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FCC Chairman Ajit Pai moves to reverse part of last year’s reform efforts, which included plans for broadband support to include LTE and 5G. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai …

Vestberg set to head Verizon Network and Technology division, with focus on carrier efforts on Wi-Fi, fiber, 4G and 5G technologies. Verizon Communications announced an operations restructuring focused on a …

Gigabit LTE represents a step forward for operators as they move towards 5G deployments. Gigabit LTE, which refers to mobile telecommunication operators offering LTE-based download speeds of up to one …

AT&T has officially been selected as the commercial partner that will build and maintain a nationwide public safety LTE network for the First Responders Network Authority. AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson joined federal …

Carrier aggregation, 4×4 MIMO, 256 QAM, LTE-U, HPUE and 5G are just some of the support technologies claimed by T-Mobile, Sprint and AT&T. Samsung’s launch of its latest Galaxy S8 …

The board of the First Responders Network Authority on Tuesday moved a step closer to awarding its contract for a new, nationwide LTE network for public safety. The FirstNet board …

Learn how Cradlepoint is approaching the software-defined, multi-WAN future of 5G As 5G continues to take shape at the standards levels, service providers and vendors are aggressively breaking down new, …

ETSI’s MEC plans were signified with a name change and expanded focus to include hetnets using LTE, 5G, fixed broadband and Wi-Fi technologies. Highlighting the rapidly expanding scale and scope …

With the FirstNet board preparing to move forward with the award of its approximately $6.5 billion contract to build a national public safety LTE network, the organization has laid the groundwork …

Nokia test included end-to-end LTE call, use of 20-megahertz spectrum block, 256 QAM, and four-way uplink diversity and 4×4 MIMO antenna technology. Nokia said it has completed prestandard testing of …

With its new SoC, Sequans includes LTE connectivity along with the horsepower necessary for increasingly complex IoT applications At this point, there are well established IoT use cases like wearables, …

Congress applied pressure to Sprint and SoftBank to avoid Huawei, while T-Mobile USA launched its LTE network … 4 years ago this week. Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all …

What impact did news from this year’s Mobile World Congress event have on the direction and pace of 5G technology and IoT deployment models? On this week’s “Carrier Wrap” we …

RootMetrics’ latest performance report claims overall cellular improvements, though T-Mobile call blocking issues doomed last-place markets. U.S. wireless carriers improved their performance game across the country’s 125 largest metropolitan markets …

Voice communication may not have the hype of high-speed data services, but VoLTE and digital assistants show the market has next-generation potential. Editor’s Note: Welcome to Analyst Angle. We’ve collected …

With both AT&T and Verizon Wireless expected to roll out LTE-M internet of things networks in the U.S. this year, makers of low-power connectivity chipsets are busy forging partnerships and …

A new report from SNS Research predicts larger operators in the U.S. and South Korea are set to drive prestandard 5G deployment spending. With a “5G” technology standard now making …

Learn how geospatial network data, coupled with cloud-based centralized control and monitoring, drives QoE and cuts opex as 5G takes shape Telecommunications operators have access to a rich pool of …

MWC 2017 was big on 5G hype, but mobile operators are in need of solutions today that can help deal with growing video content. Editor’s Note: The RCR Wireless News …

A federal judge ruled in favor of the First Responders Network Authority in a bidding dispute case brought by Rivada Mercury, a partnership formed specifically to bid on the FirstNet …

China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom initially began launching LTE services in 2013. China’s three largest mobile telecommunication operators count more than 800 million LTE subscribers, according to the …

Italian government looks to raise $2.7 billion from the sale of 5G spectrum. The Italian government confirmed plans to offer spectrum covering five cities to enable local telecommunication operators and …

Reliance and Aircel initially signed a merger agreement in September 2016. Indian telecommunications firms Reliance Communications and Aircel obtained approval to merge their operations from the Securities and Exchange Board …

Combine carrier aggregation, 4×4 MIMO, 256-QAM, and LAA to provide a gigabit LTE experience for users, while increasing network efficiency As the standards and testing work around 5G continues, some …