Small network operators that own spectrum they have not yet built out have a new option. NewCore Wireless, a company that has helped carriers build and operate 2G and 3G wireless networks, now plans to add 4G LTE capability using…
Rural 4G
Verizon Wireless Adds New Rural 4G LTE Partner
Verizon’s LTE in Rural America Program has seen recent momentum with a handful of carriers actually launching 4G LTE networks of late. But we haven’t seen a new carrier enter the program for a while – that is until late…
More Verizon Rural Partners Launch LTE Service – Without iPhones
Two more participants in Verizon Wireless’s LTE in Rural America program – Bluegrass Cellular and Strata Networks — have launched or will soon launch 4G LTE service. Through that program, Verizon leases spectrum to the rural carriers, who build out…
Competitive Carrier Association Members See Big Future and Big Obstacles with 4G LTE
Though 90% of Competitive Carriers Association (CCA) members have either already implemented or plan to implement LTE, they’ll continue to use TDM (Time Division Multiplexing) to route and distribute voice and data. While CCA member rural, regional and smaller national…
Space Data Deploys 4G LTE Offering Tailored for Remote Areas
Space Data today became the first network operator to use a 4G LTE product offering from Lemko designed specifically for use in remote rural areas that eliminates the need for the operator to purchase costly core network infrastructure. “Our product…
West Central Wireless to Wholesale LTE Packet Core
Smaller wireless operators planning 4G LTE deployments may be able to minimize the investment required by sharing packet core network elements, as an announcement this week from West Central Wireless and Alcatel-Lucent illustrates. As David Fritz, senior consulting engineer for…
Oregon Cable Company Bend Broadband Turns Up LTE
Oregon cable operator Bend Broadband launched a fixed wireless offering based on LTE, possibly making it the first small regional cable company to do so. The offering will support data rates of up to 12 Mbps and by the end…
Report: 75% of Rural Dwellers Say Broadband Important to Quality of Life
Three out of four rural residents say having high-speed Internet at home is important to maintaining their quality of life, according to a recent survey of 800 rural residents conducted by the NetAmerica Alliance and shared with Telecompetitor. The survey…
Pioneer Cellular is First Verizon Rural Partner to Launch 4G LTE
Pioneer Cellular today became the first Verizon Wireless LTE in Rural America program partner to launch 4G LTE service, which is now available in parts of six counties in central and western Oklahoma adjacent to the Oklahoma City metropolitan area….
Pioneer Cellular Announces Launch of 4G LTE
KINGFISHER, OK-APRIL 30, 2012-Pioneer Cellular, as a participant in the Verizon Wireless LTE in Rural America (LRA) program, today announced the official launch of 4G LTE service in Phase I of the Pioneer Cellular LRA coverage area. The initial Phase…
Verizon 4G LTE Coming to a Small Market Near You
Verizon made a flurry of new 4G LTE market announcements yesterday, culminating with a claim that 2/3 of the U.S. population will be covered by Verizon 4G LTE service on April 19th. Among the series of announcements, several caught my…
Verizon’s Proposed Spectrum Sale Opens New Interoperability Issues
Verizon today said it plans to sell some of its 700 MHz spectrum holdings if its plan to acquire AWS spectrum from four of the nation’s largest cable companies is approved. The spectrum the company proposes to sell is in…
