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Verizon Frontline: Cory Davis talks about carrier’s solutions at Interop 2024 exercise

Cory Davis, vice president of Verizon Frontline, discusses some of the critical-communications capabilities the carrier showcased earlier this month at the Interop 2024 event conducted earlier this month at Texas A&M University’s Disaster City facility. In addition to a wide range of deployable solutions, Verizon Frontline partnered with Qualcomm to demonstrate 5G Sidelink, the […]

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T-Mobile goes for UScellular’s spectrum, customers with $4.4B deal

T-Mobile said it plans to purchase around 30% of UScellular spectrum holdings, all of its 4.5 million customers and its retail stores in a deal worth $4.4 billion. T-Mobile has also said it will make job offers to “a significant number” of UScellular’s employees as part of the transaction. Broadly, the deal builds on T-Mobile’s […]

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Seven entities side with CERCI in opposition to latest PSSA 4.9 GHz proposal

A group of frequency coordinators, critical-infrastructure organizations and a public-safety association this week asked the FCC to reject the most recent Public Safety Spectrum Alliance (PSSA) proposal for 4.9 GHz and appoint the four public-safety frequency coordinators as a single nationwide band manager for the spectrum. These seven entities made the recommendation in a May […]

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Peachtree Corners smart city rolls out IoT-driven traffic optimization tech

Curiosity Lab is rolling out traffic optimization technology for 5G-connected smart city Peachtree Corners in a new partnership with video software developer Network Optix. Under the partnership, the smart city will integrate Network Optix’s Nx Go solution into its IoT Control Room to collect data from traffic camera feeds and sensors installed on roads to […]

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Service outages for AT&T customers in Virginia, North Carolina

It’s hardly a “happy hump day” for AT&T with reports of service outages beginning around 4 a.m. this morning. AT&T said the service issue has been resolved. “We worked as quickly as possible to restore service to some customers in the coastal areas of Virginia and North Carolina whose service may have been affected this […]

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It’s time to get excited about indoor 5G

There is plenty of excitement in the US wireless industry about taking 5G indoors. “We think the opportunity for indoor is significant,” said Ed Farscht, CEO of cell tower company Diamond Communications, during the “View from the Top” keynote event at the Wireless Infrastructure Association’s (WIA) recent annual trade show. Indeed, Diamond acquired Cheytec Telecommunications, a company […]

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AT&T announces satellite-direct-to-phone deal with AST SpaceMobile

AT&T yesterday announced a “definitive commercial agreement” until 2030 with satellite-direct-to-phone provider AST SpaceMobile in a deal that the carrier giant hopes will allow it to provide coverage to outdoor subscribers, even when they are located beyond the coverage footprint of AT&T’s terrestrial networks. AT&T and AST SpaceMobile have worked together since 2018 and previously […]

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Private 5G is making an impact. Can telcos seize the day?

5G may not have been the fast track into enterprise that operators expected, but 5G private networks are now delivering efficiency and cost improvements in a broad swathe of verticals. Research company SNS Telecom, which has compiled a report tracking dozens of 5G private networking use cases worldwide, expects total spending in the segment will reach $3.5 […]

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CERCI calls latest PSSA 4.9 GHz proposal ‘unlawful’ and ‘unsound’

An alternative proposal from the Public Safety Spectrum Alliance (PSSA) to indirectly provide the FirstNet Authority with the ability to operate on 4.9 GHz spectrum nationwide continues to be legally flawed, absent action by Congress, according to the Coalition for Emergency Response and Critical Infrastructure (CERCI). This marks the second time in less than a […]

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T-Mobile, Verizon want to carve up UScellular – WSJ report

According to a new Wall Street Journal report, T-Mobile is in the final stages of a $2 billion purchase of a chunk of UScellular. Meanwhile, Verizon is eyeing a purchase of some of the remaining parts of UScellular, though that transaction is still in its early stages. Citing unnamed sources familiar with the deals, the publication […]

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