Modern Media, Unified communications
June 24, 2024
Via: No JitterOne of my biggest pet peeves in this industry is the formatting of contracts. Technology services such as Internet, SIP trunks, and SD-WAN are some of the most complicated agreements an IT manager will see. Here’s how to navigate these […]
April 24, 2024
Via: RCR Wireless News5G, fiber continue to drive the telco’s results in Q1 AT&T beat expectations on its customer growth, with revenues off just slightly from the same period last year as CEO John Stankey continued to emphasize the telco’s focus on consistent, […]
February 23, 2024
Via: Tech XploreAT&T said the hourslong outage to its U.S. cellphone network Thursday appeared to be the result of a technical error, not a malicious attack. The outage knocked out cellphone service for thousands of its users across the U.S. starting early […]
Local area networks and wide area networks, Modern Media
January 31, 2024
Via: RCR Wireless NewsAT&T has substantially expanded the eligible service areas for its A&T Internet Air Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) service, and now serves parts of 59 markets, up from 35 at the end of the year. The company announced an additional 26 […]
January 9, 2024
Via: RCR Wireless NewsT-Mobile US continues to maintain its lead in offering the fastest 5G speeds and availability, but Verizon and AT&T’s C-Band deployments are helping those carriers to make some inroads. That’s the general breakdown of Opensignal’s latest assessment of the state […]
Local area networks and wide area networks, Modern Media
December 27, 2023
Via: Telecom RamblingsThe telecoms industry is undergoing a seismic shift driven by the rapid rise of disaggregation, or the decoupling of hardware from software. This approach already has a strong presence in the mobile RAN (Radio Access Network), but in 2024 and […]
December 20, 2023
Via: RCR Wireless NewsFixed Wireless Access services offered by telecom carriers are succeeding in winning customers away from cable and DSL service providers, according to new analysis from Ookla, but competition in the space is expected to ramp up in the coming year […]
Local area networks and wide area networks, Modern Media
September 22, 2023
Via: RCR Wireless NewsThe neutral host market is hotting up in the US, suddenly. Following on the heels of Celona’s tie-up with T-Mobile on extending public 4G-LTE coverage with its equipment into the CBRS band, US-based indoor connectivity specialist InfiniG has announced a […]
September 15, 2023
Via: RCR Wireless News5G Open Innovation Lab (5G OI Lab) announced that U.S. operators AT&T and Comcast have joined its innovation ecosystem as founding partners. The two companies join the 18 founding and corporate partners, 5G OI Lab said. The lab was established […]
Modern Media, Unified communications
June 9, 2023
Via: No JitterNext time you’re buying a car, don’t let the salesperson talk you into the undercoating or the extended warranty. But what if unified communications (UC) and collaboration is one of the options? Anywhere Collaboration in the Driver’s Seat Cisco last […]
Modern Media, Unified communications
June 7, 2023
Via: No JitterAt Cisco Live, AT&T and Cisco announced a new version of Webex Go in which corporate-liable AT&T phone plans can be easily integrated with Webex Calling plans to provide Webex users a single identity based on the mobile phone number […]
March 21, 2023
Via: RCR Wireless NewsThe scale of data which AT&T processes is staggering: More than 590 petabytes on a daily basis, the equivalent of 6.5 million 4K movies. Being able to process its data faster and more efficiently means tangible improvements in reduced cost […]
February 28, 2023
Via: RCR Wireless NewsIgal Elbaz, AT&T’s CTO for networks, has words for Open RAN doubters: Open RAN is going to happen, because it’s that important to telecom innovation. It’s just a matter of when, and he said there are two factors which will […]
February 13, 2023
Via: RCR Wireless NewsEarly Valentine’s Day greetings from Louisiana, Texas, Kansas, Missouri, and Florida. Hard to believe that two weeks ago we were basking in the glory of another Chiefs AFC Championship win. Today’s game will be tough, but, like the 2022-2023 season, […]
February 8, 2023
Via: RCR Wireless NewsT-Mobile US garnered the overall best 5G experience in the second half of 2022, per Rootmetrics, but AT&T also had a strong performance at the state level and Verizon did particularly well at the metro level. That’s a bit of […]
Modern Media, Unified communications
February 7, 2023
Via: No JitterOver the last several months there have been countless articles written about the state of POTS (plain old telephone services) lines and their demise. The reality is that copper, analog lines aren’t going to disappear and stop working overnight. The […]
February 1, 2023
Via: RCR Wireless NewsCybersecurity continues its evolution and organizations are focused on it more holistically, as part of business outcomes rather than as component parts, according to Theresa Lanowitz of AT&T. Lanowitz, who is the head of evangelism for AT&T Business’ cybersecurity segment, […]
Modern Media, Unified communications
January 30, 2023
Via: No JitterEarlier this month, Verizon became the first U.S. operator to launch Microsoft Teams Phone Mobile. It is a new service that integrates an organization’s mobile devices with Microsoft Teams. This is a fairly significant launch, and it should stimulate interest […]
January 30, 2023
Via: RCR Wireless NewsGreetings from Louisiana, Texas, Kansas, Missouri, and Florida (Ft. Lauderdale, the location of this year’s MetroConnect conference, is pictured). It’s been a full week of Telco Top Five earnings, and we will devote most of this Brief to results analysis. […]
January 19, 2023
Via: RCR Wireless NewsAT&T, Fujitsu and Northrop Grumman Corporation said they recently demonstrated 5G-enabled intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities in Northrop Grumman’s new 5G lab. The partners noted that the demonstration integrated radios with Northrop Grumman’s tactical data links, AT&T’s private 5G […]