C-band has significantly greater capacity than lower frequency 5G bands
According to a new Opensignal report, recent C-band deployments by AT&T and Verizon are helping the pair catch up to T-Mobile US, which has, on several occasions, emerged as the 5G frontrunner when it comes...
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!
AT&T Wireless sells...
AT&T Mexico had initially launched 5G services in Mexico in December last year using spectrum in the 2.5 GHz band
AT&T Mexico announced the launch of its 5G network in ten new cities across the country.
In a release, the operator said that its 5G offering...
Swiss food-and-drink manufacturing conglomerate Nestlé has tapped Brazilian telecoms duo Claro and Embratel, both subsidiaries of Mexican group América Móvil, to build a private 5G network at a factory in Caçapava, a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. Swedish vendor Ericsson...
Belfast-based SIM development firm Kigen, previously part of chip design company Arm, is working with US carrier AT&T to enable IoT manufacturers to transfer SIM ownership of AT&T-connected IoT devices to their customers, in the form of end-user facing IoT providers, post-production – without...
Inflationary pressures continue to affect AT&T's business, but the company is seeing strong wireless growth and CEO John Stankey said that there is no single factor enabling this, but instead a multitude of them, from its FirstNet contract to its focus on fiber.
Stankey...
The pair transferred Black Hawk data to the 5G.MIL pilot network using AT&T's 5G private network
AT&T partnered with Lockheed Martin to test helicopter data transfer at the aerospace and defense company’s headquarters in Stratford, Connecticut. The companies transferred data from a Sikorsky UH-60M Black...
AT&T in Mexico has installed a private LTE network from Finnish vendor Nokia at the APM Terminals port in Puerto Progreso, in the Yucatán in Mexico. The pair are billing the new LTE installation as “industrial grade”. It uses Nokia’s Digital Automaton Cloud (DAC)...
AT&T commitment to fiber deployment prompts major manufacturing investment by Corning
AT&T is working to deploy fiber at a massive scale with plans to cover 30 million locations by 2025. Fiber manufacturer Corning, based on a commitment from AT&T, today announced it will open a...
New Corning fiber manufacturing facility to open in 2024
Based on a long-term arrangement with AT&T, Corning today announced it's opening a new fiber manufacturing plant in Gilbert, Arizona. The company said the new plant, set to open in 2024 and employee 250 workers, is...
"Cellular devices are centric to what we're doing," LAPD commander tells the FirstNet board
The First Responders Network Authority board has approved the agency's budget for fiscal year 2023, with the majority going toward network reinvestments with partner AT&T.
The budget allocations fell into three categories:...
The research noted that only 2% of total IoT roaming connections will rely on 5G networks by 2027
The amount of data generated by roaming IoT connections globally is forecast to increase from 86 petabytes this year to 1,100 petabytes by 2027, a growth of...
The deal will also enable AT&T to consolidate its existing data centers and modernize its operations
AT&T has tapped Oracle to provide additional cloud capacity and capabilities. AT&T already runs database and application workloads in Oracle Cloud, but the latest five-year deal will build on...
Amid a tight labor market still navigating the fallout from the global pandemic, staff turnover in wireless retail stores and customer service channels is having a noticeable impact on customer satisfaction, according to a new survey from JD Power.
"Longer wait times, lack of...
AT&T expects its 5G network infrastructure to reach 25 new cities across Mexico before the end of 2022
AT&T Mexico launched 5G services in five new cities across the country, the telco said in a release.
The carrier now offers its 5G technology in parts of...
Download speeds on 'premium' 5G networks were roughly three times faster than low-band AT&T and Verizon 5G speeds, and 1.36 times faster for T-Mobile
Opensignal’s latest report digs into the mobile experience when connected to the top three U.S. carrier’s premium — or enhanced, as...
Greetings from Canandaigua Lake (upstate NY - pictured), Jefferson City (Missouri), and Kansas City. The temps have heated up along with 2Q earnings releases, and stock prices for AT&T and Verizon are melting like double-dipped ice cream cones in the July heat. This week,...
AT&T posted a quarter of mixed messages: Strong numbers, particularly in net additions, paired with some financial hits due to the inflationary economic environment, and commentary from executives that make it clear that company is treading carefully to avoid losing its momentum.
CEO John Stankey...
AT&T will provide its fiber internet solution to more than 750 McDonald’s restaurants across the U.S.
In anticipation of a big change to the restaurant experience, McDonald’s USA has tapped AT&T to provide its fiber internet solution to more than 750 of its locations across...
AT&T initially launched 5G services in Mexico in December last year using spectrum in the 2.5 GHz band
Nokia and AT&T Mexico announced that they are collaborating to bring the benefits of 5G technology to the country. The Finnish vendor said that it was also...
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...
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...
Verizon noted that Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Virginia lead the carrier’s list
Verizon reported that the data usage on its 5G Ultra Wideband network has increased by 249% since January of 2021, the carrier said in a release.
Verizon also said it plans...
Weird, and frustrating; Swedish vendor Ericsson has issued a press release, the day after Nordic rival Nokia, about a new working relationship with T-Mobile in the US on private 5G. It is the same press release, just with a different vendor attached, just as...
