Carriers and other network operators should be able to offer some services using the Citizens Broadband Radio Service spectrum as soon as next year. Vendors have developed software to manage and assign CBRS spectrum dynamically, and are now in the certification process with the Federal Communications Commission. The CBRS spectrum, bands 3550 MHz to 3700 MHz,
Beyond Bitcoin Blockchain is a buzzword frequently making news headlines, largely due to the numerous use cases it opens up. With roots tracing back to Bitcoin,
TIM moves towards 5G deployment in Italy
The telco has activated a 5G antenna with millimeter wave support in Turin Italian telecommunications firm TIM, owned by Telecom Italia, announced it has activated what
Each year Ericsson looks ahead at consumer technology trends that will likely shape the way humans interact with their devices and with each other. In
Editors note: This week we’ll take a look back at the 50 stories that drew the highest level of engagement from our RCR Wireless News
The mobile telecommunications landscape has been changing over the past few years, particularly in the world’s developing economies. With customers demanding expanded rural network rollout
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Categories 802.1X, authentication, Opinion, Reader Forum, Wireless, wireline, wireline and wireless data networks
The pain of 802.1X authentication (Reader Forum)
The 802.1X standard for authenticating access to wired and wireless networks has met with a good deal of scrutiny in recent years. While 802.1X was
In Federal Communications Commissioner Mignon Clyburn’s dissent from the lifting of Title II regulation on internet service providers, she called her statement a “eulogy.” Twitter users
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Categories Carriers
States prepare to enforce net neutrality on their own
Internet service providers are now free of net neutrality regulation, but several states may make them pay a price for prioritizing content. Some states are
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Categories Cloud Computing, Cloud Mobility Manager, Cloud Packet Core, H3I, Network Infrastructure, Nokia, Software
Data growth prompts H3I to adopt Nokia Cloud Packet Core
Hutchison 3 Indonesia embraces Nokia’s Cloud Packet Core solution Telecom service provider Hutchison 3 Indonesia (H3I) announced it has selected Nokia’s Cloud Packet Core solution to
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Categories Elasticsearch, Equifax, Fundamentals, Network Infrastructure, NotPetya, Software, Verizon, WannaCry
The five worst cyber attacks of 2017
Cyber attack recap Cyber attacks have been on the rise in recent years. The year 2017 was no exception, with terms like “data breaches” an “malicious
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Categories AirTies, Apposite, Frost & Sullivan, Napatech, network emulation, RootMetrics, Test and Measurement
Test and Measurement: Industrial IoT will have major impact on test, Frost says
The emergence of industrial internet of things applications in “smart testing” will have significant ramifications for the test and measurement space, according to a new
ETSI creates ZSM group centered on management and automation ETSI announced it has created a new branch dubbed Zero touch network and Service Management Industry Specification
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Categories 5G, Carriers, Ericsson, Fundamentals, Huawei, Network Infrastructure, Nokia, Samsung, zte
2017 was a good year for 5G trials
Operators around the world prepping for rapid commercialization of 5G As the 3GPP works toward finalizing the 5G New Radio specification, set for mid-2018, operators, infrastructure
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Categories Broadband, Federal Communications Commission, ISP, net neutrality, open Internet order, Opinion, Policy
Opinion: Surprising no one, net neutrality dies along party lines
A phoned-in bomb threat delayed but didn’t derail a 3-2 party-line vote of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to undo Obama-era regulations governing net neutrality.