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Your Wireless Connection
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Light Reading – The Biden administration released its national spectrum strategy, which identifies 2,786MHz of spectrum across five bands for new uses, including 5G and 6G. It also sets up a process for releasing additional spectrum, developing new spectrum management techniques and preventing interference. Read More
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PCMag – Cable companies once regularly ate everyone else’s lunch, but cheap 5G-based home broadband from wireless carriers is pushing high-speed internet growth onto a different track. Read More
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NTIA – On November 15th, 2021, President Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act into law. Better known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the statute designated $65 billion to improve high-speed Internet access. Read More
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Telecompetitor – UScellular was awarded $3.5 million from the Nebraska Universal Service Fund (NUSF) Dedicated Wireless Fund Program for 2023, which it will use to deploy six cell tower sites. Read More
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Fierce Wireless – Verizon said its FWA business is popular with consumers and businesses because it’s quick and easy-to-install and customers have plenty of bandwidth to stream content to multiple devices. Read More
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Fierce Wireless – Chevron Phillips Chemical Company (CPChem), the petrochemical giant owned jointly by Chevron and Phillips 66, has deployed eight private LTE networks using CBRS spectrum. Read More
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Phoenix Tower – Liberty Latin America reached an agreement with Phoenix Tower International to monetize 1,300 tower sites across Panama, Jamaica, The Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Barbados, and the British Virgin Islands. Read More
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DISH Network – DISH Network Corporation announced Hamid Akhavan has joined DISH as president and chief executive officer, in addition to his current role as CEO and president of EchoStar. Read More
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Boldyn Networks – Boldyn Networks agreed to acquire Cellnex’s private networks business unit, including EDZCOM, which designs, builds, and operates private 4G and 5G networks for industrial clients. Read More
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Education & Apprenticeship
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Upcoming Events
| | | • | Wireless Women’s Leadership Luncheon, February 15, Washington | | • | Mobile World Congress, February 25-29, 2024, Barcelona | | • | South Wireless Summit, March 24-27, 2024, Nashville | | • | Wireless West Conference, April 22-24, Denver | | • | Connect (X) 2024, May 14-16, 2024, Atlanta | | |
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