USDA’s Telecommunications Programs awarded grants and loans to increase rural broadband access The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced $91 million in funding to expand rural
California-based fixed wireless provider details plans for extending rural broadband access into underserved and unserved markets GeoLinks, a California-based rural broadband provider, walked away from the
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#TBT: Riding the mmWave; FirstNet deployables rock Atlantic City; Wi-Fi calling’s European debut … this week in 2015
Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up
Money will extend rural broadband to more than 700,000 homes and small businesses With the U.S. Federal Communication Commission’s Connect America Fund auction on the books,
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USDA puts up $97 million for rural broadband in 11 states
U.S. Department of Agriculture program provides loans and grants for a dozen rural broadband projects The U.S. Department of Agriculture is funding a dozen projects in
Rural connectivity schemes typically focus on on overcoming last mile issues, oftentimes at the expense of figuring out answers to the myriad of other challenges
CAF II auction will begin July 24 and award nearly $2 billion over 10 years The Federal Communications Commission has approved 220 bidders to participate in
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Categories Carriers, Ericsson, Fiber, fixed wireless, Huawei, Network Infrastructure, rural broadband
How fixed wireless helps cover rural America
Industry experts talk fixed wireless opportunity While the big four U.S. carriers are locked in a 5G arms race that comes with a good deal of
ORLANDO, Fla.–Smart cities. Public safety communications. Cellular evolution, including LTE and future 5G systems. Land Mobile Radio. The internet of things. Telecom technologies are evolving
SuperTower equivalent of 30 conventional towers Ericsson is working Boston-based startup Altaeros to demonstrate a new “SuperTower” to help operators deploy LTE in hard-to-reach rural communities
In the push to deploy ever-faster broadband across America, no one should be left behind. The need for faster rural broadband is particularly acute in
Losing contact in modern society — physically, digitally — is a new kind of scary. We’ve seen this before: five years ago, Hurricane Sandy’s floodwaters
Highlights from the TC3 Summit 2017
The TC3 Summit, hosted by by the Telecom Council of Silicon Valley, is one of the more interesting industry events we cover each year, and