operations in Iran, following the new wave of sanctions imposed by the U.S government to the Asian...
The Chinese government said it will review the impact of the measure
U.S. President Donald Trump has signed the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, which includes new regulations that ban government agencies doing business with Chinese vendors Huawei and ZTE.
The bill prohibits the U.S....
International revenues represented 67.6% of Deutsche Telekom's quarterly revenues
German telecom group Deutsche Telekom posted a net profit of 495 million euros ($567 million) in the second quarter of the year, down 43.4% compare to 874 million euros in Q2 2017 due to a one-time...
AT&T said this development in Texas will be one of the first connected communities in the U.S. built from the ground up with 5G technology
Frisco Station, a 242-acre, mixed-use development in Frisco, Texas, announced plans to deploy integrated connectivity from AT&T.
The future deployments will...
Spanish carrier Telefonica also secured spectrum in the tender process
AT&T secured 80 megahertz of spectrum in the 2.5 GHz band in an auction carried out by the Mexican government.
Rival operator Movistar, owned by Spanish telecommunications group Telefonica, also secured 40 megahertz in the process.
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AT&T said it had invested $1 billion to upgrade wireless and wireline infrastructure in certain areas across Florida during the 2015-2017 period
AT&T has installed new distributed antenna systems (DAS) and improved existing DAS in the Florida state during 2017 as part of the carrier’s...
Telus said it will look for revenue opportunities in the internet of things space
Canadian carrier Telus said it has reached download speeds of 28 Gbps in its 5G trials, the company’s CEO Darren Entwistle said during a conference call with investors.
“We’ll be using 5G...
The company’s in-building wireless segment recorded revenues of $3.6 million in fiscal Q1
Westell Technologies is seeing increasing opportunities in areas such as network densification, in-building wireless, 5G and the internet of things, the company’s President and CEO Stephen John told investors during a conference...
Boingo said it has 78 DAS venues and 11,500 DAS nodes in backlog
Revenue from the distributed antenna system (DAS) segment accounted for 37% of Boingo Wireless’ overall revenue in the second quarter of the year, slightly down from a contribution of 38% in the...
Commscope also highlighted the firm is well-positioned to capture business opportunities in the 5G field
Commscope expects to see future benefits from partnerships with large North American customers despite some impacts in the firm’s margins, the firm’s CFO Alexander Pease said on a conference call...
The carrier said that tests of Massive MIMO for 5G deployments are very promising
Sprint has already distributed more than 260,000 Magic Box small cells to businesses and consumers across the country, CEO Michel Combes said during a conference call with investors.
“Customers with Magic Box...
The decision by the U.S. Department of Commerce will allow the Chinese vendor to resume operations
The U.S. Department of Commerce (DoC) formally lifted a seven-year ban on U.S. companies selling components and software to Chinese vendor ZTE, after it complied with all the requirements...
The Commerce Department said the partial authorization will be valid until August 1
The U.S. government has issued a limited service authorization which would allow Chinese vendor ZTE to resume certain activities. ZTE halted business operations in May due to a seven-year ban on the...
JMA Wireless said it has installed its TEKO DAS in collaboration with system integrator Multipath Communications Group
U.S provider of wireless communications solutions JMA Wireless has completed a project which has improved cellular coverage and capacity at Nationals Park, home to the Major League Baseball...
