Nearly 70% of the more than 400,000 CBRS sites are in rural areas, according to a new NTIA report on CBRS usage
Use of the shared Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) spectrum continues to rise, according to a new CBRS usage report published by...
The Open RAN mobile sites will be used to provide coverage to the surrounding rural communities
Vodafone has partnered with mobile coverage services specialist Net CS to provide 4G coverage to rural communities around 11 Church of England parish churches across the U.K. Using Open...
Canada aims to facilitate the provision of local 5G services for specific industries as well as communities in rural parts of the country
The government of Canada announced a new licensing policy with the aim of providing easy local access to 5G spectrum for Internet...
Orange and AMN will deploy roughly 500 base stations in rural Madagascar over the next ten years
Orange Madagascar has signed an agreement with tower company Africa Mobile Networks (AMN) to build additional 2G and 3G infrastructure in the country’s rural areas. The pair said...
Bharti Airtel is currently offering 5G coverage in 70 cities across India
Indian operator Bharti Airtel aims to provide 5G services in 300 cities across the country by March 2024, compared to the current 70, local press reported, citing the company’s CEO Gopal Vittal.
“We are...
EE recently announced its 5G network has already reached 60% population coverage in the U.K.
U.K. operator EE, which is part of BT Group, said it has expanded its 5G network infrastructure to cover hundreds of localities in rural areas of England, Wales and Scotland.
In...
BT Group noted that the new antenna technology aims to deliver 4G and 5G from the air
U.K. operator BT and Stratospheric Platforms (SPL) announced they will test delivering mobile coverage using a new antenna technology, designed to be mounted on a High-Altitude Platform Station...
The antennas have been tested at various frequencies up to 48 GHz
Researchers at the University of Sheffield have developed 3D-printed radio antennas that could be used to bring mobile networks to people living in remote areas.
In a release, the University of Sheffield noted that...
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Deutsche Telekom said that over 67,000 antennas are already transmitting 5G across the country
German telco Deutsche Telekom said it is using spectrum in the 700 MHz range for the provision of 5G for the first time.
The European operator said that the use of the...
Cellcom, the wireless subsidiary of telecommunications provider Nsight, has officially launched a 5G network in northeastern Wisconsin, covering customers in parts of the Brown, Shawano and Langlade counties.
Cellcom CEO Brighid Riordan has been vocal about the need to provide better connectivity to rural communities...
Headquartered in Hays, Kansas, Nex-Tech Wireless is considered to be an early adopter of 5G in rural America
Ericsson is extending its relationship with Nex-Tech Wireless to bring commercial 5G services to rural Kansas. Nex-Tech’s 5G Non-Standalone (NSA) network uses Ericsson’s 5G Evolved Packet Core,...
In 2016, data showed that more than 34 million people, as a result of where they live, do not have access to decent broadband service
Multi-Tech Systems released a Wi-Fi Access Point (AP) that will enable one-to-many connectivity to families with more than one child...
T-Mobile users in rural areas were impacted the most from transition to SA 5G
In August of 2020, T-Mobile US claimed a world’s first with the launch of a nationwide standalone (SA) 5G network that uses its 600 MHz spectrum. Launched its 2019, T-Mo’s 600...
The first phase of the C Band auction, which involved spectrum between 3.3–4.2 GHz, wrapped up in mid-January, raking in an astounding $80.92 billion in bids, making it the most profitable spectrum auction in history. According to Stealth Communications’ President & CEO Shrihari Pandit, there...
On this episode of Well, technically... the tech podcast where women do the explaining, Heather 'Mo' Williams, network solutions analyst at CommScope, discusses Wi-Fi 6E, the challenge of bringing connectivity to rural America and her love of honey badgers.
In April, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai put forward a proposal for a $9 billion Rural 5G Fund that aims to “help ensure that rural Americans enjoy the same benefits from our increasingly digital economy as their urban counterparts—more than 200 million of...
CISCO: '5G can really unleash a farm’s power'
As John Deere’s Director of Intelligent Solutions Nancy Post has explained to Enterprise IoT Insights, connected farming is becoming a more popular endeavor for the modern farmer, and as smart farming gains attention, technologies like artificial intelligence,...
T-Mobile US has revved up 5G New Radio on its 600 MHz spectrum and will officially begin offering customers access on Friday, with two 5G devices available for pre-sale this week and coverage that spreads deep into suburban and rural areas of America.
T-Mobile US...
Alaska rural users had the highest latency among the 50 states, followed by Montana rural users
Hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars are being allocated toward improving rural connectivity, with the Federal Communications Commission last week announcing a sixth wave of funded projects from the...
Seventeen state attorneys general have sued to block the T-Mobile/Sprint merger
The T-Mobile/Sprint merger, the subject of a great deal of push back before finally receiving the green light in July, is now being touted as a big “win” for rural America according to a...
Network operators will spend more than $20 billion this year on rural cell sites on a global basis, up 1.2% from 2018, according to a recent report from ABI Research.
"Mobile operators are responding to local community and state regulatory pressure to ensure mobile cellular...
Alphabet's Loon, which focuses on bringing balloon-based connectivity to remote areas, is adding former telecom executives from some of the largest mobile operators to a new advisory board focused on commercialization and network operator partnerships.
The three founding members of Loon's new advisory board include...
Mobility Fund II challenge period extended through Nov. 26
The Federal Communications Commission has officially given rural wireless operators additional time to file challenges to the FCC's current mobile network coverage maps. Challengers can now submit data through November 26.
Those maps will determine where up...
