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Initial Verizon 5G launch is fixed wireless offering Fixed wireless has been around since the days of 2G but there are converging factors that suggest the best days are still …

Verizon also extends to fee waiver to new counties Verizon network recovery crews are playing a game of whack-a-mole in the Florida Panhandle as clean up efforts related to the …

Verizon waiving fees for customers in impacted areas After sustained “unprecedented” damage to its fiber network in the Florida Panhandle when Hurricane Michael raged through beginning Oct. 10, the operator …

  Under the new agreement, both firms will connect 5,000 Telefonica’s base stations to DT’s fiber infrastructure German carriers Deutsche Telekom and Telefónica Deutschland have announced an agreement to speed …

A Q&A with CommScope on network densification for the transition from LTE to 5G As U.S operators light up 5G services in select markets this year, small cell is a …

AT&T to launch mobile 5G in 12 markets by year-end During Mobile World Congress in Barcelona when RCR Wireless News last spoke to Gordon Mansfield, AT&T’s vice president of converged access …

Hudson Fiber Network deal adds metro optical networks to ExteNet holdings ExteNet Systems co-founder and 16-year CEO Ross Manire announced his retirement on Sept. 4; he is succeeded by Jim …

Strong demand in India contributes to Ciena revenue growth Ciena reported its third quarter financials this week and strong growth in the APAC region, along with other positive trends, resulted …

Belgian operator partnered with Nokia on transport network modernization As operators enhance their networks to keep up with increasing demand for mobile data capacity, considerable attention is paid to the …

Fiber is the workhorse of today’s global network infrastructure. But what do you do when fiber is just not an option? Ciena’s Brian Lavallée details the real-world situations that often …

In move to connected everything, still “significant gap in infrastructure,” SQUAN exec says New Jersey-based network infrastructure design/build firm SQUAN today announced that John Ferrara will serve as the company’s …

As the global network infrastructure is tasked with maintaining pace with voracious bandwidth demands that continue to rise exponentially, fiber optic wireline networks are often looked at as the silver …

U.S. Department of Agriculture program provides loans and grants for a dozen rural broadband projects The U.S. Department of Agriculture is funding a dozen projects in 11 states with loans …

  Commscope also highlighted the firm is well-positioned to capture business opportunities in the 5G field Commscope expects to see future benefits from partnerships with large North American customers despite …

Hub home provides fixed wireless to nearby residences Regional carrier C Spire, which is headquartered in Ridgeland, Miss., provides a variety of cellular and broadband services businesses and residents around …

How far we have come from two-wire analog Plain Old Telephone Systems (POTS) lines to modern methods of communications. While two-wire POTS lines have mostly been repurposed to permit DSL …

New ebook hits on multiplexing, PON, business cases and other key aspects of fiber deployment Whether its used for metro capacity, backhaul or inside a building, fiber is a cornerstone …

Corning commercializes SD-LAN solution after year of trials Local area networks (LANs) are key to the operation of business-critical in-building systems, including Wi-Fi, point of sale devices, IPTV, audio/visual tools, …

Vapor IO working with Crown Castle to deploy edge data centers Large, centralized data centers house the racks, servers and other hardware needed to support cloud services, content delivery networks, …

The realization that gigabit (and beyond) broadband speeds will be the baseline enabler of the Fourth Industrial revolution has private equity’s attention, which might kick off another round of carrier …

Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam stepping back effective August 1 Hans Vestberg, after a six-year stint as CEO of Ericsson, joined Verizon in April 2017 as executive vice president, chief technology …

  ExteNet aims to complete the acquisition of Hudson Fiber Network during the second half of 2018 ExteNet Systems, a developer and operator of distributed networks, has announced an agreement …

ConnectX talk delves into NASCAR’s unique IT challenges CHARLOTTE, N.C.–Just a few hundred yards from the NASCAR Hall of Fame, Steve Worling gave the audience at the Connectivity Expo an …

Verizon sees four key elements of 5G: Fber, spectrum, sites and software Speaking with analyst Craig Moffett during the recent MoffetNathanson Media and Communications Summit, Verizon EVP, CTO and President …

Facebook’s Terragraph focused on multi-gigabit wireless in urban areas Densely populated urban areas are centers for demand of more bandwidth and faster wireless speeds. At the same time, these areas …