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 mobile generation, as the available radio frequencies available to support future networks are almost [...]

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 history for many, but I can also recall expectations about the Telecommunications Act of 1996, […]

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 predictive analysis of industrial process disruptions.  By 2025, by some estimates, computer vision will be [...]

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 New Zealand, which has had 5G live since December 2019, a new Opensignal analysis shows that [...]

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 coverage is really important. But executives do not have unlimited choice.  Lower-frequency assets are [...]

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 the home and digital subscriber line platforms in the global fixed network internet access business.  [...]

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 and other elements of strategy–including the timing of capex–arguably are more [...]

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 investments will change consumer behavior. The issue is how much. Many people use their [...]

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, AT&T CEO.  For the full-year 2021, postpaid phone net additions were 3.2 million, “AT&T’s [...]

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 such as streaming content subscriptions. Typical  download speeds of 90-170 Mbps with higher speeds [...]

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 infrastructure and increase demand as well. It also is worthwhile noting that not every household “does [...]

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 mobile phone subscriptions, that seems possible. Still, net phone account additions over the last year [...]