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…
June 10, 2020 — CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–U.S. Cellular (NYSE: USM), the fourth-largest full-service wireless carrier in the United States, today announced that it has joined the Open RAN Policy Coalition, reinforcing its commitment to spurring innovation and bringing 5G connectivity to urban…
Watch Communications, which has been a member of the Microsoft Airband initiative since last July, has announced broadband projects in Indiana and Illinois. The projects will feature partnerships with rural electric cooperatives to bring broadband to customers in those two…
The nation’s three major wireless carriers AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon – along with Cox Communications and 344 other entities — are would-be bidders in the upcoming CBRS auction, according to documents released late yesterday from the FCC. The auction, to…
Satellite broadband provider Telesat has joined the rural broadband consortium that Mississippi wireless and broadband provider C Spire established last year. The consortium was created with the goal of spurring broadband adoption and deployment. Other consortium members include equipment providers…
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