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AT&T participates in DoD demo of 5G-enabled smart warehouse

AT&T said the 5G demonstration took place at Naval Base Coronado in San Diego AT&T has participated in a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and U.S. Navy demonstration showcasing a variety of 5G-powered technology solutions that can support the enablement of a Naval “Smart Warehouse.” The...

Engineers connect Japan and Europe via space-enabled 5G links

The European Space Agency said that these 5G-based experiments took place in January and February 2022 Engineers have connected Japan and Europe via space-enabled, next-generation 5G telecommunication links for the first time, the European Space Agency (ESA) said in a release. The agency noted that the...

#TBT: Managing expectations; Cellular retail goes virtual; Wireless and USF … this week in 1996

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! 'Expectations being set...

The MEC ‘disconnect’: Enterprise expectations versus what operators can deliver

Will enterprises pay for MEC? And what would they be getting? 5G has been hyped, in significant part, by the promise of ultra low-latency and highly reliable service. Mobile network operators have been deploying mobile edge compute (MEC) zones with hyperscaler partners in order to...

Sony announces new optical satellite business 

Sony said its newly-minted subsidiary will build equipment to enable laser-based real-time communication for low earth orbit (LEO) satellites.

Where music and technology meet: Verizon, Pandora announce virtual, 5G-supported concert

The performance will feature a virtual environment using 3D images captured at the Verizon 5G Lab in Los Angeles Verizon is using its edge compute capabilities and its 5G Ultra Wideband network — the brand name for its C-Band and mmWave network — to deliver...

Canada launches consultation process to award mmWave spectrum

The government of Canada aims to award mmWave frequencies in 2024 The government of Canada has announced the launch of a consultation process to award millimeter Wave (mmWave) spectrum bands with the aim of promoting competition in the local mobile market. The government said that the...

Keysight CFO: Semiconductor supply chain issues ‘not getting better’

Keysight Technologies CFO Neil Dougherty told an investor conference this week that a hoped-for improvement in semiconductor supply chain issues in the second half of the year doesn't seem to be materializing—though at this point, he added, Keysight's combination of in-house specialty chip fab...

‘At its core, it’s a question of “who wins?”‘ Alef CEO on the fight for the enterprise

'The question of the hyperscaler vs. the operator is about two monolithic things bouncing against each other, and it will eventually blow up,' says Alef CEO For the CEO of Alef Mike Mulica, it’s a very interesting time in telecom. His background, in his own...

Deutsche Telekom starts using 700 MHz frequencies for 5G

Deutsche Telekom said that over 67,000 antennas are already transmitting 5G across the country German telco Deutsche Telekom said it is using spectrum in the 700 MHz range for the provision of 5G for the first time. The European operator said that the use of the...

Well, technically… operators need to better understand their energy usage data: Caban Systems’ Alexandra Rasch (Ep. 73)

Caban Systems founder and CEO Alexandra Rasch details the energy-as-a-service model.

Infrastructure as a Service grew 41% in 2021 to $90 billion – Gartner

Public cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) revenue grew 41.4% percent in 2021, led by Amazon, Microsoft, and Alibaba.

Fujitsu, NTT Docomo and NEC announce joint 6G trials

NTT DoCoMo: '6G will greatly exceed the performance of 5G' Despite 5G being in its early stages of deployment, many in the telecom industry believe that now is the right time to prepare for future 6G systems. NTT DoCoMo, Fujitsu and NEC are among those ready...

NIST launches new $1 million public safety challenge

The National Institute for Standards and Technology's Public Safety Communications Research (NIST's PSCR) division has unveiled a new public safety tech challenge—and in an unusual twist, it has enlisted the help of Freelancer.com to promote awareness of the project. The Command Dashboard Integrating Next-Gen...

Test and Measurement: Ookla breaks down a shifting carrier market

Midband spectrum has helped T-Mo with a 5G lead, but cellular service and device costs may be more important to growth than pending C-Band deployments, Ookla says in a new blog post. Ookla's Mark Giles, lead industry analyst at Ookla, wrote that by Ookla's...

With an eye on multi-cloud, Dell plots strong data center growth

Dell pointed to strong infrastructure group sales as indication that it's on the right track for growth despite industry supply chain woes.

T-Mobile US launches Voice Over New Radio, advancing SA 5G capabilities

T-Mobile US said VoNR brings the promise Standalone 5G 'one step closer' by enabling advanced capabilities like network slicing T-Mobile US customers in limited areas of Portland, Ore. and Salt Lake City who have the Samsung Galaxy S21 5G now have access to Voice Over...

VMware releases Telco Cloud Service Assurance

VMware this week announced the general release of Telco Cloud Service Assurance, a rebranded and refeatured Telco Cloud Operations stack.

Enterprise Cellular Coverage Simplifying Complex Problems (Ep 4)

Episode 4: "The big picture for digital transformation" Beyond smartphone-specific use cases, cellular coverage inside buildings is key to unlocking the vast potential of the internet of things and deriving the value that flows from real-time, data-driven decision making.   In the final episode of...

Telefónica Hispam picks Mavenir’s IMS Core

Telefónica Hispam has picked Mavenir to provide core voice, messaging and multimedia capabilities for its Latin America telco networks.

It’s the ‘right time’ to prepare for 6G, says Samsung

The road to 6G will long and challenging, but collaboration is key: Samsung Research exec With 5G rollouts still very much underway but having made significant global progress, the industry is beginning to turn its attention to the development of 6G technology. In the slightly...

#TBT: mmWave goes the distance; DT tests VoNR; Who owns the edge? … this week in 2021

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! US Cellular achieves...

Nvidia plots accelerated computing’s future at ISC

Nvidia presented its Arm-based Grace Hopper data center products as accelerated computing solutions, at a special event at this week's ISC.

Verizon customers at Indy 500 used more than 17 terabytes of data

More the 325,000 fans attended the Indy 500 race Over the weekend, Marcus Ericsson won the 106th Running of the Indianapolis 500, or the Indy 500, a major racing event that takes place annually at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. According to Verizon,...