The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau and T-Mobile reached a settlement to end an investigation into whether the carrier violated the agency’s 911 rules. Wireless carriers must reasonably design and operate their networks to ensure reliable transmission of all 911 calls, including providing 911 call back information and 911 location information, to […]
Year: 2021
JTower and NTT Docomo announced that they have formed a capital and business alliance with the aim of strengthening collaboration in the field of infrastructure sharing. As part of the alliance, Docomo plans to acquire part of JTower shares held by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) and become a […]
The push to provide broadband to rural areas may have inadvertently turned into a competition between fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) and fixed wireless access (FWA). The wireless industry, determined to get its share of the broadband funding in the trillion-dollar Biden infrastructure legislation, made sure that data speeds in the measure would […]
Amid anticipation for the freshly passed $65 billion in funding for broadband expansion, a new report from CTIA estimates that 5G Fixed Wireless Access broadband could serve nearly half of rural households in the U.S. According to the report, Accenture reckons that 43% of rural households, or about 8.4 million […]
Allfasteners today announced that any Raptor Radome Concealment Canister sold after this date will be covered by an industry exclusive 10-year warranty. The new warranty is backed by Allfasteners who, through ongoing quality initiatives, has yielded constant improvement on its Raptor Radome model, according to the company. “For customers, Allfasteners’ […]
New 5G Americas white paper examines exciting possibilities and efforts to evolve wireless technology beyond 5G BELLEVUE, Wash. – November 22, 2021 – While there is still a lot of innovation ahead for 5G, many projects identified as “Next G” and “6G” are already underway globally with significant leadership from […]
rApps manage non-real time events within the Radio Access Network (RAN) Intelligent Controller, or RIC The RIC is a central software component of the Open RAN architecture. It is responsible for controlling and optimizing RAN functions. It’s part of a virtualized RAN (vRAN) strategy that disaggregates RAN operation into scalable, flexible, continuously upgradable software functions instead […]
Everest Infrastructure Partners visited Tower Engineering Professionals‘ (TEP) Raleigh Headquarters last week. The Management team from Everest wanted a hands-on experience climbing towers and understanding the details involved in tower work. “We spent time reviewing safety, acclimating to the climbing gear and then went up the towers. The team climbed both our Guyed Tower […]
With references to construction of the transcontinental railroad during the Civil War and building the interstate highway system during the Cold War, President Joe Biden signed the $1 trillion infrastructure bill into law on Monday just after 4:20 p.m. Eastern. “As we learned during the pandemic, access to high-speed internet […]
More than any previous generation of cellular technology, 5G has entered the popular consciousness. Even a global pandemic hasn’t been able to slow down its momentum. With all the noise surrounding 5G, our in-house experts have put together a guide that revolves around the following best practices to safely accelerate […]