Wireless Networks

AT&T: What outage?

AT&T reported first quarter results that showed better-than-expected performance in its wireless business, with net customer additions and churn surpassing most analyst expectations. That’s noteworthy considering AT&T generated nationwide headlines in February when its wireless network collapsed for hours. “Nationwide AT&T cell phone outage prevents emergency calls,” reported The Washington Post. “AT&T Says It’s ‘Working Urgently’ to […]

AT&T says FirstNet provides about 28,000 agencies with about 5.9 million connections

About 28,000 public-safety agencies subscribing to the FirstNet utilized approximately 5.9 million connections on nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) through the end of March, FirstNet contractor AT&T reported today during the company’s quarterly earnings call. AT&T CEO John Stankey highlighted FirstNet as he explained why he believes the carrier’s connectivity solutions appeal to the business […]

Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services

Highlights The 3GPP Plenary meetings took place March 18-22, 2024, in Maastricht, Netherlands. 3GPP Radio Access Network (RAN) and Core Terminal (CT) groups continued to focus on completing the work for Release 18 (R18). The specifications are functionally frozen (no new features will be added) and only minor exceptions remain. The specifications remain on track […]

FCC awarding FirstNet Authority spectrum license to 4.9 GHz would be ‘unlawful,’ CERCI-sponsored legal analysis claims

A proposal calling for the FCC to grant the FirstNet Authority a nationwide license to the 4.9 GHz spectrum currently designated for public-safety use would be “unlawful,” according to a legal analysis filed this week with the FCC by an organization opposing the idea. Commissioned by the Coalition for Emergency Response and Critical Infrastructure (CERCI), […]

Hytera back in business, as appeals court halts sanctions blocking company’s two-way-radio sales

Hytera Communications returned to its full business on Tuesday afternoon, when a U.S. appeals court granted the LMR manufacturer’s request to stay federal district-court sanctions that prevented Hytera from selling two-way-radio products worldwide for more than a week. Under the order, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals granted Hytera Communications’ renewed emergency motion for a […]
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