An AT&T workspace cloud platform provided by third-party vendor Snowflake was 'unlawfully accessed'
AT&T has revealed in a new filing that during a six-month period in 2022, it fell prey to a major hack of customer data impacting nearly all of its subscribers. In a...
The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) has claimed triumphant IoT trials of new Wi-Fi HaLow technology in different enterprise venues. Its ‘phase-two’ tests of the technology, listed as 802.11ah in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) family of IEEE 802 standards of local,...
Roughly 30% of sites are impacted in six south Texas counties; carriers focus on refueling generators at hundreds of sites
As mobile network operators work to restore service in the wake of Hurricane Beryl's strike upon southeastern Texas, the Federal Communications Commission says that roughly...
End of the month/ quarter greetings from Cedar Rapids, Kansas City, Nashville, and, by the time you read this, Washington DC. Pictured is one of the wonderful CellSite Solutions cranes getting ready for a shelter lift. The first two weeks on the job have...
Seeing as you enjoyed our last post so much, here is another entry based on the same report by the CTIA, the cellular industry association in the US, and the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, its equivalent for the automotive industry, about how 5G connectivity...
Continued midband spectrum deployments by U.S. national carriers are further improving 5G performance, according to new analysis by Ookla of the 5G experience in the U.S. as of the first quarter of 2024.
"Speedtest Intelligence data shows a clear correlation between the release of...
FirstNet budget passes with more than $500 million for network improvements
Now that the initial build-out of the FirstNet network has been completed, the First Responders Network Authority is turning its attention to continuing upgrades and coverage expansion.
Yesterday, the FirstNet Authority board passed its fiscal...
Father’s Day greetings from Atlanta, Kansas City, and, by the time you read this, Cedar Rapids. Pictured is a long-time colleague and friend Hunter Newby, along with Brent Legg of Connected Nation, discussing their joint venture which will bring up to 125 Internet Exchange...
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!
Verizon expands initial...
From connected AI PCs to fully private on-prem networks, the combined AT&T and Dell portfolios deliver coverage solutions to meet customers where they are
AT&T and Dell Technologies continue to expand enterprise-facing offerings at a time whenbusinesses of all sizes are reckoning with the complexities...
High-penetration FWA areas actually have better performance than low-penetration FWA areas, Opensignal found
5G Fixed Wireless Access has "reshaped" the broadband market in the United States, moving into mainstream adoption and intensifying competition, according to new analysis from Opensignal. And while there have been concerns...
Verizon makes a $100 million commitment to AST
AST SpaceMobile has followed up a commercialization announcement with AT&T with the news today that the satellite company has struck a deal with Verizon to provide direct-to-cellular service to the carrier's customers and leverage Verizon's 850 MHz...
Verizon outperforms T-Mobile US' home broadband on a technology-agnostic basis: Opensignal
Of the five internet service providers with the most extensive service footprints, Comcast's Xfinity service wins in consistent broadband quality and broadband video experience, while Charter's Spectrum ISP landed the ranking for the fastest...
The country’s telecom regulator IFT initiated a public consultation on this 5G spectrum auction on May 7, 2024
Mexico’s 5G auction faces hurdles as high spectrum fees deter operator interest, according to a recent report by GlobalData.
The country’s telecom regulator IFT initiated a public consultation...
The new agreement for a commercial direct-to-cellular service is the latest step in the two companies' relationship
AT&T has officially inked an agreement with satellite direct-to-cellular company AST SpaceMobile, which extends through 2030, for a commercial direct-to-device service provided to unmodified cellular phones.
As part...
AT&T has debuted a new service option that will enable customers to buy better network performance for an extra $7 per month, and indicated that the new capability is a first step that will be expanded upon.
The service, AT&T Turbo, is available as...
FCC fines the three major carriers $200 million
The Federal Communications Commission has levied fines of $200 million against the three national operators, saying that AT&T, T-Mobile US and Verizon illegally provided access to customers' location information without end-users' consent or sufficient safeguards.
AT&T faces...
Analyst house Omdia has ranked the top mobile network operators in the world for their various progress with ‘tech-co’ reinvention, and placed a trio of Asia Pacific (APAC) firms in the top spots in the league table, leading the charge from their peers in...
New entrant 5G facilities-based national mobile network operator (MNO) DISH Wireless selected Crown Castle to provide up to 20,000 tower collocation cell sites for a fixed monthly rental fee in a lease agreement signed November 2020. In addition to space on the towers for...
'Convenience is the clear advantage'
U.S. consumers are primed to accept Fixed Wireless Access service as a primary connectivity option, and those who have it don't intent to switch any time soon, according to a new report from Ericsson's Consumer Lab.
Of U.S. households which...
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!
How 'bout that...
5G, fiber continue to drive the telco's results in Q1
AT&T beat expectations on its customer growth, with revenues off just slightly from the same period last year as CEO John Stankey continued to emphasize the telco's focus on consistent, profitable growth driven by 5G...
Greetings from Atlanta and the Midwest. Pictured is a vintage t-shirt (from the Royals 2003 season) proclaiming what die hard fans are saying as team continues to be a contender throughout April for the first time in nearly a decade. Last night’s loss snapped...
The commercial highlights an AT&T satellite-to-cellular service
In the most recent of a series of ongoing tests with AT&T, AST SpaceMobile streamed one of the carrier's commercials from space to a smartphone.
The two companies are conducting tests via AST SpaceMobile's BlueWalker 3 satellite, which is...
