Comcast has begun a nationwide rollout of multi-gigabit internet speeds, using both wireline and WiFi technologies, that will reach more than 50 million homes and businesses before the end of 2025. It claims it will be the largest and fastest-ever multi-gig deployment in the United States. Multi-gig WiFi speeds will […]
Year: 2022
Broadcom began sampling an end-to-end Wi-Fi chipset offering in April 2022 Intel and Broadcom teamed up on a Wi-Fi 7 demonstration that utilized the former’s Core processor-based laptop and the latter’s Wi-Fi 7 access point (AP). According to the companies, the test achieved over-the-air speeds greater than 5 gigabits per second. There are […]
In two separate announcements last week, Nokia (NYSE: NOK) demonstrated the depth and breadth of its telecommunications product portfolio and geographic reach. On Wednesday, Nokia and AT&T México announced the deployment of an industrial-grade LTE private wireless network solution at the APM Terminals’ terminal in Puerto Progreso, Yucatán, using the […]
Recent NI report identifies a performance gap between companies with “advanced” data strategies Digital transformation as a concept has been floating around enterprise and industrial circles for some time. But it’s still not necessarily a given that companies are successfully pursuing it and have a coherent data strategy that is […]
The National Spectrum Management Association (NSMA) asked the FCC to conduct tests in the 6 GHz band before opening the 1,200 MHz swath of spectrum for unlicensed use. The new rules, meant to allow devices to use WiFi 6 in the band, were adopted in 2020, and then put on […]
Meta and Qualcomm entering into multi-year engineering collaboration to shape metaverse technology During his keynote presentation at IFA 2022 in Germany, Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon continued his characterization of Qualcomm’s technologies as “your ticket to the metaverse,” calling the transition from 2D digital experiences to spatial computing as “the next […]
T-Mobile spent the most money and won the largest number of licenses in the FCC’s 2.5 GHz auction of flexible use overlay licenses for wireless use. Analysts expected T-Mobile to come out on top since of all the major carriers, it’s already using the most 2.5 GHz mid-band spectrum for […]
The new region joins Bahrain and soon Israel, as AWS and other hyperscalers expand into the Middle East Amazon Web Services (AWS) this week announced the launch of a new region in the Middle East. The new region, called “me-central-1,” is located in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is the […]
American Tower Corporation (NYSE: AMT) and Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, NASDAQ: VZ) announced yesterday that they have signed a new overarching lease agreement, facilitating Verizon’s on-going 5G network deployment across American Tower’s U.S. portfolio of communications sites. The agreement provides a simplified and efficient leasing process through a contractual framework […]
After all the time and money that goes into deploying a new 5G network, network operators need to know that their investment will pay off quickly. Once the network has been deployed and turned up, the prospect of ‘rip and replace’ to add features or capabilities that were missed in planning […]