Partner content T-Mobile is warehousing spectrum … and other specious arguments 22nd December 2022 T-Mobile bought almost 200 spectrum licenses in the 3.45GHz range at the beginning of this year, but it doesn’t plan to put those licenses into use until the end of 2023. The company spent almost $1 billion across several FCC millimeter wave spectrum auctions more than two years ago but still has no concrete plans to put that spectrum into widespread […]
Partner content Preparing for BEAD broadband funding 22nd December 2022 Through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, a once-in-a-generation $42.45-billion investment into high-speed internet access through the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) Program will be available to close the digital divide and provide a future-proof telecommunications network for the country. The challenge now is preparing at the local and state levels to ensure funds go to […]
News AT&T exec Sambar discusses tests with AST SpaceMobile, notes FirstNet implications 20th December 2022 AT&T acknowledged its testing of AST SpaceMobile’s satellite-direct-to-phone technology and cited its potential impact in filling coverage gaps, particularly as an augmentation to the FirstNet terrestrial system designed for U.S. first responders. In a video that was released today, AT&T Network President Chris Sambar (pictured above) said AT&T “is really excited about the opportunity to […]
Partner content German reliance on Huawei has grown in 5G era, report says 18th December 2022 The history books might not be kind to Angela Merkel. During the roughly 16 years she spent as Germany’s chancellor, she was often hailed as a level-headed, compassionate and wise politician in an era of firebrands and opportunists. These days, she is the woman who allowed Germany to become gas-dependent on Russia and telecom-reliant on […]
Partner content Operators’ 5G investments show no clear signs of paying off 15th December 2022 Over the past few years, big wireless network operators all over the globe have spent billions of dollars building speedy 5G networks. But so far most have little to show for their efforts. And some analysts are beginning to worry that things are just going to get worse. “Absent any new way of using our […]
News UK Home Office seeks more Airwave measures against Motorola Solutions, including potential divestitures 14th December 2022 United Kingdom (UK) Home Office officials support the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) preliminary decision to control pricing for Motorola Solutions’ nationwide Airwave TETRA network, but they also seek recovery of more than $600 million more and to expose the LMR vendor giant to potential divestiture requirements. These requests were communicated in the Home Office’s […]
Partner content The 6G mess is getting out of hand 12th December 2022 Journalists and analysts turn Nostradamus at this time of year, concocting predictions that have usually been forgotten by the time Mobile World Congress (MWC) spins around in February or March. Over the next few weeks, readers of the telecom trade press can expect to see a lot more about such familiar topics as 5G evolution […]
News Newscan: Mass power outage in North Carolina caused by gunfire, repairs could take days 9th December 2022 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Mass power outage in North Carolina caused by gunfire, repairs could take days San Francisco supervisors bar police robots from using lethal force for now Utah unveils next-generation 911 system for improved emergency services Sinema switches to independent, shaking up the Senate Key cyber and tech provisions included—and […]
News Motorola Solutions to ‘exhaust’ legal options in UK over Airwave, if needed, CEO Brown says 9th December 2022 Motorola Solutions CEO Greg Brown reiterated the company’s disagreement with a United Kingdom (UK) government watchdog’s provisional decision to implement significant price controls on the Airwave TETRA network, noting that Motorola Solutions is prepared to “exhaust” all legal appeals, if necessary. In October, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) released its provisional decision in its […]
Partner content When to launch 5G network slicing 8th December 2022 There are encouraging signs that operators will commercialize network slicing over the next two years, finds the new Heavy Reading 5G Network Slicing Operator Survey. The emphasis initially will be on enterprise services, such as secure, wide-area virtual private networks, but consumer services and fixed wireless access will also be in the mix. (The survey is […]
AT&T wireless growth keyed by FirstNet—now provides 24,000 agencies with 4.4 million connections dlvr.it/ShY5qH 27th January 2023
Report: Remote work causing offices to empty, but walkable cities still in high demand dlvr.it/ShXM7Z 27th January 2023
Federal agencies infested by cyberattackers via legit remote-management systems dlvr.it/ShVhn3 26th January 2023
UK Home Office officially will cut ESN ties with Motorola Solutions in December dlvr.it/ShNjfN 24th January 2023