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AT&T's current Discovery District headquarters in downtown Dallas. The company plans to relocate its HQ to a 54-acre site in Plano. [Photo: AT&T]
AT&T Closes Deal to Acquire Wireless Spectrum Licenses from EchoStar
by Sandra Engelland | Jul 29, 2026
The transaction includes roughly 30 MHz of nationwide 3.45 GHz mid-band spectrum and about 20 MHz of nationwide 600 MHz low-band spectrum and covers some 400 markets.
by Sandra Engelland |
Jul 14, 2026
Detecting and tracking multiple drones in real time, the system showed how wireless infrastructure could help protect major venues, key locations and critical infrastructure.
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by Sandra Engelland |
Mar 10, 2026
The investment focuses on three strategic areas: deploying always-on connectivity, investing in the workforce, and innovating to secure and advance America's connected economy. The company said that the current tax and regulatory environment are the most conducive to such investment in decades.
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by Sandra Engelland |
Jan 28, 2026
The stratosphere-based system is designed to support constant monitoring of shipping lanes, coastal regions, and remote ocean areas from above the weather and beyond the reach of conventional networks.
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Richardson's Innovation Quarter HQ [Photo: UT Dallas]
New 5G Lab at Richardson IQ HQ to Lead U.S. Innovation Through Major Industry-Academia Consortium
by David Seeley | Aug 20, 2024
"This is precisely the type of partnership we imagined for our innovation ecosystem," Richardson City Manager Don Magner said of the new lab, which is affiliated with UT Dallas' Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science under the leadership of AT&T and Verizon.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 8, 2024
T-Mobile said the tech upgrades will enhance the experience for Arlington T-Mobile customers year-round and for visitors coming in just for the All-Star week festivities.
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by David Seeley |
May 30, 2024
After raising $850 million between 2021 and 2023—including a $500 million minority equity investment from Koch Strategic Platforms—Richardson-based Mavenir continues to drive toward its goal of "end-to-end 5G transformation."
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by David Seeley |
Jan 19, 2024
Launched in 2020 by former CyrusOne CEO Gary “Wojo” Wojtaszek, RecNation is leveraging the advent of new 5G and Small Cell technologies to spring up wireless towers across its six-states-and-growing portfolio.
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The private LTE solution package, CommunityConnect, is a program for digital equity that helps communities leverage available funding and identify a clear path to closing the digital divide, Baicells said.
Plano’s Baicells Technologies Partners To Offer LTE Broadband Solution for Unserved Communities and Neighborhoods
by Lance Murray | Jul 27, 2023
The private LTE solution package, CommunityConnect, is a program for digital equity that helps communities leverage available funding and identify a clear path to closing the digital divide, Baicells said.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 13, 2023
Ericsson said this 5G site has the potential to be fully operated by solar energy, complemented by integrated Lithium-ion batteries, for up to a 24-hour period.
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by Lance Murray |
Dec 22, 2022
COMSovereign Holding Corp., the Dallas-based developer of 4G LTE Advanced and 5G communication systems and solutions, is selling its Israel-based Sky Sapience tethered drone unit to Titan Innovations for $1.8 million. The deal will allow COMSovereign to refocus efforts on its 4G LTE and 5G wireless connectivity solutions, the company said.
"Sky Sapience's proprietary fiber optic tether technology makes it an ideal platform for military, borders, and civilian applications," said Titan Innovations CEO Yahav Regev.
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 7, 2022
Ericsson said the trial was conducted over a live Citizen's Broadband Radio Service network at its North America HQ in Plano. Now, with the ability to get 5G gigabit speeds indoors along with advanced capabilities, Ericsson says enterprises can feel confident in deploying Private 5G networks.
"We're excited to continue pushing the envelope of what is possible with 5G," Ericsson's Paul Challoner said.
"We're excited to continue pushing the envelope of what is possible with 5G," Ericsson's Paul Challoner said.
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[Photo: NTT Data/Business Wire]
NTT Data Opens North American Innovation Center in Plano
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Aug 25, 2022
NTT Data is expanding its Plano presence with the opening of a new North American Innovation Center, where it will focus on customer-facing tech including areas like 5G, smart city planning, and “digital humans”—virtual models of the human body for medical research.
The new center will coordinate with five other NTT Data innovation centers in Japan, Italy, Germany, China, and India.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Jul 6, 2022
The Taiwan-based global electronics maker is expanding its existing Plano presence with the purchase of a 30-acre plot of land. The acreage is set to become a 400,000-square-foot hub for Delta's research, development, and manufacturing efforts, with the potential for "hundreds" of new jobs.
“The Plano complex exemplifies Delta's deeper commitment to the development of a resilient supply chain while also expanding our footprint in the U.S.,” said Kelvin Huang, president of Delta Electronics Americas.
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by David Seeley |
May 4, 2022
From cybersecurity to 4G and 5G cellular reliability, there's a need for a more secure and flexible modernized power grid.
Ericsson's new Global Utilities Innovation Center at its North American HQ in Plano will be a secure experience center and testing lab to enable utilities and manufacturers to explore solutions to challenges.
Ericsson's new Global Utilities Innovation Center at its North American HQ in Plano will be a secure experience center and testing lab to enable utilities and manufacturers to explore solutions to challenges.
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by Dave Moore |
Apr 13, 2022
Most anyone who has been commuting to work over the past two years has likely noticed a decrease in traffic.
Brookings Institution noted that metro traffic congestion was cut in half after COVID-19 hit in 2020, attributing it largely to employees working virtually from home, and more flexible work schedules (though government stay-at-home orders figured prominently as well)....
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