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Rob Pegoraro

Rob Pegoraro

Contributor, Light Reading

Rob Pegoraro covers telecom, computers, gadgets, apps, and other things that beep or blink from the D.C. area since the mid-1990s. In addition to right here, you can find his work at such places as USA Today, Fast Company and Wirecutter, you can e-mail him at [email protected], find him on Twitter as @robpegoraro, and read more at robpegoraro.com.

Latest from Rob Pegoraro

Digital global telecommunications with satellite

Sat-to-phone ambitions may need course corrections Sat-to-phone ambitions may need course corrections

Mar 29, 2024

6 Min Read

5G Fixed Wireless Access mobile antenna

Fixed Wireless Access (FWA)

FWA cheer spreads across the world FWA cheer spreads across the world

Mar 5, 2024

4 Min Read

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Dan Dooley, chief commercial officer of Lynk Global, presents his company's vision at the MWC Barcelona trade show.

SpaceX rivals pitch their phone-to-satellite alternatives

SpaceX rivals pitch their phone-to-satellite alternatives

Digital global telecommunications with satellite

At MWC, AT&T and AST execs talk up space-based possibilities

At MWC, AT&T and AST execs talk up space-based possibilities

Padlock illustration for concept of security and privacy.

Regulatory & Politics

State of the Net conference features continued crosstalk about net neutrality

State of the Net conference features continued crosstalk about net neutrality

An in-dash AI system in a concept car offers some questionable advice about Canadian cuisine.

Connected-car ambitions risk collision with regulators' concerns

Connected-car ambitions risk collision with regulators' concerns

NTIA administrator Alan Davidson speaks at a Dish event.

At CES, Dish touts $50 million grant alongside spectrum transaction

At CES, Dish touts $50 million grant alongside spectrum transaction

Qualcomm's Ozge Koymen makes a pitch for 6G at the Summit.

6G Summit brings unusual plea from carriers: Slow your roll

6G Summit brings unusual plea from carriers: Slow your roll

pentagon

Telcos ask for spectrum specifics as feds say 'stay tuned'

Telcos ask for spectrum specifics as feds say 'stay tuned'

Photo of Roger Lanctot, Director, Automotive Connected Mobility, Tech Insights, speaking at the 5G Connected Car Summit at MWC Las Vegas.

Connected cars' dirty little secret: They're the trailing edge of 5G adoption

Connected cars' dirty little secret: They're the trailing edge of 5G adoption

MWC Vegas 2023 convention center

Regulatory & Politics

At MWC, FCC's Carr denounces net neutrality revival as 'a dead end'

At MWC, FCC's Carr denounces net neutrality revival as 'a dead end'

T-Mobile's Ulf Ewaldsson

T-Mobile's networking chief talks 5G in Vegas, baby

T-Mobile's networking chief talks 5G in Vegas, baby

AT&T's car-connectivity formula: 5G plus edge compute plus standalone 5G

AT&T's car-connectivity formula: 5G plus edge compute plus standalone 5G

AT&T's car-connectivity formula: 5G plus edge compute plus standalone 5G

Verizon Business CEO on private 5G: 'Next year, we're going full throttle'

Verizon Business CEO on private 5G: 'Next year, we're going full throttle'

Verizon Business CEO on private 5G: 'Next year, we're going full throttle'

Amazon opens Sidewalk network to outside developers

Amazon opens Sidewalk network to outside developers

Amazon opens Sidewalk network to outside developers

AT&T’s Mansfield touts midband 5G, but downplays standalone 5G

AT&T’s Mansfield touts midband 5G, but downplays standalone 5G

AT&T’s Mansfield touts midband 5G, but downplays standalone 5G

Questions over FWA capacity, competition dominate MWC

Smartphones & Devices

Questions over FWA capacity, competition dominate MWC

Questions over FWA capacity, competition dominate MWC

Qualcomm starts connecting the dots on 5G NR-Light

Qualcomm starts connecting the dots on 5G NR-Light

Qualcomm starts connecting the dots on 5G NR-Light

How MU-MIMO could change the FWA game for T-Mobile and Verizon

Fixed Wireless Access (FWA)

How MU-MIMO could change the FWA game for T-Mobile and Verizon

How MU-MIMO could change the FWA game for T-Mobile and Verizon

Verizon’s response to T-Mobile trash-talking: Just you wait

Verizon’s response to T-Mobile trash-talking: Just you wait

Verizon’s response to T-Mobile trash-talking: Just you wait

T-Mobile execs open a door to mmWave FWA

AI & Machine Learning

T-Mobile execs open a door to mmWave FWA

T-Mobile execs open a door to mmWave FWA

6G advocates mash up a metaverse-centric sales pitch

6G advocates mash up a metaverse-centric sales pitch

6G advocates mash up a metaverse-centric sales pitch

A new pitch for mmWave: smart repeaters

Smartphones & Devices

A new pitch for mmWave: smart repeaters

A new pitch for mmWave: smart repeaters

At MWC, Verizon unwraps upgraded FWA receiver and 5G gaming gambit

At MWC, Verizon unwraps upgraded FWA receiver and 5G gaming gambit

At MWC, Verizon unwraps upgraded FWA receiver and 5G gaming gambit

Qualcomm sells a story of in-car inevitability

Qualcomm sells a story of in-car inevitability

Qualcomm sells a story of in-car inevitability

Huawei exec generates reality distortion field in IFA keynote

Huawei exec generates reality distortion field in IFA keynote

Huawei exec generates reality distortion field in IFA keynote

The next wave of wireless security worries: API-driven IoT devices

The next wave of wireless security worries: API-driven IoT devices

The next wave of wireless security worries: API-driven IoT devices

LinkNYC begins deploying 5G kiosks – but not yet with 5G inside

LinkNYC begins deploying 5G kiosks – but not yet with 5G inside

LinkNYC begins deploying 5G kiosks – but not yet with 5G inside

Telecom needs to get ready for quantum computing, report warns

AI & Machine Learning

Telecom needs to get ready for quantum computing, report warns

Telecom needs to get ready for quantum computing, report warns

USPTO study: Everyone's a winner in 5G patents

USPTO study: Everyone's a winner in 5G patents

USPTO study: Everyone's a winner in 5G patents

mmWave 5G advocates try to refocus their sales pitch at MWC

mmWave 5G advocates try to refocus their sales pitch at MWC

mmWave 5G advocates try to refocus their sales pitch at MWC

Verizon's Sowmyanarayan on how FWA supports edge computing, private wireless

The Edge Network

Verizon's Sowmyanarayan on how FWA supports edge computing, private wireless

Verizon's Sowmyanarayan on how FWA supports edge computing, private wireless

Rosenworcel's MWC appearance hints at shifting spectrum policy

Rosenworcel's MWC appearance hints at shifting spectrum policy

Rosenworcel's MWC appearance hints at shifting spectrum policy

T-Mobile venture aims to bring 'uncarrier' simplicity to enterprise IoT

T-Mobile venture aims to bring 'uncarrier' simplicity to enterprise IoT

T-Mobile venture aims to bring 'uncarrier' simplicity to enterprise IoT

More C-band uncertainties show up in 5G's radar

More C-band uncertainties show up in 5G's radar

More C-band uncertainties show up in 5G's radar

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