Monthly Archives: September, 2015

New Jersey FirstNet project takes center stage in Atlantic City

The FirstNet early builder project in New Jersey, known as JerseyNet, provided coverage at a pair of recent weekend beach concerts in Atlantic City,...

Wi-Fi hack, Force Touch, and Delhi’s 4G … 5 things to know today

Researchers report Wi-Fi hack, Ericsson to build LTE in Delhi for Bharti Airtel 5 things to know today in mobile and wireless 1. Researchers say a...

AT&T protests $400M Florida contract awarded to rival

AT&T contends governor changed requirements to favor local company AT&T is calling foul on a new $400 million contract awarded by the state of Florida to...

SDN impacting carrier routing, switching market

IHS reports 19% spike in overall sales, though SDN impacting growth Despite an expected slowdown in spending due to growing interest in software-defined networking, IHS...

SK Telecom aims to deploy 5,000 base stations

The South Korean telco has so far deployed 30,000 units of 2.1 GHz base stations South Korean mobile operator SK Telecom is looking to deploy...

Google vs. EU: Search giant denies antitrust charges

Google could face up to $6B in fines if found in violation of European laws WASHINGTON – The battle between Google and the European Commission...

FCC continues push to subsidize broadband access

Regulators want to expand the Lifeline Assistance Program to include broadband Internet access WASHINGTON – The Federal Communications Commission is seeking comment on its plan to expand...

BRIUS Telecom Solutions Received WBE Certification from WBENC (sponsored content)

Angelina Beck, CEO of BRIUS Telecom Solutions, announced today that the company has achieved Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE) certification through Women’s Business Enterprise National...

EMEA: Nokia Networks announces 5G-ready service architecture

Nokia Networks today announced its programmable "5G" multiservice architecture that is said has the capability to automatically and dynamically adapt both radio access and...

Keysight acquires UK-based calibration and repair company

Keysight didn't wait long to make good on its CEO's remarks that the company has a "strong" appetite for acquisition, announcing this week that...

Sprint Chicago investment boosted to more than 1,000 jobs, LTE-A still on deck

Sprint LTE-A launch still part of investment plan now targeted at $150M Sprint’s infatuation with Chicago has increased as the carrier announced plans to expand...

3 ways the cell tower industry is changing

Last year, active tower sites in the U.S. declined for the first time ever, according to analysts at SNL Kagan, but the setback is...

RCRtv Weekly Recap: Warriors 4 Wireless, IoT and 5G

RCR Wireless News' weekly video shows touch on towers, IoT, 5G, NFV and SDN On this episode of Cell Tower News, host Joey Jackson talks...

5 big data analytics predictions for telecom

The applications of big data continue to be an ongoing transformative force across a number of industries, including telecom. RCR Wireless News rounds up...

Comcast CFO talks quad-play, wireless

After failed Time Warner Cable acquisition, is Comcast eyeing T-Mobile US? In recent comments to assembled media, Comcast CFO Mike Cavanagh spoke briefly about the...

3 ways hetnets are changing the infrastructure services industry

Hetnets are heterogeneous networks, wireless networks that combine different technologies in order to maintain the user experience indoors or in crowded urban environments. Operators...

Iliad puts T-Mobile interest in past, pressures rivals with new 50 GB LTE plan

Iliad’s Free brand boosts LTE data bucket from 20 GB to 50 GB Having backed away from an attempted entry into the U.S. market through...

EMEA: Could the Vienna Convention derail Europe’s autonomous driving plans?

Could something that was agreed to in 1968 have an impact on the autonomous driving vision for the European Union? It could as there...

Ericsson looks to boost indoor LTE

New software suite optimized for indoor deployments; features enhanced downlink, uplink speeds As venue owners work with carrier partners to provide robust indoor connectivity, telecom...

Apple partners with Cisco

Apple continues its march into the enterprise Just 13 months after announcing a partnership with IBM, Apple has teamed up with Cisco to continue pushing...

HP reportedly tells employees become a contractor or lose your job

Hewlett-Packard is reportedly trying new tactics in order to restructure its “labor pyramid” in the face of shrinking revenues. In an effort to cut...

Cisco, Tektronix partner with Ericsson on OSS platform

3-year OSS deals to support Cisco SON, Tektronix analytics services The movement to align operating support system platforms received a boost this week as Ericsson...

Ericsson: Global LTE subs reach 740M in Q2

3G mobile subscriptions grew by 50M during the second quarter of 2015 Global LTE subscriptions reached 740 million connections at the end of the second...

RCRatx Speakers Series: 5G, Wi-Fi and the Internet of Things

RCR Wireless News recently hosted the first installment of of its RCRatx Speakers Series, hosted in the company's production studios on the east side...

Reality Check: Managing network complexity from 2G to 5G – beyond human capability?

Wireless network complexity Wireless networks are becoming more complex. This raises a question: Are we nearing a point where network complexity is moving beyond the...
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