Monthly Archives: August, 2015

FCC opens 600 MHz white spaces for unlicensed use

FCC move could bolster Wi-Fi services The 600 MHz spectrum band is set to garner some unlicensed neighbors as the Federal Communications Commission adopted rules...

FCC releases 600 MHz auction rules, stomps T-Mobile increased reserve request

FCC sets aside 30 megahertz for auction set to begin March 29, 2016 The Federal Communications Commission released its highly anticipated bidding rules for the...

NWSA tower climber assessment and certification – Inside Telecom Careers Episode 7

Communications Workers of America continue working without new Verizon agreement; National Wireless Safety Association announces board of governors and roadmap for tower climber assessment...

NIWeek: NI partnerships with Samsung, Nokia bearing 5G fruit

AUSTIN, Texas – Steady gains are being made on the road to 5G, with partnerships between major players key to the development process. At this...

Windstream gets $175M for rural broadband

Expansion to 400,000 unserved locations funded by federal Connect America project Communications service provider Windstream this week announced receipt of $175 million from the Connect...

Dish Network surveying spectrum options; T-Mobile US plans hang in balance

FCC plan to revoke $3B bidding credit has Dish Network looking at options Dish Network is leaving all options on the table in regard to...

Is the IoT dependent on 5G?

IoT, 5G, spectrum and Wi-Fi all covered by expert panel during NIWeek 2015 AUSTIN, Texas – Will 5G supplant Wi-Fi? Is full realization of the...

French regulator OKs refarming the 1800 MHz band for LTE

Orange and SFR encouraged to cede part of the spectrum to rival operator Free Mobile France’s telecom regulator Arcep authorized mobile operators Orange and SFR...

SDN potential lures robust carrier interest

A new survey from IHS found 82% of carriers have SDN already deployed or planned this year A vast majority of the world’s largest mobile operators...

EMEA: Startup innovation drives tech giants in IoT

The "Internet of Things" is such a broad-reaching topic; it’s really what you make of it – cars, things, people, sensors, animals, tractors, highways, etc. With so...

Details of Sprint Open World plan leaked

Includes unlimited talk and text, plus 1 GB of free data, in Canada, Mexico and a dozen Latin American countries An official reveal of the...

Google Fiber announces expansion plans

San Antonio is next city slated for fiber-to-the-home deployment Google Fiber this week announced plans to expand its 1-gigabit-per-second home Internet service into San Antonio...

LatAm: Vivo president calls WhatsApp a pirate; TIM to grow 4G

During Brazil's recent ABTA show, Vivo President Amos Genish said WhatsApp is a clandestine service as it is not regulated in Brazil and not...

#TBT: Sprint to raise $2B; OS battles … this week in 2001

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire...

Sprint battle against Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile continues

Sprint may be the market’s No. 4 carrier, but looks to regain competitive position with help of Softbank Sprint may no longer be the domestic...

New worm exposes Apple security risks

Thunderstrike 2 infects firmware; fix is to re-flash chip Two computer researchers have created a new firmware worm, Thunderstrike 2, which calls into question the...

Four common public Wi-Fi security concerns

Public Wi-Fi can be a great way to have your personal data compromised With mobile data use exploding, Americans are increasingly at risk of compromising...

NI looking toward new industrial revolution at NIWeek 2015

AUSTIN, Texas – In his opening keynote speech at NIWeek 2015, CEO and co-founder of National Instruments, James Truchard, said that there was a...

FCC 5G spectrum plans to focus on specific ‘millimeter wave’ bands

The FCC set to promote 5 blocks of high-band spectrum at upcoming WRC event The Federal Communications Commission is looking at both low-band and high-band...

Ooredoo acquires additional LTE spectrum in Oman

The operator paid almost $25M for spectrum in both 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz bands Mobile operator Ooredoo has acquired additional 4G LTE spectrum in...

Multicarrier network outage caused by AT&T failure

Outages in Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama potentially caused by AT&T backhaul network All four major U.S. wireless carriers – Verizon Wireless, AT&T Mobility, Sprint...

EMEA: Telekom Austria Group rides the OTT wave

Over-the-top content is a fact of life for network operators and the friend or foe conversation continues. Telekom Austria Group has announced a new offer...

Atlanta and Chicago tops in wireless performance; Omaha … not

Latest RootMetrics survey shows Sprint, T-Mobile US improvements seen across Tennessee Live in Atlanta; Chicago; Knoxville, Tenn.; Nashville, Tenn.; or Jacksonville, Fla.? Then count yourself...

Is network security the biggest challenge to IoT?

IoT is a hot topic at National Instruments' ongoing NI Week AUSTIN, Texas – National Instruments kicked off its annual NI Week on Aug. 3,...

Major network outages move from coasts to Southeast

Update three, 6:00 p.m. CST Aug. 4: T-Mobile US and Sprint networks are out in the same area as AT&T and Verizon Wireless networks,...
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