Carr wrote a chapter in Project 2025 that outlined priorities for the FCC
Brendan Carr, the senior Republican on the Federal Communications Commission, is the incoming Trump administration's pick to run the FCC.
Carr, 45, has focused on telecom workforce needs during his tenure at the...
At the 6G Forum, panelists said it's time to rethink the way spectrum has been made available and deployed
Panelists at the 6G Forum seemed to agree that when thinking about the spectrum needs in 6G, it’s less about new spectrum and more about a...
UScellular says FWA customer base saw growth, a bright spot in its results
UScellular reported a continued downward slide in its total operating revenues, service revenues and net income, as it proceeds with selling assets and shifting its business into being a telecom infrastructure provider...
As the Federal Communications Commission considers T-Mobile US' proposed $4.4 billion acquisition of UScellular, the latter company's executives recently sat down with FCC representatives to make the case in favor of the merger.
The picture they painted was of the largest remaining regional mobile...
WASHINGTON, D.C.—As the vision for 6G begins to make its way from R&D to standardization, what are the trends and goals, both technological and societal, that will and should influence it?
Experts from across the telecom industry, government and academia gathered in Washington, D.C. this...
Optus and TPG had entered into three agreements that relate to the provision of mobile services in Australia
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) will not oppose the proposed regional mobile network and spectrum sharing agreements between local carriers Optus Mobile Ltd and TPG...
The THz permits would development of new technologies and services in the terahertz band, TRAI said
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has recommended the introduction of a new experimental authorization dubbed "Terahertz Experimental Authorization" (THEA), aimed at promoting research and development, technology trials...
NGA said the report is aimed at technology providers, spectrum licensees and regulators
ATIS’ Next G Alliance (NGA) has put out a new report that evaluates a range of spectrum management and access mechanisms, including sharing regimes, to maximize North American opportunities in 6G.
The report,...
Network-independent drone-to-drone communications are key to safe and efficient flights in the national airspace
Pitney Bowes estimates that about 59 million packages are delivered every day in the U.S.1 If 50% of those deliveries were done by drones, that would require nearly 30 million drone flights...
Ever dropped a call at the most inconvenient moment? Or struggled to get service with a sluggish radio connection despite being at "full bars"? In many cases, these frustrating experiences stem from unseen interference impacting the radio connection’s quality of service (QoS), reducing uplink...
Three “mega trends” are transforming the modern ‘mobility’ industry, which variously covers the crossover of the automotive, transport, and logistics sectors – basically anywhere vehicles, mostly cars, are used. These trends, according to a new report by the CTIA, the cellular industry association in...
PCS, paging and more telecom tidbits circa 1996
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 those sepia-tinted shades, set the date for...
In a new report, ATIS' NextG Alliance looks at anticipated 6G spectrum needs based on expected KPIs
With the telecom industry, and governments around the world, already looking ahead to future 6G systems and the spectrum that they might utilize, how should they be thinking...
EchoStar, which merged with Dish, wants a national spectrum screen of 25%
Every other year, the Federal Communications Commission asks for input on the state of competition in the domestic communications market, to help inform a report to Congress. This year, EchoStar—now the parent company...
Spectrum management company Federated Wireless has launched an “adaptive planning” tool to expedite and optimise cellular deployments in shared CBRS network spectrum in the US. The product, Adaptive Network Planner, integrates with spectrum management (SAS) and frequency coordination (AFC) systems, as well as enterprise...
UScellular will become a wireless infrastructure company, retainings its tower assets and about 70% of its spectrum
T-Mobile US plans to buy UScellular's wireless operations and about 30% of the smaller operator's spectrum assets across multiple bands. This move takes the last of the large,...
The GSMA also reiterated that the upper 6 GHz band must be part of the spectrum roadmap in India
The widespread availability of spectrum for 5G services could contribute nearly $27 billion to India's GDP by 2030, according to global telecom industry association GSMA.
The body...
The aftermath of WRC-23 and NTIA’s National Spectrum Strategy
As the curtains closed on the World Radiocommunication Conference 2023 (WRC-23) in Dubai this past December, the airwaves buzzed with more than radio frequencies. This year’s conference marked a significant step in the evolution of global communications, setting...
'All the greenfield is gone': Federal government wants a 12-18 month push with industry, academia to develop cutting-edge sharing tech
The Department of Defense and NTIA are spearheading a dynamic spectrum-sharing framework "moonshot" with industry and academia to develop and test cutting-edge dynamic spectrum-sharing approaches...
As spectrum sharing becomes more mainstream (and necessary), intelligent monitoring is needed to support network management
Canadian network intelligence and monitoring firm thinkRF is seeing a number of challenges in the deployment of 5G networks in the 3.5 GHz spectrum band, according to Jonathan Morris,...
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 those sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories!
C-block spectrum tussles
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The National Telecommunications and Information Administration has released the implementation plan for the Biden administration's National Spectrum Strategy, which aims to kick off working groups on three candidate bands this month and have technical work to be completed by the end of next year....
New bill requires at least 1,250 megahertz of spectrum between 1.3-13.2 GHz be auctioned for full-power, licensed commercial use
It has been slightly more than a year since the auction authority of the Federal Communications Commission was allowed to lapse, and a new, Republican-backed bill...
With industry consensus around the Cat-B ULPI open fronthaul interface standard, the Open RAN ecosystem is ready to scale with massive MIMO support
Open RAN is often described as a movement that reinvents the radio access network (RAN) as a platform for innovation but, at...
