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Widespread cellular outage hits the US

Ryan Daws — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 12:14:49 +0000

A cellular outage has swept across large portions of the US, causing disruptions in services provided by major telecom companies including AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile. Data collected from outage tracking website Downdetector revealed that more than 32,000 incidents were reported with AT&T’s service around 4:30am Eastern Time. The outage affected cities including San Francisco, Houston,... Read more »

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Verizon deploys over 130,000 O-RAN radios

Ryan Daws — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 13:16:31 +0000

Verizon has deployed over 130,000 O-RAN capable radios – including massive MIMO antennas – as part of 15,000 O-RAN compliant cell sites utilising virtualised baseband units. This marks a major milestone in Verizon’s transition to Open RAN architecture, which promises greater flexibility, innovation, and supplier diversity in the radio access network ecosystem. The open and... Read more »

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Verizon will maintain controversial surcharge despite lawsuit

Ryan Daws — Tue, 16 Jan 2024 15:02:15 +0000

Verizon customers may soon receive payments up to $100 each as part of a $100 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit over its monthly “Administrative and Telco Recovery Charge.” However, Verizon plans to continue charging the fee and may raise it further. The settlement comes after a lawsuit alleged Verizon failed to properly disclose the... Read more »

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Verizon finally shutters its 3G network

Ryan Daws — Tue, 03 Jan 2023 17:11:09 +0000

Verizon has switched off its 3G network following years of warnings to holdouts still relying on the legacy network. Any customer using a 3G CDMA device that does not support newer technologies “will be suspended without billing and will lose the ability to call, text, or use data.” The operator is the last of the... Read more »

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BlackRock teams up with Verizon for private 5G network at New York HQ

Duncan MacRae — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 10:13:00 +0000

Verizon Business and BlackRock have revealed that BlackRock’s new global headquarters at 50 Hudson Yards in New York will feature a private 5G network from Verizon. The deal brings secure 5G Ultra Wideband connectivity to areas of BlackRock’s brand new Hudson Yards facility where high speed and low latency are put to optimal use, such... Read more »

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Verizon’s 5G UWB is now available in 1,700 cities

Ryan Daws — Thu, 20 Jan 2022 16:23:08 +0000

Verizon has officially launched its 5G Ultra Wideband (UWB) network, expanding coverage to parts of 1,700 cities. The operator announced the “historic” day after switching on its C-band deployment which uses mid-band frequencies that it spent $52.9 billion acquiring in an auction back in March 2021. Hans Vestberg, Chairman and CEO of Verizon, said: “This... Read more »

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Airlines warn upcoming 5G deployment will interfere with radio altimeters

Ryan Daws — Fri, 17 Dec 2021 11:03:12 +0000

Airline industry executives have ramped up their warnings that an upcoming type of 5G service will interfere with radio altimeters. Radio altimeters measure the altitude above the terrain beneath an aircraft by timing how long it takes a beam of radio waves to travel to ground, reflect, and return to the craft. They are, of... Read more »

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FCC: Verizon can acquire TracFone subject to ‘demanding conditions’

Ryan Daws — Tue, 23 Nov 2021 15:45:23 +0000

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted Verizon approval to acquire TracFone, but it will be subject to “demanding conditions”. Verizon announced its intention to acquire TracFone Wireless for $6.25B back in September 2020. TracFone is the largest reseller of wireless services in the US and has around 21 million subscribers. The proposed deal naturally... Read more »

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Opensignal: T-Mobile maintains 5G lead in the US while AT&T struggles

Ryan Daws — Fri, 15 Oct 2021 13:25:57 +0000

Opensignal’s latest independent report into the performance of US mobile networks shows a continued lead for T-Mobile in 5G while AT&T struggles. T-Mobile wins the award for 5G download speed with an average of 118.7 Mbps, more than double Verizon and AT&T which scored 56 Mbps and 51.5 Mbps respectively. It’s the fourth win in... Read more »

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Verizon and AWS deploy MEC to cover 13 metropolitan areas

Ryan Daws — Fri, 06 Aug 2021 13:38:05 +0000

The addition of three new locations means that 13 metropolitan areas now support mobile edge computing (MEC) applications on Verizon’s network. As of this week, developers and businesses can now build and deploy edge applications in: Chicago, Houston, and Phoenix. These locations join the ten existing areas of Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Denver, Las Vegas, Miami,... Read more »

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