You may be familiar with Ookla, or their famous speedtest.net website that lets users easily test their Internet connection’s latency and download and upload speeds. They also run quarterly reports comparing the results between different Internet providers, both fixed and mobile. We’d like to highlight the mobile results only. This first quarter’s results were just […]
Will Cellular Carriers Continue to Invest in mmWave?
Many of the cellular carriers are, or have dedicated a large portion of their capex budgets this year, but this doesn’t mean that millimeter wave (mmWave) 5G deployments are done. Mobile Experts, in a recent report, say that it expects mmWave investments will return in late 2023 and 2024. Companies like Verizon and AT&T have […]
How 5G Can Boost Storytelling
When you think of innovation in the film industry, surely Disney is one of the first companies to come to mind. For their next project, Disney Studios StudioLAB is partnering up with T-Mobile to advance their storytelling capabilities using the 5G network. This will be a five year partnership, which they announced back in March […]
Where to Find Information About Peplink’s InTouch for Remote LAN Management
With Peplink’s release of router firmware 8.2.0, they added a new feature called “InTouch.” For remotely accessing LAN devices on your network, no longer will you need a public IP address, costly VPN services or Out of Band Management (OOBM) licenses. There has not been much information surrounding this feature, but the company will be […]
How AT&T is Helping Pave the Road to 6G
With 5G networking becoming more widely available, we’re now learning more about future technologies – 5G Advanced and 6G. According to AT&T news, AT&T has asked the FCC for two, two-year experimental licenses that will be used to “demonstrate the functionality and capabilities” of these newer wireless systems. The carrier will be performing tests out […]
How AT&T 5G and Northrop Grumman Corp. Are Helping the DoD
Northrop Grumman Corporation, a technology company, and AT&T have started a collaboration with the goal of researching and developing a digital battle network. This would be in an effort to support the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and powered by AT&T 5G and Northrop Grumman’s advanced mission systems. Northrop Grumman and AT&T’s plan is based […]
How Tile Arrays Can Help Improve the 5G Signal
5G service has been available for several months now, but there are still no amplifiers that support the 5G frequencies. Currently, if you need to boost your 5G signal, you’ll need to do so with a lonely antenna. Back in January we wrote about a plastics company that had been working on hardware to help […]
What is 5G Advanced?
5G networks have become available in almost every part of the world at this point, although service can still be hard to find. There is constant discussion and experimentation surrounding 5G technology and what it can do to help us evolve. Just as we’re learning about 5G and all its frequency bands and possibilities, the […]
What Are Verizon and Live Nation Doing to Improve the Way We View Live Events
Using Ultra Wideband 5G service as the foundation of its partnership, Verizon Wireless and Live Nation will help to evolve the way we experience live events. The companies will work along with artists to create content that allows the fans to be totally immersed in the event, whether it be live or virtual. To commemorate […]
What U.S. City Has the Fastest 5G Speeds?
Even though it’s constantly talked about these days, it’s still interesting to hear about what carriers are rolling out more 5G coverage, what we can do with the faster 5G speeds, and most importantly, what those speeds are in different locations. OpenSignal recently ran some tests on 5G C-Band services and their overall speeds. Now […]