Monthly Archives: February, 2015

Cell Tower News: American Tower buys Verizon towers for $5B

Verizon tower sale confirmed Earlier this week we reported the possibility of Verizon Communications selling $15 billion worth of its portfolio to make up for all the...

Verizon to sell off noncore wireline, tower assets

Pair of deals expected to generate $15.5B for Verizon Verizon Communications continues to hone its operations, announcing a deal to sell off wireline properties in...

HetNet: Eero Wi-Fi looks to do away with dead spots

Wi-Fi router comes in three-pack and covers whole home The new Eero router seeks to create small-scale Wi-Fi mesh networks by foregoing the traditional one-router...

Sprint revenue flat, earnings hit by one-time charge

One-time charge linked to value of Sprint brand Sprint earlier this year trumpeted strong customer growth during the final three months of 2014, which included...

Digital Diplomacy in the wireless world

Italian Embassy hosts Digital Diplomacy panel discussions WASHINGTON – Since late 2012, diplomats at the Italian Embassy in Washington, D.C., have hosted a series of events called...

EMEA: Wearables in Munich

MUNICH – This week, Munich was home to the 14th annual Wearable Technologies Conference – Europe. There was a large showing of participants ranging...

Analyst Angle: Orange – The interrelation of fronthaul availability and C-RAN requirements A conversation with Philippe Chanclou, team manager Orange Labs

A conversation with Philippe Chanclou, team manager Orange Labs Download a transcript of the complete interview now and be among the first to receive the...

LatAm: Telefónica waiting for CADE approval to incorporate GVT

Antonio Carlos Valente, the president of Telefónica Vivo, said the company is waiting for a decision from the Administrative Council for Economic Defense before moving forward with integrating...

EMEA: Amdocs state of the RAN

Amdocs has released its annual State of the RAN report this week, which looks at the implications of increasing data usage growth and LTE as a solution to...

#TBT: $1B ETF lawsuit facing Verizon; iPhones on the loose … 7 years ago this week

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire...

Verizon Wireless targets cheaper data; Sprint targets Apple base

Verizon Wireless cuts data bucket rates; Sprint lumps Apple lease deals Two weeks after stating it would not chase low-value customers, Verizon Wireless is set...

Wireless set to be included in Wheeler’s net neutrality order

FCC chairman releases 'fact sheet' showing Title II plans for net neutrality The Federal Communications Commission is set to bring the Title II hammer down...

Top 10: Wi-Fi speeds in Starbucks

Rotten Wi-Fi asks users to run speed tests Free, public Wi-Fi access is often a big draw for businesses like restaurants and cafes looking to...

Net neutrality: telco lobbyist breaks down debate

As the debate regarding net neutrality heats up ahead of a Federal Communications Commission vote later this month, corporations and federal lawmakers are engaged...

Questions remain over Dish Network and its Auction 97 DE partnerships

Dish Network DE partners SNR and Northstar snag $3B discount The recently completed Auction 97 proceedings witnessed a record amount of revenue generated by the...

When will Europeans really ‘roam like home’?

"Roam like home" is the promise that some European operators make to their customers, who cross national borders more frequently than do their North...

Analyst Angle: Solid – optical fronthaul as an enabler of scalability in C-RAN and V-RAN architectures

A conversation with Ken Sandfeld, EVP, SOLiD http://youtu.be/AvuL8URGaPA Download a transcript of the complete interview now and be among the first to receive the complete report...

EMEA: Dutch telcos VimpelCom and KPN offload assets

VimpelCom selling Djezzy for $2.6B While other carriers look for mergers and acquisitions in Europe, two major Dutch telecoms are shrinking their asset portfolios. VimpelCom recently announced it...

Generation Wireless: SpaceX envisions a sky full of satellites

SpaceX satellite Internet could challenge grounded telcos Its official: SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, also co-founder of PayPal and carmaker Tesla, has joined forces with Google to...

Apple bringing $2B data center to Arizona

Apple has reached a deal with the state of Arizona to open a $2 billion global network “command center,” according to a Feb. 2...

Analyst Angle: The realities of a Google wireless play

Much has been written in the last week or so about Google's “rumored” upcoming mobile virtual network operator play, including the reasons it will...

Brocade Webinar: Network Visibility & Analytics Architectures for the New IP

As mobile networks evolve from present architectures and business models to NFV/virtualized, software-based architectures and customer-centric business models, network planners and architects have come...

Application Note: Practical eNodeB Transmitter Measurements for LTE and TD-LTE Systems Using MIMO

The use of multiple input multiple output (MIMO) severely complicates the process of measuring eNodeB power and modulation quality in LTE systems. The difficulties...

EMEA: Link & Go autonomous city car

AKKA Technologies focuses on the automotive and aerospace sectors in Germany and France, employing close to 11,000 engineers and consultants in more than 20...

Cisco Mobile VNI 2015: 10x data increase in the next five years

Global mobile networks will see a tenfold increase in data over the next five years, according to Cisco's mobile visual networking index for 2015....
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