Verizon’s Sampath stresses focus on mobile and fiber
Verizon’s CEO of its Consumer Group stressed the company’s focus on mobility and fixed broadband He sounded a bit like AT&T’s CEO, who has also been stressing 5G and fiber After Verizon purchases Frontier, the company will pass 30 million...
Verizon’s rumored Frontier buy is all about ‘convergence, baby’
The purchase of Frontier could cost Verizon about $7 billion Until now, Verizon hasn’t seemed that interested in more fiber, beyond its existing Fios footprint But there’s been a lot of speculation that the three big wireless carriers will compete...
MatSing scores big at New Orleans’ Superdome
The nearly 50-year-old Caesars Superdome in New Orleans underwent some long-needed renovations The new distributed antenna system (DAS) at the Caesars Superdome incorporates MatSing’s spherical lens antennas The network includes 30 multibeam lens antennas, ensuring coverage for all those selfies...
Try, try again. Dish reboots Boost Mobile
Dish Network and its retail phone division have floundered royally since acquiring the Boost brand in 2020 Under new parent EchoStar, Boost is combining prepaid and postpaid under one brand – Boost Mobile The new strategy involves new pricing, promises...
Verizon CEO disses AT&T-backed plan for 4.9 GHz
There’s a dispute over how the 4.9 GHz band should be managed for public safety Some public safety agencies want FirstNet to control the 4.9 GHz band; others argue for local control Verizon doesn’t want AT&T to get access to...
AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon customers stranded in international roaming outage
Problems started early in the morning of June 26 Travelers reported an inability to make calls or use data Fingers are pointing at Syniverse, a provider of communication and networking services for mobile operators An international roaming outage is preventing U.S....
Verizon brings portable connectivity to sports and entertainment
With connectivity becoming increasingly critical to every aspect of large sports and entertainment events, Verizon has unveiled an innovative, first-of-its-kind portable private network. The prototype solution provides secure, reliable, private connectivity for critical communications needed for operations, security, event production...
Can direct-to-cell satellite services make money?
The D2D services are just getting started now, and many will take years to come to fruition SpaceX and T-Mobile are likely to launch their service for free initially, analyst Farrar expects He sees a long path to commercial service for...
T-Mobile highlights contract, as Navy re-ups deal with all 3 big U.S. MNOs
T-Mobile has announced that it has been selected as a wireless solutions provider by the U.S. Navy for the next 10 years, as part of the $2.67 billion Spiral 4 contract renewal, which all of the big 3 U.S. mobile...
Millimeter wave is key to Verizon’s FWA, DAS strategies
Verizon wants to serve more apartment buildings with fixed wireless access mmWave spectrum will play an important role because it offers high bandwidth over short distances mmWave is also a key part of Verizon’s DAS strategy On a recent press...