May 2015

Both carriers cover 280M with LTE; Verizon, AT&T report coverage for more than 300 M Speaking this week at a media and communications conference, T-Mobile US CTO Neville Ray said the “uncarrier” …

Apps and websites ping mobile phone antennas up to 50 times per minute, according to an Israeli startup that makes ad-blocking software. Shine is the name of the company that …

Lincoln Labs betting that political clout is a function of tech savvy WASHINGTON – Lincoln Labs, a self-proclaimed conservative technology group created in 2013, operates with the stated goal of: …

Mobile advertising spending could catch up to TV ad spends in 5 years WASHINGTON – Amazon has unveiled a new advertising platform for mobile app developers in an effort by the …

Carriers must reinvent to keep competitive edge We all focus on the details about growing our business, stomping on our competition and winning going forward. However, we don’t often stop, pull …

Building on yesterday’s highlights from TU Auto’s event in Berlin this week, there are even more highlights and observations to share. There was a battle of local startups participating at …

Cell towers that stalk? Anyone who reads this weekly segment with regularity knows how contentious an issue tower placement is. This week Verizon is back at it again causing a family in …

NoaNet works to restore service to residents and public agencies A network outage in Washington state earlier this week derailed student standardized testing, crippled municipal election and filing systems, and …

New CEO named, will take over top spot on July 26 Networking giant Cisco on May 13 reported $12.1 billion in third-quarter earnings, which represents a year-over-year increase of 5%. …

Crown Castle said today that it has agreed to sell its 1,800 Australian towers to a consortium of investors led by Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets. The sale price is …

Use it or lose it approach to spectrum licenses to discourage speculation WASHINGTON – Canada concluded its spectrum auction of 20-megahertz and 25-megahertz blocks in the 2500 MHz band with …

Carrier wants feds to limit spectrum auction bidding credit for designated entities WASHINGTON – Carrier AT&T has asked the Federal Communications Commission to impose strict guidelines on the 2016 spectrum …

Hulu has exclusive rights to “Seinfeld”: What’s the deal with carriers aggressively moving into media and content delivery? In the continued convergence of telecom and media, carrier AT&T announced a deal …

Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure may be getting a lesson in small cells. Claure said goodbye to his wife and newborn baby after Mother’s Day to head for Japan, where he …

The Brazilian IT industry invested $60 billion in 2104, according to an IDC survey commissioned by the Brazilian software company association ABES. Brazil is the seventh-largest IT market in the world …

From the classroom to the football stadium, JMA Wireless has your college covered College campuses and universities present a unique set of challenges for network operators with capacity and coverage …

Brazilian carriers Oi and NII Holdings posted losses for the first quarter of 2015. During a conference call about the results, Oi President Bayard Gontijo asked analysts and investors to trust the carrier’s reorganization …

This week Berlin played host to TU Auto’s latest event to discuss key topics in the connected car space – big data, autonomous driving, car security and electric vehicles. The speakers …

The most prominent Kevin Martins on Facebook right now are a musician, a basketball player and a cake designer, but that’s likely to change soon. Former Federal Communications Commission Chairman …

Private wireless infrastructure firm charges COO with small cell, DAS [Updated 5/19/2015 with video interview] Privately held wireless infrastructure firm InSite Wireless Group on May 12 announced its acquisition for …

Australian operator is first to deploy new Ericsson platform Continuing its push into content delivery network services, Ericsson this week announced a deal with Telstra, the largest telecom and media …

Blog: “Not once was the self-driving car the cause of the accident” After six years and 1.7 million miles covered, Google’s director of the self-driving car program has learned a …

Nokia followed up its 150th anniversary with news that it will cut more jobs, according to Reuters, which reported that Nokia Technologies is expected to trim its workforce by 10%, …

 Greetings from Chicago (INTX show), Philadelphia and Albany (the back of the NY State Capitol shown).  This has been a busy earnings week, with Comcast, Cablevision, CenturyLink, Frontier, Windstream and …