‘NTIA has less than two years to get the U.S. back on track,” telecom industry group’s CEO writes The United States’ leadership in spectrum policy, 5G and reaping the economic …
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Lab-as-a-service, digital twins and more test projects garner federal funding
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillDish Network, Viavi Solutions and several universities win funding to develop various aspects of wireless testing The Biden administration yesterday announced $80 million in awards as part of the third …
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The Biden administration announced an agreement with semiconductor producer Microchip Technologies to expand its domestic production capacity of legacy chips, supported with $162 million in financial incentives funded through the …
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Per a Global market Insight report, market size for 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) is set to be valued at more than $25 billion in 2022-2023 and is poised to …
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‘There are no easy spectrum allocation choices’: White House spectrum strategy identifies a pipeline of five candidate bands
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillNational spectrum strategy identifies five bands totaling nearly 2,800 megahertz, with emphasis on the midband The Biden administration has proposed a long-awaited spectrum pipeline of five candidate bands for near-term …
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Chips, Open RAN, 6G … governments around the world are pouring investment into tech, hoping to gain a strategic and economic advantage. The US government wants to offer relatively modest …
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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 …
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As brownfield Open RAN deployments pick up and interoperability processes are refined, questions around fiber expense and massive MIMO still dog the ecosystem Open RAN has come a long way …
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NTIA proposes ‘limited and targeted’ waiver on US-made products for BEAD
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillNTIA holds firm that ‘close to 90%’ of materials involved in BEAD projects should be made in the United States With more than $42 billion poised to pour out in …
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Telecom supply chain fund receives nearly $1.4 billion in requests for testing, R&D support
by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill“The overwhelming interest in this first round of funding shows the private sector is stepping up,” says NTIA’s Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications & Information The National Telecommunications and …
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The newest version identifies another 330,000 locations unserved by broadband The Federal Communications Commission has released an updated version of its National Broadband Map, one that FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel …
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State Department is requesting the band be officially recognized for 5G As the U.S. federal government continues its efforts to identify additional spectrum for mobile network use, particularly in the …
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Here comes the funding: Key takeaways from NTIA’s latest assessment of federal broadband spending
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillAs the U.S. federal government pours billions of dollars into broadband deployment and adoption, it is also trying to get a better handle on coordination and tracking of those efforts …
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One of the constant wireless industry topics of conversation is spectrum: Who is buying what, who is using what, the technical pros and cons of different bands—and how to get …
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Show me the money: The biggest broadband investment cycle ever Broadband funding is, by and large, one of the few issues with reliable, bipartisan support. It has become an increasingly …
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The past three years have placed unprecedented demands on fixed and mobile broadband networks and underscored broadband as a necessity: A “seismic shift in broadband from being access to entertainment …
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The DoD said the 5G Challenge will accelerate the adoption of open interfaces and multi-vendor solutions toward the development of an open 5G ecosystem The FutureG & 5G Office of …
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Infrastructure planning grants are part of the 2021 infrastructure bill The National Telecommunications and Information Administration has announced dozens of planning grants to states in recent weeks, which will be …
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Last month, the CBRS community in the US made a swift counter-strike, in the form of a joint letter to the FCC and NTIA, against a report by telecoms lobby …
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Twenty-six organizations and alliances in the US with active interests in private and shared cellular for enterprise usage have jointly written to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the National …
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Dish granted permission to conduct tests at RF ‘quiet zone’ in Colorado Dish Wireless has received permission from the Federal Communications Commission to experiment with CBRS outdoor power transmission limits …
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First maps, then challenges, then funding: FCC, NTIA announce broadband timeline
by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill‘The next eight weeks are critical for our federal efforts to connect the unconnected,’ says assistant secretary of commerce The Federal Communications Commission plans to release newly updated broadband maps …
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One in five US households don’t have broadband. Most say they don’t want it.
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillNTIA survey finds 60% of unconnected households report that they have no need/interest in using the internet at home Over the past several decades, the U.S. Census Bureau or other …
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‘There are not a lot of easy bands left’ says NTIA senior advisor With both mmWave and midband 5G auctions concluded and development and/or deployment underway for existing spectrum releases, …
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The federal government plans to spend $1 billion to expand so-called “middle-mile” connections between networks, as part of a $65 billion effort to build out broadband infrastructure and connect all …