The FCC this week adopted two Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPR) in the fight against illegal robocalls. One takes aim at the networks that serve as entry points for foreign-originated robocalls and the other proposes rules to protect 911 call…
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AT&T Teams with KDDI to Make Cars Hot Spots and Entertainment Hubs
AT&T and Japanese telecommunications provider KDDI have agreed to provide LTE-based auto entertainment connected vehicle capabilities to 2021 Mazda CX-5 and CX-9 automobiles and other unidentified models on an ongoing basis, according to AT&T. These vehicles will use the KDDI…
Another Dish O-RAN Vendor Selected, Supplying O-RAN Radio Units
DISH has announced another open radio access network (O-RAN) vendor –the latest in a growing string of announcements about the open standard technology that DISH sees as critical to its plans to build a 5G network from scratch. The new…
Dish to Offer Cloud-Based Business Messaging on its 5G Network
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…
T-Mobile and UScellular Team Up to Further Protect Customers from Scams and Spam
November 19, 2020 — BELLEVUE, Wash. & CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Scammers get dealt another blow. T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) and UScellular (NYSE: USM) today announced they’re delivering STIR/SHAKEN number verification across networks marking another milestone in the industry’s ongoing fight to protect consumers…
FCC T-Mobile Network Outage Investigation Begins
As promised by FCC Chairman Pai, an FCC T-Mobile network outage investigation is underway. The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau announced it’s seeking public comment on the effects of T-Mobile’s June 15th network outage. T-Mobile reported the outage…
COVID-19 Mobile Usage Increased One Hour a Day; Consumers Value ICT, Report Says
Globally, although fixed broadband networks have been most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, mobile networks also have seen increased usage, according to the latest Ericsson Mobility Report, released today. The report found that fixed broadband usage increased an average of…
Understanding T-Mobile Standalone 5G Technology: What is VoNR, ViNR?
The next mobile carrier technology battleground will be standalone 5G, as a T-Mobile announcement today illustrates. The carrier claims several standalone 5G “firsts” involving voice and video over 5G new radio (VoNR and ViNR). What are these “firsts”? What is…
Nex-Tech Wireless Bringing 5G to Rural Kansas
There has been a lot of news about 5G rollouts – and most of it is from the big nationwide carriers. A smaller rural carrier that is stepping up is Nex-Tech Wireless, which is deploying 5G across its key markets…
Report: 5G Device Availability to Include More Spectrum Bands, Every Major Vendor in 2020
The latest Ericsson Mobility Report, released today, offers a wealth of information about the state of mobile networks. 5G is expected to gain scale in 2020, enabled in large part by expanded 5G device availability, the authors note, and they…
5G IoT Applications Like Connected Vehicles Will Rely on a Cloud-Native Approach
A cloud-native approach will be critical to 5G infrastructure, explained Micaela Giuhat, vice president of market strategy for telecom software platform provider Metaswitch, in an interview with Telecompetitor. And with major wireless providers beginning limited 5G deployments, even some smaller,…
