More than 8 in 10 network service providers are running advanced LTE networks based on LTE-A, according to an LTE-A deployment survey from IHS Markit. Eighty-four percent of service provider respondents said they were already running LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) networks, well…
Deployed first in South Korea in June 2013, 4G LTE-Advanced penetration now reaches 100 networks in 49 countries worldwide, 4G Americas announced November 24. LTE-Advanced will continue to evolve along the LTE-Advanced Pro technological roadmap even as 4G Americas members…
Canadian carrier Bell is touting its new LTE-A Tri-Band capability, which the company says is the first to launch in North America. The service uses spectrum in the 700 MHz, AWS (2100 MHz) and PCS (1900 MHz) bands, a Bell…
New market research from ABI Research anticipates that shipments of next-generation, 300 Mbps LTE baseband modems will surge higher in coming years, driven by the advent of next-generation Cat6 chips from mobile chipset suppliers. Global shipments of second-generation Cat4 LTE…
Richardson, Texas — Nov. 5, 2020 — BEC Technologies Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of 4G LTE and 5G wireless broadband solutions, announced that Nextlink Internet selected BEC Technologies for its fixed wireless CBRS deployments. Nextlink Internet, an internet service provider serving…
The $9 billion rural 5G fund first announced by the FCC back in December 2019 is now official, with establishment of an FCC docket. By way of a February 3rd public notice, FCC GN Docket No. 20-32, officially labeled “Establishing a…
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has proposed that the commission scrap plans for a Mobility Fund II reverse auction and instead reallocate the funding intended for that auction to go toward a Rural 5G Fund that would help cover the cost…
Kansas-based regional wireless carrier Nex-Tech Wireless has agreed to work with Ericsson to “modernize” its network and, in some areas, to deploy equipment that will eventually support Nex-Tech 5G, according to Ericsson. Ericsson will provide Nex-Tech Wireless with its Fast…
August 28, 2019 — BELLEVUE, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Un-carrier switches the switching game … again. Today, in a video blog T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) CEO John Legere announced that the Un-carrier is amping one of its original Un-carrier moves, Test Drive, unveiling a novel, simple…
5G networks will provide major gains in spectral efficiency, notes CTIA – The Wireless Association in a new report. The technology will provide service at peak speeds exceeding 30 bits per second (bps) per Hertz (Hz), which is more than…
5G Americas reports that 5G technology has been deployed commercially in 15 mobile networks worldwide and that there will be 47 more 5G deployments by the end of this year. While 5G is all the rage, 5G Americas aptly points…
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