Monthly Archives: September, 2015

Sprint CEO on cable company merger

Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure made it clear that the carrier isn't currently discussing a potential merger with a cable company in an interview with...

Ofcom sets new annual fees for mobile spectrum

UK telcos to pay almost £200 million per year to use 900 MHz, 1800 MHz bands U.K. telecom regulator Ofcom has published revised annual fees...

Sprint, others fined $1.4M by FCC related to 911 calls

FCC has fined service providers more than $40M this year for 911 failures Keeping up its aggressive penalization of carriers who fail to properly handle...

Apple iPhone installment plan: The good and bad for the mobile operators (iGR Research)

Apple iPhone installment plan and similar device buy back programs core to carrier and OTT customer acquisition and retention strategy Austin, Texas-based industry analyst, Iain...

EMEA: OpenSignal State of LTE report

OpenSignal has released its State of LTE report tracking the changes over the last three months to not only global LTE deployments from a...

Commissioner: FCC has too many lawyers, needs economists

Says FCC support of municipal infrastructure is “borderline socialism” FCC Commissioner Michael O'Rielly recently spoke to the Prosperity Caucus, a DC-based organization founded in 1986...

Tower worker electrocuted in Indiana

Worker remains in serious condition A tower worker was seriously injured when he touched a live electrical wire while doing a broadband deployment near New...

Ofcom Oks Qualcomm spectrum sale to Vodafone, 3UK

The UK regulator said the transaction will not create asymmetries in the market UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has approved the transfer of Qualcomm's L-band spectrum...

AT&T: Smart cities are the future

AT&T smart cities GM talks saving money and energy with technology adoption The United Nations estimates that in the next 15 years the number of...

Sprint goes for broke with $1 iPhone 6s offer

For Sprint, $1 per month iPhone is not as crazy as it sounds The new iPhones hit stores tomorrow, and they have already started a...

Verizon discusses the tower toolkit of DAS, small cells, more

On this episode of Cell Tower News, host Joey Jackson discusses the tower toolkit with Verizon Wireless PMTS maintenance engineer, Dennis McColl. We talk...

Editorial Webinar: Implications and applications for real-time and fast big data analytics

Big data can't just be big, it has to be fast as well in order to support operator agility and actionable intelligence – quickly...

Reader Forum: 3 ways telcos can make smarter acquisitions

When Forrester Research came out with a report claiming that traditional telcos could become an endangered species, many thought the industry was doomed for...

Verizon Wireless sends Oregon couple $2M bill

A Damascus, Oregon, couple has gained national media attention after Verizon Wireless sent them a bill for cellular service totaling a whopping $2,156,593.64. Ken Slusher...

Comcast data breach to cost $33 million

Hearing about the latest concerning data breach seems to be an increasing occurrence, and, following from that, cybersecurity is an increasingly hot topic. Cable...

Wearables market faces challenges, opportunities

IEEE Computer Society took on the subject at Rock Stars of Wearables event AUSTIN--Industry and thought leaders in the wearables space, a subset of the...

LatAm: NII Holdings shrinks; sells 49% of Nextel Argentina

NII Holdings is reducing its operations across Latin America. In its most recent move, the US-based company sold 49% of Nextel Argentina to Grupo...

Dtac to launch LTE through 1,800 MHz spectrum

Thai operator aims to reach 5,000 4G LTE base stations by end of 2016 Thai mobile operator Dtac plans to launch 4G LTE through 10...

BT CEO commits to minimum broadband speed

Plans to beat government goal of extending fiber to 96% of population While 90% of UK residents already have access to fiber-based broadband Internet service,...

Boosting the bars: buildings search for better signal

It's 5:15 pm and your 4:30 conference call is showing no signs of closure. Your son's Little League game starts across town at 6:00,...

Fast, accurate alignment reduces opex, drives quality of service (sponsored content)

New Sunsight Instruments microwave path alignment tool enables setting up a link in minutes, not hours The mobile telecommunications industry is one of the most...

Here mapping tech gaining adoption in public sector

Nokia sale of Here to automakers expected to close in first-quarter of 2016 Nokia Here mapping and navigation unit seems to be gaining traction with...

Huawei sees 5G as key to vertical markets

The Chinese firm aims to carry out '5G' testbeds with a number of companies in 2016 SHANGHAI – Chinese ICT provider Huawei believes future 5G...

T-Mobile US has lowest iPhone 6S prices

CEO John Legere: 'Pretty clear where you should buy it, right?' T-Mobile US is keeping the promotions coming ahead of the release of the newest Apple...

Feature Report: Implications and applications for real-time, ‘fast’ big data analytics

Big data can't just be big, it has to be fast as well in order to support operator agility and actionable intelligence – quickly...
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