Mobile data usage is at least 96 times higher today than it was just 10 years ago, according to a new report about U.S. wireless industry growth from industry association CTIA. Annual mobile data consumption jumped from 388 billion megabytes…
Carrier Evolution
U.S. Cellular 5G in 11 More States this Year
U.S. Cellular 5G service will launch in parts of 11 states during the balance of the year. The carrier says that services are coming to “select areas” of California, Maine, Maryland, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Virginia, Washington…
Verizon Readies 5G Standalone Core to Support Slicing and More
Verizon said today that it has successfully completed an end-to-end data session over its new 5G standalone core network. The company said it expects to start moving traffic onto the new core in the second half of this year, with…
Windstream Plots Path for 400G Core Transport
Windstream, which expects to emerge from bankruptcy later this year, is getting set to support 400G core transport. The company says that it has completed four sites in its nationwide core IP network upgrade using the Nokia 7750 service router…
O-RAN is Hot, as Dish 5G Plans, Pai Comments Illustrate
Dish plans to build a standalone 5G network are moving ahead, as the company today announced two key O-RAN vendors. The company said it will use radio units (Rus) from Fujitsu and cloud-native Open vRAN software from Altiostar Networks. The…
TDS Expands Footprint for Next Generation Video Product, TDS TV+
TDS is continuing the expansion of its new TDS TV+ entertainment platform with new service in south central and south eastern Wisconsin. The new video platform is a cloud-based IP video platform, which leverages Android TV and TiVo for an…
Verizon Gets Set to Deploy 5G Nationwide Using Low-Band Spectrum and DSS
Verizon expects to deploy 5G nationwide this year, now that the company has completed successful trials using dynamic spectrum sharing (DSS) technology to enable LTE and 5G services to run simultaneously over low-frequency, also known as low-band, spectrum. Until now,…
FirstNet Begins Path to 5G
The FirstNet dedicated mobile broadband public safety network will be upgraded to 5G, based on a vote by the First Responder Network Authority Board today. It would seem to be a smart decision, as the network, whose construction began in…
CMO: We Need to Start Bragging More About CenturyLink Edge Computing, Now Available to 95% of U.S.
CenturyLink edge computing infrastructure can serve 95% of the U.S. with five millisecond latency, said the company’s chief marketing offer Shaun Andrews on a webcast that was part of a virtual financial conference today. That infrastructure is comprised of about…
Verizon: As Lines Between Wireline and Wireless Blur, Home Broadband is Just Another Device
Like all national carriers today, Verizon is making huge investments in 5G. Among those carriers, Verizon is also the biggest champion of 5G fixed wireless, having launched its 5G Home service in 4 markets, offering a wireless alternative to wireline…
Segra Closes on Northstate Acquisition
Segra announced today the closing of its acquisition of NorthState. The transaction was first announced back in December 2019. At the time of the announcement, the deal had an enterprise value of $240 million. North Carolina based NorthState operates both…
Third-Party Cloud Offering Underlies Horizon Telcom Hosted Voice
As businesses adopt hosted communications services, some historical telecom service providers are hosting their own offerings on their infrastructure. But as the allure of the cloud continues to take hold, some are now opting for third party cloud-based offerings. Ohio’s…
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