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News & Views Most Popular AT&T Proposes Amped-Up Power Levels for CBRS-Based 5G By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 5/21/2019 The newly proposed power levels for CBRS spectrum are not as strong as 4G, but are more powerful than millimeter wave 5G. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: US Huawei Ban Hits European Chipmakers By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 5/20/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: France resists US pressure to play hardball with Huawei; lampposts row threatens UK's 5G rollout; ADVA lands Openreach cell site gateway gig. Post a Comment \| Read (0) 5G Opportunity Still Outweighs the Threat to Cable Ops By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 5/13/2019 MSOs must remain wary of 5G-powered in-home broadband services, but the backhaul and fronthaul opportunities will abound for cable operators as 5G networks are deployed. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Inside the 5G Small Cell Opportunity: Big & Messy By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 5/13/2019 Everyone agrees that the small cell opportunity in a 5G world is big. However, what's unclear is how the market will play out, and whether it will be profitable for those involved. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Customers Flee Ahead of Sprint's Imminent 5G Launch By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 5/8/2019 Sprint said it will launch mobile 5G service in four major US cities in the next few weeks, but, in the meantime, tens of thousands of customers are discontinuing their Sprint service. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Leading Lights 2019 Finalists: Most Innovative Mobile/Wireless Product or Service By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 5/5/2019 Amdocs, CommScope, Parallel Wireless, Quantenna Communications, Sprint and Verizon and Ericsson are this year's finalists. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Buying Wireless Spectrum 'Not in the Cards' for Altice USA, CEO Says By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 5/2/2019 Altice USA laser-focused on planned launch of a mobile product, in partnership with Sprint this summer, CEO Dexter Goei says. Meanwhile, MSO sees video and broadband results improve in Q1. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement 5G4REAL: Rubik's Cube Is No Match for 5G By Light Reading, 5/1/2019 Verizon, AT&T and other network operators provided updates on the state of their 5G rollouts at the sixth annual Brooklyn 5G Summit, hosted by NYU Wireless and Nokia. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: lavender.arvixe.com A year or so back most folks were greatly suspicious of 5G because it looked... Ruckus Ready to Roll With CBRS Tech By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 4/24/2019 In-building cellular coverage expected to be 'biggest, broadest use case' early on, exec says. Post a Comment \| Read (0) AT&T Hints at Speed-Based Pricing for 5G By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 4/24/2019 AT&T executives offered updates on the operator's '5G E' and 5G NR network buildout efforts, as well as a list of what the operator needs to make things easier. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: MindCommerce See all all bearer services (e.g. raw data and voice) involving simply... Here Are T-Mobile's 5 Most Congested Markets By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 4/23/2019 California – including cities like San Bernardino, Pomona and Salinas – appears to be causing T-Mobile some trouble in terms of network congestion, at least according to new findings from Tutela. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Xanaddams Try New Orleans. I have. It'd make you cry. The drops are at least quadruple... 5G 'Race' Continues to Dominate US Policy Discussions By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 4/5/2019 The US wireless industry trade group continues to use the specter of a 5G Chinese boogeyman to push policymakers to bend to its demands. And based on CTIA's 5G event this week, the association may be making headway in its efforts. Post a Comment \| Read (0) CommScope Wraps $7.4B Deal for Arris By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 4/4/2019 Strategic aim of the merger centers on prep for the 5G transition, network convergence and complementary wireless tech spanning both licensed and unlicensed spectrum. Post a Comment \| Read (3 comments) Latest Comment: Duh! Imagine this in a John Oliver rant. Eurobites: Deutsche Telekom Pledges to Go Even Greener By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 4/1/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Ericsson bags 5G deal in Bahrain; Nokia unwraps Factory in a Box 2.0; UK operators investigate mast-sharing. Post a Comment \| Read (0) 5G in the USA: Spring Fever By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 3/21/2019 Chicago and Minneapolis are forthcoming mobile 5G cities for both AT&T and Verizon. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Verizon Faces 'Steep Climb' to Attain Attractive Return on 5G Home – Analyst By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 3/20/2019 Early on, 6% of residential addresses in parts of Sacramento are eligible for 5G Home, and just 3% of those eligible homes have signed up for service, MoffettNathanson finds in its analysis. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner Moffett also acknowledges in the report that there's no calculations of cost... Cellular Players Face Stiff Opposition to 5G Proposal in 6GHz By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 3/20/2019 Verizon, T-Mobile and others want the FCC to auction a portion of the 6GHz band for 5G. But a wide range of players, from cable companies like Charter to tech companies like Apple, strongly oppose that proposal, arguing 6GHz should be held for unlicensed services like WiFi. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: greypaine The following part where the accessing part will adverse that find out the... Government Testing Adds 5-Month Delay (& Counting) to CBRS By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 3/19/2019 Government testing of the unique spectrum-sharing setup in the 3.5GHz CBRS band is lasting much longer than anyone expected. That's not a surprise considering CBRS problems could – in a worst case scenario – cause a US Navy shipwreck. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Mike Dano Just fyi, I updated this article slightly because one ESC might not necessarily... AT&T Hints at Possible Decline in Capex in 2020 By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 3/13/2019 AT&T's CFO didn't directly respond to a question about whether the operator would lower capex in 2020, but he did list all the reasons why the operator might do exactly that. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Duh! A year or two ago, AT&T was talking about maybe exceeding the merger condition... Comcast Has 'Line of Sight' to $10B in Biz Service Revenues By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 3/12/2019 Comcast Business is making some progress in reaching larger, enterprise business customers, cable unit CEO Dave Watson says. Post a Comment \| Read (0) More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards lavender.arvixe.com, 5/1/2019 9:34:26 AM 5G4REAL: Rubik's Cube Is No Match for 5G Re: 5G vital importance of software A year or so back most folks were greatly suspicious of 5G because it looked like a huge dependance on mmWave. But soon potential subsystem providers began to appreciate that sub-6 GHz could step in as the lynch-pin for... Xanaddams, 4/25/2019 6:14:30 PM Here Are T-Mobile's 5 Most Congested Markets Re: Nola Try New Orleans. I have. It'd make you cry. The drops are at least quadruple these listed. MindCommerce, 4/24/2019 2:22:29 PM AT&T Hints at Speed-Based Pricing for 5G Re: All Bearer Services (Voice and Raw Data) going to Zero See all all bearer services (e.g. raw data and voice) involving simply connectivity and transport (e.g. 5G data and Vo5G goes to zero....or something approaching zero. 5G majorly changes the supply/demand... greypaine, 4/19/2019 5:11:25 AM Cellular Players Face Stiff Opposition to 5G Proposal in 6GHz Re: Re: Better for WiFi use The following part where the accessing part will adverse that find out the following work which will be having logitech h111 mic not working will find out the perfect way. Duh!, 4/5/2019 4:22:32 PM CommScope Wraps $7.4B Deal for Arris Re: Re: History lesson Imagine this in a John Oliver rant. Jeff Baumgartner, 4/5/2019 11:54:58 AM CommScope Wraps $7.4B Deal for Arris Re: Re: History lesson It's taken a long time, but this thing has come full circle. And that Continental reference goes waaaaay back. JB Duh!, 4/4/2019 7:01:25 PM CommScope Wraps $7.4B Deal for Arris Re: History lesson Commscope spun out of Continental Cable, merged with Valtech, got bought out by MA/COM, who sold them to GI. GI split up and spun out Commscope. GI got acquired by Motorola and morphed into Motorola Connected Home. Carl... Mike Dano, 3/21/2019 4:51:06 PM Government Testing Adds 5-Month Delay (& Counting) to CBRS Re: Update Just fyi, I updated this article slightly because one ESC might not necessarily talk to another ESC or a SAS from a different vendor, and because the US Navy radar systems that use the CBRS band are used by Navy airplanes,... Clifton K Morris, 3/20/2019 2:31:14 PM Cellular Players Face Stiff Opposition to 5G Proposal in 6GHz Re: Better for WiFi use When I read articles and requests like these, I sometimes think commercial cellular companies and CTIA should be filing two requests. One request is for the spectrum itself, and the other should be a request to increase... Jeff Baumgartner, 3/20/2019 1:23:27 PM Verizon Faces 'Steep Climb' to Attain Attractive Return on 5G Home – Analyst Re: Dollars & Sense Moffett also acknowledges in the report that there's no calculations of cost per small cell, so therefore no cost per home passed or cost per home connected in the report. "We don't have the numbers to do it, and making... daveburstein, 3/20/2019 1:09:07 PM Verizon Faces 'Steep Climb' to Attain Attractive Return on 5G Home – Analyst Re: Actually, CEO has said "Whole country" Moffett's analysis is extraordinary and your writeup catches it well. But one data point to add. CEO Vestberg has said "whole country by about 2027." 25% the first few years and the rest after that when he expects prices... Duh!, 3/14/2019 11:51:20 AM AT&T Hints at Possible Decline in Capex in 2020 Re: Buried lede A year or two ago, AT&T was talking about maybe exceeding the merger condition of 14M homes passed with fiber by about 5M. Now they're mostly stopping, apparently to move cash from capex to debt payments (while not reducing... Mike Dano, 2/27/2019 1:53:42 AM T-Mobile Sees 500Mbit/s Speeds on Its 5G mmWave Spectrum Re: Slight tweak I tweaked the article slightly to clarify T-Mobile's 5G launch timeline (firt half of 2019). brooks7, 2/26/2019 11:42:34 AM AT&T, Verizon Expand Fixed Wireless (Both LTE & 5G) to Small Biz Market Re: Re: Update You might want to talk to some of the 100s of WISPs who focus on business customers as well. seven Mike Dano, 2/26/2019 5:23:12 AM AT&T, Verizon Expand Fixed Wireless (Both LTE & 5G) to Small Biz Market Re: Update I just updated this story to clarify AT&T's pricing for its current LTE fixed wireless for business. More Message Boards		Security Now Suppliers Cut Off Huawei Larry Loeb, Author, 5/22/2019 If Android is to 'fork' following Huawei's isolation, the enterprise needs to ... (3 comments) Does 'Client Hints' Leave Fingerprints? 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