BROWSING: AT&T

Las Vegas is working with network operator AT&T and IoT provider Ubicquia to trial a new smart street-lighting solution that makes use of existing lighting infrastructure. In a flurry of announcements from the city, timed for the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the network operator...

AT&T has slipped out a minor announcement about LTE connectivity on latest-model Toyota and Lexus cars and trucks in the US, starting from the fall, just as the technology and automotive markets appeared in a newly climactic embrace ahead of the 2019 Consumer Electronics...

5G branding gets a chilly reception from some AT&T activated a limited, standards-based mobile 5G service in parts of 12 markets last month; the launch device is a mobile hot spot that can connect to the carrier's millimeter wave spectrum and AT&T has touted two...

Tillman Infrastructure building hundreds of towers for AT&T Companies like American Tower and Crown Castle are highly profitable and show significant return from investors. The other side of that equation is the enormous tower leasing cost footed by carriers like Verizon and AT&T. Last year...

AT&T says its mobile 5G network is already live in 12 U.S. cities and that it will officially launch services on Friday. But there's a catch: 5G won't be available to just anyone in those cities, at least not at first. The operator will...

Food cold storage operator Lineage Logistics has engaged IoT solution provider ndustrial.io and carrier AT&T to reduce annual energy usage by 34 per cent and annual energy costs by $4 million with sensors and data. Here’s how… Michigan based Lineage Logistics operates 120 warehouses in...

Carrier focused connected-car companies Tantalum and Springworks have combined in a deal worth around £14 million, bolstering their position in Europe and the US automotive and telecommunications markets. The deal sees UK-based Tantalum, which counts Edmund Truell’s Disruptive Capital investment fund as its majority shareholder, purchase...

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! Get yer mobile...

FirstNet base up to 3,600 agencies and 250,000 lines Speaking during the recent Barclays Global Technology, Media and Telecommunications Conference, Scott Mair, president of AT&T Operations, provided an update on FirstNet adoption and how that $40 billion network build sets the stage for 5G. Referencing hurricanes...

Current portfolio supports sub-6 GHz TDD bands and NSA 5G NR Wailea, HAWAII--Qualcomm this week launched its new premium-tier mobile SoC, the Snapdragon 855, that will power 5G smartphones from OEMs like Samsung and OnePlus, which  will hit the market in the first half of...

Note, this is the third part of a wide-ranging interview with AT&T President of IoT Solutions Chris Penrose; for the first instalment go here. AT&T has used the line before: it is a ‘master systems integrator’, it says. There is a job to create order...

AT&T highlights plans to offer Samsung 5G handsets, plural, in 2019 Wailea, MAUI--AT&T will launch mobile, standards-based 5G in a dozen markets by the end of 2018. That was the message from a trio of execs during a roundtable meeting with the press on the...

Note, this is the second part of a wide-ranging interview with AT&T President of IoT Solutions Chris Penrose; for the first instalment go here. In all, AT&T has connected 48 million devices around the world. It counts 2,000 different “types of deployment” down the years....

Early network launches are consumer-facing but 5G will drive value across the board Wailea, MAUI—Qualcomm kicked off its third annual Snapdragon Tech Summit today in Maui with company President Cristiano Amon laying out how commercialization of 5G represents a transition much more significant than previous...

The greatest challenge for Chris Penrose, president of IoT solutions at AT&T, is just to order and manage the multiplying opportunities afforded by the advancement of machine connectivity and intelligence. For Penrose, the key is that business is repeatable, and his resources within the business...

The two carriers secured spectrum in the 2.5 GHz band in a spectrum auction held in August Mexico’s Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT) confirmed that local carriers AT&T and Movistar have been formally awarded the concessions they had obtained in the 2.5GHz spectrum auction, which was...

5G networks and devices expected to take off next year Despite traction around spectrum allocation, network commercialization and device-side support, operators don’t necessarily expect any increase in attendant service revenues in 2019. AT&T CFO John Stephens, speaking recently at he Morgan Stanley European Technology, Media...

While 5G is not only going to change wireless and impact every company in every industry, it is still just at the very beginning of its long journey. At the network level, the leader today in 5G is clearly AT&T Mobility. Verizon Wireless comes...

Currently selling FirstNet to 3,600 first responder agencies AT&T's ongoing build of a dedicated, nationwide LTE network for first responders creates a near-term revenue opportunity as a police, firefighters and other public safety officials buy into the service, but also sets the stage for future...

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! FCC Auction 97...

The City of San Diego has extended its smart street lighting network with another 1,000 sensor nodes, and new applications for parking, traffic and public safety. San Diego has worked with Current, the GE-owned lighting firm, on the project. AT&T is providing the LTE connectivity...

Early movement on millimeter wave a component of 5G wins Samsung is confirmed as a primary vendor for AT&T, Verizon and Sprint's 5G deployment plans, and the Korean vendor also engaged with T-Mobile US on testing 5G equipment. With Samsung emerging as a major player...

  The telco is expected to end this year with a market share of 53% in this segment   AT&T is forecasted to reach 48% of total cellular IoT connections in the U.S. market by 2025, according to a recent study by Counterpoint Research. The telco is also...

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! Verizon's app store...