Bellevue, Wash. and Houston, Texas— January 6, 2022 — T-Mobile US, Inc. (NASDAQ: TMUS) and Crown Castle International Corp. (NYSE: CCI) announced today that the companies have signed a new 12-year agreement to support the continued build-out of T-Mobile’s nationwide…
Verizon and Crown Castle have signed a new long-term agreement that calls for Verizon to lease 15,000 new small cells from Crown Castle over the next four years. The small cells will support Verizon 5G Ultra Wideband and 5G Nationwide,…
Verizon deployments of LTE service operating in the CBRS band are imminent, now that the FCC has approved plans for initial commercial deployments (ICDs). As Verizon Senior Executive Adam Koeppe explained in an interview with Telecompetitor, the company expects to…
Cincinnati Bell will be donating the upfront charges to deploy a smart city offering in a historic Dayton, Ohio neighborhood known as Oregon District. The Cincinnati Bell smart city deployment involves installing fiber to provide free public Wi-Fi in the…
5G networks will provide major gains in spectral efficiency, notes CTIA – The Wireless Association in a new report. The technology will provide service at peak speeds exceeding 30 bits per second (bps) per Hertz (Hz), which is more than…
Verizon and cable companies Charter and Comcast could see a major win/win if they were to adopt a wireless infrastructure model similar to the one that Sprint and cable operator Altice have adopted, said financial analysts at Moffett Nathanson today….
AT&T is making progress on its plan to use software controlled generic hardware devices, also known as white boxes, in its 5G wireless network core. In a blog post this week, AT&T Chief Technology Officer and President of AT&T Labs…
Projected returns on capital for the company’s Verizon Home offering could be lower than expected, bringing the financial viability of Verizon Home 5G fixed wireless into question, according to a research note issued by telecom financial analysts at MoffettNathanson today….
Wireless carriers are competing fiercely to deploy 5G networks, and that could mean significant opportunity for wireline carriers as well. “Wireless carriers will need small cells and fiber,” said Iain Gillott, president and founder of iGR, a market research consultancy…
Mobile wireless networks will get a big performance boost when 5G services become available, but Comcast Chairman and CEO Brian Roberts isn’t intimidated. 5G service isn’t cheaper, faster or better than the high-speed landline broadband service that Comcast offers, he…
The CBRS Alliance and the Small Cell Forum will work together to advanced Citizens Broadband Radio Service, the organizations said. The CBRS Alliance Small Cell Forum partnership will focus on the development and joint promotion of resources related to shared…
Verizon has launched a campaign/platform that it’s calling Let’s 5G. A company blog post describes the Verizon Let’s Go initiative as “a simple, powerful platform that we’ve created to provide easy to digest information about 5G, while also connecting local…
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