Monthly Archives: May, 2014

Telcos must rethink service models in wake of SDN and NFV

SDN and NFV will drive telecoms to change the way they manage their networks.

What will the future hold for OpenStack in the telecom sector?

It is important to examine the factors that are making OpenStack the "next big thing" for telcos, as well as what the future will hold for the platform and its supporters.

Policy: FCC scores court victory in Connect America move

The Federal Communications Commission gained a court victory in support of its Universal Service Fund reform efforts, with a federal appeals court upholding the...

Mobile ads could get a boost from Twitter/Omnicom deal

Ad agency Omnicom reportedly it has a $230 million deal to integrate its Accuen ad buying unit with Twitter's MoPub mobile ad exchange. The...

Chip News: LTE broadcast and IoT security

LTE broadcast The race to supply chipsets for Verizon's LTE Multicast demo at last weekend's Indy 500 was won by Qualcomm and Sequans. Qualcomm made...

Decommissioning efforts place M2M, enterprise markets up for grabs

The wireless industry is quickly heading towards relying on LTE-based next-generation networks that offer superior performance and efficiency compared to legacy 2G and 3G...

Reader Forum: How telecom signaling can save cell networks

The well-documented onslaught of mobile data traffic is driving the viability of Wi-Fi networks as a way to improve mobile network capacity and improve coverage for mobile carriers.

Aruba has another record quarter

Aruba Networks reported record revenue of $188.8 million for the most recent quarter, up 28% from the $147.1 million that it recorded during the...

Spotlight: Tackling policy control, cloud and virtualization with ItsOn

The wireless telecommunications space continues to evolve, led by rapidly changing technology that seems to both thrive on and feed mobility. A lot of...

BlackBerry moves beyond mobile devices (RCR Mobile Minute)

Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. BlackBerry is imagining a world where contact lenses measure blood sugar levels for diabetics, and cows...

Video: Globys' CEO on big data analytics for telecom

As voice and text revenues fall and data revenues grow more slowly than service providers would like, big data analytics offer the potential for...

Ruckus reportedly catches Google's eye

Ruckus Wireless (RKUS) may be a beneficiary of Google's reported plan to subsidize Wi-Fi for small and medium businesses. Google is reportedly trialling the...

LGS Innovations makes its own way after Alcatel-Lucent split

Former Alcatel-Lucent subsidiary LGS Innovations is in its early days of new ownership, and CEO Kevin Kelly is ready to expand the company's reach. LGS,...

Wireless infrastructure: tower training program focuses on veterans

As the nation's jobless rate shows tentative signs of improvement, the unemployment rate for veterans continues to exceed the national average. Meanwhile, wireless infrastructure...

Worst of the Week: VoLTE party!

The wireless industry is nothing if not good at running a copy machine. Few companies in the space ever have much of a “unique” advantage for long, despite all the claims of “world’s only” and “industry leading.”

Test & Measurement: Azimuth supports VoLTE analytics

 Editor's Note: The ability to test network and device features and functions is an important piece of technology development and deployment. RCR Wireless News looks...

China Mobile set to slash LTE pricing, increase network spend

Increased competition appears to be hitting the Chinese mobile market, with reports that the country’s largest operators – and some of the largest in...

HP to cut at least 11,000 more jobs

HP will cut more jobs as it works to turn its hardware businesses around and grow its software business. 11,000 to 16,000 more jobs...

Cell Tower News: 2014 PCIA Wireless Infrastructure Show recap

Welcome to this week’s edition of cell tower industry news, created by Jarad Matula and brought to you by Towercrews.net. Just as we expected, this week's...

T-Mobile US jumps on VoLTE train, launches service in Seattle

T-Mobile US got in on the recent voice over LTE fun, announcing today that it has launched the data-based voice service in the Seattle...

Feature report: Tower & Antenna technology review

New network technologies and standards-based features driving changes at macro cell sites, and networks are moving toward HetNets with the advent of small cells...

Analytics & Big Data: Good expands to Japan with NTTDoCoMo deal

--Good Technology has closed a deal with NTT DoCoMo for secure mobility for businesses. The Japanese carrier now has Good for Enterprise, the Good...

Sprint, Ntelos expand network deal

Sprint and regional wireless operator Ntelos took care of a long-standing disagreement, announcing today an extension of their strategic network alliance through 2022. The...

Verizon Wireless accelerates LTE Multicast trials during Indy 500

Verizon Wireless continued testing its LTE Multicast technology, announcing it has been offering the service this month at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway ahead of...

Video optimization: Cache is king for fixed networks, but what about mobile?

AT&T says consumer demand for mobile video is the primary reason it wants to buy DirecTV, and all wireless operators are busy trying to...
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