March 2015

Charge comes as 5 execs top $10M in 2014 compensation AT&T said it plans to take a $130 million charge during the first quarter tied to nearly 3,000 employees electing …

Thinfilm prints embedded NFC electronics BARCELONA, Spain – Do you like delicious whiskey? Do you like knowing that your delicious whiskey is fresh? Well, Thinfilm and Johnnie Walker have partnered …

Now that the blitz of news from Mobile World Congress has subsided, let’s take a look at some of the top network testing trends that emerged as particular areas of …

NFV, SDN drive rapid innovation BARCELONA, Spain – The notion of network function virtualization has to some extent confounded mobile network operators dependent on complex – and expensive – legacy …

AT&T, T-Mobile US argue auction activity backs their respective claims Auction 97 repercussions continue to reverberate across the mobile telecom space as AT&T and T-Mobile US traded barbs in dueling …

Exclusive contract includes LTE deployment, updates to 2G, 3G Nokia Networks said it will head up an update of regional wireless operator IWireless’ network, including work on the carrier’s legacy …

In the rapidly evolving telecommunications space, spectrum is a valuable—and limited—resource. As spectrum sharing becomes increasingly necessary and actionable, experts from the public sector, academia and the industry will convene …

If you’re interested in making a good living, you may want to consider a career in technology. More specifically, think about becoming a software engineer. According to the 25 Best …

Amdocs today announced that Mtel, the largest network operator in Bulgaria, has deployed the Amdocs master enterprise catalog. The outcome of this deployment is a reduction in internal IT complexity …

This has been a week filled with news – Mobile World Congress, analyst conferences and the normal course of business – and regulatory conjecture. I have decided to stop trying to …

How to optimize UX development and increase return on mobile app investment In an increasingly interconnected world, it’s not difficult to see why the user experience – all facets of …

Apple is clearly hoping to redefine the luxury watch category in much the same way that the iPhone redefined the smartphone market. Today the company provided more details on its …

BARCELONA, Spain – Alcatel-Lucent continues to focus on being a leading provider of high-speed mobile broadband services using small cell technologies across Latin America. In a meeting with journalists at this …

MediaTek revealed plans for a $300 million venture fund for investing in startups. The Taiwanese chipset maker simultaneously launched a new investment arm known as MediaTek Ventures as a vehicle …

Walden comments on net neutrality, Title II and FCC WASHINGTON – House Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-Ore.) recently delivered an address to the American Enterprise Institute, a …

Net neutrality postures follow party lines WAHINGTON – In releasing its long-awaited rules regarding net neutrality, some at the Federal Communications Commission were unhappy with the decision. One of those …

Connectem’s V-EPC platform expected to bolster Brocade’s NFV, SDN services Virtualized telecom platform provider Brocade is set to bolster its offerings through a pending acquisition of privately held LTE virtual …

Kumu Networks in business with Telefonica, SK Telecom on path to 5G BARCELONA, Spain – Kumu Networks, a Bay Area-based company that started as a doctoral project by Stanford University …

Deutsche Telekom saw its revenue climb and losses narrow in the fourth quarter, thanks mainly to customer growth at its T-Mobile US business and mobile service revenue growth in Germany. The …

Shares of Vodafone dropped 2.7% last week after analysts warned the company may make a bid for Liberty Global. With the telecom industry consolidating, Vodafone “needs to own more fixed …

As today’s sports and music fans post data-hungry tweets, selfies and text messages from live events, stadium and large venue facility managers are struggling to manage wireless data capacity to …

BARCELONA, Spain – RCR Wireless News had the opportunity to sit down with Mikko Jarva, CTO intelligent data for Comptel at Mobile World Congress to discuss the topic of intelligent fast …

Move will leave Verizon as only telecom operator among 30 companies in the Dow Jones Industrial Average In a historic move, AT&T is set to be bumped from the Dow …

Five of 10 qualified bidders picked up spectrum licenses; 2.5 GHz auction next Canada’s AWS-3 spectrum auction came to a quick end after one day of bidding saw 39 of …

With Mobile World Congress serving as a window into the industry’s areas of interest in 2015 and beyond, a slew of MWC test news serves to illustrate where test and measurement …