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U.S. carriers have reportedly ended their joint CCMI. The initiative was supposed to result in the launch of a cross-carrier RCS app. T-Mobile has arguably been the largest proponent of Googles RCS efforts. RCS isnt dead, but the joint effort to make it more widespread in the U.S. has reportedly been killed off. According to a report from CCMI was the joint effort by T-Mobile, Verizon, and AT&T to get RCS off the ground with a messaging app that would work seamlessly between the different netw...

The biggest wireless network operators in the US announced in 2019 that they would jointly launch a Rich Communications Services (RCS) messaging app sometime in 2020. Under the auspices of their new Cross Carrier Messaging Initiative (CCMI), the companies said in late 2019 they would use vendor Synchronoss Technologies to handle the technological logistics of the effort. And in May 2020, Synchronoss said "we continue to believe the RCS-based advanced messaging service will be launched by the CC...

The 5G equipment giant seems to be one of the only telecom companies in China that is not crazy about open RAN.

Rakuten CTO claims low-cost model disrupts pricing - Mobile World Live 09 APR 2021 Rakuten Mobile CTO Tareq Amin ( pictured) credited its low-cost greenfield operation with shaking up the pricey Japanese mobile market, telling a conference its cloud-based model can easily be adopted by other operators to bring down costs by simplifying network requirements. “If you look at the market before Rakuten’s entry, Japan was one of the most expensive countries in terms of data consumption. Today, ...

Startup Omnispace is asking the FCC for permission to test transmissions from its medium Earth orbit (MEO) satellite in Brewster, Washington. But some of the details in the companys new application, and in some of its previous filings with the FCC, are noteworthy. First, the company has hinted at tests of its technology with the US military. "Omnispace is currently under contract with the US Air Forces (USAF) Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) to assist with building future communications ...

T-Mobile on Wednesday officially took the wraps off its 5G-powered fixed wireless Internet service, dubbed T-Mobile Home Internet. The offering costs $60 per month, promises download speeds around 100Mbit/s and does not cap customers monthly usage. The company said it is now offering the service across 30 million households. A third of those locations are in rural areas, and the rest are in suburban and urban areas. The companys target area represents around 24% of all US households. T-Mobile h...

WideOpenWest (WOW) has begun to alert customers in the Chicago area that the competitive cable operator will start to impose data caps and usage-based broadband policies starting in June. Its not clear yet when or if WOW will implement those policies in other markets, as expansions into other areas are yet to be determined, according to a company spokesperson. Initial customer communiques about the new policy, first spotted last week by Ars Technica, went to WOW customers in the Chicago area....

US technology giants backs out citing safety concerns, and Google also confirms its withdrawal from this years event.

Cisco has joined the growing exodus of big vendors from this years Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona, citing concern about the coronavirus pandemic in a statement provided directly to Light Reading. It is the latest in a string of Tier 1 equipment vendors that have decided to abandon the physical stalls they previously booked and participate in the trade show online. Postponed to June from its usual slot in late February, MWC21 was aiming for between 40,000 and 50,000 visitors, down fr...

"Unfortunately, under the California law we are now prohibited from providing certain data features to consumers free of charge," the operator wrote on its website. "Given that the Internet does not recognize state borders, the new law not only ends our ability to offer California customers such free data services but also similarly impacts our customers in states beyond California." Reuters reported that AT&T declined to say how many customers will be affected by the move. Presumably those cus...