08/09/2022 – NEW YORK – Verizon Frontline today introduced THOR’s (Tactical Humanitarian Operations Response) Hammer, the latest in its line of next-generation public safety communications innovations. Developed with dual-core network capabilities, which enable enhanced operational flexibility, the nearly 30-foot trailer is…
Regional fiber operator Segra announced last week that it has connected fiber to 500 cell towers to support Dish’s 5G rollout. And according to Segra CEO Kevin T. Hart, Segra’s business with Dish isn’t finished. “This was phase one,” said…
Verizon Business and Virginia International Terminals LLC (VIT) have agreed to deploy the carrier’s On Site 5G Ultra Wideband network, a private 5G network, at the main Port of Virginia container terminal. The On Site 5G private network is scalable…
July 20, 2022 — BELLEVUE, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–T-Mobile is turning the Golden State magenta. Today, T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) announced it has expanded the footprint of its 5G Home Internet across California, where more than 1.3 million households still have no access…
T-Mobile won the download category in the latest Opensignal’s 5G Experience Report with an average 5G speed of 171 Mbps. It was the sixth time in a row T-Mobile took the category. The carrier increased its speed lead over its…
The 5Gfor12GHz Coalition fired back at SpaceX today in response to what the coalition called a “misinformation campaign” about SpaceX Starlink satellite broadband service. The coalition also critiqued a recent SpaceX report that argues that a proposed rule change for…
BELLEVUE, Wash. — June 30, 2022 — T-Mobile is at it again, hooking up 81 more cities and towns across Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma with increased access to 5G Home Internet! Today, T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) announced it has expanded…
SpaceX is enlisting customers that use its Starlink low earth orbit satellite broadband service in the battle over the future of the 12 GHz spectrum band. The company has asked Starlink customers to urge their elected officials and the FCC…
Ericsson and the National Science Foundation-funded Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR) program have struck an agreement under which the vendor will provide its radio access network (RAN) and related equipment and services to the Agriculture and Rural Communities (ARA)…
UScellular and Ericsson are testing 5G and drone technology “at altitude” to determine how the connectivity that the drone experiences differs from connectivity on the ground. The initial trials involved a visual line of sight operations. A drone outfitted with…
Ninety percent of the wireless subscriptions in North America will be 5G in 2027, according to a 5G subscriptions forecast from Ericsson. The Ericsson Mobility Report, which contains upbeat news for 5G providers and their ecosystem, says that there will…
Dish said today that it has reached an agreement with T-Mobile to use the T-Mobile Ultra Capacity 5G network to provide connectivity to Dish mobile customers and to customers of Dish’s retail wireless brands, including Boost Mobile. The agreement requires…
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