The FCC and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration signed an updated spectrum coordination agreement. It’s the first time the “Memorandum of Understanding” (MOU) has been updated in 20 years. The action is key as the federal government prepares to distribute billions of dollars in broadband infrastructure grants and loans. […]
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A new report by Darkhorse Global, a geo-economic and national security consultancy, makes some good points about the convergence of national security and industrial policy frameworks for telecommunications infrastructure. It outlines three “wicked problems” confronting today’s global ICT ecosystem. First, vulnerabilities exist in all networks, hardware and software. Second, it’s easy to confuse national […]
American Tower (NYSE: AMT) is on a roll. The company reported in its 2Q22 earnings call that all key operating metrics were up by either low double-digit or high single-digit percentages. Total property revenue came in at $2.6 billion, up 17 percent over the $2.2 billion in 2Q21. Net income […]
The Federal Communications Commission’s auction of 2.5 GHz midband spectrum raised more than $103 million in its first day of bidding. The auction kicked off with a single, six-hour bidding period. Two two-hour rounds of bidding are scheduled for Monday. Only 168 of the available licenses had no bids during […]
BAI Communications (BAI), a global shared communications infrastructure provider based outside Sydney, Australia, has agreed to acquire ZenFi Networks (ZenFi), a U.S. East coast-based provider of digital infrastructure solutions and an innovator in small cell deployment, offload and roaming services, fiber connectivity and network edge colocation. This agreement represents a […]
AT&T expects its 5G network infrastructure to reach 25 new cities across Mexico before the end of 2022 AT&T Mexico launched 5G services in five new cities across the country, the telco said in a release. The carrier now offers its 5G technology in parts of Morelia, Saltillo, Torreón, Hermosillo […]
New 5G Americas white paper explores Network Slicing from standardization to commercialization BELLEVUE, Wash. –July 22, 2022: 5G network slicing enables businesses to enhance their network security, reliability, and flexibility needs by creating independent logical network slices on the same physical cellular wireless network infrastructure. Today, 5G Americas, the voice […]
Crown Castle (NYSE: CCI) expects to deploy about 5,000 small cells by the end of 2022. The company has an inventory of around 115,000 small cells that consists of 55,000 currently operating, or what CCI refers to as “on-air,” and the remaining 60,000 units on the books to be built […]
CBRS is key to “helping to close the digital divide” – Samsung Samsung announced Friday that Mediacom Communications will deploy Samsung’s Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) spectrum wireless networking solutions for its 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) service. The deal includes Samsung’s 4G and 5G-ready Radio Access Network (RAN) products. […]
UPDATE A total of 85 entities are considered “first priority” in the FCC’s Rip & Replace reimbursement program. Several providers filed multiple applications. Congress initially allocated $1.9 billion to reimburse carriers for removing untrusted gear from Huawei and ZTE from their networks. To fund all “reasonable and supported” cost estimates […]