Sprint said it will launch an LTE Category 1 network within the next three months, and will follow up with Category M1 technology deployed throughout its network by the middle of next year. LTE Category 1, which is part of 3GPP Release 8, caps...
AT&T and AT&T Mobility launched a new ad campaign staring TV and Hollywood star Mark Wahlberg. The spots just started and they are great. They use humor and Hollywood to capture user imagination. This is typical AT&T. I remember these kind of memorable, funny...
Straight Path bidding war nearly doubled the purchase price
Verizon Communications has officially broken up AT&T's deal for Straight Path Communications and will walk away with the company and its millimeter wave spectrum holdings for $3.1 billion.
Straight Path announced Thursday morning that, one month after...
T-Mobile US' next "uncarrier" move may be a flashback to the days of carrier-exclusive devices, with published reports claiming that the operator has plans to release a series of three lower-cost smartphone options.
Android Authority reported that T-Mobile will launch three REVVL phones, the first of...
Straight Path's going price is at $184 a share, up from AT&T's original offer of less than $96 a share
The battle over Straight Path and its extensive millimeter wave spectrum holdings continues, with a new top offer that puts the company's value at about...
AT&T to migrate thousands of existing Oracle databases to Oracle cloud
AT&T continues its shift toward software- and cloud-centric operations with a new agreement to move "thousands of its large-scale internal databases" to Oracle's cloud-based infrastructure-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service.
The move involves migrating many existing Oracle databases...
CTO Neville Ray says T-Mobile plans nationwide 5G coverage for 2020 using 600 MHz spectrum
T-Mobile, in usual fashion, is blasting its competitors' 5G efforts, while making big promises of its own; namely, the so-called "Un-carrier" is targeting 2020 for a nationwide 5G deployment using...
After hanging in limbo over a bidding dispute, we're now one month into the public-private partnership between AT&T and FirstNet that will see the U.S. carrier spend more than $40 billion to construct a nationwide LTE network dedicated to use by first responders.
According to...
AT&T is known as a cyclical spender when it comes to wireless network infrastructure, and the carrier's $6.5 billion FirstNet award is expected to swing the spending pendulum in a positive direction. AT&T will need to add equipment to its towers to support the...
Twitter might be the one platform that moves as fast as the telecom industry. RCR Wireless News surveys the Twitterverse and snags the telecom tweets of the week.
If there's one thing the telecom industry loves, it's marketing hype. If there's one thing Twitter loves,...
AT&T touts its "5G Evolution" in Austin, Tex.
AT&T is offering faster wireless network speeds starting this week in Austin, Tex., marketed as "5G Evolution" and supported only on the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ devices. AT&T says that the new features provide double the speed of...
AT&T says revenues impacted by fewer phone upgrades
AT&T saw its revenues slip year-over-year from $40.5 billion to $39.4 billion for the first quarter, with its lowest-ever rate of postpaid device upgrades. AT&T said it sold 1 million fewer phones than it did a year ago,...
At the recent Enterprise IoT Summit, a panel of experts discuss what’s behind the initial use of fixed wireless deployments to test 5G technology.
On this week’s “Carrier Wrap” we take a look at the “Fixed wireless access: The first phase...
Another telecom company has offered a $1.8 billion deal
AT&T's acquisition of Straight Path for its high-band spectrum may not be a done deal after all.
Straight Path says that it received an offer for a $1.8 billion purchase price, in the form of an unsolicited...
AT&T is adding more radios to its cell sites on wings, or COWs as the company likes to call them. The latest COW tests took place in Houston, where AT&T's network disaster recovery team worked with first responders to practice recovering from the loss...
AT&T plans to connect more than 400,000 locations with fixed wireless this year
AT&T said that it has kicked off fixed wireless Internet services for rural and underserved areas in Georgia, with a plan to expand to another 17 states this year and serve more...
Sprint spectrum position may seem more valuable after AT&T's Straight Path deal
Although chatter about a Sprint/T-Mobile US merger seems to be an industry reflex, a new report from Bloomberg claims that Sprint parent company Softbank is looking beyond T-Mobile US for a possible deal, because it...
The TM Forum Open API initiative is part of industry led efforts with AT&T, Orange, MEF and Colt to foster SDN, orchestrated carrier Ethernet services.
On this week’s “NFV/SDN Reality Check” we speak with Joann O'Brien, VP of APIs...
The carrier may have come out of the recent 600 MHz incentive auction empty handed, but Verizon claims plenty of runway for current LTE and future 5G plans.
Verizon Wireless may have come out of the recent 600 MHz incentive auction empty handed,...
Dan Meyer does the worst job breaking down the 600 MHz incentive auction results and says goodbye to RCR Wireless News in his last WOTW column.
Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes...
Like its competitors, Nokia is engaged in numerous 5G pilot and trial projects meant to help gain a better understanding of key technologies, use cases and applications associated with the high capacity and ultra low throughput of 5G. Here we take a look at...
A new report from OpenSignal found Verizon and T-Mobile at opposite ends of Wi-Fi connectivity, with unlimited data availability, customer mix as reasons.
One impact of domestic wireless carriers moving towards “unlimited” data plans appears to be less reliance on offloading their data usage onto...
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!
Oooo, 1900 MHz...
Spectrum positions coming out of the 600 MHz incentive auction show strong moves by T-Mobile and Dish, while Sprint and AT&T remain the market’s heavyweights.
Aggressive bidding activity by T-Mobile US and Dish Network helped bolster each company’s respective spectrum positions, according to...
