UScellular says that its strategy of supporting its 5G growth by leveraging mid-band spectrum won via spectrum auctions has succeeded. The company sees the mid-band as the right combination of coverage and speed. It says that its success is the…
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UScellular Hits Gigabit 5G Fixed Wireless Speeds at a Range of Over Four Miles
UScellular said yesterday that it has achieved sustained average downlink speeds of approximately one gigabit per second using millimeter wave (mmWave) spectrum and fixed 5G on a commercial network over a distance of 7 kilometers (more than four miles). The…
Report: Dish May Be Eyeing TDS for Acquisition
As Dish looks to enter the wireless business, one Wall Street firm is reporting the company may be eyeing TDS for acquisition. The main motivation for any Dish acquisition of TDS would be US Cellular. TDS is the parent company…
U.S. Cellular 5G Millimeter Wave Fixed Wireless “First” Shows Promise for Rural Broadband
U.S. Cellular said today that it has achieved speeds exceeding 100 Mbps over distances as great as five kilometers (just over three miles) using 5G fixed wireless deployed in the millimeter wave spectrum band. Fixed wireless is typically deployed in…
U.S. Cellular 5G in 11 More States this Year
U.S. Cellular 5G service will launch in parts of 11 states during the balance of the year. The carrier says that services are coming to “select areas” of California, Maine, Maryland, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Virginia, Washington…
U.S. Cellular Millimeter Wave 5G Launch on Tap for 2021
U.S. Cellular said today that it has begun building out 5G service using millimeter wave spectrum in the 24, 28 and 39 GHz millimeter wave (mmWave) bands and expects to launch service in those bands in 2021. The U.S. Cellular…
U.S. Cellular Joins Open RAN Policy Coalition
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…
Ericsson and U.S. Cellular Increase Mobile Broadband Capacity During Pandemic
CHICAGO (April 21, 2020) — U.S. Cellular (NYSE: USM) with Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) support, began boosting mobile broadband capacity to customers in parts of Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, New Hampshire, Maine and North Carolina, due to increased demand for data usage during…
Wireless Spectrum Lending is the Latest Trend in COVID-19 Response
With wireless use set to spike as more people work from home during the coronavirus, or COVID-19, pandemic, wireless spectrum holders are working together to most efficiently use the available spectrum. That has led carriers and spectrum holders to temporarily…
FCC Lets U.S. Cellular Borrow Spectrum for COVID-19 Response Across 4 States
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted U.S. Cellular special temporary authority (STA) to allow the carrier to use another license holder’s spectrum to boost mobile network capacity during the COVID-19 pandemic. U.S. Cellular will borrow the spectrum, which is…
U.S. Cellular Selects Samsung 5G and 4G LTE Network Solutions
February 21, 2020 — Samsung Electronics has announced a commercial agreement with U.S. Cellular for 5G and 4G LTE network solutions. The new agreement establishes terms under which U.S. Cellular can purchase Samsung’s commercially-proven network solutions, including 5G New Radio…
Pai Proposes $9 Billion FCC Rural 5G Fund Auction to Replace Mobility Fund II
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has proposed that the commission scrap plans for a Mobility Fund II reverse auction and instead reallocate the funding intended for that auction to go toward a Rural 5G Fund that would help cover the cost…
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