Category: 5G
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Commission Updates Guidelines to Prep for 5G Expansion
An international commission issued updated exposure guidelines aimed at keeping pace with the ongoing rollout of 5G networks, tweaking recommendations it started issuing back in 1998. In a press release this week, the International Commission on Non‐Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) discussed its effort to modernize its guidelines to account for 5G, especially its use of…
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AT&T Targets Early 2022 for 3G Sunset
While 5G may be grabbing all the attention and headlines these days, mobile carriers have been working on plans to move away from older networks and, they hope, convert existing customers to their latest tech. Case in point: the venerable 3G network, which came online in the US in the early 2000s. Various companies are…
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State, Local Groups Call for Large-Scale Broadband Expansion
Groups representing state governors and cities issued a press release this week urging Congress to use the planned C-band spectrum auction as a way to invest in a more robust broadband network. The Federal Communications Commissions (FCC) plans to auction off a portion of the spectrum currently used by leading satellite companies, potentially paving the…
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T-Mobile Launches 5G in 3 Cities
T-Mobile’s 5G rollout spreads to a trio of cities today, with residents in Twin Falls (Idaho), Jackson (Tennessee), and Corvallis (Oregon) now able to access the high-speed mobile network. The company sent out press releases for each city’s launch, with each getting into the details of what this initial 5G rollout entails. The rollout uses…
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DISH is Getting Ready to Launch its New Wireless Phone Service
Last year we learned that Dish had agreed to buy Boost Mobile and other additional assets from T-Mobile as apart of the Spring merger with T-Mobile. Dish had already been working on its own wireless network and owns a large catalog of spectrum it plans to use. Now with help from T-Mobile Dish will soon…
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T-Mobile Will Soon Offer Home Internet & $15 a Month Wireless Phone Plans
In March 2019, T-Mobile announced that they have started to test home Internet services using LTE. At the time, T-Mobile limited the test to 50,000 customers. Recently T-Mobile promised if the merger happened, they would roll it out nationwide. Now that the merger has been approved, look for this to become a reality soon. This…
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DISH Wants to Offer 5G Internet to 70% of Americans in Just Three Years
DISH has for some time now talked about how important 5G is to the future of the company. Now DISH has announced that it plans to have 70% of Americans covered with 5G broadband by June 2023. This comes as DISH has started to ask for proposals to help it lay fiber to build out…
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NBC News Announces Launch of NBC News Studios
On Thursday, NBC announced that it will launch NBC News Studios, a studio that will create projects for new platforms. Noah Oppenheim, president of NBC News, and Liz Cole, president of NBC News Studios made the announcement. The two shared that the studio will create documentaries, docuseries, scripted content, and more for emerging platforms. Those…
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The FCC Wants to Bring High-Speed Home Internet to 6 Million Rural Americans
Today the FCC announced that they believe their Rural Digital Opportunity fund would help six million rural Americans have access to high-speed internet. Thsi comes as the FCC plans to spend $20.4 billion to help close the rural internet divide. “The digital divide affects many people in many rural communities. I’ve said that the Rural…
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Verizon Has Delayed Its 5G Home Internet Rollout
Verizon was one of the first companies to roll out 5G home internet in markets like Houston, Texas. Starting at $50 a month, Verizon is selling high-speed Internet with speeds around 300 Mbps down if you are a Version wireless customer. Verizon told Lightreading.com this week that they are going to hold off on rolling…