Monthly Archives: November, 2014

Global Telecom: Denmark takes top spot in ICT Development Index

Denmark ranks first in global ICT Development Index The United Nations' International Telecommunication Union released its annual report on Monday. The ICT Development Index ranks 166...

BASTA standard being pushed for use

The Next-Generation Mobile Networks Alliance has created a standard approach to reporting the specifications for base station antennas, and now companies that supported the...

Auction 97 tops $34.6B in bids, activity remains hot across top markets

Total potential winning bids for the ongoing Auction 97 proceedings have now nearly matched the combined proceeds gleaned from the three previous significant spectrum...

Global Joe: Tech Mahindra, Dycom, American Tower

A $1.2 billion deal is expanding American Tower’s reach in Brazil while, in India, telco giant Tech Mahindra is expanding its global reach with...

Ericsson partners with IBM to create tiny antennas

5G standards are still undefined, but the companies involved in 5G research and standardization are already creating tools for next-generation networks. Today Ericsson said...

BT targets O2 in bid to re-enter UK market

U.K.-based BT is looking to re-enter the country’s mobile space in a deal that could include an acquisition of a current mobile operator. BT, which...

EMEA: Should customer relationship management go social?

Social media is a large part of how today’s society communicates with each other on a personal level, so why shouldn’t it play a...

Reader Forum: Using big data Hadoop to reduce customer churn

Editor’s Note: In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this Reader Forum for those with something meaningful to...

Reader Forum: Is BYOD the future or the past?

Editor’s Note: In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this Reader Forum for those with something meaningful to...

Tech Mahindra acquires Lightbridge Communications (LCC)

Multifaceted IT service provider Tech Mahindra, headquartered in India, on Nov. 20 announced its acquisition of U.S.-based Lightbridge Communications for $240 million. Pending necessary regulatory...

American Tower to buy 6,400 towers from TIM (RCR Mobile Minute)

American Tower is expanding its tower portfolio in Brazil with the purchase of more than 6,400 towers from Telecom Italia's TIM Cellular for roughly...

LTE NA 2014: JDSU on hetnets, VoLTE

Paul Gowans, mobile strategy director for JDSU, talked with RCR Wireless' Kelly Hill about key takeaways from his session as part of the hetnet...

Aereo files for bankruptcy (RCR Mobile Minute)

The startup that delivered live TV to mobile devices has filed for bankruptcy after a lengthy court battle that ended in the U.S. Supreme...

Global Telecom: Telefónica telco cloud expanded with Equinix

Telefónica telco cloud expands with Equinix Cloud Exchange Telefónica telco cloud has expanded through a partnership with Equinix to connect multiple cloud service providers through the Equinix Cloud Exchange. The...

Software: Multiscreen NFV key to TV providers

Software is becoming an increasingly important part of telecommunication networks and deployments as both wired and wireless carriers look to add functionality to operations...

Test and Measurement: Anritsu, Keysight demo three-component-carrier aggregation

As carrier aggregation begins to be deployed with two component carriers, Anritsu and Keysight Technologies both announced advances this week in the testing of...

$31B and counting: Auction 97 continues record-setting run

Auction 97 action blew past the $30 billion mark Friday morning as bidders continued to throw billions of dollars at the 1,614 spectrum licenses...

Infrastructure news from Crown Castle, Vertical Bridge and Dycom

The tower industry continues to offer excellent returns to companies that own and operate cell towers, but the tower construction business may be under...

Worst of the Week: Auction 97 has me on edge

Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so...

AT&T fined $23.8M for illegal disposal of hazardous waste

AT&T has agreed to pay a $23.8 million fine in California connected to unlawfully disposing of hazardous waste over a nine-year period. The settlement...

EMEA: Alcatel-Lucent – the next big thing is the network

I spent yesterday at Alcatel-Lucent/Bell Labs' annual FutureX Days. This event showcases the topics the research teams are working on to a mix of...

EMEA: Slush 2014 recap

Slush 2014 took place this week in Helsinki, Finland. Started in 2008 with only around 150 attendees, this year’s attendee count clocked in at...

Cell Tower News: FirstNet receives funding from spectrum auction

FirstNet receives $7 billion funding FirstNet, you're one of the first good things to come out of government funds in a while. To understand what...

Windstream to cut 350 jobs by Dec. 1

Job cuts expected to cost $7.5M, save $20M per year Cloud computing and mobile broadband provider Windstream announced plans to cut 350 jobs over the...

Global Telecom: China Mobile completes pre-5G testing

• China Mobile has completed field testing for pre-5G base stations. Partnered with ZTE to test pre-5G 3D/massive multiple-input, multiple-output technology, the company reports...
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