Verizon says that Las Vegas is the eighth city for Verizon 5G Edge with AWS Wavelength. The offering leverages the edge computing partnership announced last year that pairs the carrier’s 5G mobile edge computing (MEC) technology and Amazon’s AWS Wavelength….
SomosGov has been selected by the FCC to provide number administration services, including a new function to help in the fight against illegal robocalls. The FCC SomosGov contract is for five years, with the FCC holding an option for an…
Investment in certain Citizens Band Radio Service (CBRS) equipment will pass $1 billion in 2023, according to a CBRS equipment forecast from SNS Telecom & IT. Equipment studied includes LTE and 5G new radio (NR)-based CBRS radio access network (RAN)…
Since January, xFi Advanced Security has blocked almost 6 billion cybersecurity threats to Comcast Xfinity subscribers’ home networks, according to Comcast’s first “Xfinity Cyber Health Report.” The report combines consumer survey results with data collected by the xFi platform. It…
Seventy-seven percent of wireless Internet service providers (WISPs) surveyed by equipment maker Cambium Networks said that they “are optimistic about their capacity to service their business and residential customers.” This compares to 66% who expressed such optimism in the company’s…
Dish made another supplier announcement for the 5G network it is building. Dish plans to use a cloud-based business messaging platform from Mavenir. This is the second announcement Dish has made involving Mavenir, which also will provide Dish with cloud-native…
New high quality services filling new content niches and the COVID-19 pandemic are driving an increase in the percentage of U.S. homes with two video streaming subscriptions or more, according to Parks Associates. “The Next ‘Big 3’ in OTT” found…
T-Mobile has made the 988 emergency lifeline number available nationwide to its customers. Callers will automatically be connected to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, which consists of about 180 local and state funded crisis centers with professionally trained counselors. The…
In a marriage of Kansas telecommunications companies that both are almost a century old, Twin Valley Management (TVM) has signed a definitive purchase agreement to acquire the Southern Kansas Telephone (SKT) Company. Twin Valley Management is the holding company for…
Opensignal’s assessment of 5G performance in five U.S. cities points to great differences in speeds from one carrier to another. Researchers also noted some significant challenges involving 5G upload speeds. The firm looked at downtown areas in Atlanta, Houston, Los…
Verizon has expanded its support for teachers and students in the face of the continuing COVID-19 crisis with the introduction of a professional development platform for teachers and the expansion of a program that supports educators and provides connectivity for…
Almost exactly a year after it was announced, Verizon and Snap have introduced the Landmarker Lens augmented reality (AR) platform with a performance by the Black Pumas at the New York City Public Library. Landmarker Lens is a product of…