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Federated Wireless loops Microsoft Azure, AWS into CBRS connectivity-as-a-service

Federated seeks to smooth the path to CBRS private networks Federated Wireless is taking aim at making it easy for enterprises to adopt private networks that leverage the Citizens Broadband Radio Service spectrum, by making its new CBRS-based end-to-end managed service available through both Amazon...

Cost-effective 5G deployment calls for flexible planning tools

  5G is here, and it is making its debut in providing fixed wireless broadband or augmenting customer experiences at marquee destinations such as stadiums and red-carpet events like the Academy Awards. But beyond those high-profile locations and the much-hyped marketing launches, mobile network operators face...

Reflecting on history of firsts, Boingo CEO looks to the 5G future

Reflecting on a track-record of firsts, Boingo Wireless CEO Mike Finley discussed the company's focus on providing carrier services as 5G becomes a commercial reality and operators tap new licensed, unlicensed and shared spectrum to keep up with insatiable demand for mobile connectivity. Finley, who...

Ericsson providing DSS, indoor radio solutions as operators rethink network deployment

  Ericsson took to Mobile World Congress Los Angeles to demonstrate its dynamic spectrum sharing (DSS) solution for LTE and 5G NR networks, which supports the dynamic allocation of 4G and 5G traffic. “Ericsson spectrum sharing,” Paul Challoner, Ericsson’s VP of Product Solutions, told RCR Wireless...

FCC gives CBRS the nod for full commercial deployment

PAL auction scheduled to begin in June The Federal Communications Commission officially gave the nod yesterday for full commercial deployment in the Citizens Broadband Radio Service shared spectrum, certifying CommScope, Federated Wireless, Google and Sony as Spectrum Access System administrators for a five-year period. The FCC...

Five steps on the road to industrial 5G – licences / fees (step #3)

This article, in five parts, is continued from Step 2, about spectrum and regulation; Step 2 can be found here. “Once frequency usage fees have been clarified – a significant detail required for investments in industrial 5G – nothing will stand in the way of...

5G, CBRS, and wireless tech: Changing the landscape of in-building DAS (Reader Forum)

  The rise in digital offerings created to meet heightened consumer expectations across many industries have carriers and venue owners scrambling to provide ubiquitous connectivity to support these needs in buildings. Luckily for carriers and venue owners, several wireless technologies, such as small cells, repeaters,...

Test and Measurement: Teledyne LeCroy acquires Oakgate Technology

Acquisition expands Teledyne LeCroy's benchmarking and validation testing for data centers, electronic storage Test-focused Teledyne subsidiary Teledyne LeCroy has acquired California-based Oakgate Technology, which focuses on testing, validation and benchmarking for data centers and the electronic storage industry. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Teledyne...

Enterprise connectivity, CBRS and the American Dream

JMA exec calls CBRS "new highway to the enterprise" AUSTIN--The 3.5 GHz Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) band is poised for a breakout year in 2020 with general and priority access licenses, allocated on a county-by-county basis, set to bolster carrier capacity and provide enterprises...

Nokia on 2020: ‘Private wireless will jump 35%, boosted by CBRS and MulteFire’

Karl Bream, head of strategy and portfolio, Nokia Enterprise “The market is ripe as all sectors of the global economy are embracing digitalization and are beginning to tap into Industry 4.0 and automation. We are starting to see major technology shifts in areas such as...

Editorial Report: Spectrum sharing: CBRS and Beyond

If vendors and users can prove out the deployment and business model associated with shared access to the 3.5 GHz CBRS band, the same approach could be applied to other underused spectrum. With GAA deployments in early days and priority access licenses about to...

3 spectrum sharing paradigms and how operators and enterprises will benefit

Despite being repeated constantly, the statement is no less correct--spectrum is the lifeblood of cellular innovation. And, as 5G begins its long-term evolutionary path with rollouts around the globe, spectrum is fundamental in moving from providing enhanced mobile broadband to providing the latency, reliability...

Five steps on the road to industrial 5G – spectrum / regulation (#2)

This article, in five parts, is continued from Step 1, about spectrum and regulation; this can be found here. 2. SPECTRUM / REGULATION Another crucial part of the jigsaw-roadmap –  a clearing of the road, rather than a shortcut – is with spectrum. The lack of...

Where are we today with CBRS and what’s next?

CBRS waiting for FCC on full commercialization and is on evolutionary path to 5G Around the world, the 3.5 GHz band has been tapped by operators as key mid-range 5G spectrum. In the U.S. that frequency, referred to as the Citizens Broadband Radio Service band,...

Boingo Wireless reorganizing, cutting 80 positions

Boingo to focus on DAS, carrier offload, military and multifamily housing According to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and based on comment by the company, Boingo Wireless is dividing its business between “core” and “legacy” units. Along with this shift, the...

Spectrum sharing in the mid-bands beyond CBRS

While there’s a lot of focus on CBRS at the moment, there are significant spectrum machinations at a federal level that will impact the future of other valuable chunks of mid-band spectrum. This started with the MOBILE NOW Act, which directs the Secretary of...

CommScope: 2020 will be ‘hugely disruptive’ for network architecture

New network architectures will 'create value in ways that we can barely conceive' In the wake of two major acquisitions, CommScope Chief Technology Officer Morgan Kurk talked with RCR Wireless News about what 2020 has in store for the company as it realigns its business...

Editorial Webinar: Spectrum sharing: CBRS and Beyond

If vendors and users can prove out the deployment and business model associated with shared access to the 3.5 GHz CBRS band, the same approach could be applied to other underused spectrum. With GAA deployments in early days and priority access licenses about to...

Ericsson Webinar: What are the business opportunities with 5G and private networks?

2019 was all about getting 1 Gbps-plus mobile experiences into the hands of consumers. In 2020, expect more of the same as operators invest in technologies like dynamic spectrum sharing to rapidly scale coverage and accelerate the transition to standalone 5G. With the move...

‘You need a villain in the piece’ – private LTE threat to carriers is overplayed, says Nokia

Will carriers be ousted, or forced to cede ground, in the enterprise market with the rise of private networking and the liberalisation of spectrum in the 5G era? Nokia thinks the existential threat to the operator community has been overplayed. “By and large, almost exclusively,...

Top 5 benefits of shared spectrum for MNOs (Reader Forum)

It’s no secret that Mobile Operators are facing increased pressure as competition grows at the same time that data demands are going through the roof and margins are compressing. Residential and business customers have options, and operators are always exploring cost effective ways to...

Private LTE and 5G network market to reach $8 billion by 2023

Report: The private LTE and 5G network market "will only continue to grow" In the era of constant connectivity, private LTE and 5G networks have the potential to become the preferred approach to deliver wireless connectivity for a host of environments and use cases. Some...

CBRS at the bat: Angel Stadium gets a pilot CBRS network

ANAHEIM, California — The sleek, matte-black oval of an antenna cover blends seamlessly into the background in the Don Julio club at Angel Stadium, despite being the star of the evening. It is transmitting a 3.5 GHz signal to enable a variety of what...

Verizon continues investment in 5G for sports venues

Joining 13 NFL stadiums, basketball and hockey venues getting mmWave 5G On Friday Verizon announced it has activated its millimeter wave-based 5G network in three sports venues, has a fourth venue "coming soon," and will launch at six additional facilities by the end of the...