US Cellular expects to activate its mid-band spectrum for customer use by the end of 2023
US Cellular announced new agreements with Nordic vendors Ericsson and Nokia to boost the carrier's 5G network infrastructure.
US Cellular and Ericsson inked a deal which includes the deployment of...
US Cellular expects to expand the new service to additional cities in urban and rural areas of the country
US Cellular, in collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies and Inseego, has launched its 5G mmWave high-speed internet service in parts of 10 U.S. cities.
The carrier says that...
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Ericsson launches DSS
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Finnish vendor Nokia has been selected by US Cellular for the deployment of the latter’s Standalone 5G core network.
The European vendor said that the 5G SA deployment is expected to be completed by the end of 2022.
The new 5G SA network infrastructure will enable...
As the telecom ecosystem gets deeper into CBRS deployments and eagerly awaits the availability of C-Band spectrum, carriers and vendors are partnering on numerous tests and trials of various aspects of the two bands. In the C-Band, most testing is focused on pre-deployment work...
US Cellular President and CEO Laurent Therivel painted a vision of a highly competitive wireless landscape for the rest of 2021, populated with aggressive offers to entice 5G adoption among consumers. He said that the wireless carrier is optimistic about the business case for...
The 5G mmWave trial utilized Nokia’s baseband and radios and Qualcomm’s FWA platform
Just weeks after pushing the limits of 5G millimeter wave (mmWave) by demonstrating sustained average downlink speeds of about 1 Gbps and peak speeds of more than 2 Gbps in its live...
US Cellular continues to push the limits of 5G millimeter wave, announcing this week that it was able to demonstrate sustained average downlink speeds of about 1 Gbps and peak speeds of more than 2 Gbps in its live network at a distance of...
AT&T and US Cellular both received permission from the Federal Communications Commission this week to prepare for new deployments of C Band spectrum by testing network equipment that will operate at 3.7-3.8 GHz.
AT&T was granted a one-year period to conduct indoor and outdoor...
US Cellular reported a total operating revenue of $1.073 billion for the Q4 2020
According to its President and CEO Laurent Therivel, US Cellular “met the challenges of 2020 successfully,” with the carrier reporting a total operating revenue of $1.073 billion for the fourth quarter...
Qualcomm focused on extending mmWave range for fixed wireless access
Ericsson, Qualcomm Technologies and U.S. Cellular said they have successfully achieved the first extended range 5G NR millimeter Wave (mmWave) data call in the U.S. on a commercial network.
The extended-range data call was completed in...
Every major wireless carrier now has a new CEO. I’ve been a wireless analyst for the last 35 years, watching the industry and commenting on more companies than I can count. With that said, I am very excited right now because I believe the...
US Cellular reports net income of $68 million for Q2
While US Cellular CEO Laurent C. Therivel, who took over the post in early July, acknowledged that many aspects of the company’s performance this past quarter were impacted by the pandemic, he also reported “very...
The expanded US Cellular 5G network will be deployed on its 600 MHz spectrum
As promised in a previous interview with RCR Wireless News, US Cellular is working hard to expand its 5G network, which was initiated in parts of Iowa and Wisconsin earlier this...
The vendor will provide 24 GHz, 28 GHz and 39 GHz mmWave equipment and services
The same day that US Cellular revealed that it's working with Nokia to add 5G millimeter-wave capabilities in the 24 GHz and 28 GHz spectrum bands to its network, the...
Higher uses of Wi-Fi calling improves user perception of wireless network performance
A recent J.D. Power 2020 U.S. Wireless Network Quality Performance Study found that higher uses of Wi-Fi calling improves user perception of wireless network performance. According to the study, the 42% of wireless...
US Cellular said that an open RAN architecture can accelerate delivery of advanced 5G capabilities
US Cellular is one of the latest to join the O-RAN Alliance, the world-wide community of more than 190 mobile operators, vendors and research and academic institutions operating in the...
US Cellular exec: 'Open RAN will enhance the way wireless networks are built and operated'
US Cellular has become the latest company to join the Open RAN movement, with its official announcement that it is now a part of the Open RAN Policy Coalition, a...
Laurent Therivel will take over as president and CEO on July 1
Veteran US Cellular CEO Kenneth R. Meyers will soon be retiring, and the carrier announced his successor: Laurent C. Therivel, who previously served as CEO of AT&T Mexico, will be appointed president and...
April was 'different, but stable,' says US Cellular CEO
US Cellular reported a remarkably strong first quarter, considering the current climate. The operator saw net income of $71 million, up from $54 million in the year-ago period and no major disruptions to network investments. Operations...
US Cellular and Ericsson have added additional capacity to more than 200 sites
In response to increased data usage as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, US Cellular, with Ericsson support, has begun to increase capacity for customers in Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, New Hampshire,...
The Wisconsin launch represents the first phase of a multi-year 5G network expansion
In October, U.S. Cellular announced plans to rollout 5G technology for customers in Iowa and Wisconsin in the first quarter of 2020, and now, as Spring fast approaches, the operator has provided...
Samsung will assist US Cellular in the development of its 5G network
US Cellular has selected Samsung Electronics as its 5G and 4G LTE network solutions provider. US Cellular will purchase Samsung’s network solutions, including 5G New Radio (NR) technology, to contribute to the operator’s...
The LTE-M network is designed to support simple, low-power or battery-limited IoT devices
Amid the rising interest in IoT adoptions for industrial and commercial applications, US Cellular announced that is has launched its LTE-M network, specifically for IoT applications, on 90% of its cell sites,...
