Tag: cellular

March 8, 2024

Barcelona-based satellite IoT provider Sateliot, building an NB-IoT satellite system based on Release 17 specs in the 5G NR cellular standard, is to launch four new IoT satellites this summer with SpaceX to connect nearly seven million IoT devices, it […]

January 2, 2024

Some new-year reading, before the 2024 news agenda goes into over-drive; here, the enterprise team at RCR Wireless picks some choice long-form reports from 2023 about all-things IoT (low- and high-power, and in between) to set the conversation for 2024-in-tech. […]

September 19, 2023

Private wireless is a relatively new space and now it is evolving to the next level. US Cellular just announced they are partnering with Betacom to deliver private wireless service to their enterprise and business customers. Partnering is a quicker […]

August 30, 2023

US Cellular announced it would be able to expand its 5G network faster than expected, as it has received full access to the 5G C-Band spectrum that it was awarded from Auction 107 in March 2021, the telco said in […]

February 28, 2023

Two in two days for The Things Industries (TTI), and further progress towards a ‘unified LPWAN world’; Semtech Corporation, in charge of the LoRa technology for low-power wide-area (LPWA) IoT connectivity, has just announced a deal with TTI, the Dutch […]

February 7, 2023

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 […]

January 30, 2023

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 […]

January 11, 2023

Cellular-satellite company Lynk Global says that it has successfully deployed two more cellular-equipped LEO satellites and is preparing to begin offering a commercial satellite-direct-to-phone service “in a few months.” In September 2022, the company received operating approval from the Federal […]

December 13, 2022

As we close out 2022, the wireless industry in the U.S. is still dominated by two technology ecosystems, Wi-Fi and cellular. For now, Wi-Fi dominates in the indoor arena, and cellular is the only real option available for wide area […]

October 14, 2022

Keysight Technologies has added updates to its flagship Pathwave design software to support designs for 5G Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN), by enabling architectural digital twins. Keysight says this changes the design flow from one that is hardware-centric to one that is […]

July 7, 2022

In the first installment of this series on fixed wireless access (FWA), I introduced some of the economic and technical challenges facing fixed wireless providers in delivering the capacity, reliability, and consistency on par with wired broadband connections. In this […]

June 23, 2022

Frank Satterwhite, founder and principle of cybersecurity firm 1600 Cyber, sees private 5G as the convergence point for technologies that have evolved separately over time. “Cell, IOT, and enterprise security were almost in entirely separate buckets,” he said. “Today’s there’s […]

May 4, 2022

The EU is in grave danger of “throwing out the baby with the bathwater” in its prospective attempts to reform SEP licensing with interventions for the purported benefit of European Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in IoT. Europe was once […]

February 24, 2022

Ericsson launches DSS Ericsson announced that its Dynamic Spectrum Sharing (DSS) solution is commercially available, stating that the new technology is already live in a number of 5G networks around the world. Ericsson said that its spectrum sharing solution allows […]

January 22, 2021

It’s not just the next generation of cellular technology that’s looming on the horizon, promising to transform businesses, Wi-Fi also got its own upgrade in the form of Wi-Fi 6, or 802.11ax. As a result, enterprises are left with a […]

December 1, 2020

In a previous No Jitter post, I shared my thoughts on how the massive increase in licensed and unlicensed radio spectrum in the U.S and many other parts of the world will lead to a fresh wave of wireless innovation. […]

November 24, 2020

Indoor cellular systems have been around for decades. But with the generational shift from 4G to 5G, they are widely expected to become even more necessary and widespread. There are several reasons for these expectations of growth. For one, most […]

July 27, 2020

Chicago and Dallas – 27 July 2020 – Nokia and U.S. Cellular today announced an agreement to add 5G mmWave capabilities in the 24 GHz and 28 GHz spectrum bands. U.S. Cellular will deploy Nokia’s award-winning AirScale portfolio, with Cloud […]

October 15, 2019

In a unique test of 5G’s capabilities, Telenor has the launched a 5G pilot on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard. The pilot, which will officially commence next week, will test the next generation of cellular connectivity against the rigors and […]

February 27, 2018

Internet of things devices with cellular connectivity make up a substantial portion of the overall IoT market, particularly in the enterprise space where wide-area connectivity and mobility are desired. Here are four predictions for the cellular IoT market: -Analyst firm […]