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 LTE
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…
Verizon Rural LTE Carrier Cellcom Gets iPhone5
De Pere, WI (September 27, 2012) — Cellcom today announced it will offer iPhone 5 beginning Friday, September 28. iPhone 5 will be available for a suggested retail price of $149 for the 16GB model, $249 for the 32GB model…
Apple Opens iPhone 5 to More Carriers than Usual, But Availability Concerns Remain
Some smaller wireless carriers, including three participants in Verizon Wireless’s LTE in Rural America program, are getting the vaunted iPhone 5 at nearly the same time as the nation’s largest carriers – AT&T, Verizon and Sprint. That’s a significant change…
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…
Verizon Wireless Exec Details LTE in Rural America Progress
Two rural wireless operators participating in Verizon Wireless’s LTE in Rural America (LRA) program have now launched service, with Wisconsin-based Cellcom adding its name to the list. Cellcom’s announcement was actually issued on April 30, the same day as a…
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…
Rural Germany Gets LTE Before Urban Areas
Germany has taken a novel approach to getting broadband deployed in rural areas. As a condition of winning spectrum in a 2010 auction of LTE frequencies, mobile operators were required to agree to bring service first to rural areas lacking…
