by Pivot
Tag: Backhaul
Verizon Exec Reveals 5G PON-on-a-Stick Proof of Concept at Calix Connexions
Verizon executive Kevin Smith, vice president of network planning, updated the carrier’s One Fiber initiative during a keynote address at the Calix Connexions event in Las Vegas today. Calix is one of Verizon’s supplier partners…
Fiber AnyHaul: A True Build it Once Strategy
Fiber broadband networks have joined transportation networks, the electric grid, and water supply networks as necessary infrastructure components that ensure a community’s meaningful participation in the 21st century economy. Communities all across the globe and…
Verizon CTO: 5G Millimeter Wave “Opens Up So Many Possibilities”
Although 5G millimeter wave spectrum has experienced a bit of a backlash in recent months, one carrier that is still gung ho about the spectrum band is Verizon. Millimeter wave spectrum “opens up so many…
FirstNet CEO: AT&T Has 20 Rural Partners, Wants More
AT&T has partnerships with 20 companies to support the deployment of the FirstNet nationwide public safety mobile broadband network in rural areas, said Ed Parkinson, acting CEO of the FirstNet Authority, at the NTCA Technology…
Analyst: Defining the 5G Opportunity for Wireline Carriers
Wireless carriers are competing fiercely to deploy 5G networks, and that could mean significant opportunity for wireline carriers as well. “Wireless carriers will need small cells and fiber,” said Iain Gillott, president and founder of…
AT&T Does a Flip Flop on Fixed 5G, Now Sees It “Unequivocably” a Landline Broadband Replacement
Within three to five years, fixed 5G wireless will “unequivocably” be a landline broadband replacement product, said AT&T Chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson on the company’s earnings call today. That’s a big departure from last…
AT&T Tillman Deal Has Yielded Hundreds of Cell Towers
AT&T is using its relationship with Tillman Infrastructure as a template for its interaction with cell tower companies, according to Susan Johnson, executive vice president– Global Connections and Supply Chain, AT&T. Johnson made her comments…
As Wi-Fi Offload Declines, CableLabs Technologist Questions Industry Small Cell Plans
According to an estimate cited by CableLabs, about 80% of data traffic from cellular devices was actually offloaded onto Wi-Fi in 2017. But according to new CableLabs Wi-Fi offload research, that percentage is declining, even…
Telecom Infra Project Cites Progress in Virtualization, Edge Computing and mmWave Technologies
Two and a half years after it was established under the auspices of Facebook, the Telecom Infra Project (TIP) has made substantial progress toward its goal of hastening the pace of internet connectivity globally. A…
Nextlink CEO Shares Plans for $281 Million Won in CAF II Auction, Includes Fixed and Mobile Benefits
The biggest winner in the recent Connect America Fund (CAF) II auction, awarded a total of $281.3 million, is Texas- based Nextlink – a fixed broadband wireless provider that has no connection to the 1990s-era…
AT&T Releases White Box 5G Router Spec, Invites Non-Traditional Vendors to Build It
AT&T said it will release a specification for a white box router for use in its 5G network to the Open Compute Project this week. The AT&T white box 5G router spec is a reference…
Millimeter Wave Provides Fixed Wireless Gfast Backhaul, Delivers 650 Mbps to Housing Development
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,…