AT&T

October greetings from Virginia, Iowa, Missouri and Massachusetts.  Our hearts go out to those impacted by Hurricane Helene.  CellSite is providing civil construction services to several tower companies and service …

In June Sambar joined the AST SpaceMobile board; AST and AT&T are collaborating on satellite-based direct-to-device communications AT&T Executive Vice President and Head of Network Chris Sambar will leave 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 …

Earlier this week, Schwab Network invited me to a TV news interview on the changing pay TV industry. AT&T had just announced they were stepping away from DirecTV. Separately, but …

Ericsson takes stock of Open RAN standardization, integration and scaled deployment Before examining what it will take to industrialize Open RAN, let’s look at what it means for a technology …

AT&T sees AI, cloud and Open RAN decoupling network enhancements from a “cycle of virtuous Gs” AT&T is in the early days of a massive radio access network (RAN) modernization …

Network operators are racing to restore connectivity across five Southeastern states devastated by Hurricane Helene. Cellular networks across the Appalachian Mountains were taken out by the storm, which blew ashore …

September greetings from Kansas City, Cedar Rapids, and Charlottesville where we are attending a family wedding (picture is of the Rotunda at the University of Virginia).  A terrific celebration with …

The FCC says AT&T is “strengthening its data governance practices” The U.S. Federal Communications Commission today (Sept. 17) announced that AT&T will pay $13 million to settle an investigation associated …

The expectations for generative artificial intelligence in the telecom space are high: McKinsey & Co. says gen AI could revitalize telco profitability; Ericsson says that it is already transforming the …

Let’s take a closer look at how AT&T is reshuffling the cards for future and growth, and what they are doing or going to do with AI. This is what …

McKinsey & Company sees network API market potentially generating hundreds of billions in new revenue Ericsson alongside major global operators, including América Móvil, AT&T, Bharti Airtel, Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Reliance …

AI-enabled data analysis firm Unsupervised announces an expanded collaboration with AT&T AT&T is continuing its telco AI ambitions after working with Unsupervised to identify more than $100 million “worth of …

Citi Global Conference attendees were told that AT&T will provide additional fiber investment updates ‘in the coming weeks’ Last week, Jenifer Robertson, AT&T’s executive vice president & general manager of …

September greetings from Kansas City and Cedar Rapids.  Pictured is the CellSite Solutions indoor gantry crane moving one of September’s remufacturing shelter projects into place (twenty tons of project in …

Satellite direct-to-cellular company AST SpaceMobile has confirmed a target launch date of September 12 for its first five BlueBird satellites, destined for low Earth orbit, which will provide the basis …

AT&T has struck a deal with Kinetic, the broadband brand of Windstream Communications, to create a fiber + wireless service bundle across Kinetic’s 18-state, rural-focused footprint. Kinetic serves customers in …

In December, AT&T said it was eying an additional 10-15 million incremental locations within its existing fiber footprint Per a five-year agreement, Nokia will provide AT&T with its Lightspan MF …

The Federal Communications Commission has announced two settlements with telecom service providers in regards to network outages during 2023. AT&T will pay nearly a million dollars as part of its …

On August 16th, the Communications Workers of America accused AT&T of unfair labor practices, kicking off a widespread strike The latest from the scene of a week-long AT&T union worker …

AST SpaceMobile provided a business update this week, as it preps for the launch of its first five satellites to support a commercial direct-to-cellular service. That long-anticipated launch is expected …

Whether telco AI applications are delivered by leveraging hyperscaler clouds or run on-premises, many are support by the multi-billion parameter large language models (LLMs) provided by the likes of Anthropic, …

Oracle is incorporating cellular IoT connectivity and network APIs from AT&T into its Enterprise Communications Platform (ECP), it has said. The move means Oracle’s enterprise customers can do away with …

July and August greetings from Nashville, Boston, Cedar Rapids, St. Louis, and Kansas City.  Pictured is our wonderful view from the Cardinals-Royals game on Saturday  No one complained about the …

NARB concurs with recommendation that AT&T ‘discontinue or modify’ claims about the availability of NTN coverage The National Advertising Review Board (NARB) has agreed with the previous recommendation made by …