In a recent move that left some analysts scratching their heads, Ericsson plans to acquire The New Jersey-based Vonage Holdings for about $6.2 billion, representing the Swedish vendor’s biggest acquisition to date. Vonage was founded in 2001 as a VoIP provider for consumers and grew into a cloud communications provider focused on businesses. In 2020, it reported […]
Author: Pat Kline
T-Mobile continues to lead 5G speeds in the US, 2x faster than AT&T and Verizon
Opensignal is out with its quarterly report on 5G in the US. For the October study, the findings include T-Mobile having the fastest average 5G download speeds for the fourth time in a row – now more than doubling its competitors. Meanwhile, Verizon came in on top for 5G video, games, and voice apps. Opensignal […]
One Talk T67LTE LTE Desk phone Announced
Here’s a throwback: Verizon is launching a new LTE cellular phone, but it’s not your typical smartphone. It’s a phone that looks and feels like a desk phone, but it’s got LTE and eSIM for maximum mobility and easy set-up. Verizon Business and Yealink announced the One Talk T67LTE wireless desk phone, based on the […]
AT&T partners with the military for maritime 5G,
AT&T cellular carrier has a new agreement with the U.S. military that includes experiments to connect unmanned robots, aerial drones, and autonomous underwater vehicles in a single system, assisted by 5G and edge computing. It’s a three-year collaborative research and development agreement with the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) to support a variety of 5G-focused experiments […]
Second-Gen Starlink Network Promises Faster Speeds, More People Served
Hundreds of thousands of internet users continue to wait for access to SpaceX’s broadband network. So how will the company keep up with the demand? SpaceX has revealed a few more information about its second-generation Starlink network, which will be made up of nearly 30,000 satellites—or about 17 times larger than the existing network.Starlink has […]
Verizon and the NFL team up to bring 5G Ultra Wide Band to 25 stadiums and more
Verizon and the NFL have announced a deal that extends their long-running partnership for 10 more years. The move will bring Verizon’s high-speed 5G ultra wideband coverage to 25 stadiums this football season, power its 5G Multi-View, “Next Gen Stats,” and look to enhance the overall experience for fans, coaches, players, staff, press, and more. […]
Cradlepoint Delivers Industry’s First 5G Enterprise
Cradlepoint is a global leader in cloud-delivered 4G and 5G wireless network edge solutions. Cradlepoint’s NetCloud platform and cellular routers deliver a pervasive, secure, and software-defined Wireless WAN edge to connect people, places, and things anywhere. More than 28,500 businesses and government agencies worldwide, including many Global 2000 organizations and top public agencies, depend on Cradlepoint to keep mission-critical sites, points of […]
New Surecall FUSION4HOME MAX
Fusion4Home Max is the first cellular booster forhomes to feature Extended Range TechnologyTM,which fundamentally changes the typical signalbooster architecture by amplifying the signal at itsstrongest point and overcoming signal loss in the coaxcable to deliver best-in-class coverage andconnectivity indoors. What is Extended Range TechnologyTM or ERTBy eliminating signal loss in the RG-6 coax cable, ERTis […]
The ugly side of 5G: New cell towers spoil the scenery
The telecom giants promise that 5G technology will wow us with dramatically expanded, superfast wireless service. But they don’t mention that it also means installing a greater amount of equipment, including cell towers, in ugly and intrusive ways. Property owners and local governments across the country are pushing back with a surge of grass-roots objections […]
Will 5G connected cars be the future of driving?
The market for cellular-connected cars is predicted to be worth over $215 billion by 2027. With today’s demand for greater connectivity set to grow, 5G connected cars will become the new era for the automotive industry. What we expect of a vehicle is fundamentally changing from a tool used to merely move us from A […]