May 2015

Combines wireless and fiber-based backhaul WASHINGTON – Cambridge Broadband Networks Limited, headquartered in the U.K., has successfully established its VectaStar licensed point-to-multipoint across 42 countries for backhaul and enterprise access …

Operator plans LTE-A deployment, $600M investment in Philippines Philippine operator Globe Telecom expects to more than double its current base of 4G LTE subscribers by the end of the year, Joel …

Deutsche Telekom, Europe’s largest carrier by revenue, saw increasing profits in the first quarter of 2015, exceeding expectations. Revenue rose 13.1% to $18.84 billion, and adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation …

Licensed spectrum is worth $500 billion, according to CTIA WASHINGTON – In a new report, the lobbying group Cellular Telephone Industries Association found that licensed broadband spectrum is a foundational …

Assessment of LAA-LTE market prospects, role of LAA-LTE in mobile networks, coexistence/competition with Wi-Fi, impact on small cells, traffic management across licensed/unlicensed channels (data and control plane; coordination of macro- …

Wi-Fi access points are multiplying like bunnies as enterprises rely on them to keep employees and customers connected, carriers count on them to offload traffic, and consumers look for them …

Chip news from Altair, Broadcom and MediaTek AT&T gives LTE-only a boost Israel’s Altair Semiconductor said today that its FourGee-3800/6300 chipset has completed AT&T’s ADAPT chipset validation. Altair makes LTE-only …

Sprint is owned by Japanese SoftBank, which has global ambitions The CEO of Sprint on Monday traveled to Japan to meet with higher-ups from parent company SoftBank Corp., which is …

Carriers need access to more fiber to comply with FCC’s net neutrality decision Following in chief competitor Verizon Communications’ footsteps, AT&T on May 10 announced an interconnection agreement that will …

WASHINGTON – The Federal Communications Commission’s decision to kill petitions against its open Internet order was met with praise from supporters and silence from groups that challenged the reclassification of …

Analyst reactions are mixed Verizon Communications is diving deeper into digital content with an agreement to buy AOL for $50/share, or approximately $4.4 billion. The nation’s leading wireless carrier said …

The ability to support tuning of radio frequency elements represents the potential for “revolutionary new approaches to mobile system design and operation,” according to new work by the International Wireless …

Operator aims to achieve data transmission speeds of 750 Mbps South Korean mobile operator LG Uplus has carried out the first demonstration of LTE in unlicensed spectrum in the country. …

HP NFV System provides a pre-integrated solution for carrier-grade NFV production deployments As communications service providers (CSPs) look to move network functions virtualization (NFV) from proof-of-concept to deployment, HP is …

  A conversation with Puneet Sethi, Director of Product Management, Qualcomm Atheros Inc. Download a transcript of the complete interview and the complete report. Qualcomm Technologies was one of the initial …

Technology innovation has been a significant disruptor of established markets for quite some time – and the telecom industry is no exception. In fact, there is arguably more disruption going …

Licensed spectrum is a $500B resource WASHINGTON – A senior telecommunications lobbyist, talking about the need for public policy opening up more broadband spectrum, boiled the situation down: “We have to …

Partners with mobile operator Safaricom to enhance 3G services Networking equipment and services provider Ericsson has signed a multiyear deal with Safaricom, the largest mobile operator in Kenya, to expand …

Freestanding cell towers now need to withstand an earthquake and keep working Los Angeles city leaders last week took steps to ensure that area cell towers are prepared to not …

AT&T strikes out in Washington, signs interconnect agreement with Level 3 The Federal Communications Commission said it won’t reconsider the part of its net neutrality policy that classifies the Internet …

Court ruled against NSA’s data collection program; case singles out Verizon Last week a federal appeals court decided that collection of mobile phone data by the National Security Agency is …

A conversation with Mike Schabel, VP of Small Cells, Alcatel-Lucent Download a transcript of the complete interview and the complete report. Densification of the network infrastructure with small cells and …

Incentive spectrum auction is seen as key by smaller carriers WASHINGTON – The Federal Communications Commission is circulating a proposed draft order for the 2016 spectrum auction, a source familiar …

At the risk of revealing my true age, I can remember how cool I thought it would be to have a camera on the first mobile phone I purchased 10-plus …

Forget the device, it’s about the experience In the highly competitive wireless provider market, customer loyalty remains a significant challenge. Carriers continue to seek new ways to increase customer satisfaction …