Monthly Archives: December, 2013

LightSquared suitor backs out of deal, future remains in flux

LightSquared’s future remains unsettled as the investment firm that had tentatively agreed to purchase LightSquared’s assets out of bankruptcy has backed out of the...

Sprint, T-Mobile US?: hurdles galore

Weekend reports that Sprint was looking at acquiring T-Mobile US stirred the pot, though most observers found the taste not quite to their liking. Following...

Sprint, Dish to deploy fixed wireless broadband

Sprint and Dish Network will experiment with fixed wireless broadband in Texas starting in the middle of next year. Today the two companies said...

AT&T to sell Connecticut wireline assets to Frontier for $2B

AT&T announced plans to shed wireline assets in the Northeast as it focuses future growth opportunities on its wireless operations. The telecom giant said it...

Carriers focus on software in wireless network deployments

As carriers undertake increasingly complex network deployments, software and automation are becoming more and more important. "Operators are looking at situations where they're talking...

5G could incorporate new WAM modulation

"5G" is a term that means different things to different people, but wireless veteran Yossi Cohen hopes it will be defined by a new...

Yota Devices double-screen smartphone is turning heads

Yota Devices is making the mobile world look twice at the smartphone concept. The Moscow-based start up, which was spun off from the Russian...

Reality Check: Four barriers to overcome to better listen to your customers

If only 5% of customers formally complain, where do the rest go to vent their frustrations? Many may take to posting #epicfail on Twitter, through a status on Facebook or lamenting to friends at the local pub.

Reality Check: The role of mobile testing for the enterprise

Enterprise mobility is changing the way business is done while also introducing new challenges for development, quality assurance and information technology teams. Businesses are adopting

NSN wins Taiwanese LTE, HSPA+ contract

Nokia Solutions and Networks has been chosen as a supplier for the roll-out of LTE by Taiwanese operator Chunghwa Telecom. Chunghwa is the largest telcom...

HetNet News: Bank of America Stadium upgrade; network forecasts

AT&T has upgraded its wireless infrastructure at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C., home of the Carolina Panthers NFL team. The venue, which seats...

CTIA, FCC agree on device unlocking rules

Just weeks after prodding the industry for action, the Federal Communications Commission garnered an agreement with wireless trade association CTIA and five of its largest carrier members

Intel will buy Mindspeed wireless business

Intel is buying the wireless assets of small cell expert Mindspeed, which agreed last month to be acquired by MACOM. Mindspeed said at that...

Reader Forum: Why public safety market will be VoLTE’s early adopters

Voice over LTE was developed as a standardized way for operators to transmit voice over new data-oriented LTE networks, meaning that voice services can use the higher speeds and quality

Rumors swirl around Sprint, T-Mobile US tie up

Rumors over the weekend began to sizzle that Sprint and T-Mobile US were looking into a possible partnership that would provide a more formidable...

Avago to buy LSI for $6.6 billion

Avago Technologies is buying LSI Corporation for $6.6 billion in a deal that will move the chipmaker into more parts of the wireless ecosystem,...

Reader Forum: Wi-Fi offloading – peering into nodes to see users

The wireless network capacity challenge facing operators today is only set to compound as 4G/LTE infrastructure and associated promises of ever more data-rich services are made to subscribers.

Swiss firms hide secure data centers in mountains

Building on a reputation in banking security and capitalizing on concerns over the U.S. spying scandal, several Swiss firms are seeing a growing interest...

BlackBerry gives investors more time

BlackBerry (BBRY) said today that an investor group led by Fairfax Financial will have another month to purchase an additional $250 million of convertible...

Qualcomm names new CEO: Steve Mollenkopf

Qualcomm (QCOM) said today that Steve Mollenkopf, its president and chief operating officer, will become CEO on March 4. Current CEO Paul Jacobs, son...

Reality Check: Will Apple’s iPad Air impede 802.11ac adoption?

With projections of a 35% compound annual growth rate in tablet PCs through 2016 and consumer demand for bandwidth at an all-time high, one...

Outgoing Deutsche Telekom CEO speaks out on privacy, European mergers

René Obermann may be in his last days as the CEO of Deutsche Telekom, but he is not leaving quietly. The 49-year-old exec has...

Telecom Software: AT&T’s Dual Billing; Amdocs’ SmartNet

Welcome to our weekly wrap-up of everything in the world of telecom software. With winter in the air and the year winding down, it...

LatAm Wrap-Up: Vivo targets postpaid and data, claims it follows antitrust rules; Nextel cuts jobs

Despite a recent negative antitrust ruling, Vivo, the Brazilian unit of Spanish Telefónica, views 2013 as a good year. The carrier focused on increasing...

Test & Measurement: Spirent chosen by SGS to expand VoLTE/IMS and LTE testing

Spirent Communications' 8100 Mobile Device Test System has been chosen by test lab SGS to expand its Voice over LTE/IMS and TDD-LTE testing. “We view...
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