Keysight Technologies said that its 5G test solutions were used to establish the industry’s first 5G New Radio (NR) data connection based on Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Release 16 specifications.

Rakuten Mobile and Ligado Networks signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) where the two companies will collaborate to create a blueprint for Ligado’s 5G mobile private network solution that leverages the Rakuten Communications Platform (RCP).

Anterix CEO Rob Schwartz said that private LTE can help solve the challenges created by grid modernization, including integrating new types of energies and end uses, within the electric distribution community.

The CBRS Alliance, an industry organization focused on driving the development, commercialization and adoption of OnGo shared spectrum solutions, announced it is expanding its mission to encompass Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) technologies operating in shared spectrum bands around the globe, leveraging its members’ successes in commercializing the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) band in the United States. To align with this broader objective, the organization is changing its name to the OnGo Alliance.

A recent study from market research firm Global Market Insights found the demand for private LTE market is anticipated to grow at an incremental rate based on increasing adoption of connected devices that require a reliable and secure communications network. Rapid urbanization and industrialization are driving the need for advanced communications technologies that are capable of handling smart logistics and manufacturing.

The Wireless Infrastructure Association (WIA) announced a new job certification focused on the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS).

SNS Telecom & IT anticipates that annual investments in LTE and 5G New Radio (NR)-based radio access network (RAN) infrastructure for Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) networks will surpass $1 billion by 2023, despite the ongoing economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Wireless Innovation Forum (WInnForum) approved an updated Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) operational and functional requirements document — WINNF-TS-1001 Version 1.2 — that, along with five other specifications, provide self-testing conformance information for multiple CBRS enhanced (Release 2) features.

During an earnings call, Anterix officials said they have not yet signed private LTE contracts with utility customers but still expect to have two to three signed by the end of the company’s fiscal year, March 31.

The New York Power Authority (NYPA) announced that it partnered with Nokia of America through a competitive bidding process to pilot private wireless LTE technology at its Blenheim-Gilboa Pumped Storage Power Project in Schoharie County.