March 27, 2020| FierceWireless Cisco’s Kevin Wollenweber has turned into a COVID-19 sleuth of sorts over the past few weeks as he tracks the virus’ impact on service provider networks via some of the major internet peering exchanges. Overall, Wollenweber, Cisco’s vice president of service provider networking, said the world’s

March 30, 2020| FierceWireless Wireless carriers say their networks are holding up as more Americans do their work, schooling and entertainment from home. Of course, much of the work is being conducted over Wi-Fi. AT&T reported that wireless voice minutes of use were up 33% yesterday compared to an average

Self-guided online courses are now available for free to help K-12 students supplement their learning while school facilities are closed and classes move to virtual learning March 30, 2020| Shaw Press Release CALGARY, March 30, 2020 – Shaw Communications Inc. today announced that it is giving families free access to comprehensive,

Mar 25, 2020 | FierceWireless Not surprisingly, the coronavirus is having an impact on the timing of 5G standards, with the finalization of some 5G standards officially delayed by three months. 3GPP said the Release 16 Stage 3 freeze is now due in June 2020. The adjustment was made after all

March 24, 2020| FierceWireless Nokia touted a new lab achievement over Sprint’s 2.5 GHz spectrum that boosted 5G capacity by up to four times through a software upgrade. The test included a software upgrade of E-UTRAN New Radio – Dual Connectivity (EN-DC) and Multi-User-MIMO (MU-MIMO) using Sprint’s mid-band 5G spectrum and

Chairman Pai Also Welcomes Additional Actions Providers Have Taken to Go Above and Beyond the Pledge to Help Americans During Coronavirus Pandemic March 25, 2020| FCC Media Release WASHINGTON, March 25, 2020—Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai today announced that 580 broadband and telephone service providers have now taken his

On March 25, 2020, the White House issued a seven-page plan that sets forward key principles in the President’s vision in securing 5G for the United States. The “National Strategy to Secure 5G” articulates his vision for America to lead the development, deployment, and management of secure and reliable 5G

March 24, 2020 5G Americas provides comments in response to the Commission’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“Notice”) concerning the use of the 3.1-3.55 band. 5G Americas thanks the Commission for moving forward on the critically important 3.3 – 3.55 GHz band, and for its recognition that the band, as well

Mar 19, 2020 | FierceWireless News FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly is getting a round of applause from many corners after President Trump recommended he serve another term on the commission. In wireless, O’Rielly has been FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s point person on big and complex topics dealing with mid-band spectrum, including

Over 14,000 Spectrum Licenses Awarded in Upper 37, 39, and 47 GHz Bands FCC Press Release| March 12, 2020 WASHINGTON, March 12, 2020—Today, the FCC announced the conclusion of bidding in Auction 103, which made 3,400 megahertz of millimeter-wave spectrum available in the Upper 37 GHz, 39 GHz, and 47

March 09, 2020 5G Americas provides comments in response to the Commission’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“Notice”) concerning the use of the 5.850-5.925 MHz (“5.9 GHz”) band. Since 1999, 75 MHz in the 5.9 GHz band has been designated by the Commission for Intelligent Transportation Systems (“ITS”) and restricted to

FierceTelecom |  Mar 5, 2020  Google Cloud is headed to AT&T’s network edge thanks to a new partnership that was announced on Thursday. The two industry giants are teaming up to build enterprise use cases, which could include video analytics, augmented and virtual reality applications and data-intensive sensors. “AT&T, like