Testing, inspection and certification company Bureau Veritas announced that its Silicon Valley laboratory in Sunnyvale is now fully equipped and ready to offer 5G certification service for Global Certification Forum, PTCRB and key carrier requirements.
The new location in California extends Bureau Veritas' existing portfolio of 5G...
Mid-month greetings from “move in” weekend at Davidson College. Attached is the “scene” at the College as they grapple with containing outbreaks while maintaining the liberal arts community that makes Davidson special. It’s an experiment that will likely have fits and starts but will...
Greetings from Davidson, North Carolina. Hard to believe it’s already August, but the weather forecasters are already tracking hurricanes (cone above/ left). Lots of wind, and some greatly needed rains for the Tar Heel state to follow – typical summertime activity in the Carolinas.
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Greetings from North Carolina, where it is seasonally hot and humid. Fortunately, our COVID-19 “stay at home” garden is yielding fantastic results. Zucchini, anyone?
The earnings season started this week with AT&T, Verizon, and Microsoft reporting earnings. As we predicted, there’re a lot of positives...
Another 5G milestone was reached. Congratulations to AT&T and their wireless users. Yesterday, they announced their 5G network is officially nationwide. This is a major milestone in the race to 5G. This is a big deal in these early days of the next generation...
Ericsson upping 5G core R&D, T-Mobile turning up soon
With sub-6 GHz 5G deployments in a mature markets scaling rapidly--that's to say nothing of a mixed bag of consumer interest--operators are now looking to bring the full 5G feature set to market through a transition...
A warm North Carolina welcome to the dog days of summer. The picture is of our pooch Abby serving as boat sentinel on a recent float trip. Summertime in the South – there’s nothing like it.
After reviewing this week’s market activity, we will discuss...
Mobile network capacity augmentation and fixed wireless access broadband are the two use cases driving early deployments in the shared Citizens Broadband Radio Service spectrum at 3.5 GHz, according to industry experts. More than 270 bidders are set to participate in the upcoming auction...
In conjunction with a wide swath of industry stakeholders, the United States federal government is working to form and implement the creatively-titled National Strategy to Secure 5G. Signed by President Trump in March, the strategy has three primary goals: “facilitating domestic 5G rollout; assessing...
AT&T dominated download speeds, T-Mobile US has fastest average uploads
Overall network speeds are on the rise and the four national networks are mostly running neck-and-neck in different testing categories, but AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile US each shine in different ways, according to the latest...
Nokia expects “full suite” of O-RAN interfaces available in 2021
Adding on to a recent refresh of its virtualized, cloud-based RAN solutions, Nokia today, after weeks of building up to it, made clear its position on open RAN and its role as a global, incumbent...
AT&T and Accenture have teamed up on private cellular for US oil company Phillips 66. The trio are developing a bespoke industrial LTE and 5G setup for low-latency refinery automation and analytics, they said. The solution utilises AT&T’s public network and edge compute infrastructure.
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A growing number of wireless companies are showing how they are still on target with their rollout and continual advancement of 5G wireless services. Let’s take a look at some of these leading companies in the 5G race and what we can expect moving...
Execs aiming for nationwide 5G coverage this summer
Between the FirstNet build out, low-band 5G expansion and limited introduction of dynamic spectrum sharing, AT&T's network team has been busy this year. By the latest count, some form of 5G, either using millimeter wave spectrum or...
Opensignal analyzed user experience across three 5G measures
In order to assess the current state of 5G services in the U.S., Opensignal presented its first-ever 5G awards after analyzing users' experiences across three 5G measures: the average speed of the 5G connection when users have...
AT&T exec: "DSS is an important steppingstone on our path to nationwide 5G"
AT&T has expanded its 5G services to an additional 28 new markets. With the latest expansion, which includes Austin, Dallas, Maui, Miami, Orlando and Salt Lake City, the carrier’s next-gen coverage now...
Windstream will emerge from Chapter 11 as a privately held company
Arkansas-based Windstream, which is in Chapter 11 proceedings, said this week that a court has approved its financial restructuring plan. The telco expects to emerge from bankruptcy as a privately held company in late...
Verizon tests DSS in Minnesota and Texas
Verizon said that it has successfully completed tests of Dynamic Spectrum Sharing (DSS) technology in its live network in Minnesota and Texas, adding that the testing "showed effective completion of data sessions with both LTE and 5G ...
Summer greetings from Charlotte and Lake Norman, NC. This has been a news-filled week. In our Q1 2020 preview, we described a “bingo card” that a few Sunday Brief faithful use as more of a tongue-in-cheek way to manage through hours of earnings calls. ...
FirstNet board votes to direct $218 million in network reinvestments
The First Responders Network Authority board has approved $218 million in network investment to support 5G and additional deployables for first responders using the FirstNet-AT&T network.
The FirstNet Authority said that the funds will support "initial...
Nokia exec says open RAN marked by both merit and hype
Nokia and AT&T today announced a successful trial of a Radio Intelligent Controller (RIC) on the carrier's millimeter wave 5G network in New York City. Nokia's Sandro Tavares, global head of mobile networks marketing,...
AT&T is proceeding with a three-year, $6 billion cost-cutting effort that includes asset sales and layoffs
AT&T has confirmed that it will lay off around 4,700 employees and close 250 retail stores permanently.
The Communications Workers of American union said that it was informed by AT&T...
Greetings from Lake Norman, North Carolina, where temperatures are not waiting for the official start of summer (June 20) – school is out, commute times are more often measured in feet for many of us than miles, and many boats and swimmers (as pictured)...
Dynamic Spectrum Sharing key to scaling 5G network coverage
AT&T has previously discussed its plans to use Dynamic Spectrum Sharing to add 5G network coverage by using software to dynamically share the same spectrum between 4G and 5G transmissions, side-stepping the massive exercise of re-farming...
