Verizon and 3D technology company Unity are partnering on projects aimed at leveraging the carrier’s 5G Ultra Wideband and mobile edge computing (MEC) in combination with Unity’s technology to support 3D applications. The idea is to enable interactive real time…
T-Mobile has announced multi-billion, five year deals with Ericsson and Nokia that aim to expand and extend its 5G network. The deals will help implement a T-Mobile 5G strategy that relies on two distinct paths. T-Mobile labels those 5G strategy…
Verizon is expanding its 5G Home and Ultra Wideband footprints this month. On January 14, 5G Home, Verizon’s 5G fixed wireless offer, will be available in parts of Arlington, TX; Miami; Anaheim, CA; San Francisco, and St. Louis. On January…
T-Mobile and Brookings Municipal Utilities have reached a definitive agreement under which the carrier will acquire BMU’s Sprint-branded wireless operating assets. The network provides wireless and data services to about 14,000 customers in South Dakota and Iowa. No financial details…
Verizon has expanded both of its 5G offerings to new markets. The company took the opportunity to detail some of the technology underlying both of its 5G offerings in the press release about the new markets. Verizon now reaches 24…
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…
The C-band auction gets underway tomorrow, pitting 57 entities against one another for coveted mid-band wireless spectrum. All three major mobile carriers, as well as smaller carriers, cable companies, fixed wireless internet service providers (WISPs) and others have qualified to…
5G networks are up to 90% more energy efficient per traffic unit than 4G networks, according to a new 5G energy efficiency study from Nokia and Telefonica. 5G technology is mostly known for being faster and having lower latency in…
Smartphone shipments are rebounding, according to a new smartphone shipments forecast from International Data Corp (IDC). According to the (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, smartphone shipments rebounded in the third quarter and are expected to grow sightly (2.4%) in…
Opensignal’s assessment of 5G performance in five U.S. cities points to great differences in speeds from one carrier to another. Researchers also noted some significant challenges involving 5G upload speeds. The firm looked at downtown areas in Atlanta, Houston, Los…
The FCC released the final C-band bidders list late last week. Fifty-seven companies qualified to bid in the auction for coveted mid-band spectrum suitable for supporting 5G services. Although some companies plan to bid under unfamiliar names, the identities of…
Inland Cellular, a mobile network operator serving the Pacific Northwest, will use satellite connectivity from Intelsat to provide backhaul connectivity as Inland builds out 4G LTE service to rural areas of Washington state. According to the companies, Inland Cellular had…
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