NextNav and Anterix both own tiny slivers of the 900MHz band, and both sport relatively new leadership. And both are expressing optimism about the future. “It is truly an honor to be leading this great organization, and I’m excited with all that lies ahead for the company,” said Anterix CEO Scott Lang on the company’s latest […]
Deployable solution provider Rescue 42 last week announced the miniNSD AiO (All-in-One) deployable cell site, which weighs only 50 pounds and is designed to provide Verizon cellular broadband coverage with satellite backhaul quickly while being powered by internal batteries or external sources. Rescue 42 President, CEO and CTO Tim O’Connell said technological advancements—particularly the Starlink […]
Some big 5G companies like Verizon, EchoStar and Ericsson want to increase the power of their transmissions in the 3.5GHz CBRS spectrum band. They argue doing so will make the band more useful by extending the geographic range of CBRS signals. But higher power level limits could ruin the burgeoning cable and fixed wireless networks […]
Satellite-direct-to-device provider Lynk Global today announced the appointments of Ramu Potorazu as CEO and Steven Fay as CFO to lead Lynk’s efforts to become a publicly listed company in the wake of a recent partnership with Slam, a special-purpose acquisition company led by former baseball star Alex Rodriguez. Potorazu has satellite-industry experience, having served as […]
AT&T is taking its cut from the breakup of UScellular. The company on Thursday inked a deal to buy lowband 700MHz and midband 3.45GHz spectrum from UScellular in a deal worth $1.01 billion. That transaction follows Verizon’s announcement last month that it would buy $1 billion worth of UScellular’s spectrum in the 850MHz and AWS spectrum bands. And that […]
Apple plans to invest another $1.1 billion into satellite operator Globalstar. But the details and contours of that investment remain unclear. “The Updated Services Agreements provide that Customer [Apple] will make cash prepayments to the Company, including for approved capital expenditures in connection with the Extended MSS Network,” Globalstar disclosed in a new SEC filing. The […]
Roughly five years after introducing the service, Google said it will “deprecate” its 3.5GHz CBRS network planning tool by the end of this year. Google officials didn’t immediately respond to Light Reading’s questions about its decision. On its website, Google offers tips on how users can export their data from their Network Planner projects. “It’s really […]
FirstNet Authority’s board today was overhauled with the appointment of seven new members—including former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms being named as chair—and the reappointment of four existing members by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo. “I am pleased to appoint these experienced and highly qualified members to the FirstNet Authority Board to ensure this […]
Federal authorities said they are investigating China-linked attacks on U.S. telecom networks in the wake of reports that hackers conducted a broad espionage campaign, targeting senior elected officials and candidates. “After the FBI identified specific malicious activity targeting the sector, the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency immediately notified affected companies, rendered technical […]
AT&T this week announced that FirstNet supports more than 6.4 million connections for more than 29,000 public-safety agencies, while CEO John Stankey applauded the recent FCC vote granting the FirstNet Authority control over usage of 4.9 GHz spectrum via a sharing agreement with a nationwide band manager. Stankey made the comments during AT&T quarterly conference […]
Increased wildfire risk has contributed to nearly 100 utility company credit downgrades since 2020, according to a report by global consulting firm Charles River Associates. Lower credit ratings have made it more difficult for utilities to borrow money while insurance and wildfire mitigation costs have increased, the report states. These costs have largely been passed on to […]
T-Mobile’s 5G network is interfering with NextWave’s network in New York City, the FCC found in a pair of new reports. The FCC said its field agents conducted 2.5GHz signal strength measurements in a total of six locations across New York City in September. The agency reported that, in one set of tests, T-Mobile’s median signal strength […]
FCC commissioners today announced approval of much-anticipated rules governing the 4.9 GHz band that grants a nationwide overlay license to a yet-to-be-selected band manager, which will be prohibited from operating on the band but will be “authorized to enter into a sharing agreement” with the FirstNet Authority. “We find that our topline goals of preserving […]
T-Mobile has received the FCC’s permission to give up some millimeter wave (mmWave) spectrum that the operator said “is not feasible to effectively deploy … in a way that would benefit the public.” In a handful of locations around the country, T-Mobile told the FCC that it does not plan to expand its mmWave coverage […]
Ericsson, Nokia and other network product vendors may have felt the lurching sensation of weightlessness experienced by people on big-drop fairground rides when they saw the graph from Tefficient, an analytics company, plotting mobile data traffic for Elisa, Finland’s biggest mobile operator. Since the first quarter of 2017, traffic levels have steadily climbed, soon recovering after […]
FCC commissioners today are scheduled to consider new rules requiring that all U.S. wireless carriers implement georouting of calls to the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline system in an effort to provide assistance and resources close to the caller’s physical location. FCC commissioners are scheduled to vote on the matter during an open meeting being […]
Private wireless networking is one of the few bright spots in an industry struggling through a slowdown in operator spending and a wave of AI-driven job cuts. Indeed, research firm SNS Telecom & IT predicts private wireless will enjoy annual growth of 20% to reach $6 billion in total spending by the end of 2027. But companies in the private […]
Hurricane Helene tore through the Southeast at the end of September, destroying roads and bridges, knocking out electricity and cell service, sweeping away homes and killing at least 227 people. State DOTs are assessing the state of their infrastructure, as FEMA continues search and rescue and other emergency support. The Category 4 storm was the most […]
FCC commissioners could be on the verge of approving new rules for the 4.9 GHz spectrum band that would give the FirstNet Authority effective control of the public-safety airwaves, according to the Coalition of Emergency Response and Critical Infrastructure (CERCI), which expressed “disappointment” in the developments. CERCI today issued a press release indicating that the […]
The 3GPP Plenary meetings took place September 9-13, 2024, in Melbourne, Australia. 3GPP Radio Access Network (RAN), Service and System Aspects (SA) and Core Terminal (CT) groups continued to focus on the Release 19 (R19) work, while officially approving a study on 6G. The 6G work represents the next generation of wireless communications. While the […]