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‘Some telcos are cognizant’ – Red Hat on the hyperscaler game at the edge

Lord knows what Red Hat does, exactly, if you’ll excuse the language, but Christ knows it is good to talk to. And clearly, on the interplay between cellular networking and cloud computing at the enterprise edge, it should be listened to – as the...

T-Mobile US crushes competition in latest Ookla rankings

T-Mobile US was the shining star in Ooka’s latest wireless rankings, taking home the gold in nearly every category, while Verizon and AT&T flip-flopped between second and third place. According to Ookla’s findings, T-Mobile US was the fastest mobile operator in the United States...

AT&T, Verizon go ahead with C-Band spectrum light-up

An airline group has predicted that flight impacts will be 'incalculable' AT&T and Verizon both confirmed this morning that they have gone ahead with their planned activation of the use of C-Band spectrum, amid dire warnings from the an aviation industry group earlier this week...

Verizon and AWS extend mobile edge computing services to new US metros

Verizon and AWS edge computing comes to four new metros: Charlotte, Detroit, Los Angeles, and Minneapolis.

Kagan: Are AT&T, Verizon doing enough about 5G C-Band airline safety?

As a Wireless Analyst, I have followed the wireless industry and all the challenges and hurdles it has faced and overcome for decades. The way 5G C-Band technology may interfere with aircraft altimeter controls is just the next step in this journey. So, what...

The Sunday Brief: AT&T and T-Mobile preannounce operating results – implications for the telecom industry

Beginning of year greetings from Las Vegas and Kansas City (picture is of the LG “booth” which many of us fondly remember as one of the must see displays at CES).  This was a news-generating two weeks, so we will shorten the market commentary...

Cradlepoint, Verizon hit wireless WAN milestone, cite need for agility during COVID

There are now 1 million Cradlepoint routers deployed at the edge of the Verizon network Cradlepoint and Verizon see 5G as a driver behind the accelerated adoption of wireless WAN currently taking place across several industries. As evidence of this acceleration, the companies have pointed...

Crown Castle aims to put on air 5,000 small cells this year: CFO

Crown Castle International expects to put 5,000 small cells on air in 2022, a similar level compared to the previous year, the company’s CFO Daniel Schlanger recently said at Citi's AppsEconomy Virtual Conference. The executive noted that the company expects the firm will be able...

Talk of a metaverse would not be happening without 5G and MEC (Verizon on 2022)

Each year advancements in wireless network technology transform the way businesses use and benefit from mobile capabilities. 5G offers super-fast speeds, low latency and massive capacity. Mobile edge computing brings compute and storage services to the edge of a wireless network. The combination of...

Verizon’s imminent C Band launch is the ‘second phase of our 5G era’

C Band launch on Jan. 19 will make 5G available to 100 million PoPs Despite an ongoing back-and-forth with the airline industry, FAA and FCC around the impact C Band-based 5G could impact aircraft operations, Verizon is committed to activate its mid-band 5G network on...

AT&T, Verizon CEOs reject FAA request to further delay C Band deployments

The FAA asked AT&T and Verizon to delay their C Band deployments for an additional period of "no more than two weeks” In December, AT&T and Verizon agreed to pause their C Band plans until early January following warnings issued by the Federal Aviation Administration...

‘The real risk is we don’t partner’ – cloud-cos, telcos and the free-for-all in the 5G house

Note, this is an excerpt from a new editorial report, The Role of Hyperscalers in 5G and Edge – and how they are Collaborating and Competing with Mobile Operators at the Industrial Edge. The report is free to download, and available here – or...

Verizon strikes deal with Google Cloud to complete the 5G-MEC set in the US

Verizon and Google Cloud have confirmed a partnership on 5G and multi-access edge computing (MEC). Verizon said it is the first US operator to offer “5G mobile edge computing” with “all” of the major cloud providers. It is working with Microsoft Azure at the...

Verizon exceeds 2021 5G plans, will focus on C band expansion in 2022

Verizon now provides 5G phone service to parts of 87 U.S. cities, 5G Home to parts of 65 cities and 5G Business Internet to parts of 62 cities Verizon says that is has surpassed its goal of deploying 14,000 new 5G Ultra Wideband, or millimeter...

Vestberg’s vision for ’22 and Verizon’s ‘vectors of growth’

Hans Vestberg on 5G mobile edge: 'We're probably two years ahead of anybody else in the market, in the world even' Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg presented at the 2021 UBS Global TMT Conference earlier this week, where he touched on the company’s five “vectors of...

Just what are you up to, Mr Hyperscaler? Unpacking AWS’s private 5G thunderbolt

That headline; is it a thunderbolt, really, this private 5G package from Amazon Web Services (AWS)? No, because nothing in it is a surprise. We know AWS is serious about 5G, even if it views it as another application, albeit a functional one, for...

Verizon Network as a Service expands with Cisco SD-WAN solutions

Verizon Business has added Cisco SD-WAN solutions to its Network as a Service (NaaS) digitization strategy.

Qualcomm is on a mmWave mission; ‘This is how you get the full potential of 5G,’ CEO says

Fourth-generation Qualcomm X65 Modem-RF System features mmWave/sub-6 GHz aggregation, supports 3.5 Gbps uplink speed Editor's note: Qualcomm provided travel, lodging and other accommodations associated with the Snapdragon Tech Summit. KONA, HAWAII--Qualcomm was an early proponent of millimeter wave (mmWave), doing the engineering work that has...

Verizon awarded $34.6M in contracts with US Department of Energy

Verizon will provide voice and data services to several Department of Energy facilities, including their Washington, D.C. headquarters Verizon Public Sector announced that it has been awarded $34.6 million through two contract awards with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Per the task orders, awarded...

Public MEC vs. private MEC or both?: Verizon taking two-pronged approach

Verizon has partnered with AWS and Microsoft on delivering MEC services Verizon is all in on both public and private MEC and has a range of partnerships in place with the likes of AWS and Microsoft Azure as well as companies focused on applications. But...

Hyperscalers outrunning telcos – but 75% of enterprises want hybrid public-private 5G

Hyperscalers, with only varied and newly acquired in-house 5G knowledge, are outpacing telcos, with 40 years in the game, at private 5G, according to new research from Omdia. The analyst house has named Microsoft as the ‘top innovator’ in the field, ahead of AT&T...

Five on treasure island – the key players sharing the spoils at the industrial edge

Speaking yesterday (November 15) with Enterprise IoT Insights about a new deal to supply BLE-based trackers to France-based aerospace manufacturer Safran Aircraft Engines, Orange Business Services portrayed itself as the orchestrator, practically, of Industry 4.0. It is a telling assessment, and an interesting case:...

Verizon Q&A: ‘Is gaming the consumer thing for 5G? There’s lots of things’

'When we started the 5G labs and started bringing in independent game developers,' said Verizon Lab's director, 'no one was ready for it' Gaming is often touted as the "killer" consumer use case for 5G and for cloud computing, but is that really the case?...

Aviation interference worries ground Verizon, AT&T C band plans

Both carriers had planned to launch their C Band networks in early December but have postponed deployment until January Verizon and AT&T have agreed to press pause on the rollout of their C Band networks following warnings issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that...