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Frequency and reach are inversely correlated: the higher the signal frequency, the lower the distance those signals will travel. That matters for 5G, and will matter more with every succeeding [...]

As somebody who has spent lots of time following 5G, I also get the feeling I have seen this before, and I do not mean I have watched 3G and 4G arrive. No, it is something else. It is ancient [...]

Verizon Business is adding the Atos computer vision to its multi-access edge computing fabric, aiming to support industrial internet of things applications that include the ability to do [...]

Though situations will vary from place to place, one potential development with 5G has been its potential to replace some Wi-Fi use, especially where tariffs allow unlimited data usage of 5G.  In [...]

Given a choice, executives in the mobile business would prefer to use lower-frequency spectrum than high-frequency assets. Lower frequencies propagate better, so are easier to manage when [...]

It might be fair to say that mobile phone access, fixed wireless, low earth orbit satellite constellations and, to some extent, hybrid fiber coax have been viewed as niches compared to fiber to [...]

Rakuten might be correct about its own capital investment and operating cost savings from a virtualized and open radio access platform. Still, revenue upside, spectrum assets, marketing prowess [...]

The new infrastructure bill is touted as making $65 billion available for demand and supply investments in U.S. broadband access. And there is an argument to be made that both supply and demand [...]

AT&T says it added total postpaid net adds of 1.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2021, including some 880,000 postpaid phones. “Each of the 2021 quarters has improved,” said John Stankey, [...]

Many observers believe 5G fixed wireless is a niche. The issue is how big a niche it might be.  Verizon’s 5G fixed wireless now is available for $25 a month. Those plans come with extras [...]

The actual impact of the 2021 infrastructure bill passed by the Congress will hinge on the rules governing disbursement of the funds. But the funds are sure to decrease the cost of adding new [...]

AT&T, for one, does not expect robust subscription growth to continue at the pace we have seen in the U.S. market over the last year or so. Assuming AT&T is referring specifically to [...]

The advantage of millimeter wave spectrum is its order of magnitude greater capacity, compared to low-band and mid-band spectrum. The disadvantage is coverage. But new tests by Rootmetrics also [...]

5G private networks are widely seen as a revenue growth opportunity. The issue is “for whom?” A survey conducted for NTT of 216 enterprise technology executives in Germany, Japan, the United [...]

As always, opinions differ about the amount of market share the new AWS Private 5G offer will take. Amazon Web Services says it is a pre-packaged offer aimed at smaller organizations. AT&T [...]