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#TBT: LightSquared’s spectrum issues; Rural call quality complaints; Samsung gains ground in the smartphone race … this week in 2012

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 the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! LightSquared scrambles amid...

How will Dish Network monetize 5G in the enterprise?

Dish has previously claimed that its private enterprise 5G capabilities are “unique” compared to other Tier 1 providers Amidst its greenfield 5G network buildout in the United States, Dish Network has also emphasized the importance of serving the enterprise space, focusing particularly on providing network...

Verizon, Atos announce 5G edge solution that can ‘analyze 180 billion data points every hour’

Verizon will implement the Atos Computer Vision platform in its private 5G multi-access edge computing solution Verizon Business has teamed up with Atos to deliver intelligent IoT solutions with private 5G multi-access edge computing to businesses, government and communities. The joint solution is an end-to-end architecture —...

Deutsche Telekom expands 5G capacities at almost 1,000 sites

Deutsche Telekom said it has built up 5G capacities at 958 sites nationwide over the past six weeks, the telco said in a statement. In addition, Deutsche Telekom has created additional LTE capacities at 745 locations, while 352 new LTE sites were built across Germany. More...

5G could help US reach 20% of carbon reduction targets by 2025: CTIA

5G connectivity will play a significant role in enabling the U.S. to meet the Biden administration’s climate change goals, with 5G-enabled use cases projected to make up to a 20% contribution toward the country’s carbon emission reduction targets by 2025, according to a new...

Crown Castle secured commitments for 50,000 new small cells in 2021: CEO

Crown Castle secured commitments for over 50,000 new small cell nodes during the last twelve months, which equates to approximately 70% of the total small cells the booked in its history prior to 2021, the company’s CEO Jay Brown said in a release. “As a...

AT&T looks to mid-year timeframe for scaling its midband deployments

AT&T is seeking to take a similar strategy with deploying midband that it did with its FirstNet build: Touching a tower once to turn up multiple spectrum bands. CEO John Stankey told analysts on the company's quarterly call today that AT&T expects to be...

How will Qualcomm achieve its net-zero timeline?

Qualcomm is now promising net-zero emissions by 2040 by first reducing its Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 50% Qualcomm has supported the Paris Agreement since 2015, with Nate Tibbits, the company’s senior vice president of Government Affairs, calling it a “strong...

Verizon leads off with service revenue growth, optimism on 2022 outlook

More than one in three of Verizon's wireless customers have a 5G phone Verizon is seeing a boost in wireless service revenues, reaching total wireless service revenue of $17.8 billion for the fourth quarter of 2021. That's a 6.5% year-over-year increase, which the company said...

For operators, sustainability and efficiency can be complementary: A Q&A with Verizon

Verizon's chief sustainability officer: 'We’re committed to reducing our environmental impact and supporting the transition to a greener grid' Peters Suh, industry lead for North America at Accenture’s Communications & Media, told RCR Wireless News that even as 5G leads to more network efficiencies and to use cases...

Reliance Jio completes 5G planning for 1,000 cities in India

Indian telecommunications firm Reliance Jio confirmed that it has completed the 5G coverage planning for 1,000 cities across the country. This coverage planning will enable the operator to roll out 5G services quickly once the government awards 5G spectrum later this year. “5G coverage planning has...

Well, technically… soon call bots will know you’re cursing at them: IntelePeer’s Cora Brito (Ep. 62)

Cora Brito, application support manager at IntelePeer, teaches me all about CPaaS and voice-automated AI. We also discuss the controversial topic of call bots. Are they just infuriating or are they also helpful?

Nokia, SK Telecom collaborate on virtualized RAN

Nokia and Korean telco SK Telecom said they have successfully completed a proof-of-concept (PoC) and demonstration of what they call the world's first 5G 64TRX wireless-based cloud Radio Access Network (vRAN) in Korea. Both companies plan to start field testing a vRAN in 2022. The demonstration...

The University of Oulu announces 6G collaboration with Jio

Finland's University of Oulu said it is cooperating with Jio Estonia OU, part of Reliance Industries, in the research of future 6G technologies. The partners say they will combine expertise from industry and academia in aerial and space communication, holographic beamforming, 3D connected intelligence in...

Telstra deploys Ericsson private 5G for Australian not-for-profit

Telstra has leveraged Ericsson private 5G to provide its enterprise customer AgriFood Connect, an Australian not-for-profit organization, with an on-premise, dedicated 5G network that utilizes a single-server 5G dual-mode core, which facilitates both LTE and 5G Standalone (SA) simultaneously. “The combination of a dedicated network...

Parsing the 5G power equation: Is 5G actually greener?

On a watt/bit basis, 5G is more power efficient than 4G When the conversation turns to 5G’s potential to be a “greener” technology than previous generations, the subject of power usage is one of the first that comes up. Most often, it is framed...

Opensignal: ‘T-Mobile US is the only carrier seeing improvement across all 5G categories’

According to the latest Opensignal 5G experience report, Verizon remains the sole winner of the experiential measures, which include the gaming and voice app experience, but T-Mobile US “dominates in both the speed metrics and in the two measures of a network’s extent.” Further,...

Oracle Cloud for Telcos ‘redefining the telco market’

Oracle says it's "redefining the telco market" with Oracle Cloud for Telcos, which bundles its infrastructure, services and apps for CSPs.

Test & Measurement: Thailand expands use of R&S mobile interference hunting system

Thailand, which has a long-standing relationship with Rohde & Schwarz to equip vehicles for mobile interference hunting, is expanding its use of the test company's spectrum monitoring system. Since 2014, Thailand’s Office of National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) has operated a fleet of...

Verizon renewable energy strategy is about ‘additionality,’ says chief sustainability officer

Verizon chief sustainability officer believes that technology companies have a unique and heightened responsibility to curb climate change Verizon announced seven new Renewable Energy Purchase Agreements (REPAs), which add up to approximately 910 megawatts (MW) of projected renewable energy capacity. According to James Gowen, senior vice...

Telenor inks deal with AWS to expand 5G core transformation

Nordic carrier Telenor signed a strategic collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to help expand its 5G core transformation, the telco said in a release. The telco said that the new deal will allow it to deliver new 5G and edge services to enterprise...

Chinese telcos add almost 27 million 5G subscribers in December

Chinese operators recorded a net gain of 26.9 million 5G subscribers in December, according to the carriers’ latest available figures. China Mobile, the world’s largest operator in terms of subscribers, added a total of 12.5 million 5G subscribers during the last month of 2021.The operator...

Oracle Cloud comes to South Africa

Oracle Cloud comes to Africa with the new Johannesburg region. It is the first of several new Oracle Cloud regions spinning up in 2022.

Nvidia AI Enterprise containerizes AI with Tanzu support

Validates Domino Data Lab Enterprise MLOps software Nvidia has updated its software suite for enterprise AI. Nvidia AI Enterprise 1.1 adds production support for VMware’s vSphere with Tanzu. vSphere is VMware’s cloud computing virtualization platform. vSphere with Tanzu creates a Kubernetes control plane in the...