Verizon CFO: 5G "created for business and society"
Adding more millimeter wave-based 5G markets, building out mobile edge compute facilities, and expanding 5G coverage using Dynamic Spectrum Sharing--all 2020 priorities for Verizon that, eight months in, "We're on track to do...even with the impact of...
Densifying mmWave 5G while managing deployment costs
The U.S., both operators and regulators, have been bullish on the role of millimeter wave spectrum in 5G. Indeed, both Verizon and AT&T went to market with 5G using their mmWave holdings; the former, in comparing its offering...
Bidding has closed in the first phase of the Federal Communications Commission's millimeter wave spectrum auction, with the bid total at more than $7.56 billion.
Since December 10, 35 bidders have been vying for the licenses. After 104 rounds of the clock phase, prices settled...
As the ongoing millimeter wave auction moves closer to conclusion, the Federal Communications Commission is bumping up the number of daily bidding rounds from five to seven, and shortening them from 30 minutes to 20 minutes.
The additional rounds of bidding start today. This is...
Auction total hits $7.5 billion, as bidders scoop up licenses in smaller and rural markets
A nudge from the Federal Communications Commission has prompted a surge in bidding activity in the ongoing millimeter wave spectrum auction, with bidders broadening their interest to include licenses in...
The ongoing Federal Communications Commission auction of millimeter wave licenses has now raised $7 billion in bids, with bidding continuing to slow and jockeying in the most recent round focused on smaller markets.
The FCC is now holding five rounds of bidding per day. Between...
Editor's note: This story has been updated.
Bidding kicked off Tuesday in the Federal Communications Commission's largest-ever spectrum auction. The latest Spectrum Frontiers auction of millimeter wave bands has raised more than $637 million in its first round of bidding. By the end of the...
Earlier this month, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration laid out the current spectrum landscape: what has been recently accomplished, what happening now and what is in the pipeline for potential sharing or allocation of spectrum for commercial use.
The first annual Report on the...
US Cellular was one a top bidder in both millimeter wave auctions
AT&T dropped nearly a billion dollars on 24 GHz spectrum in the recent Federal Communications Commission auction, and T-Mobile US was close behind in spending more than $800 million on 24 GHz. Verizon...
As the 24 GHz auction closes out another week of bidding, the total bid amount has reached $1.828 billion after 49 rounds.
The Federal Communications Commission bumped up the number of bidding rounds per day from three to five yesterday, to urge the...
The bids for 24 GHz spectrum continue to go up, with $1.63 billion in bids garnered through the first 32 rounds of bidding. Another three rounds will be held to close out this week.
Comparatively, the 28 GHz auction held earlier this year raised only...
mmWave propagation key to delivering mobile 5G
Verizon will launch a 5G mobility service based on 3GPP's 5G New Radio standard in Chicago and Minneapolis on April 11, a major milestone in a process that started more than two years ago, Vice President of Network...
After 12 rounds, the Federal Communications Commission's 24 GHz auction has garnered nearly $605 million in bids.
Unsurprisingly, the most hotly contested licenses are those covering New York City and Los Angeles, California. The top bids for New York licenses currently sit at $14.4 million,...
Auction proceeds despite concerns from House members, science agencies on potential impact to weather data gathering
The Federal Communications Commission's auction of millimeter wave spectrum at 24 GHz raised $284 million in its first round of bidding and ended its first day with $304 million...
5G coming on April 11 on the Motorola z3 handset
Verizon's 5G Ultra Wideband Network is set to light up parts of Chicago and Minneapolis on April 11. Beginning March 14 customers can pre-order Motorola's clip-on 5G mod for the moto z3 handset and the...
How are businesses using AT&T's 5G service?
While its standards-based mobile 5G network is currently available in parts of 12 markets, AT&T this week detailed both near- and long-term expansion plans with the goal of providing nationwide coverage by 2020.
On Dec. 21, AT&T turned up...
Snowy weather in the Washington, D.C. area has led the Federal Communications Commission to suspend today's scheduled bidding in its millimeter wave auction.
The auction, which has been proceeding despite the partial government shutdown, had been slated to move into its third stage today, with...
The Federal Communications Commission's millimeter wave auction appears to be winding down, although it looks like bidding will continue in the new year.
The auction has raised $689,788,660, as of the end of the fourth round of bidding on Thursday -- a total which has barely...
The use of millimeter wave spectrum for 5G will support an $565 billion increase in global gross domestic product by 2034 and $152 billion in tax revenue, accounting for 25% of the total value generated by 5G networks, according to a new GSMA report.
While...
Regulator to open up mmWave frequencies in 37 GHz, 39 GHz and 47 GHz bands
With an auction of millimeter wave frequencies in the 28 GHz band going on current, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, in a meeting today, set the rules for a further...
AI/ML can provide location data used to optimize wireless performance
Wireless networks are becoming increasingly complex and, with 5G looming, that will only continue as the mix and density of devices, as well as variability in application requirements, grows. A key to managing this complexity...
FCC has already allocated 12.55 gigahertz of millimeter wave spectrum
Millimeter wave spectrum is key to delivering on the ultra-high throughput speeds associated with 5G. In the U.S., the Federal Communications Commission is gearing up auction 28 GHz and 24 GHz licenses on Nov. 14,...
Spectrum is an operators’ money pit, and its cash cow, and 5G is unlikely to change that any time soon. But in the era of 5G, the focus will change from “how much” spectrum to “what kind”. The path to 5G commercial rollouts is...
Elefante Group wants FCC to open 5G spectrum in 22 GHz, 23 GHz, 26 GHz, 70 GHz and 80 GHz bands
Startup The Elefante Group wants to provide wide area 5G coverage from "airships" located 65,000 feet above earth. The firm, which is working Lockheed...
