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Ericsson shares drop after company misses analyst targets

Supply chain woes and inflation are to blame for lower gross margins, said Ekholm Ericsson stocks tumbled as much as 10% on Thursday, following the company’s latest earnings report. The Swedish telecom equipment maker posted an increase in second-quarter earnings, but missed Wall Street analyst’s...

Canadian authorities probe Rogers’ weekend outage

Canada’s Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission ordered the company to give answers in a week Canadian regulators ordered Rogers Communication to provide a more thorough accounting of what happened last weekend to cause a nationwide outage for Canada’s biggest mobile telco. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications...

#TBT: Lucent lands Verizon EV-DO network contract; Operators eye EDGE; Nokia mid-aughts tech strategy … this week in 2004

Editor’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 those sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! Lucent lands deal...

Lumen brings edge network to Europe

5ms latency promised for 70% of customers in the UK, France, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands.  Lumen Technologies has announced the launch of its enterprise edge computing solutions in Europe. The company claims 5 millisecond (ms) latency for 70% of enterprise demand in the UK, France,...

iBwave launches new public safety network survey tool, with a palm-sized RF scanner

iBwave, perhaps best known for its indoor network planning tools, is in the midst of widening its target market to focus on campus networks and public safety, as well as private networks, and move beyond the network planning market. As part of those efforts,...

AWS Cloud WAN promises simplified multi-cloud management

Amazon's made AWS Cloud WAN generally available – its SD-WAN as a service for hybrid and multi-cloud deployments.

Jet tests maritime 5G with floating base station

Maritime 5G grows a step closer to reality with Jet's testing of a floating 5G base station, funded via UK's 5G RuralDorset initiative.

T-Mobile US maintains its 5G lead: Opensignal

However, Verizon and AT&T also saw notable increases in 5G download speeds as result of their C-band deployments Opensignal once again crowned T-Mobile US the fastest 5G carrier in the U.S. in its latest 5G Experience report. That makes this the sixth "win" for the...

Pardon the PON: How passive optical networks may solve the last mile conundrum (Reader Forum)

The term “last mile” typically evokes images of exhausted marathon runners somehow finding their second wind to stumble across the finish line. It’s the last expulsion of energy required to finish the race, and while the elite can do it, others slow to a...

Spirent focuses on 5G visibility with Vantage launch

Service providers have to deal with increasing complexity in their networks and services, amid what have been highly manual and ponderous service assurance deployments that almost inevitably result in visibility gaps and too much data that needs highly skilled human interpretation to resolve issues. As...

Ericsson, Qualcomm partner with aerospace company on 5G non-terrestrial networks

5G connectivity delivered via low Earth orbit satellites could lead to 'global coverage' for 5G smartphones, said the companies Ericsson, Qualcomm and French aerospace company Thales announced a collaboration to test and develop 5G connectivity using low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellations. The companies said...

Amazon EC2 offers M1 Mac instancing

After first testing the capability, AWS has added M1 Mac minis to its EC2 arsenal, for devs who need to provision virtual Macs in the cloud.

FCC proposes penalty against Verizon for telecom accessibility rule violation

A customer with disabilities filed a complaint with the FCC, alleging that the Verizon Premium Visual Voicemail violated accessibility rules Last week, The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Enforcement Bureau proposed slapping Verizon with $100,000 fine for reportedly failing to provide the Bureau with critical information...

Canadian telco Rogers suffers second major outage in two years

Millions of Canadian consumers and many businesses were left without voice or Internet services on Friday and into Saturday following an outage of the nation's biggest mobile operator.

Vodafone UK, Virgin Media O2 enable 4G coverage in London Underground

In 2021, BAI Communications won a contract to deploy a 4G network in the London Underground by the end of 2024 Vodafone UK and Virgin Media O2 will use a neutral host mobile network on the London Underground rail system to provide 4G coverage to...

Vodafone, others claim power efficiency gains in Open RAN test

A group led by Vodafone demoed Open RAN power efficiency improvements and called for the industry to focus on making Open RAN greener.

Test and Measurement: Vendors tout O-RAN testing support

Test and measurement companies are highlighting their recent support of Open RAN testing and demonstrations, in the wake of the recent Open RAN global plugfest. Viavi Solutions was among the vendors which enabled plugtest demos and testing around the world for the O-RAN Alliance...

Aviat Networks expands presence in Canada with Redline acquisition

Aviat said that it is committed to maintaining the current engineering jobs in Canada as well as the corresponding R&D spend in the country Wireless transport solutions specialist Aviat Networks said that the completion of the acquisition of Canadian firm Redline Communications, a provider in...

TIM-led group to make counter offer to build Italian National Strategic Hub

A Telecom Italia-led group says the Italian government must consider its counter offer to build the National Strategic Hub public admin cloud.

South Korea ends May with 24 million 5G subscribers

South Korea was the first country to launch commercial 5G networks in April 2019 and currently has 5G coverage across its 85 cities The total number of 5G subscribers in South Korea reached nearly 24 million in May, Korean press reported, citing data from the...

FCC moves forward with new requirements for network resiliency

The Federal Communications Commission has gone ahead with a move to require all facilities-based wireless providers to adhere to a set of previously voluntary commitments around network resiliency and emergency roaming arrangements. The agency is essentially codifying the Wireless Network Resiliency Cooperative Framework, which was...

5G-Advanced to be launched in 2025: ABI Research

5G-Advanced will bring new enhancements to mobile network capabilities and use case-based support to help carriers with 5G commercialization Some 75% of 5G base stations will be upgraded to 5G-Advanced by 2030, five years after the estimated commercial launch, according to a report by global...

LG Uplus, Nokia ink MoU to cooperate in 5G Advanced, 6G

LG Uplus and Nokia aim to cooperate for research on the expansion of network structures, bandwidths and service zones LG Uplus, South Korea’s third-largest mobile operator, has reached a tentative deal with Finnish vendor Nokia to cooperate in research and development (R&D) projects for next-generation...

BT promises easier multi-cloud deployments with Connected Cloud Edge

Using Equinix Fabric and "Carrier Neutral Facilities," BT promises to accelerate enterprise digital transformation with its new platform.