Was there ever a tech movement more-hyped than IoT? Maybe; maybe not. But for all its world-changing promise, it has proved harder to justify IoT deployments – and importantly, to scale IoT deployments – than it was supposed to be. At the same time, the market has established a […]
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Ericsson’s (NASDAQ: ERIC) wholly-owned Russian subsidiary has entered into an agreement to divest its local customer support business in Russia to a Russian company owned by former managers of Ericsson´s Russian subsidiary. The company announced yesterday that the transaction includes a transfer of approximately 40 Ericsson employees, and certain assets […]
The U.K. government announced this week that it is putting 110 million pounds into support for 5G and 6G-related telecom research and development. The funding will include 28 million pounds that will be shared among the University of York, University of Bristol and University of Surrey to team up with […]
Global 5G Connections Reach 922 Million by End of Q3 2022 Global 5G Expected to Reach 1.1 Billion by End of 2022 and 5.9 Billion by End of 2027 Nearing 30% 5G penetration of the population in North America; 15% Quarterly Growth BELLEVUE, Wash. – December 15, 2022 – 5G, […]
The winter storm that moved through much of the country this week knocked down two TV towers in South Dakota on Wednesday. The larger, 1,700-foot TV tower is owned by Nexstar KDLO-TV. An adjacent 800-foot tower also fell that day, according to NorthPine. The Inside Towers database indicates the tower […]
Ericsson aims cut costs by SEK9 billion ($880 million) by the end of 2023 In preparation for a flat RAN market over the next three years, Ericsson revealed that it aims to cut costs by SEK9 billion ($880 million) by the end of 2023. While anticipating the market for RAN […]
Managing wireless and wireline telecom networks involves monitoring and interpreting a lot of data from thousands of sites and dozens of data points at each of those sites. Network managers need to know the status of their sites at all times, especially when power outages or equipment failures occur. They […]
T-Mobile US is also re-farming its 1900 MHz spectrum, which was previously used on Sprint and T-Mo legacy networks “Consider the mic dropped,” T-Mobile US said in a press release announcing that its Extended Range 5G service — which uses 600 MHz spectrum — now reaches 323 million people, and its […]
Several telecom associations, including the Competitive Carriers Association, NATE and WIA, banded together to urge lawmakers to fully fund “Rip & Replace” before the 117th Congress adjourns. The program was mandated by Congress in 2019, to remove equipment from U.S. communications network gear from Huawei and ZTE deemed to pose […]
Twenty twenty-two was a year of tangible improvement when it came to robocalls. There were two main factors responsible for this decrease. First, Tier-1 carriers continued to progress with their STIR/SHAKEN implementations, which allowed for more visibility into bad actors’ tactics. Second, with an increased understanding of operators’ networks, the […]