“Messaging services are killing SMS” – Beta News
“There are more WhatsApps than texts sent each day. A lot more” – TechRadar
“Texting is in decline”...
Secrets are pervasive in the high-tech industry.
For many years, members of the industry have been wary about sharing their intellectual property with others. They...
Analyst thinks Shentel lacks funds, does not need Ntelos deal
Recent reports about a potential Shenandoah Telecommunications acquisition of fellow regional telecom operator Ntelos may...
AT&T SDN plans include academia, research challenge
AT&T’s software-defined networking plans continue to gain momentum, with company CEO Randall Stephenson recently reiterating that SDN is...
AT&T, Comcast and Google compete on metro-fiber Internet connectivity
Today AT&T began offering its GigaPower high-speed home and business Internet service package, continuing its competition...
Consumers stream content, whenever, wherever and on whatever device they choose
Dish Network has acquired quite a bit of wireless spectrum. What will CEO Charlie...
LTE Direct being trialed by Qualcomm; allows smartphones to directly communicate
An emerging technology being trialed by Qualcomm and carrier partners could ultimately undercut the...
An Indian parliamentary panel is asking the country's Environment Ministry to comprehensively look into the effects of cell tower radiation on humans and animals,...
Operator will continue 4G rollout through a combination of LTE-TDD and LTE-FDD
Indian mobile telephony operator Bharti Airtel has launched 4G LTE-FDD trials for its...
Report: Record-setting sales represents an 8% year-over-year increase
Market analytics firm GfK reports record-setting smartphone sales in the first quarter of 2015; consumers spent some...
Telensa, a Plextek company, focuses on "Internet of Things" connected via ultra narrowband technology. Eighteen years ago, this technology was developed to track stolen vehicles and...
Could a nationwide stock of connected umbrellas (see here for a $43 prototype) replace the National Weather Service? Is a weather forecast by crowdsourcing...
When it comes to today’s marketplaces, there’s no doubt we’re operating in a buyers’ market. Consumers can buy anything almost instantly, from computer software...
AT&T remains confident of midyear close
Despite countless delays, AT&T’s pending $48.5 billion acquisition of DirecTV looks to remain on track as the companies filed...
Sprint changes exclusive to Wal-Mart distribution
Sprint over the weekend updated pricing for its Virgin Mobile USA brand, cutting prices and adding data exclusively for...
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Spectrum sharing hot topic at ISART
Test and measurement was a major focus of the International Symposium on Advanced Radio Technologies this week, with federal...
Shares of Alcatel-Lucent have continued to decline in response to recent weakness in shares of proposed merger partner Nokia.
But overall, analysts remain bullish on...
T-Mobile US has never been shy about calling out its competitors. In the latest attempt to gain ground on its bigger rival, T-Mobile US spent $200,000...
