Category: Local area networks and wide area networks

January 14, 2021

T-Mobile US announced five-year, multi-billion-dollar agreements with Nordic vendors Ericsson and Nokia to continue expanding its 5G network nationwide. Part of the network investment following last year’s merger with Sprint, these new deals will enable T-Mobile US to add 5G […]

December 15, 2020

AT&T has seen significant shifts in demand due to the global pandemic, and it is looking to build a converged, virtualized fiber-based network that serves multiple customer segments while overlaying millimeter-wave 5G in locations that lend themselves to specific experiences […]

December 9, 2020

Delivering indoor connectivity has long dogged mobile network operators (MNOs). Whether it be the location of a building or the construction materials used, it is frequently difficult for mobile subscribers to get a reliable wireless signal from the MNO towers […]

December 8, 2020

Whether it’s fixed, wireless or fiber-based, AT&T CEO John Stankey said his management team is squarely focused on broadband as one of its three core areas. Speaking at the UBS Global TMT Conference Tuesday morning, Stankey said the other two […]

December 4, 2020

RingCentral and Vodafone this week jointly announced a strategic partnership where Vodafone Business would offer a co-branded service. Vodafone is the seventh such partner for RingCentral, whose partner list includes Avaya, Atos, Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, AT&T, BT, and Telus. However, this […]

December 2, 2020

In the face of Covid-19, global tariffs and trade restrictions, AT&T’s supply chain has weathered the storm over the past several years. While some vendors, such as Cisco, saw their supply chains adversely impacted by tariffs on China and the […]

December 1, 2020

While Cisco has long dabbled in white box deployments as part of its network disaggregation efforts, it’s not quite ready to jump in with both feet. Speaking at Monday’s Credit Suisse 24th Annual Technology Conference, Cisco’s Jonathan Davidson, senior vice […]

November 23, 2020

Vodafone announced it has committed to reducing the company’s total global carbon emissions to “net zero” by 2040, which cut 10 years off of its original deadline. As part of the Paris Agreement, Vodafone also confirmed that its 2030 carbon […]

November 20, 2020

The General Motors Factory Zero at the Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center and the new Honeywell corporate headquarters building in Charlotte, N.C. will be among the first enterprise facilities to install Verizon’s millimeter-wave-based 5G Ultra Wideband service inside their buildings. The companies […]

November 19, 2020

As 2020 is coming to a close, many are reflecting on a particularly challenging year. The COVID-19 pandemic forced much of the world inside, where we tried to continue our work, our schooling and our lives from inside our homes. […]