Final federal approval for Initial Commercial Deployment (ICD) of the Citizens Broadband Radio Service is expected to come any day, and Federated Wireless says it has more than 20 customers ready to go.
The CBRS Alliance has scheduled an event for September 18 to celebrate...
Greetings from Charlotte, North Carolina (picture is, from left, Frank Cairon, formerly of Verizon Wireless and Ryan Barker, currently with Verizon Wireless enjoying some good Mexican food on Friday in the Queen City with yours truly).
This week’s TSB examines the short-term dynamics that...
Federated Wireless gains backing from SBA Communications for CBRS-based private LTE
Federated Wireless has raised $51 million in a Series C funding round, in the midst of the final run-up to the commercial launch of the Citizens Broadband Radio Service.
The final regulatory go-ahead for Initial...
Greetings from Lake Norman/ Davidson, North Carolina, where the college football season has started. We took in the Davidson College home opener and the Wildcats (red jerseys) defeated Georgetown 27-20 to a crowd of more than 2,300. It was an exciting part of 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 the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories!
ZTE gets back...
Amazon has applied with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for a temporary license to work in the CBRS band in California to test and analyse the performance of new 3.5 GHz (3550 MHz to 3700 MHz) wireless devices. It is its second application, at...
ESC approvals a key step in commercializing CBRS
Commercial access to the 3.5 GHz Citizens Broadband Radio Service band by operators and enterprises continues to take shape as the complex regulatory and approval process hit another milestone this week. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission, after...
The idea that an enterprise can get easy access to use CBRS spectrum to deploy their own LTE wireless networks is an exciting one. CBRS is a business and technological puzzle, and many pieces still need to come together for this novel approach to...
The bureaucratic wheels continue to turn in the process to get initial commercial deployments of the Citizens Broadband Radio Service underway. It's ... so ... close.
On Friday, a blog post confirmed that the final test reports for the first wave of Spectrum Access System...
Projecting 5G CBRS deployments in the first half of 2020
Back in March, the CBRS Alliance said it will incorporate support for the 5G New Radio standard over shared 3.5 GHz Citizens Broadband Radio Service spectrum. The technical details are set for inclusion in its...
As the ever-increasing demand for wireless technologies ratchets up the need for spectrum resources, spectrum sharing is gaining new interest as a strategy to make efficient use of the available airwaves.
While the U.S. is on the verge of kicking off initial commercial deployments of...
WASHINGTON, D.C.--The Citizens Broadband Radio Service launch keeps inching closer and closer, although no one knows exactly when it will happen. At the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance event this week in D.C., Federated Wireless representatives spoke hopefully of possible going commercial "in just a few...
Maravedis and EJL Wireless have partnered to provide a unique and thorough market analysis of the CBRS indoor opportunity which provides a reality check to all the marketing buzz currently going on in the marketplace.
We see two clearly distinct market segments for initial CBRS...
In a promising sign for large enterprise adoption of the Citizens Broadband Radio Service, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts was granted permission to conduct internal testing to see if some of its existing wireless infrastructure at its Disney resorts in Anaheim, California and Orlando,...
Charter is planning a 200-node Citizens Broadband Radio Service network in the Los Angeles area, testing out a variety of fixed and mobile network equipment and including a site at the Inglewood Oil Field.
According to a filing with the Federal Communications Commission, the test...
As the Citizens Broadband Radio Service shared spectrum stands on the brink of readiness for early deployments, AT&T has asked federal regulators to reconsider the rules around power transmission for CBRS base stations, and add a new, higher-power category of base station that would...
Cable company Charter Communications plans to build a 100-node private network at its offices in Centennial, Colorado, using the Citizens Broadband Radio Service spectrum at 3.5 GHz to test the technology's ability to support an enterprise network located mostly indoors.
According to an Special Temporary...
I attended the Connectivity Expo event earlier this month for the first time. It was an informative gathering of infrastructure players that make up the “OPEX” side of the mobile service equation comprised of the tower, fiber, and “edge” players versus “CAPEX” side of...
Testing is ongoing in the United Kingdom and Federated is speaking with regulators in about 20 countries, CEO says
ORLANDO--Federated Wireless, a driving force behind the pending commercialization of shared access to 150 megahertz of spectrum in the 3.5 GHz Citizens Broadband Radio Service band,...
The first wave of coastal sensor networks that detect the presence of naval radar systems which share the Citizens Broadband Radio Service band at 3.5 GHz have received approval from the Federal Communications Commission, and Federated Wireless has now officially announced the nationwide availability...
A dozen networks have been launched that use LTE in unlicensed spectrum, GSA report says
The use of unlicensed or shared spectrum to deliver LTE services is developing steadily, according to a new GSA report.The GSA said that there are 12 launched networks around the...
The industrial 5G market will benefit from the consumer 5G market, with network deployments starting in earnest in late 2019 and early 2020, as industrial devices take advantage of the muscular combination of connectivity, compute power, and security brought to bear in 5G smartphones....
Commissioner calls for government agencies to free up more mid-band spectrum, says CBRS could be operational within weeks
Federal Communications Commissioner Michael O'Rielly said that the systems to support operations in the Citizens Broadband Radio Service spectrum are very close to final certification, and also...
Midwestern internet service provider Midco recently wrapped up successful Citizens Broadband Radio Service testing, confirming that the technology works with its existing LTE network and preparing to provide rural fixed wireless access via CBRS. Midco said that once the final Federal Communications Commissions approvals...
