Greetings from Nebraska and Missouri. Pictured are the balloons from the Friday night glow at the Sedalia Hot Air Balloon and Kite Festival this past weekend. It was spectacular, and Fastwyre was proud to be a sponsor. Fortunately, the rains held off for most...
US carrier T-Mobile has provided 5G connectivity for an unmanned drone flight going beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS), for a distance of over 120 kilometres. Nebraska-based Valmont Industries – which makes irrigation equipment, windmill support structures, and traffic steel utility poles – managed...
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!
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The unmanned, beyond visual line of sight drone flight was 77 miles long and took less than three hours
T-Mobile US and Valmont, an agricultural equipment and infrastructure manufacturer, announced the completion of an unmanned, 77-mile beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) drone operation. The...
Federated Wireless provided Cal Poly with its Neutral Host 2.0 solution
California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, also known as Cal Poly, has expanded its private wireless network and added new neutral host capabilities, allowing it to support T-Mobile US customers. The network, deployed in...
From enterprise and government to rural markets and prime network seekers, T-Mobile US sees room to run beyond 2025
Speaking this week at the JP Morgan Global Technology, Media and Communications Conference in Boston, T-Mobile US CEO Mike Sievert brushed aside the doom and gloom...
The future of spectrum is at a crossroads
PITTSBURGH, Penn.—Good wireless spectrum is hard to find, and it's getting harder and more complex. There are pressures all the way from the local level to the international one, for leadership in defining new bands that will...
T-Mo's strategy is 'differentiated and durable,' says CEO Mike Sievert
T-Mobile US continues to be the mobile network operator to beat, delivering another strong quarter of customer and financial results.
Analysts had expected even rosier numbers in terms of revenues and customer additions, however, and sent...
Crown Castle said its capital expenditures during the quarter were $341 million
Crown Castle reported revenues its site rental revenues reached $1.62 billion in the first quarter of the year, climbing 3% compared to the year-ago quarter, the company said in its earnings statement.
The company’s...
In designing and delivering MEC (and private network) solutions, T-Mobile US touts a “just-right” approach to meet customers where they are
In addition to moving their own network and administrative workloads into private, public and hybrid cloud environments, operators are simultaneously partnering with hyperscalers to...
Tax weekend greetings from Missouri, Nebraska, Louisiana, Texas and Jamacia. No, Fastwyre is not going global, but the staff of the Brief took part in a long-needed vacation to one of the largest and friendliest islands in the Caribbean. Pictured is the sunset from Rick’s...
Deutsche Telekom now has a 50.2% stake in T-Mobile US
Germany's Deutsche Telekom (DT) has finally surpassed a 50% stake in T-Mobile US after years of steadily increasing its ownership in the American company. During a DT general meeting held this week, CEO Timotheus Hoettges...
The 5G project targets closing the opportunity gap in STEM education by enabling accessible, interactive math and science lessons
T-Mobile US announced a partnership with virtual reality (VR) learning platform Prisms VR to support school districts across the U.S. as they implement VR education tools in...
Ray touts VoNR coverage, 4 CA data call
T-Mobile US has already "effectively achieved" its network-related commitments made to the Federal Communications Commission as part of the conditions on its merger with Sprint, says the carrier's President of Technology Neville Ray.
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Greetings from the Midwest as we slowly turn from winter into Spring. Pictured is the Wayne County (Nebraska) courthouse from the week of March 13. Still a good snowpack even as late as last week.
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With the move into higher frequency bands (and TDD), there are coverage range and penetration losses. In standards work, 3GPP has created an option to compensate for this: High-Powered User Equipment, or HPUE. Originally aimed at supporting the communications range boost needed by first...
ABI Research also highlighted that North America, Western Europe, and Asia Pacific regions are driving 5G FWA deployments
5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) subscriptions are forecast to reach 72 million by 2027, representing 35% of the total FWA market, according to a recent report by...
Verizon has been struggling to turn the ship around and get back on a solid growth track for the last decade. The good news is they are beginning to show some positive movement. The problem is there is still a long way to go....
Outgoing T-Mobile US President of Technology Neville Ray reflects on the company’s network journey, see “a lot of opportunity ahead for the business”
Recalling his career in the U.S. wireless industry, T-Mobile US President of Technology Neville Ray said he’s been, in some ways, working...
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!
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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 those sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories!
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In just over 18 months, T-Mobile US has secured 2.6 million 5G FWA customers
At Mobile World Congress Barcelona, RCR Wireless News caught up with Neville Ray, president of technology at T-Mobile US, to discuss 5G progress and where the carrier is seeing the greatest...
T-Mobile tried to knock the growing competitive threat they face from cable TV companies by saying their wireless service is not profitable. What T-Mobile is missing is that profitability does not matter in order to be successful or a threat. The cable television companies...
The two telcos said the new network APIs are integrated onto Microsoft Azure Programmable Connectivity
BARCELONA—Deutsche Telekom and T-Mobile US have developed a platform with joint Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) - called T-DevEdge – with the aim of making easier for the global developer community...
