September 08, 2022 – ROCKLAND, Maine & MILPITAS, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Redzone Wireless and Tarana have announced the official launch of Redzone’s next-generation fixed wireless access (ngFWA) network in Litchfield, Maine, covering the town with Tarana’s Gigabit 1 (G1) ngFWA solution to…
The FCC today has approved funding for over 80 small carriers and other entities to rip and replace equipment from Huawei and ZTE that has been deemed to be a threat to the security of U.S. communications networks. The funding…
The FCC voted today to establish an Enhanced Competition Incentive Program (ECIP) that will reward licensees that lease, partition or disaggregate spectrum to small and tribal carriers or to carriers serving rural areas. As a draft order published on the…
AT&T said today that it will work with Commnet Broadband, NTUA and NTUA Wireless to expand the FirstNet first responder network to serve the Navajo Nation. As part of the same project, AT&T also will deploy commercial LTE service in…
Ericsson and the National Science Foundation-funded Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR) program have struck an agreement under which the vendor will provide its radio access network (RAN) and related equipment and services to the Agriculture and Rural Communities (ARA)…
Washington, D.C. – Today, the Rural Wireless Association (RWA) released its Open RAN Resource Guide (Guide) which is designed to help RWA members navigate the Open RAN landscape. The Guide, coordinated by RWA’s Technology Committee, is available to the public and…
Thayne, WY April 19, 2022 – Silver Star announced today that the company would discontinue its cellular service in Star Valley, WY, effective December 30, 2022. In 2005 Silver Star began offering cellular service to fill a need in the…
The way T-Mobile sees it, about 40% of the U.S. population lives in smaller markets and rural areas – and the company expects to see strong growth in those areas moving forward. Those markets now represent one third of the…
Regional wireless operator Cellcom’s 5G launch in parts of three largely rural Wisconsin counties is just the beginning of the carrier’s 5G plans. We talked to Cellcom CEO Brighid Riordan and CTO Rick Brooks about those plans. Cellcom is relying…
The FCC today released a public notice listing all the companies that applied for funding to rip-and-replace Huawei equipment deemed to be a national security risk. In the notice, the commission also offered its take on why requested funding was…
News late last week from Midco and Land O’ Lakes illustrates how getting stakeholders to work together can bring broadband to areas where deployment costs are prohibitive. Midco said it has deployed fixed wireless from three towers in rural areas…
T-Mobile has expanded its Home Internet fixed wireless access (FWA) service in 57 communities across Texas. According to a T-Mobile spokesperson, this includes new markets, as well as markets where the company had FWA previously to a more limited number…
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