Less than a week after submissions closed in the U.S. Department of Defense’s first round of 5G-related RPPs, the agency announced seven new military sites for a second group of 5G testbeds. “5G technology is …
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ORNL, LANL-developed quantum technologies go the distance
For the second year in a row, a team from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge and Los Alamos national laboratories led a demonstration hosted by EPB, a community-based utility and telecommunications company serving Chattanooga, …
A new firm says it can link satellites to ordinary smartphones
If it works, there will be no escaping a mobile signal. AST & Science emerged from “stealth mode” this week. It dubs its service “SpaceMobile”. Mr Avellan, a veteran of the satellite industry, says he …
Tens of thousands of communications satellites could spoil view of giant sky telescope
Senate bill would boost spending on Trump administration’s research priorities
The chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Senator Roger Wicker (R–MS), and colleagues from both parties have proposed doubling federal spending by 2022 on research in artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum …
House Passes Trio of 5G Security Bills
Together, the measures aim to promote a safer rollout of the highly-anticipated, next-generation mobile networks.
mmWave auction poised to resume, on path to $6B
The first two auctions were for 28 GHz and 24 GHz band. This third one covers additional 3.5 GHz of bandwidth in the 37, 39 and 47 GHz bands.