Barr’s call for U.S. control of 5G providers quickly rebuked
Associated Press Tali Arbel February 7, 2020 NEW YORK (AP) — Trump administration officials, increasingly intent on preventing Chinese global technological domination, keep floating the idea that the U.S. government should take a more direct hand in running...
SRG: 5G coverage maps are ‘optimistic’
RCR Wireless Kelly Hill February 4, 2020 Testing of 5G at sub-6 GHz frequencies concludes that mid-band LTE is “the weakest link” Even with low-band 5G New Radio deployments that would presumably provide more, and more robust, coverage than millimeter-waved-based 5G,...
Verizon’s SA rollout will be multi-year effort
FierceWireless Monica Alleven January 27, 2020 While the standalone (SA) version of 5G New Radio (NR) offers the ability to do snazzy new things like network slicing, it’s going to take time for U.S. operators to get to that stage, with Verizon’s VP or Technology...
Verizon’s 5G coverage in US Bank Stadium ‘near ubiquitous,’ says SRG
FierceWireless Monica Alleven January 17, 2020 Plenty of skeptics question whether Verizon’s bet on millimeter wave for 5G will pay off and time will tell on that score, but one thing is for sure: Deploying mmWave indoors in a venue such as US Bank Stadium is a “no...
Another Set of 5G Standards Was Just Released, but No One Really Cares
Light Reading Mike Dano April 5, 2019 The 3GPP -- the standards organization that essentially oversees the creation, development and, most importantly, the harmonization of 5G technology -- released its third and final bundle of initial 5G standards. But, according to...