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FirstNet, an app and smartphones as body cams: How one police department put them together

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND -- When the Platteville Police Department in Wisconsin was trying to figure out a way to outfit every officer with a body-worn camera during their shifts, the small department of 20 sworn officers quickly came to the realization that they didn't have...

Fleet management solution added to AT&T FirstNet offering

AT&T, Cradlepoint, Fleet Complete partner for public safety fleet management As it continues to build out its dedicated public safety network and sign up first responder organizations around the country, AT&T and its partners are working to offer a range of connected solutions with the...

Operators will struggle to monetize 5G, NB-IoT, LTE-M in M2M market, says report

Cellular M2M value-added service revenues will account for only 14 per cent of the total revenues gained on the top of straight cellular M2M connection revenues, in the next five years. And 3G and 4G connections – as opposed to either 5G, or twin...

FirstNet’s ranks swell to more than 9,000 agencies

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND -- FirstNet-AT&T continues to see rapid growth, with more than 9,000 agencies now signed on to its service and more than 750,000 connections, according to the carrier's latest update. AT&T has more than 650 markets built out with 700 MHz Band 14 spectrum,...

Microsoft Q4 boosted by cloud services and strategic partnerships

Microsoft cloud revenue surges 39% in fourth quarter Microsoft experienced a record fiscal year, reporting revenue of $33.7 billion and net income of $13.2 billion. Q4 showed that commercial cloud revenue increased 39% year-over-year to $11.0 billion, which,  according to Microsoft CFO Amy Hood, represents the...

APCO2019: First look at FirstNet’s network reinvestment priorities

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND -- The First Responders Network Authority will be receiving about $18 billion in payments from AT&T over the 25-year-term of its contract to build out and operate the nationwide FirstNet network for public safety. An estimated $16 billion of that is expected...

AT&T CFO on enterprise 5G opportunity, T-Mo/Sprint merger

John Stephens calls out 5G for hospitals, manufacturing AT&T currently has its millimeter wave-based 5G service, dubbed 5G+, available in 21 cities with plans for 29 by year-end and nationwide coverage by mid-2020. As the build out continues, company Chief Financial Officer John Stephens highlighted...

AT&T launching two new video-focused services

AT&T TV pilot starting this summer; HBO Max to launch in 2020 With its $85 billion acquisition of Time Warner and its massive portfolio of video content, AT&T made a big bet on serving as the producer and distributor of media hopefully made even more...

#TBT: Clearwire tries TD-LTE; Moving to shared data plans; Exploring SDN… this week in 2012

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! Clearwire tries to...

#TBT: iPhone antenna-gate and the fall-out; HTC underestimates device demand; Droid X frenzy at Verizon … this week in 2010

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! HTC underestimates demand...

AT&T on track for nationwide 5G in the first half of 2020

FirstNet build 60% complete; 70% completion by year end, AT&T CEO says AT&T continues to grow the reach of its LTE network dedicated to first responders with company executives reporting during a Thursday earnings call that FirstNet is approximately 60% complete and has already attracted...

How AT&T is searching out enterprise 5G use cases: Vorpal and real-time drone detection

If 5G will be enterprise-led, as AT&T believes, then what are the use cases that its network will need to support -- and which ones will generate the revenue that will justify new capital investment? The carrier is using its AT&T Foundry location in Plano,...

#TBT: iPhone 3G takes over; iPhone, iPhone, iPhone; iPhone is everything … this week in 2008

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! iPhone 3G sells...

What is Verizon’s fastest market? Dayton, Ohio, according to RootMetrics

Verizon continues to reign supreme in RootMetrics' testing, with the mobile network operator winning or tying for first in all of the company's testing categories on a national basis with performance that the testing specialist called "outstanding across the board, with the strongest combination...

OpenSignal: Average 4G speeds continue to rise; AT&T sees big jump in download speeds

Speeds and other performance metrics on LTE networks are still rising, even as carriers begin to roll out their 5G networks, according to the latest analysis from OpenSignal. Verizon saw a big bump in its video quality, which AT&T's FirstNet-fueled network investments appear to...

Kagan: Who has the fastest 5G signal today?

Today, 5G wireless is getting so much attention in the media and the marketplace. It raises the question, which wireless carrier offers the best, fastest and most consistent 5G connection? So, let’s take a closer look at the current state of wireless technology and...

Carriers detail their work on fighting robocalls

At an FCC summit on robocalls, major service providers discussed their progress on testing and implementation of the SHAKEN/STIR specifications aimed at combatting robocalls and illegal call spoofing. The STIR/SHAKEN specifications aim to authenticate and verify the identity of the party that is calling, including...

#TBT: Removable memory takes off; Cingular gets an Entourage; mulling smartphone/data pricing models … this week in 2006

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! Remembering the LG...

Taking stock of commercial 5G deployments in the United States

All four Tier 1 U.S. carriers are offering a mobile 5G service AT&T With the June 27 addition of parts of Las Vegas, AT&T offers a millimeter wave-based mobile 5G service in  20 markets with observed speeds in excess of 2 Gbps. AT&T's 5G+ is available in...

Kagan: Verizon may lose to AT&T, T-Mobile in 5G wireless race

  There has been so much talk about transforming our wireless networks from 4G to 5G, but it is starting to look like Verizon Wireless is at a competitive disadvantage compared to AT&T Mobility and T-Mobile US, according to investment analyst MoffettNathanson. Let’s take a...

AT&T millimeter wave 5G service expanded to Las Vegas

AT&T 5G+ is now available in 20 markets AT&T's millimeter wave-based 5G service, dubbed 5G+, went live on June 27 in part of Las Vegas, the operator's 20th market. Other markets where the service is available include Austin, Los Angeles, Nashville, Orlando, San Diego, San...

Kagan: AT&T SHAPE gives taste of what’s coming with 5G

After spending the weekend at the AT&T SHAPE 2019 event at Warner Brothers studio in Hollywood, I am both excited and full of anticipation with how AT&T is growing and changing and how 5G wireless will play such an incredible and important role in...

Test and Measurement: Airgain opens new 5G antenna testing lab

Antenna company Airgain has unveiled a new testing laboratory focused on 5G millimeter wave. The company said that the bands being used for 5G mmWave networks "create a new set of challenges for development and testing, with much higher levels of atmospheric loss, very...

AT&T Mobility president: ‘Our mobile business is humming’

David Christopher, president of AT&T Mobility and Entertainment, painted a rosy picture of the state of AT&T's wireless unit at an investor event in London, from the three things AT&T is doing at each of its sites as it builds out the FirstNet network...