by Pivot
Tag: LTE
NewCore, RINA Partner with Rural Wireless Carriers on Shared Infrastructure, IMS Core First Up
A group of more than 40 rural wireless carriers led by NewCore Wireless and RINA Wireless hopes to find strength in numbers in a wireless market that has become increasingly challenging for smaller carriers. Both…
Illinois Valley Cellular Lights 4G LTE with ExteNet
CHICAGO, Oct. 24, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — ExteNet Systems, a leading provider of Distributed Network Systems (DNS) enabling advanced cellular, wireless and broadband connectivity across urban and rural America, today announced a partnership with Illinois Valley Cellular to enable 4G LTE broadband connectivity…
AT&T Enhanced Push-to-Talk Breathes New Life into PTT: LBS, Voice Message Fallback, More
AT&T has upgraded one of the oldest mobile business services offered by wireless carriers with AT&T Enhanced Push-to-Talk (PTT) service. PTT was perhaps made most famous by Nextel, which heavily marketed the feature as a…
Qualcomm Announces First 5G NR Chipsets and Verizon Partnership; So What is 5G NR?
Qualcomm said today that it has achieved gigabit speeds using a 5G NR (5G New Radio) modem chipset that the company is calling Snapdragon X50. The achievement could pave the way for 5G commercialization in…
Google’s Loon Balloons Attempt to Restore Cell Service to Puerto Rico
As Puerto Rico struggles to regain cell service in the wake of Hurricane Maria, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted an experimental license for Project Loon, led by Google’s parent company Alphabet, to help…
CBRS LTE Fixed Wireless Broadband Set to Deploy, Despite Uncertain Future
Fixed wireless broadband continues to gain traction with the news today that Georgia-based wireless internet service provider (WISP) Paladin Wireless will deploy fixed service using LTE technology in the CBRS band. Paladin is targeting a…
Verizon Rural Wireless Customer Cancellations Cause Unrest with Rural Carrier Partner
Verizon has had a change of heart regarding a portion of the 8,500 wireless customers whose service it had planned to cancel and will allow certain customers to keep service on plans providing up to…
GSA Finds 81 5G Trials by Operators in 42 Countries
The wireless ecosystem is involved in numerous tests and 5G trials as the pace toward rollout of 5G quickens, according to new data from the Global Mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) about 5G operators. The group’s…
Sprint and Ericsson Conduct First U.S. Field Tests for 2.5 GHz Massive MIMO
September 12, 2017 — SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–At Mobile World Congress Americas, Sprint (NYSE: S) and Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) today unveiled results of the first U.S. 2.5 GHz Massive MIMO (multiple input, multiple output) field tests…
Samsung/ Charter 5G Trials Illustrate Importance of Fiber for Small Cells
Samsung said today that it has been conducting field testing of 4G LTE and 5G wireless technology with Charter Communications in trials that will run until the end of the year. The Samsung/ Charter 5G…
T-Mobile NB-IoT to Launch Nationwide Next Year
T-Mobile made three announcements at Mobile World Congress Americas in San Francisco. The carrier said it would start operations of a nationwide T-Mobile NB-IoT network next year and that NB-IoT modules from Sierra Wireless, Telit…
T-Mobile Surpasses Gigabit LTE Speeds in Lab Trials, Gains Bragging Rights for Now
T-Mobile, Nokia and Qualcomm Technologies have broken the 1 Gbps barrier with commercially available LTE equipment. The gigabit LTE tests were conducted at T-Mobile’s labs, achieving download speeds of 1.175 Gbps, the companies said. “We…