Monthly Archives: February, 2014

US telecom policy news: Privacy questions abound

Data privacy and net neutrality are featured in this week's roundup of mobile policy news.

National Instruments, Broadcom sign license agreement

National Instruments announced that it is the first vendor with a manufacturing test license agreement with Broadcom, which will allow NI to provide testing...

Report indicates FCC ‘skepticism’ over Sprint/T-Mobile US merger

Rumors of Sprint’s interest in acquiring smaller rival T-Mobile US seem to be hitting a regulatory wall as reports indicate little support for such...

AT&T Mobility drops T-Mobile US-targeted promotion

AT&T Mobility has reportedly stopped offering to pay current T-Mobile US customers up to $450 to switch their mobile service, an offering the carrier...

Ericsson networks chief sees growing carrier investment in VoLTE, SDN

Ericsson executive vice president Johan Wibergh became head of the company's networks business in 2008, just before the global recession and the emergence of...

Ericsson to host OpenDaylight Project SDN, NFV lab

Telecommunications infrastructure giant Ericsson announced plans to launch a new lab in support of the OpenDaylight Project community, which is looking to propel the...

Study: Mobile payment penetration grows, but fraud is a looming threat

A new research study has found that fraudulent transactions via mobile devices result in $2.83 of fraud costs for every dollar of actual fraud...

H-Block spectrum auction adds $100M to kick-off the week

The Federal Communications Commission’s auction of the H-Block spectrum kicked off the week at a more heated clip that resulted in an additional $100...

HetNet News: Gogo chooses DragonWave for backhaul

In-flight Wi-Fi provider Gogo Inc. has selected packet microwave supplier DragonWave Inc. to support its ongoing expansion. The two companies have been working together for...

Mobile Minute: Hackers reportedly hit Orange, other top stories

Other top stories: AT&T Mobility throws more gas on price war AT&T Mobility over the weekend unveiled new family plan pricing increasing the heat burning through...

India puts wireless spectrum licenses up for auction

India reduced the minimum price for airwave access in an attempt to sell mobile wireless service spectrum in a recent auction. This is the second time airwave access has been put up for auction in India, as the first sale in 2012 saw few takers.

Verizon Wireless demonstrates LTE Multicast service at Super Bowl

Updated with comment from Verizon Wireless Verizon Wireless used this weekend’s Super Bowl as the test bed for its LTE Multicast service that is based...

Foxconn reportedly moves into chip design

Hon Hai Precision Industry, more commonly known as Foxconn, is reportedly buying a Taiwanese chipmaker that specializes in ARM-based SoCs, the applications processors most...

AT&T Mobility throws more gas on price war

The domestic pricing wars continue to heat up as AT&T Mobility is the latest to stoke the fires of a battle rippling across nearly...

Telecom policy news roundup: NSA, FCC make headlines

Questions abound regarding NSA data collection, the FCC looks to overhaul landline networks and telecoms lobby hard in this week's policy news round up.

NSN completes live video call on VoLTE network

Nokia Solutions and Networks recently completed a series of test cases for Voice over LTE on China Mobile's TD-LTE network, including the world's first live video call over this kind of network.

Reader Forum: The rise of single page applications

A recent study found that the average person shifts his attention between his smartphone, tablet and laptop an overwhelming 21 times in a single hour. As such, the importance of a

Reader Forum: Service providers ready to reap ROI from NFV transformation

In an industry that is constantly and rapidly evolving, the bar to earn the title of “transformative moment” is high. And yet, we are at just such a moment.
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