Monthly Archives: March, 2014

Ericsson CTO on carrier opportunities, NFV and developments in the lab

Ericsson CTO Ulf Ewaldsson joined Limor Schafman of RCR-TV at Mobile World Congress 2014 to discuss emerging opportunities for wireless network operators. He said...

Huawei expands SDN portfolio with prototype transport platform

Huawei continued its push into the software-defined networking space, showing off what it terms a prototype SDN virtual transport platform with a built-in “APP”...

What’s the future for dual boot devices?

Carriers and their customers who look forward to devices that can run both Android and Windows may be disappointed. Google and Microsoft reportedly agree...

Vodafone to acquire Spanish broadband provider Ono for $10B

Fresh off dumping its U.S. wireless interests for a cool $130 billion, Vodafone continued to expand its European play announcing plans to acquire Spain’s...

Reader Forum: Backhauling the enterprise opportunity

Research from Ovum tells us that in 2013, mobile operators forfeit $32.5 billion dollars in messaging revenues to free applications like WhatsApp and Viber. There is an old Stoic proverb describing

Samsung, STMicroelectronics, Whotspot release new devices

Samsung, STMicroelectronics and Whotspot announced the release of new devices this week.

Test & Measurement: Agilent launches new equipment series; test companies highlight optical solutions

--Agilent Technologies says it has launched the world's highest-performance oscilloscopes in its Infiniium Z-Series, with 10 models (one model pictures at right) ranging from...

Sprint revamps branded no-contract offer

In a move to bolster its presence in the white-hot prepaid space, Sprint today revamped its branded no-contract service with flat-rate plans that could...

AT&T closes on Leap acquisition, with conditions

AT&T said it has closed on its acquisition of Leap Wireless, bolstering the carrier’s already ample stable of no-contract offerings. The deal closed just...

Worst of the Week: Son’s roast of the US broadband market

If compliments are the sincerest form of flattery, and if in turn flattery is way to get something you want, then Softbank Chairman Masayoshi Son may need some help in trying to convince regulators

Redknee joins ETIS to increase software solution availability: Software Review

Redknee Solutions joined ETIS to boost its service footprint in this week's telecom software wrap-up. 

Gogo revenues grow – and losses, too

Gogo, which provides in-flight Wi-Fi, said its revenue was up 46% year-over-year to $92.6 million in the fourth quarter, although the company still posted...

Spectrum Economics – Fueling Innovation and Growth Across the Wireless Industry

Wireless industry analysts and carrier regulatory personnel noted the growing need for new spectrum to feed consumer appetite for data-hungry services in the RCR...

Cell Tower News: Help a fallen climber; town loses $1.5M over tower

Welcome to this week’s edition of cell tower industry news, brought to you by Towercrews.net. Help a fallen climber We lead this week's cell tower news with...

Alcatel-Lucent announces more LTE, VoLTE support

Alcatel-Lucent announced its role in two new LTE deployments this week as well as supporting VoLTE and optical networking upgrades. In Taiwan, the vendor is...

Chetan report: T-Mobile shakes up telecom industry

T-Mobile's disruptive pricing plans highlighted a recent U.S. mobile market study.

EE dominates RootMetrics UK test; Vodafone cries foul

RootMetrics took its road show to the United Kingdom during the second half of last year, returning with network quality data claiming a solid...

Video: Global Wireless Solutions’ new network diagnostic app

Virginia-based Global Wireless Solutions specializes in benchmarking for wireless operators and equipment manufacturers, and this week the company launched an Android application to provide basic...

Carrier Wrap: Carrier execs take the stage at investor conference; AT&T prices Audi LTE service

Executives from the nation’s largest carriers took to the stage this week at the Deutsche Bank Annual Media, Internet & Telecom Conference, each highlighting trends they are seeing across their operations.

LatAm Wrap-Up: América Móvil declared dominant player in Mexico; 18 countries have LTE

The Mexican Federal Telecommunications Institute (Ifetel) has declared that América Móvil units Telmex and Telcel are prevailing economic operators in the telecommunications sector. Ifetel...

AT&T dives deeper into SDN tech

AT&T reaffirmed its dedication to SDN in a recent keynote address.

Qualcomm, CW Solutions, Samsung, SoftBank, TNCI announce new staff appointments

Qualcomm, CW Solutions, Samsung, SoftBank and TNCI welcomed new employees this week. 

Video: Spirent on GNSS spoofing

Spirent Communications recently worked with Qascom, which specializes in Global Nativation Satellite System (GNSS) signal security and authentication, to develop a solution that can...

Editorial Webinar: Spectrum Economics – The Emerging New Paradigm of Spectrum Use

Spectrum is the lifeblood of the wireless telecommunications space, and with a finite resource straining to serve an increasingly data-hungry consumer base, the pressure...

Son claims Sprint can turn around US inferior broadband service

Following a week of build up, Sprint and Softbank Chairman Masayoshi Son took to the stage in front of the Washington D.C. Chamber of...
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