Why have one robotic arm to test 5G antennas, when you can have two?
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has outfitted a test chamber with two robotic
arms to research new methods for antenna testing, particularly for 5G antennas, according to NIST. The agency says...
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Figuring out the...
Contracts covering about 14,000 wireline employees at AT&T Midwest and AT&T Legacy T expired over the weekend, with workers remaining on the job as negotiations continue.
That figure represents about five percent of AT&T's workforce, according to the carrier. AT&T Midwest includes workers in Illinois,...
In a promising sign for an equipment ecosystem for Citizens Broadband Radio Service spectrum, CommScope and Ericsson said this week that they successfully completed interoperability testing of Ericsson's equipment with CommScope's Spectrum Access System. This is the third SAS compatibility testing under Ericsson's belt;...
KPN partnered with Nokia, ZTE and Huawei to test 5G in four cities
Dutch telecommunications company KPN is urging the Dutch government to make 3.5GHz spectrum available for 5G testing.
The European telco said that the availability of spectrum in the 3.5GHz band was key for...
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!
A lull in...
If it seems like you're hearing more about ransomware attacks, it's not just that more high-profile attacks -- like the recent takeover of some city government systems in Atlanta, Ga.-- are making the news. Ransomware attacks have increased significantly in the last couple of...
Telefonica carried out the 5G trial using an autonomous minibus and technology from Ericsson
Spanish telecommunications firm Telefónica has showcased a 5G use case in Talavera de la Reina, Spain, with an EZ10 autonomous-driving, electric minibus, as part of the company’s 5G Technological Cities project...
China Mobile to leverage Nokia equipment to build optical transport network
China Mobile has chosen Nokia to supply equipment for its regional optical transport network.
An optical transport network serves as a protocol for forwarding network messaging across optical fiber networks. It consists of a collection...
The information technology sector added about 9,000 jobs during March, with additions in four out of five tech sectors -- but telecommunications job numbers were down about 2,000 for the month, according to analysis by industry group CompTIA.
Telecom has been steadily shedding jobs through...
According to the US Census Bureau, out of 127 million households, were close to 35 million households living in MDUs (multi-dwelling unit) of more than two units in 2016. Those numbers translate into over 17 million units spread over a little more than 800,000...
Google, Nokia, and Corning's SpiderCloud Wireless are helping Verizon test Citizens Broadband Radio Service, which uses the spectrum bands between 3.55 GHz and 3.70 GHz. They join previously announced partners Ericsson, Qualcomm and Federated Wireless.
At a test site in Irving, Texas Verizon is currently...
Cisco issues patches to address software vulnerabilities
Cisco recently released patches for 34 vulnerabilities, including three critical remote code execution flaws, with the majority impacting its IOS and IOS XE networking software.
The security firm Embedi first discovered one of the more serious software flaws, dubbed...
Aryaka lands deal with China Mobile
Aryaka announced a partnership with China Mobile International (CMI) to deliver what the company claims to be the first compliant global SD-WAN service for international companies with locations in China, and Chinese companies with a global presence.
Under the agreement,...
LGS Innovations has won a three-year, $14.5 million award to develop spectrum management policies for dynamic spectrum access radio networks.
LGS was awarded the project under the auspices of the National Spectrum Consortium, a group of spectrum industry companies, academic researchers and government contractors that...
Nokia has released a new version of its customer analytics solution that incorporates artificial intelligence algorithms, and the company says that the changes means getting faster results.
The new AI algorithms for Nokia's customer analytics software were co-developed with Nokia Bell Labs. Shelley Schleuter, head...
Despite momentum, 5G standards work is not complete
The past several months has seen an explosion in 5G momentum. It seems that every week brings another high-profile demonstration or an announcement of a new trial. The result of all this attention has dramatically shortened everyone’s...
Steel in the Air President Ken Schmidt has some recent analysis of what the national distribution of 100,000 small cells over the next few years could look like, if you assume that deployment will more or less follow population. His estimates crown California as...
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!
Going for broke...
Academic researchers have identified 10 new security vulnerabilities in LTE protocol procedures, using a testing approach they call LTEInspector. Those weaknesses are in addition to nine previously identified attack types.
You can read the full paper here, and the researchers detail attack types including an...
In the three years since Keysight Technologies' last investor day, the company has been working on one theme: transformation. From being part of Agilent to charting its own path as an independent company; from hardware to software; from boxes to services.
"It's pretty amazing to...
Millimeter-wave chip company Maja Systems and Presto Engineering said this week that they have successfully collaborated on high-volume, automated production testing for Maja's AirData products.
Michel Villemain, CEO of Presto Engineering, said in a statement that the company "developed custom solutions that allow us to...
ORLANDO, Fla.--Smart cities. Public safety communications. Cellular evolution, including LTE and future 5G systems. Land Mobile Radio. The internet of things. Telecom technologies are evolving rapidly, and panelists at a session at the International Wireless Communications Expo delved into how they overlap and may...
Qualcomm's most recent meeting with Broadcom seems to have somewhat thawed Qualcomm's frosty reception to a Broadcom takeover -- although Qualcomm still wants to see a higher offer from Broadcom and the two companies are sparring over whether the other is engaging in good...
