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In less than a year, COVID-19 has upended lives around the globe. The need for social distancing and avoiding in-person activity as much as humanly possible has forced people everywhere …

Introduction As an eventful 2020 draws to a close, the telecommunications industry is looking forward to building a future in which connectivity is truly ubiquitous and accessible for all. To …

From remote work to home-based education, wireless connectivity allows us to quickly adapt in an ever-changing world You may have just finished an online videoconference from your home office, helped …

The launch of commercial 5G services is accelerating around the world, and the expectations for new use cases and opportunities they will drive are high.  Much of the promise of …

Sarah Yost, NI’s senior business development manager, discusses why it’s too soon to get excited about 6G, as well as how the company’s software-defined radios are supporting the PAWR program, …

RCR Wireless News · Private Wireless Podcast – Deployment Models (ep. 2) In the second episode of the new Private Wireless Podcast series, Enterprise IoT Insights talks with Nokia about the …

Dish 5G won’t be live in a major market until Q3 2021 David Barden, managing director and senior telecommunications equity research analyst at Bank of America-Merill Lynch, on a third …

Following four years of research and interviews with leaders in the industrial IoT (IIoT) space, Cambashi has settled on nine ‘verticals’, or ‘connected market areas’ for IIoT applications. These are: buildings, …

Subspace CEO: ‘The internet doesn’t understand the needs of real-time applications, like multiplayer gaming’ As gaming continues to emerge as a prominent use case for advanced technologies like 5G and …

Accenture exec: ‘Cloud is cool, but without an advanced network, it can’t deliver the value’ Mobile service providers are spending billions of dollars building out nationwide 5G networks and are …

“The opening up of new markets, foreign or domestic, and the organizational development from the craft shop and factory to such concerns … illustrate the same process of industrial mutation–if …

Consumers and carriers will both benefit from the inclusion of mmWave support in the iPhone 12 From the perspective of NI’s Head of Semiconductor Marketing David Hall, the release of …

Carriers can move the needle by preparing business for 5G today  There has never been a better time than now for cellular network operators to accelerate their investments in 5G …

Architectural changes made in 5G to optimize and scale networks with cloud radio access networks (C-RAN) have created stricter synchronization and latency requirements, particularly for fronthaul networks that provide connectivity …

Global telecom service providers are deploying 5G networks and as far as new services are concerned, anything goes, as new business models are tried and tested to maximize new revenue …

To say cloud services are pervasive would be an understatement. From individuals binge-watching content from OTT video platforms to enterprises deploying SaaS solutions, cloud services have numerous touch points throughout …

Building out a wireless network is expensive, and most of the CAPEX is related to the radio access network (RAN) segment, reaching as high as 80% of total network cost.  …

Natasha Tamaskar, head of global marketing and sales enablement at Radisys, explains that open telecom is built into the company’s DNA and how an open telecom ecosystem represents a new and different model, which brings a number of challenges and opportunities for carriers, vendors and customers.

RCR Wireless News · Private Wireless Podcast – Cost aspect of Private Wireless (ep. 1) Welcome to the inaugural episode of ‘Private Wireless’, a monthly podcast series where we explore the …

2020 trends show a serious ‘pivot’ in connectivity testing RCR Wireless News caught up with test and measurement company Spirent Communications’ head of 5G strategy, Steve Douglas, to discuss some …

What would happen if global smartphone usage shot up by 70%, almost overnight? Many mobile network operators met this question head on earlier this year and had little choice but …

Apple’s 5G iPhone is a sure sign that “wireless is the new fiber.” The pace of innovation is simply stunning. But it’s not your phone that will bring you this …

  The coronavirus pandemic has placed schools across the United States in unprecedented circumstances. Thousands of schools are offering instruction exclusively online. Thousands more are operating with hybrid models that …

Signal repeaters and boosters have shifted the conversation around network densification It is widely accepted that to achieve the coverage and speeds promised by 5G, it will be necessary to …

The success of 5G for both mobile and fixed wireless access will be built on deployment in wide contiguous blocks of spectrum. 5G extends the catalogue of applicable frequency bands …