BROWSING: AT&T

Prevas will provide IoT services to companies within the automotive, defense, energy, healthcare, and engineering industries   AT&T has signed an agreement with Swedish IT and engineering company Prevas for the development of internet of things offerings and connected services for global industries and vertical markets. Under...

“Cars are the ultimate mobile device," said AT&T this week, as it announced another two million connected cars in Q3, as well as an expanded deal to supply connectivity to heavy-duty Daimler trucks outside of North America, and restated its plans for 5G cellular...

Tutela, which relies on device-based, crowd-sourced measurements, found Verizon's network has the most consistent quality Mobile virtual network operators' customers consistently get slower download speeds than the customers of the branded carrier host network --23% slower on average, according to a new report from test...

Verizon 5G Home coming to Florida Panhandle As leading U.S. operators AT&T and Verizon continue to develop their commercial 5G plans, both carriers marked milestones last week with Big Red naming Panama City as the fifth city that will get its fixed wireless residential broadband...

AT&T says 5G launch will come within weeks Amid higher revenues and profits following its acquisition of Time Warner, AT&T is preparing for a 5G launch that it says will come within "weeks" -- and called out the strength of its prepaid segment during the...

  Total IoT connections in the US are expected to expand by 25% year-over-year in 2018   Internet of things cellular connections in the United States grew 21% year-over-year in the first half of 2018, according to a new study by Counterpoint Research. The study forecasts that IoT...

FirstNet says it continues to see rapid growth in its subscriber base More than 3,600 public safety agencies around the country are now subscribers of FirstNet-AT&T -- although FirstNet leaders cautioned that the partnership is still in the early days of its network buildout and...

Anritsu and reverberation chamber testing company Bluetest are collaborating on 5G over-the-air testing capabilities, Bluetest's second recent partnership in 5G OTA testing. Anritsu's Radio Communications Test Station MT8000A and Bluetest's OTA Reverberation Test System RTS65 have been integrated in order to support 5G OTA testing....

Florida Governor demands a network recovery plan Network recovery operations in hard-hit areas of the Florida Panhandle are ongoing and Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Oct. 16 joined Ajit Pai, chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, in criticizing carriers' efforts. Verizon was particularly impacted due...

Ahead of the release on November 5 of a major report by Enterprise IoT Insights into the state of the smart city market, entitled How to buy / sell a smart city – procurement models to make every city smart, we present five burning questions...

New P3 report looks at nationwide network performance in terms of coverage, speed and data service availability Verizon comes out on top as the mobile network operator with the best overall national network performance, according to a new benchmarking report by P3 Communications. Verizon achieved the...

Verizon network recovery marked by  'unprecedented' damage to fiber network Hurricane Michael caused widespread devastation when it made landfall near Mexico Beach in the Florida Panhandle as a Category 4 hurricane on Oct. 10. While authorities are still assessing damage and expect the death toll,...

You’ve heard the term, change or die, right? Well, AT&T is moving quickly with their Time Warner acquisition. First, they renamed it WarnerMedia. Next, they are planning to launch a brand-new streaming TV service in 2019. This will let them not only remain competitive...

Manufacturing, transportation, retail—that's the supply chain Blockchain is largely associated with the mysterious world of cryptocurrency, but AT&T sees significant value in applying the generalized ledger that supports blockchain to other use cases, particularly supply chain management. During the AT&T Business Summit in Dallas, Texas,...

AT&T combining network and subscriber base, Warner Media content and analytics-driven advertising As it works to build what CEO Randall Stephenson has referred to as a "modern media company," AT&T will leverage its subscriber base and network, combined with Warner Media content assets, to launch...

Sprint apparently sitting out millimeter wave auctions Three of the big four U.S. mobile operators—AT&T, T-Mobile US and Verizon Wireless—will take part in the U.S. Federal Communication Commission's upcoming millimeter wave auctions, which cover frequencies in the 24 GHz and 28 GHz bands. Auction 101, which...

To sell 5G to verticals, you've got to speak their language At the recent AT&T Business Summit in Dallas, Texas, executives highlighted the wide ranging benefits 5G can bring to various enterprise and industrial verticals. But, in this case, it's not about just selling a...

Cameras as a sensor drives multiple smart city use cases Adoption of smart city solutions is moving from limited pilot projects to larger scale implementation and, with 5G networks going live in the U.S. through the end of 2018, new types of high-bandwidth, latency-sensitive applications...

FirstNet customers have access to deployable network assets A fleet of 72 deployable cell sites are available to public safety agencies who subscribe to AT&T-FirstNet's services, according to the carrier. Those network resources are housed at 40 locations around the country and can be delivered...

The early days of 5G are marked by limited availability largely in high-value metropolitan markets. As operators establish this foothold and consumers with compatible devices tap the new network, it's important to continually enhance LTE networks to provide service continuity as users move into...

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! The bar for...

AT&T IoT chief discusses integrated offerings Chris Penrose, president of internet of things solutions for AT&T, is passionate about the value the IoT can create for both businesses and individuals. During a meeting with reporters at Mobile World Congress Americas in Los Angeles, Penrose showed...

AT&T to launch mobile 5G in 12 markets by year-end During Mobile World Congress in Barcelona when RCR Wireless News last spoke to Gordon Mansfield, AT&T's vice president of converged access and device technology said his "number one focus and priority" was overseeing the network build...

At its ‘Business Summit’ in Dallas this week, AT&T put major focus on its LTE-M network. Use cases are multiplying, it said. “I hear about new possibilities every day. Use cases are taking off – from asset tracking to connected healthcare, vehicle solutions and more,”...