A milestone for financial markets: at the close of trading in New York on Monday, Google (GOOG) was the world’s second-largest technology company based...
Looking to increase operators’ network capacity, Venezuelan telecom regulator Conatel has assigned additional spectrum to the state-run Movilnet, to Telefónica subsidiary Movistar and to...
Traditional coaxial-based systems on cell towers are rapidly being replaced with fiber-to-the-antenna architectures. FTTA can help mobile service providers significantly increase the capacity of their radio access networks.
There’s no getting around the fact that the incredible success of on-demand applications like iTunes, Facebook and Hulu are creating network capacity and operational headaches for communications carriers.
LightSquared is nothing if not determined. The bankrupt satellite operator is back with another plan to launch a nationwide LTE network and sell bandwidth to carriers.
The Federal Communications Commission has put U.S. spectrum policy on a path to the world’s first incentive spectrum auction to repurpose broadcast television spectrum...
Because LTE has been introduced in a somewhat staggered fashion and the true “4G” as defined by the International Telecommunications Union is yet to come in the form of LTE-Advanced,
Most conversations today surrounding mobile payment solutions are overly focused on the opportunities promised by near field communications technology and how this functionality will transform
Most telecom operators are missing an opportunity to integrate their multiple customer relationship channels in order to provide a better customer experience, according to...
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers, we have created this forum for those...
This week reinforced to me that a real competition is not really real unless there are more than two involved. Sure, a boxing match is usually just between two combatants, and many sporting events take place between two teams,
While investors and consumers in North America have been busy bashing Research in Motion, customers in emerging markets have been busy buying its products....
Business users are increasingly bringing their own wireless devices for enterprise use – but even as that practice grows, employees are uneasy about employers’...
Validating previous rumors, Crown Castle International reported today that it has agreed to lease 7,200 towers from T-Mobile USA for $2.4 billion. The deal...
Technology trade association 4G Americas has publicly stated that the 700 MHz 'digital dividend' plan is an excellent spectrum band opportunity for countries throughout...
Not so fast, small cell market.
A new small cell equipment report from Infonetics Research warns that despite a quickly growing market, the small cell...
"What are we doing about mobile?" - That's the question marketing managers all over the world are hearing from their bosses, and some say that traditional ad agencies are not helping them find the answer.
As all operators are only too painfully aware, meeting demand for mobile bandwidth costs money. Operators are constantly looking for effective ways to optimize...
