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Kymeta unveils new antenna, plans to offer hybrid satellite-cell connectivity

Kymeta this week announced the commercial availability of its new u8 mobile antenna platform—a software-defined solution supporting satellite connections throughout the Ku-band and cellular LTE service—that lets the company offer an always-on hybrid connectivity bundle, starting at a price of $999 per month. Bill Marks, Kymeta’s chief strategy officer, said the company hopes to make […]

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Huawei’s ’18-month lead’ in 5G is telecom’s most spurious claim

Ever since Huawei became public-enemy number one in the eyes of top US officials, stories have been circulating about its huge technology lead over rivals: Eighteen months is one repeated estimate of its head start over other companies developing 5G products. This would be a remarkable achievement. Twenty years ago, Huawei was derided as a […]

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FirstNet suffers data-service outage in southeast U.S.

Data service for some FirstNet users was interrupted Thursday morning, but the issue was resolved, according to FirstNet contractor AT&T, which indicated that it is investigating the cause of the outage. “Early this morning, data service was affected for some customers in the Southeast region,” according to an AT&T statement provided to IWCE’s Urgent Communications. […]

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Edge computing set for big role in 5G vehicle automation

There’s no consensus on how best to use processing power at the edge of the network to support connected cars and autonomous vehicles (AVs). However, advanced autos are a natural use case for edge computing. Self-driving autos would consume and generate large amounts of data, rely on complex decision-making, and would be mobile, often taking […]

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Powering 5G cell sites may rack up big costs for operators

When the mobile industry talks about 5G, the discussion is usually focused on the capacity gains and the lightning fast speeds it will deliver. But achieving those 5G benefits requires more macro cell sites as well as small cells, and that equates to increased power consumption and higher energy costs for mobile operators. But most […]

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AT&T updates FirstNet numbers, says it has closed coverage gap with Verizon

FirstNet subscribers—more than 11,000 public-safety agencies representing more than 1.2 million connection—have access to an expanding AT&T LTE network that covers more than 2.61 million miles in the U.S., making the coverage difference between AT&T and Verizon “nearly imperceptible,” according to an AT&T executive. “We’ve been on a mission for some time now to make […]

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PSCR: Maxwell Maurice highlights work on deployable broadband platform

Maxwell Maurice, electronics support technician for the Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) group within the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), showcases the rapidly deployable research platform, which is designed to make first responders “completely independent and completely self-contained” in terms of communicating while in areas without normal network connectivity. Maurice spoke with IWCE’s […]

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Texas Military Department: Lt. Jared Reinhardt showcases deployable communications capabilities

Lt. Jared Reinhardt of the Texas Military Department provides a tour of the organization’s deployable command vehicles, which support multiband LMR, cellular broadband, satellite backhaul and bridging technologies that are designed to enable interoperability between disparate systems. Reinhardt spoke with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson during a field exercise conducted at the RELLIS campus […]

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Inseego working on CommScope partnership for private LTE networks

Inseego is in the midst of testing how its products can work with products from CommScope, with an eye toward putting the two together in order to sell them to enterprises that want to build their own private wireless LTE networks. “Inseego is a cellular radio equipment (modem/gateway/router) provider, and is seeking to partner with […]

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Local officials take on the feds in battle over 5G small cells

The age-old debate in the US between federal oversight versus local control is getting a new shine thanks to the rise of 5G and small cell transmitters. On Monday (February 10), it’s a debate that’s going before a three-judge panel at the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco. Billions of […]

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Kymeta unveils new antenna, plans to offer hybrid satellite-cell connectivity

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Huawei’s ’18-month lead’ in 5G is telecom’s most spurious claim

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FirstNet suffers data-service outage in southeast U.S.

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Edge computing set for big role in 5G vehicle automation

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Powering 5G cell sites may rack up big costs for operators

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AT&T updates FirstNet numbers, says it has closed coverage gap with Verizon

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PSCR: Maxwell Maurice highlights work on deployable broadband platform

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Texas Military Department: Lt. Jared Reinhardt showcases deployable communications capabilities

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Inseego working on CommScope partnership for private LTE networks

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Local officials take on the feds in battle over 5G small cells

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