May 2014

Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. Motorola is making a play for feature phone users who are finally ready to upgrade to a smartphone. It’s ad …

More than 1 in 5 IT professionals expect to deploy software-defined networking this year, and about one-third are expecting deployments by 2015, according to the seventh annual State of the Network …

AT&T’s quest for growth reportedly has the telecommunications giant eyeing a potential acquisition of DirecTV in a deal that could reach $50 billion. According to a report from The Wall …

Wireless carriers are scrambling to acquire and free up new spectrum resources in an attempt to feed consumer desire for mobile data services. This quest for spectrum along with the …

Many of the wireless technologies that are integral to the way we use our phones are based on patents developed by InterDigital Communications. The company’s patent portfolio covers packet data, …

Net neutrality and spectrum auctions continue to dominate telecom-related policy news as the Federal Communications Commission this week has both subjects on the docket. The FCC’s planned May 15 open …

There are few larger convergence points between broadcasters, wireless service providers, public safety providers and Internet businesses than the Federal Communications Commission.

What is 5G? That seems to be the big industry question discussed in recent months. For those of us in mobile broadband, we may not know exactly what it will be,

First there was the Industrial Revolution, where machines improved productivity and boosted output. Next came the Digital Revolution with computers and the Internet,

Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. Pinterest joins the list of social media sites that will use advertising to try to make money from its millions …

IBM completed its acquisition of cloud software platform company Silverpop, which has a cloud-based platform for personalizing customer engagement. The move extends IBM’s software-as-a-service offerings for marketing automation for both …

Neither LightSquared nor Charlie Ergen received what they wanted from the latest bankruptcy court ruling in New York. U.S. Judge Shelley Chapman did not approve LightSquared’s latest reorganization proposal, saying …

First quarter operational results for domestic wireless carriers proved eventful, as T-Mobile US blew away its larger rivals in attracting new customers, though paid for it dearly on its bottom …

The Federal Communications Commission this week is expected to alter its stance on net neutrality, with FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler bowing to pressure in preventing Internet service providers from hobbling …

DAS contracts increase in size, outpacing market growth Typical distributed antenna system contracts for hardware only (hubs, nodes, remote radio heads, antennas, etc.) now range from $5 million to $10 …