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AT&T says the outage to its US cellphone network was not caused by a cyberattack

February 23, 2024

Via: Tech Xplore

AT&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

AT&T expands its FWA service

January 31, 2024

Via: RCR Wireless News

AT&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 […]


Internet, Modern Media

Verizon gains ground on T-Mo’s 5G speed lead: Opensignal

January 9, 2024

Via: RCR Wireless News

T-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

How Disaggregation is Shaping the Future of Telecoms in 2024 and Beyond 

December 27, 2023

Via: Telecom Ramblings

The 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 […]


Internet, Modern Media

Verizon, T-Mo are maintaining FWA performance as they bring on customers: Ookla

December 20, 2023

Via: RCR Wireless News

Fixed 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

InfiniG intros CBRS neutral-host service with AT&T and T-Mobile in US

September 22, 2023

Via: RCR Wireless News

The 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 […]


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AT&T, Comcast join 5G Open Innovation Lab

September 15, 2023

Via: RCR Wireless News

5G 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

How Will Vendors Drive ‘“Anywhere’” Unified Communications and Collaboration?

June 9, 2023

Via: No Jitter

Next 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

AT&T and Cisco Announce New Version of Webex Go as a Boost to Mobility for the Modern Workforce

June 7, 2023

Via: No Jitter

At 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 […]


Networks & Systems

AT&T leans into AI, and leans on Nvidia to do it

March 21, 2023

Via: RCR Wireless News

The 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 […]


Internet, Modern Media

AT&T on Open RAN: ‘It’s important. It will happen.’

February 28, 2023

Via: RCR Wireless News

Igal 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 […]


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The Sunday Brief: T-Mobile’s “grown up” problem

February 13, 2023

Via: RCR Wireless News

Early 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, […]


Internet, Modern Media

Speed vs. reliability vs. geography: The latest 5G breakdown from Rootmetrics

February 8, 2023

Via: RCR Wireless News

T-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

How to Plan for the Post-POTS Future

February 7, 2023

Via: No Jitter

Over 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 […]


Networks & Systems

AT&T on 2023: Getting serious about cybersecurity at the edge

February 1, 2023

Via: RCR Wireless News

Cybersecurity 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

UCaaS and Cellular Together in Perfect Harmony

January 30, 2023

Via: No Jitter

Earlier 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 […]


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The Sunday Brief: Different disciplines

January 30, 2023

Via: RCR Wireless News

Greetings 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. […]


Internet, Modern Media

AT&T, Fujitsu, Northrop demo 5G-enabled surveillance capabilities

January 19, 2023

Via: RCR Wireless News

AT&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 […]


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Verizon execs talk ‘tweaks’ and ‘consumer investment’, amid improved customer numbers

January 5, 2023

Via: RCR Wireless News

Speaking at the Citi 2023 Communications, Media & Entertainment conference, Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg and Chief Technology Officer Kyle Malady discussed the “tweaks” being made on both the technology and consumer side of the business. Many of these changes, the […]


Internet, Modern Media

RIP, 3G—Verizon’s shutdown wraps up 3G sunsets for US national carriers

January 4, 2023

Via: RCR Wireless News

Verizon officially turned down its 3G network on the final day of 2022. It had been the last holdout among national mobile network operators, with AT&T and T-Mobile US already having completed their 3G shutdowns. Verizon first began announcing in […]