5G Service Providers Need to be Cultivating the Emerging Enterprise Market Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) investments of over $18 billion in servers and packet core user plane functions are projected over the next five years in a forecast report by Dell’Oro Group, which provides market information about the telecommunications, networks, and data center IT industries…. Continue »
5G activity surged in 2020 with accelerated timetables from service providers to deliver 5G SA core deployments, following non-standalone’s (NSAs) inability to really wow customers and deliver a solid new revenue proposition, according to a new report published by Spirent Communications, a provider of test, assurance and analytics solutions for next-generation devices and networks. Service Provider engagement… Continue »
Installation and Development of Small Cells On Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at 11:00 AM CST, Corey Manus, Program Director-Small Cell at B+T Group, will be conducting Session 1 of the NATE UNITE 2021 Virtual Educational Series entitled “Installation and Development of Small Cells”. This session focuses on the installation of small cell sites and an… Continue »
A coalition of 10 organizations representing the telecommunications industry has sent a joint letter to the White House and Congress urging support for broadband-related job skills development as part of any infrastructure legislation. The associations included the Competitive Carriers Association (CCA), the Fiber Broadband Association (FBA), INCOMPAS, NATE: The Communications Infrastructure Contractors Association, NTCA-The Rural Broadband Association, Power & Communication… Continue »
Throughout 2021, NATE will be facilitating twelve 5G-Small Cell Deployment Training Courses nationwide. These courses are offered free of charge to industry employees and employers due to a Susan Harwood Training Grant (SH-990350-SH0) from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor. NATE is planning to host these upcoming, complimentary grant-enabled training sessions… Continue »
AGL Connections Martin Cooper, known as the father of the handheld cellular phone, spoke with me on Jan. 26 as part of the AGL Connections video interview series. Now the chairman of Dyna LLC in Del Mar, California, Cooper conceived of the handheld cellular telephone while with Motorola in 1973, after having developed portable handheld… Continue »