June 2015

Exclusive interview with Hugh O’Kane Electric Company CEO, discussing NYC DAS, Wi-Fi, Fiber and Colocation If you are interested in a telecom career installing and maintaining in-building DAS, Wi-Fi, fiber …

In this episode of Coders I’m talking to a freelance developer, Doug McCaughan, about outsourcing development work. Doug has worked both as a contractor and with contractors, locally and overseas …

On this week’s NFV/SDN Reality Check we talked with George Drapeau, director of partner solutions and strategy at Red Hat on how OpenStack and open source are being used to …

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As LTE World Summit comes to a close this week, this is the last go round for this event and location. Next year it’s moving to London and shifting the …

As the 5G ecosystem starts to take shape, research partnerships continue to be announced among mobile operators, testing companies and research institutions. The latest of those is Keysight Technologies‘ news this …

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 this column is a chance for …

Overheating iPhone 6 reported in India An Indian man claims his iPhone 6 overheated and exploded just two days after he purchased it. The Times of India reports restaurant owner, Kishan …

CWA says Verizon wants to cut pay to employees while top five execs earned $44M last year Verizon Communications’ opening contract negotiation gamut of offering raises has been blasted by …

Thai provider AIS aims to reach 3,000 small cells by end of 2015 with Alcatel-Lucent deal French telecommunications infrastructure provider Alcatel-Lucent is currently working with Thailand’s largest mobile telephony operator, Advanced …

WASHINGTON – When someone actively uses the Internet, it is a consensual relationship of giving data in exchange for services, but what about the passive collection of data on location, …

WASHINGTON – “The Internet is not a human right,” said Michael O’Rielly, Federal Communications Commission commissioner, in an address to the Internet Innovation Alliance panel. O’Rielly made the remark as part of a …

Vivendi bought out Telefónica stake in Telecom Italia while dropping shares in SFR and Maroc Telecom French media giant Vivendi announced on June 25 plans to increase its stake in …

Texas death could result in lawsuit Earlier this year it was reported that Stephanie Gurney fell to her death from a cell tower in San Angelo, Texas, but at the time details …

LTE in unlicensed spectrum has been getting a lot of attention this month, most notably from the Federal Communications Commission. It is clear that some Wi-Fi equipmentmakers will not welcome …

Ericsson has given notice to most of the employees who will lose their jobs as a result of the company’s cost-reduction program. The world’s largest wireless equipmentmaker said that 2,100 …

Applications have driven a wide range of uses by consumers on Smartphones, what does the App Development Community look like for IOT and how can that drive interest and adoption? …

By 2020, networks will need to support 1000 times more capacity, driving the need for ultra-dense networks (UDN). These will be critical to support over seven billion people connecting using …

AT&T has $3B investment plan on top of $4.4B spent on acquiring Iusacell, Nextel Mexico AT&T said it plans to invest $3 billion to expand “high-speed, mobile Internet service” to …

FCC circulates draft of 600 MHz auction rules counter to T-Mobile US push Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler today said he has circulated a draft Order on Reconsideration connected …

Small cells and monopoles planned for Miami, potentially giving peek of larger Sprint network densification push Sprint is looking to up its network and retail game in the Miami area, …

Mobilicity deal includes closing of Shaw spectrum acquisition, spectrum divestitures to Wind Mobile Rogers Communications won the bidding war for beleaguered Canadian mobile operator Mobilicity in a move that government …

Verizon Wireless will soon be serving up some of Scripps Networks Interactive’s most tasty TV shows on its mobile-first platform. The two companies announced a multiyear content licensing agreement that …

Lobbying groups say, ‘feed the beast,’ as rules, reserve being set for spectrum auction WASHINGTON – As the wrangling over rules for the upcoming spectrum auction continues, most stakeholders agree …

T-Mobile US updated its JUMP device financing program and unveiled a new iPhone 6 promotion T-Mobile US’ much-hyped revamping of its “Un-carrier” moves kicked off today with the carrier announcing …