BROWSING: CBRS

What to say about the state of the private 5G market – about the state of ‘things’, if you like, at the top-end of the IoT game? I was asked to speak for five minutes to introduce the latest Private Networks Forum (PNF), put...

T-Mobile US has recruited Nokia to help it with private 5G and hybrid public-private 5G networks. The pair will develop products for T-Mobile’s new suite of network solutions for enterprise and government customers, which will afford a higher degree of network ownership and control,...

Network design company iBwave Solutions has introduced new software to help US enterprises dovetail their local-area private Wi-Fi and LTE/5G designs in a single platform. The solution is geared for new private LTE/5G installations in CBRS spectrum in the US, to complement legacy enterprise...

MicroSeismic will rely on the CTS private network for more timely sinkhole detection and intervention Communication Technology Services (CTS) said that MicroSeismic, Inc is leveraging its private LTE wireless Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) solution over Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) radio spectrum to support sinkhole detection for...

US-based Federated Wireless, offering shared spectrum services in the CBRS band, has raised a further $14 million in Series D funding, to go with its $58 million Series D announcement in February. It brings its total Series D round to $72 million, with “affiliates...

US IoT distributor CalChip Connect (CCC) has selected Federated Wireless for private LTE and 5G, both for its own distribution centre in Pennsylvania, and as a distribution product for CalChip Connect to resell to enterprise customers. Federated Wireless called CCC the “leading IoT distributor”...

Dish Wireless and Cisco, in partnership with Internet2, have launched a Neutral Host Network (NHN) pilot at Duke University using Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) shared spectrum. Stephen Bye, chief commercial officer at Dish Wireless, explained that it can be challenging to provide consistently reliable connectivity...

The partnership is targeting key industries including education, healthcare and Industry 4.0 Private network technology provider Athonet is teaming up with BearCom, a wireless integrator, to deliver private LTE, 5G and Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) solutions throughout North America. The partnership is targeting key industries including...

Helium, the company in charge of the crowd-sourced Helium non-cellular IoT and cellular 5G networks, has rebranded as Nova Labs, and announced $200 million of Series D funding from New York-based investment company Tiger Global and Silicon Valley venture firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). Besides...

Bobcat Miner built the Helium- and CBRS-compatible hotspot using FreedomFi’s firmware Hotspot manufacturer Bobcat Miner is launching a Helium- and CBRS-compatible hotspot that was built using FreedomFi’s firmware. The new device, called the Bobber 500, is set to debut this April, and will mine HNT...

This might seem like a cop-out, but the irresistible narrative from MWC over the week, that the grand-standing on the show floor masked (and revealed) a battle between three industries for the soul of 5G, is not quite right. The idea that the traditional...

US private networks and small cells provider Boingo Wireless is working with Qualcomm to “streamline” IoT deployments for enterprise customers, it has said. The Los Angeles firm has joined Qualcomm’s ‘smart cities accelerator’ programme, and is offering integrated Qualcomm-based IoT solutions with its own...

US-based Federated Wireless, offering shared spectrum services in the CBRS band, has raised $58 million in Series D funding. The new investment will go to accelerate growth in enterprise markets, it said, with a major focus to “simplify” and “democratise” private LTE and 5G...

When you’re launching a new technology, it’s easy to develop a rooting interest. It’s only human – you devote your passion and energy to this new innovation, and you want people to know it’s better than the alternatives. Meanwhile, people working on alternatives argue...

Charter has been granted permission by the Federal Communication Commission to test 5G New Radio with a combination of 37 GHz and CBRS spectrum, using CBRS as an anchor. The Special Temporary Authority (STA) documentation outlines a research project in which Charter will test...

Fixed Wireless Access, Mobile Broadband are driving sales The market for equipment running in the 3.5 GHz Citizens Band Radio Service (CBRS) spectrum is growing, but at a slower rate than previously reported. Telco market research firm Dell’Oro Group has revised its forecast for CBRS...

Many would reflect on 2021 with mixed feelings. On the positive side, there were significant developments in the telecoms industry such as wider scale deployments of 5G by CSPs and the increased availability of enterprise licensed spectrum, opening the door for campus deployment of...

Baicells Nova 430i will become the first outdoor base station plug-and-play certified with the FreedomFi Gateway LTE and 5G NR hardware provider Baicells Technologies is working with FreedomFi and CalChip Connect to certify its lineup of cellular base stations with the FreedomFi Gateway. The gateway utilizes...

FreedomFi co-founder: 'Dish is working with us to enable the use of GAA CBRS spectrum to pioneer an entirely new way to connect people and things' Dish is piloting the world’s first community-driven, neutral-host CBRS hotspot network in collaboration with FreedomFi, an open 5G networking...

2021 was a wild one for the 5G market. It was kind of like a roller coaster; exciting and ultimately rewarding, but also filled with a lot of unexpected twists and turns. Particularly for applications like private 5G, the markets became something of a...

California private networks startup Celona has said it has proposed new geofencing specifications for 4G (LTE) and 5G to the OnGo Alliance, formerly the CBRS Alliance, representing the supply-side ecosystem for private cellular in the 3.55-3.7 GHz CBRS band in the US. It said...

US private cellular provider Geoverse has partnered with Houston-based enterprise tech provider WCI Technologies to deliver its private LTE and 5G core networking solution to the energy, healthcare, and education sectors. The pair will deliver shared and licensed LTE and 5G infrastructure in the...

Sequans sees IoT growth in key verticals, including utilities, healthcare and asset tracking The vision of enterprise digital transformation is predicated on using Internet of Things (IoT) devices to turn data into an action that provides a business with an operational and/or financial efficiency. A...

Big news in the excitable private 5G universe; Amazon Web Services (AWS) has introduced its own private 5G service, AWS Private 5G, incorporating small cell radio access network (RAN) units, core and RAN software, and subscriber identity modules (SIM cards), plus sundry edge servers...