The FCC is getting set to implement plans to require smaller rural wireless carriers to rip and replace equipment from Chinese manufacturers Huawei and ZTE. The commission was allocated $1.895 billion in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 for that…
T-Mobile’s deployment of standalone 5G (SA 5G) in the 600 MHz band has improved both latency and coverage, according to a new report from Opensignal. T-Mobile is the only carrier that currently claims nationwide U.S. coverage, but others are expected…
The FCC today adopted rules for the 5G Fund for Rural America, which will make $9 billion available to cover some of the costs of deploying service to rural areas that lack higher-speed mobile service. Awardees will be required to…
OCT 22, 2020 — The Rural Independent Network Alliance (RINA Wireless), in partnership with Ericsson is pleased to announce its CBRS (Citizens Broadband Radio Service) buildout solution. RINA Wireless and Ericsson have been working together for years to provide rural…
September 14, 2020 — OVERLAND PARK, Kan.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–How can 5G transform the future of nursing? That’s the challenge T-Mobile and students at the University of Kansas are taking on this fall semester. T-Mobile, KU School of Nursing (SON) and the…
It could cost more than $1.87 billion to remove and replace Huawei and ZTE equipment in U.S. telecom networks, according to a new report released today by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The ZTE and Huawei replacement cost estimate was…
Fixed wireless broadband provider Nextlink Internet said it has purchased Iowa-based Xtreamair, another fixed wireless provider. The Nextlink Xstreamair purchase will expand Nextlink’s footprint into western Iowa, and Nextlink said it will expand the Xstreamair network so that subscribers will…
T-Mobile said today that it has launched standalone 5G service nationwide – an accomplishment that also increased the T-Mobile 5G footprint by 30%, according to the company. Although T-Mobile already claimed a nationwide 5G launch, the service initially relied on…
Greenville, Mississippi (August 3, 2020) – C Spire is teaming up with the Delta Regional Medical Center to debut a remote patient monitoring program in Mississippi for a broad array of chronic medical conditions that will help manage health care costs…
Two rural wireless testbeds will each receive $300,000 from the National Science Foundation, NSF, to further their work. The two projects are considered finalists to become the fourth city-scale wireless research testbed in a program managed by the Platforms for…
T-Mobile said today that it is expanding the availability of its T-Mobile Home Internet fixed wireless service in the Grand Rapids, Michigan area. The company began a trial of the service to “select” T-Mobile customers in that area in March…
Verizon has entered into an agreement to acquire the portion of the Iowa RSA 2 Limited Partnership which it does not own. The partnership covers a population of about 51,000 people in six Iowa counties. RSA 2 is currently owned…
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