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Greetings from Louisiana and the Midwest. Pictured blow is the Fastwyre ribbon cutting held last week in DeRidder, Louisiana. We had a terrific time meeting hundreds of future customers frustrated …

Tax weekend greetings from Missouri, Nebraska, Louisiana, Texas and Jamacia.  No, Fastwyre is not going global, but the staff of the Brief took part in a long-needed vacation to one …

Greetings from the Southeast and the Midwest as winter transitions into spring.  In this Brief, after a full market commentary, we will provide a retrospective on larger macro trends since …

Thanksgiving weekend greetings from the Midwest.  Pictured is a flock of wild turkeys near the farm in Willard celebrating the “day after” (if only we had audio – they are …

Mid-September greetings from the Midwest, Georgia and Alabama, where we are wrapping up our Moundville Telephone Company acquisition.  Pictured is Tuska, a 7-ton elephant statue that was recently moved to the …

Greetings from the Midwest and Southeast (at left, toting the week’s produce from Kansas City’s open-air City Market).  The freshly-picked watermelon we purchased there was far sweeter than the Chiefs …

Greetings from rural Midwest.  Pictured is the American Broadband fiber inventory for a new market we are in the process of launching.  More details on that launch in a few …

UK telecoms group BT has revealed a ‘charter’ to invest almost £100 million over the next three years in its new Division X digital change unit, which is at the …

May greetings from five states.  Lots of miles in the last month traveling through amazing parts of the Midwest and South.  The opening picture is of the Apple Man at …

Greetings from Kansas City and Delray Beach, Florida (pictured), where the Brief staff are taking a mini-corporate retreat before next week’s 2022 Metro Connect conference in Miami.  Looking forward to seeing many …

Brian Roberts, Comcast CEO, sees wireless as a growth path with their Xfinity Mobile. He spoke at Goldman Sachs Investment Conference last week. I have been following wireless as an …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Late January greetings from Charlotte, where one of the start-ups I am advising, Lucid Drone Technologies, won two awards this week (pictured are the happy founders David Danielson, Andrew Ashur, …

Greetings from the Mile-High City, the Queen City, and the City of Angels.  Attendees of the Mobile World Congress – Americas were greeted with multi-story advertisements on buildings touting original …

The new MVNO kids are the block have set their sights on the coveted postpaid market, and they are succeeding in capturing a large chunk of growth while offering an …

Greetings from the Queen City, where the IT scene is red hot even though cooler fall temperatures have finally arrived. I was pleased to be the guest of San Mateo-based …

5G technology will more closely tie cable and wireless together than ever before It has been sometime since cable companies Comcast and Charter announced that they will be expanding into …

Congratulations to T-Mobile US and Sprint on finally getting DoJ merger approval. This has been one helluva ride, and it’s not over yet, but we are closer than ever. Now …

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 …

Innovation, new competitors and a changing industry are both a threat and an opportunity. Something I call the “sticky-bundle” is helping existing companies hang onto and stabilize their customer base …

  The good news is, Charter Spectrum cable television service is getting better. The bad news is, they still have some serious problems with pay TV. New problems. Problems that …

5G wireless network speeds will bring us more than just fast wireless service. It will transform other industries we use as well. Let’s take a closer look at how 5G …

Altice, Comcast, Charter all interested in CBRS In the U.S., the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is poised to open up the 3.5 GHz Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) band under …