RCR Wireless News

CTIA presses for FCC auction authority, speedy execution on spectrum plans

The United States’ leadership in spectrum policy, 5G and reaping the economic benefits of the most advanced mobile networks are in jeopardy and have to get back on track, CTIA’s president and CEO says in a strongly worded new blog post. The biggest symptom of the problem?

Comcast set to turn up cellular offload in Philadelphia

Comcast is getting ready to activate Philadelphia (PA) as a trial market for cellular offload (i.e. using complementary network technologies for delivering data originally targeted for cellular networks).

Canada’s competition tribunal clears Rogers-Shaw merger deal

Canada’s competition tribunal approved Rogers Communications’ CAD 20 billion ($14.77 billion) bid for rival operator Shaw Communications.

How Midco is approaching network deployments in an evolving landscape

Sioux Falls, South Dakota-based Midco is a regional service provider that serves about 400,000 customers in five states. The company is a joint venture of Comcast and Midcontinent Media and provides cable, internet (including gigabit speeds), and telephone services in the Dakotas, Minnesota and parts of Kansas and Wisconsin.

Four sources of funding for rural broadband networks

Some of the current sources of funding for rural telecommunications network infrastructure: