Monthly Archives: November, 2013

China Mobile chooses Alcatel-Lucent as primary EPC vendor

Alcatel-Lucent scored a win with the announcement that China Mobile has selected its Evolved Packet Core portfolio to support its roll-out of LTE. China Mobile...

Silicon Flatirons: Spectrum pollution concerns grow with increased demand for wireless services

BOULDER, Colo. – With surging wireless service demand applying a greater amount of pressure on spectrum assets, the need to insure that those services...

Report: Apple buys chipmaker PrimeSense

Apple has reportedly purchased Israel's PrimeSense for $345 million, a move which would give Appe access to the company's tiny 3D sensors that can...

HetNet News: DragonWave offers 60 GHz small cells

DragonWave has new commercially available small cell products. The company said it now offers 60 GHz technology in its Horizon Compact+ and Avenue Link...

T-Mobile US looks to add $2B to potential spectrum pool

On the heels of its successful raising of more than $1.7 billion in a stock offering, T-Mobile US announced today that it plans to...

Mobile Minute: Qualcomm’s Toq coming Dec. 2

Another smart watch is hitting the market ahead of the holidays -- Qualcomm says its Toq smartwatch will be available to order online starting...

FCC asks Android users for help testing devices and networks

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler wants to crowdsource information about how mobile devices and technologies are performing on wireless networks around the country. The agency...

Reader Forum: Locating opportunities for wireless carriers

The world of wireless location-based services is a marketplace in flux. In the early 1990s, when LBS first emerged as a commercial service, wireless carriers benefited from the success of in-car navigation,

Reader Forum: M2M security – taking a tailored approach to address growing concerns

Security continues to be a hot topic in all areas of technology, including machine-to-machine applications. While most analysts agree that the current security risk is relatively low, the consensus

Wheeler presses CTIA on device unlocking

The Federal Communications Commission has sent a letter to wireless industry trade association CTIA asking that the trade association include device unlocking into the...

Worst of the Week: A spectrum of excitement

What a week for spectrum news. For those of you not amazed by talk of billions of dollars worth of charged air currently running through your body, you may want to click on one of the other interesting stories we pump out each day

Airbiquity provides cloud-based smartphone integration for Nissan vehicles

Highlighting an evolving ecosystem in vehicle connectivity, Airbiquity Inc. has been chosen by Nissan Motor Co. as a provider for a global platform enabling...

Test & Measurement: Spirent chosen for VoLTE/IMS testing; Agilent results

Spirent Communications said that independent lab Intertek's wireless device testing business has chosen its 8100 Mobile Device Test System for Voice over LTE/IMS testing as...

Ixia/Informa Webinar: VoLTE Up Close – Five Essential Steps for Successful Deployments

VoLTE ranks among the most complex and important technologies mobile operators have ever deployed. It sets the stage for new rich media services and...

Telecom Software: NetCracker in Magic Quadrant, AT&T Lookout

Welcome to our weekly wrap-up of everything in the world of telecom software. Winter chill is in the air and that means it's the...

Hotels ask Congress for help with Wi-Fi lawsuits

Hotel owners large and small are facing lawsuits that accuse their guests and employees of infringing wireless patents every time they use the hotel's...

Women in Wireless Leadership: Jessica Firestone, Tempest Telecom

Diversity is an important word for Jessica Firestone. She founded Tempest Telecom in 2005 to help carriers build and maintain their networks more efficiently...

Boost Mobile expands Mexico offer

Looking to perhaps boost customer interest, through the end of the year Sprint’s Boost Mobile brand is boosting the amount of services available through...

Mobile Minute: Moto X hits all four major carriers

The first smartphone to be made in America has not set any sales so far, and Google's Motorola is hoping that will change as...

Verizon data guru shares strategy

Verizon Wireless is serious about monetizing big data, so serious that the company has hired a rocket scientist to lead the effort. Ashok Srivastava...

Study: IPX use on the rise

A study by SAP AG found that the use of Internet package exchange inter-networking is growing among mobile operators. The study, sponsored by SAP and...

Cell Tower News: NATE Exchange Provides Training Courses

Welcome to the weekly wrap-up of everything in the world of cell tower companies. We cover top-level industry stories, DAS, and regional/local news. Weekly Cell...

Mobile data set to drive wireless revenues across the US

The recently completed round of third-quarter financial results from domestic operators showed a continuation of what was observed in the previous quarter and what...

AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile launch Isis through Google Play

Isis, the mobile payments venture formed by AT&T, Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile US, has launched its mobile payments app in the Google Play store....

LatAm Wrap-Up: Colombian ETB sells Tigo shares to UNE-EPM; Viettel launches in Peru

Colombian Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Bogotá has decided to sell its nearly 25% stake in Colombia Móvil-Tigo to UNE-EPM for $240 million. Earlier this year, Millicon...
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