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Your Wireless Connection
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WIA – The Wireless Infrastructure Association (WIA) and Corning Optical Communications LLC, a subsidiary of Corning Incorporated, announced a new collaboration to promote awareness of careers in the fiber optic field and provide access to industry-recognized training through WIA’s Telecommunications Industry Registered Apprenticeship Program (TIRAP). Read More
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Inside Towers – Foreign airlines told the FAA they can’t meet the proposed June 2024 deadline to retrofit radio altimeters to withstand possible 5G interference. Now, U.S. airlines are saying the same thing. Only this time, wireless carriers are saying enough is enough. Read More
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WIA – Standing before an audience gathered to recognize the contributions of women who have been instrumental in building the wireless industry, Women’s Wireless Leadership Forum Immediate Past President Amanda Cahill asked the audience to look to the future while celebrating the past. Read More
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Light Reading – The US government is spending millions of dollars to develop more accurate broadband maps, an effort that includes updated wireless coverage maps. One Australian company argues that its recent test with the US Postal Service (USPS) in Seattle highlights a better way to obtain more accurate wireless coverage maps. Read More
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Light Reading – Omnispace recently filed documents with the FCC that appear to indicate it wants to test phone-to-satellite communications in spectrum owned in part by Dish Network. The appearance of Dish in Omnispace’s new filings could be a precursor to a broader, more public partnership between the two companies. Read More
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RCR Wireless News – Broadband funding is, by and large, one of the few issues with reliable, bipartisan support. It has become an increasingly high priority, as evidenced by the more than $100 billion in federal, state and local funding that are being invested both in the short term and over the next decade. Read More
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Business Wire – T-Mobile announced that President of Technology Neville Ray plans to retire from the company by Fall 2023 and current Executive Vice President and Chief Network Officer Ulf Ewaldsson will assume the role of President of Technology after Ray departs. Read More
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RCR Wireless News – AT&T and Frontier Communications have struck a deal which will allow AT&T to deploy wireless assets at Frontier’s central offices and tap into Frontier’s fiber network in areas where AT&T doesn’t have optical connectivity available. Read More
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Upcoming Events
| | | • | Mobile World Congress, February 27-March 2, 2023, Barcelona | | • | RWA-WIA Networking Reception during MWC Barcelona 2023 | | • | South Wireless Summit, March 26-March 29, Nashville, TN | | • | Wireless West, April 26-28, Las Vegas | | • | Connect (X) 2023, May 8-10, 2023, New Orleans | | |
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