The Wi-Fi industry expects to have commercial availability of equipment supporting the next-generation Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 7 in 2025, according to the latest annual report from Wi-Fi industry group Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA). Standards bodies already have made considerable progress…
Verizon Business has introduced a desk phone with embedded 4G/LTE cellular for customers that use the carrier’s One Talk mobile-first offering. The One Talk T67LTE desk phone is aimed at hybrid workers who prize mobility. The difference between the T67LTE…
The Gulf Coast region is just beginning to recover from Hurricane Ida, with significant impact on cell towers in the state of Louisiana. According to an FCC progress report, as of August 30, 52% of cell towers in the hurricane’s…
9 Aug 2021 — The GSA today confirmed the number of announced 5G devices has surpassed 900 for the first time and now stands at 938 announced 5G devices – an increase of 24.1% over the last quarter. The number…
The telecom industry is considering a range of new technologies for the sixth generation of wireless technology, 6G, according to a new 6G wireless report from Telecoms.com. One important new technology being studied is cell-free massive MIMO, which would move…
Dallas, Texas — July 21, 2021 — What’s the news? FirstNet®, Built with AT&T* – the only nationwide network built with and for America’s first responders – is spurring further innovation for public safety’s ecosystem of mission-centric applications and solutions. By collaborating with the…
Kinetic Wholesale by Windstream says that it added fiber to 354 macro tower sites during the second quarter of the year. Kinetic Wholesale, which is a business unit of Windstream, operates in 18 states. It is in the midst of…
WASHINGTON, July 15, 2021 — T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) and Lumen Technologies (NYSE: LUMN) have expanded their relationship to help government agencies leverage T-Mobile’s 5G mobile network, combined with the Lumen edge computing platform, to rapidly deploy fixed wireless access service…
What’s the news? As people across the nation begin to feel more comfortable returning to travel AT&T and Boingo Wireless are working to deploy AT&T 5G+, AT&T’s fastest mobile network, in 12 airports nationwide including such major transportation hubs as…
While each of the three major wireless service providers had some success in Opensignal’s July 5G User Experience Report, T-Mobile – with wins in four of seven categories – again had the most to crow about. The Opensignal 5G performance…
When they meant the T-Mobile Shentel deal for Shentel’s wireless network would close in the third quarter, they meant it. A statement was released at 12:00 AM on the first day of the third quarter announcing the deal has closed….
AT&T and Nokia completed what the vendor calls the first call on AT&T’s network using 5G technology in C-band spectrum. The call, which was conducted early last month in Detroit, was not announced until today. AT&T expects to cover 200…
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