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AT&T closes $23B EchoStar spectrum deal to boost 5G capacity

AT&T has closed a $23 billion acquisition of EchoStar wireless spectrum, adding mid-band and low-band capacity across the US. The transaction, first announced earlier this year, hands AT&T roughly 30 MHz of nationwide 3.45 GHz mid-band spectrum…

AT&T closes $23B EchoStar spectrum deal to boost 5G capacity

AT&T has closed a $23 billion acquisition of EchoStar wireless spectrum, adding mid-band and low-band capacity across the US. The transaction, first announced earlier this year, hands AT&T roughly 30 MHz of nationwide 3.45 GHz mid-band spectrum…

AT&T closes $23B EchoStar spectrum deal to boost 5G capacity

AT&T has closed a $23 billion acquisition of EchoStar wireless spectrum, adding mid-band and low-band capacity across the US. The transaction, first announced earlier this year, hands AT&T roughly 30 MHz of nationwide 3.45 GHz mid-band spectrum…

AT&T closes $23B EchoStar spectrum deal to boost 5G capacity

AT&T has closed a $23 billion acquisition of EchoStar wireless spectrum, adding mid-band and low-band capacity across the US. The transaction, first announced earlier this year, hands AT&T roughly 30 MHz of nationwide 3.45 GHz mid-band spectrum…

Viasat and BMW test first integrated satellite voice call

Viasat has demonstrated the first automotive satellite voice call fully integrated into a BMW Group vehicle platform, a milestone for connected car communications outside cellular range. Viasat engineers ran the demonstration out of Munich, and the com…

Viasat and BMW test first integrated satellite voice call

Viasat has demonstrated the first automotive satellite voice call fully integrated into a BMW Group vehicle platform, a milestone for connected car communications outside cellular range. Viasat engineers ran the demonstration out of Munich, and the com…

Ookla: AI workloads strain 5G infrastructure

Telecom operators are facing pressing engineering choices as mobile AI applications strain legacy 5G infrastructure. Data published by network benchmarking firm Ookla reveals a mismatch between current cellular deployment patterns and the technical req…

Military funds Cohere’s multi-waveform RAN for drone detection

Cohere Technologies has won a $28 million military contract to build a multi-waveform Radio Access Network (RAN) prototype for detecting drones. The funding originates from the FutureG Office within the US Department of War.  The project expands u…

KDDI 5G SA network throughput increases 52% from Samsung AI

KDDI has shown that Samsung AI RAN Speed Optimizer boosts 5G SA (Standalone) network performance by up to 52 percent during peak traffic. Live commercial network tracking in Japan confirms that applying automated intelligence to individual cellular bas…

Rocket Lab buys Iridium to expand global telecom connectivity

Rocket Lab acquiring the Iridium telecom network creates a vertically-integrated satellite connectivity operator. Rocket Lab will purchase Iridium Communications in a transaction valuing the enterprise at $8 billion. The cash and stock deal prices Irid…