Monthly Archives: April, 2015

Reality Check: Top 10 events of Q1 (Pt. 2)

Top 10 events of the first quarter: recap of Pt. 1 We started the first quarter review before the Easter/Passover holidays with five events. 1. Sling...

Watch Apple wow Wall Street again

Will the Apple Watch wow Wall Street? Analysts are not in agreement, with some expecting the watch to give the stock an iPhone-like boost...

Residents oppose Crown Castle DAS deployment

Massapequa Park may be unable to combat DAS install The mayor of Massapequa Park, N.J., said that despite opposition from residents and municipal staff, there...

Trump calls T-Mobile terrible, CEO fires back

T-Mobile US CEO John Legere is not one to back down from a feud. Neither is Donald Trump. The two businessmen are currently wrapped...

Qualcomm reportedly urged to reorganize

Activist investor Jana Partners is reportedly urging Qualcomm to consider separating its chip business from its patent-licensing business. The California company holds a number...

Verizon invests $100M in Detroit recovery

Small cell, DAS and other network improvements from Verizon Following its historic municipal bankruptcy, the city of Detroit has undertaken large-scale economic development projects; for...

Mobile spending projected at $77B annually by 2024

Barclays projects mobile shopping to increase dramatically Analysts with Barclays said that consumer spending on smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices will exceed an astonishing $77...

Sprint combats churn with Direct 2 You service

Sprint plans for 5,000 vehicles targeting home delivery service Sprint is looking to bring its wireless experience closer to customers, launching a program that it...

Cause of North Carolina 911 outage revealed

Cause of North Carolina 911 outage traced to IP address issue The cause of a North Carolina 911 outage has been revealed. Iredell County in...

Sprint fined $15.5M for overcharging on wiretaps

Sprint fined for law enforcement requests between 2007 and 2010 Sprint has been docked $15.5 million by the federal government for overcharging law enforcement agencies...

Intel to invest $24M in Chinese accelerator

Intel also spends $16M on IoT and $13M on angel fund WASHINGTON – At the Intel Developer Forum last week, the company announced plans to...

The connected car ‘as-a-service’

In the next five years we will see many new developments in services for the connected car. But what about the connected car as-a-service? While...

Reader Forum: Are you dropping the call with your mobile consumers?

We are in the midst of the mobile age, a time in which consumers are continually connected through a series of mobile phones, tablets, smart watches...

Reader Forum: Direct carrier billing – new wine in a new bottle?

For communication service providers searching for new revenue streams, direct carrier billing opens the door of opportunity as it enables them to directly participate...

Sprint looks to quash roaming rants

Sprint expanded its recently introduced international roaming plan, providing access in additional markets and to higher speed data bundles. The move should put a...

Twitch.tv Angry Dad Gamer: ATX live broadcast : Sponsored by TelecomCareers

Special Guest: C.K. Sample III, EVP of Technology for Chaotic Moon Studios UPDATE: C.K. Sample III, EVP of Technology for Chaotic Moon Studios, will be joining Victor at...

Test and Measurement: METIS group finalizes work on proposed 5G channel models

Test company Anite has been leading a task group with the Mobile and Wireless Communications Enablers for 2020 Information Society to put together early models for 5G...

Apple Watch sells out

What a difference one night can make. After a week of mixed reviews and an intense ad campaign, the Apple Watch finally became available...

Verizon loses tower battle in New Jersey

An attempt by Verizon Wireless to build a 150-foot cell tower in a residential neighborhood in Bernardsville, N.J., has been shot down by an...

Worst of the Week: FCC fines – what’s the price of shame?

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...

MTN eyes Visafone buy, welcomes easing of Iran sanctions

MTN Group has reportedly begun the process of acquiring Nigeria’s Visafone Communications, according to reports from Bloomberg Business citing unnamed sources familiar with the...

EMEA: TeliaSonera, Telenor merger hits roadblock

The proposed merger between TeliaSonera and Telenor in Denmark is being investigated by the European Commission amid concerns that a joint venture between the...

Generation Wireless: CCA Global Expo in retrospect

As I think back over the recent Competitive Carriers Association 2015 Global Expo in Atlanta for this Generation Wireless column, I begin to see...

Intel building world’s largest supercomputer for feds

U.S. Department of Energy selects Intel, Cray to deliver Aurora WASHINGTON – Intel announced that the U.S. Department of Energy selected the California-based chipmaker to build...

Cell Tower News: Tornado destroys legendary KOMA tower

Tornado severely damages KOMA tower It may not be a cell tower, but the legendary KOMA communications towers looms large in the minds of those in...
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