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AT&T tops GWS’ testing for second year running

Carriers' network investments are paying off with higher customer satisfaction Global Wireless Solutions has crowned AT&T the "best network" in its third annual national testing, but all of the three national operators can find good news in GWS' latest network scoring, which couples nationwide drive-testing...

Five ways first responders are using mobile broadband

  Public safety users “have had a hunger for data for a very long time, all the way back to our 1G and 2G days,” said Nick Nilan, director of product development for the public sector at Verizon. That use has evolved over time, and...

Bureau Veritas launches 5G device certification testing in the US

  Testing, inspection and certification company Bureau Veritas announced that its Silicon Valley laboratory in Sunnyvale is now fully equipped and ready to offer 5G certification service for Global Certification Forum, PTCRB and key carrier requirements. The new location in California extends Bureau Veritas' existing portfolio of 5G...

The Sunday Brief: Three views on what matters most in telecom post-COVID-19

Mid-month greetings from “move in” weekend at Davidson College.  Attached is the “scene” at the College as they grapple with containing outbreaks while maintaining the liberal arts community that makes Davidson special.  It’s an experiment that will likely have fits and starts but will...

The Sunday Brief: The importance of fiber-based broadband relationships

Greetings from Davidson, North Carolina.  Hard to believe it’s already August, but the weather forecasters are already tracking hurricanes (cone above/ left).  Lots of wind, and some greatly needed rains for the Tar Heel state to follow – typical summertime activity in the Carolinas. We...

The Sunday Brief: Uneven recovery = uneven results

Greetings from North Carolina, where it is seasonally hot and humid. Fortunately, our COVID-19 “stay at home” garden is yielding fantastic results.  Zucchini, anyone? The earnings season started this week with AT&T, Verizon, and Microsoft reporting earnings.  As we predicted, there’re a lot of positives...

Kagan: AT&T announces 5G wireless now nationwide

Another 5G milestone was reached. Congratulations to AT&T and their wireless users. Yesterday, they announced their 5G network is officially nationwide. This is a major milestone in the race to 5G. This is a big deal in these early days of the next generation...

Operator, vendor signs point to prioritization of shift to standalone 5G

Ericsson upping 5G core R&D, T-Mobile turning up soon With sub-6 GHz 5G deployments in a mature markets scaling rapidly--that's to say nothing of a mixed bag of consumer interest--operators are now looking to bring the full 5G feature set to market through a transition...

The Sunday Brief: Watch the comments

A warm North Carolina welcome to the dog days of summer.  The picture is of our pooch Abby serving as boat sentinel on a recent float trip.  Summertime in the South – there’s nothing like it. After reviewing this week’s market activity, we will discuss...

What have network operators said about their CBRS plans?

Mobile network capacity augmentation and fixed wireless access broadband are the two use cases driving early deployments in the shared Citizens Broadband Radio Service spectrum at 3.5 GHz, according to industry experts. More than 270 bidders are set to participate in the upcoming auction...

Securing 5G: What’s the role of open RAN?

In conjunction with a wide swath of industry stakeholders, the United States federal government is working to form and implement the creatively-titled National Strategy to Secure 5G. Signed by President Trump in March, the strategy has three primary goals: “facilitating domestic 5G rollout; assessing...

OpenSignal: Verizon and T-Mo dominate, AT&T accelerates

AT&T dominated download speeds, T-Mobile US has fastest average uploads Overall network speeds are on the rise and the four national networks are mostly running neck-and-neck in different testing categories, but AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile US each shine in different ways, according to the latest...

Sensing open RAN opportunity, Nokia steps on the gas

Nokia expects “full suite” of O-RAN interfaces available in 2021 Adding on to a recent refresh of its virtualized, cloud-based RAN solutions, Nokia today, after weeks of building up to it, made clear its position on open RAN and its role as a global, incumbent...

AT&T and Accenture prep private 5G network for Phillips 66 refinery

AT&T and Accenture have teamed up on private cellular for US oil company Phillips 66. The trio are developing a bespoke industrial LTE and 5G setup for low-latency refinery automation and analytics, they said. The solution utilises AT&T’s public network and edge compute infrastructure.  The...

Kagan: How 5G will transform every company and industry

A growing number of wireless companies are showing how they are still on target with their rollout and continual advancement of 5G wireless services. Let’s take a look at some of these leading companies in the 5G race and what we can expect moving...

AT&T’s march to nationwide 5G coverage

Execs aiming for nationwide 5G coverage this summer Between the FirstNet build out, low-band 5G expansion and limited introduction of dynamic spectrum sharing, AT&T's network team has been busy this year. By the latest count, some form of 5G, either using millimeter wave spectrum or...

Opensignal analyzes US carriers’ 5G networks, decides winners

Opensignal analyzed user experience across three 5G measures In order to assess the current state of 5G services in the U.S., Opensignal presented its first-ever 5G awards after analyzing users' experiences across three 5G measures: the average speed of the 5G connection when users have...

AT&T makes 5G available in 28 new markets, expands DSS

AT&T exec: "DSS is an important steppingstone on our path to nationwide 5G" AT&T has expanded its 5G services to an additional 28 new markets. With the latest expansion, which includes Austin, Dallas, Maui, Miami, Orlando and Salt Lake City, the carrier’s next-gen coverage now...

Court approves Windstream plan to emerge from bankruptcy

Windstream will emerge from Chapter 11 as a privately held company Arkansas-based Windstream, which is in Chapter 11 proceedings, said this week that a court has approved its financial restructuring plan. The telco expects to emerge from bankruptcy as a privately held company in late...

Verizon completes DSS tests, on track to activate this year

Verizon tests DSS in Minnesota and Texas Verizon said that it has successfully completed tests of Dynamic Spectrum Sharing (DSS) technology in its live network in Minnesota and Texas, adding that the testing "showed effective completion of data sessions with both LTE and 5G ...

The Sunday Brief: 2Q earnings preview–Buzzword Bingo (Part 1)

Summer greetings from Charlotte and Lake Norman, NC.  This has been a news-filled week.  In our Q1 2020 preview, we described a “bingo card” that a few Sunday Brief faithful use as more of a tongue-in-cheek way to manage through hours of earnings calls. ...

FirstNet board approves $218 million for deployables, 5G upgrades

FirstNet board votes to direct $218 million in network reinvestments The First Responders Network Authority board has approved $218 million in network investment to support 5G and additional deployables for first responders using the FirstNet-AT&T network. The FirstNet Authority said that the funds will support "initial...

Optimizing open RAN: Nokia, AT&T trial cloud-native RIC

Nokia exec says open RAN marked by both merit and hype Nokia and AT&T today announced a successful trial of a Radio Intelligent Controller (RIC) on the carrier's millimeter wave 5G network in New York City. Nokia's Sandro Tavares, global head of mobile networks marketing,...

AT&T plans to lay off 4,700 people, close 250 stores

AT&T is proceeding with a three-year, $6 billion cost-cutting effort that includes asset sales and layoffs AT&T has confirmed that it will lay off around 4,700 employees and close 250 retail stores permanently. The Communications Workers of American union said that it was informed by AT&T...