Three of the nation’s four largest wireless carriers are poised to bid in the upcoming FCC auctions of millimeter wave spectrum, according to a new FCC public notice. Millimeter wave spectrum is expected to support 5G wireless services offering speeds…
Millimeter wave wireless may be best known as a 5G fixed and mobile access technology and as a means of providing backhaul for small cells. But another application is millimeter wave fixed wireless Gfast backhaul, as an announcement yesterday from…
Qualcomm today announced what it described as “the world’s first fully-integrated 5G NR millimeter wave and sub-6 GHz RF modules” for smartphones and other mobile devices – a development that should pave the way for operators to deploy service supporting…
AT&T mobile 5G trials are achieving gigabit speeds, the carrier said in a blog post today. The speeds were achieved in trials in three cities using millimeter wave spectrum, the company said. “[W]e’re confident we have all the answers we…
Facebook has achieved broadband transmission of 20 Gbps over an eight-mile distance using millimeter wave technology, according to a Facebook blog post. The Facebook millimeter wave broadband wireless technology could be used for several different applications, eventually including connecting the…
A New York University (NYU) student research team pushed the envelope for millimeter wave network range in a recently conducted field test in rural southwest Virginia. Setting up a millimeter wave transmitter on the porch of the country home of…
Millimeter wave telecommunications is poised to play an important role in small cell deployments, fulfilling the need for backhaul aggregation as small cell deployments scale up, according to a new report from Infonetics Research. Growth will be fastest in the…
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler wants the commission to study the possibility of using millimeter wave spectrum above 24 GHz to support 5G wireless service. A notice of inquiry about millimeter wave is one of several wireless related documents that Wheeler…
The global market for small cell backhaul equipment will expand at a 48% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) out to 2018, growing from an expected $487 million this year to over $5 billion, according to a new report from ABI…
UScellular says it reached world record 5G fixed wireless coverage using millimeter wave (mmWave) spectrum on its commercial network in Grand Island, Neb. The company achieved gigabit speeds over a distance of more than 10 kilometers (more than six miles)….
The University of Missouri and AT&T are opening a 5G millimeter wavelength research and teaching lab in the school’s Cornell Hall. The University of Missouri (commonly referred to as Mizzou) and AT&T have an ongoing relationship. The two partnered on…