Monthly Archives: October, 2015

T-Mobile US talks small cells; roadmap to 5G

This week on HetNet Happenings, host Sean Kinney, the managing editor for RCR Wireless News, takes a look at the recent Tower and Small...

Expected carrier SDN, NFV investments

IHS predicts robust carrier SDN and NFV investments, though deployment challenges remain The financial implications for telecom operators as they size up their virtualization plans...

Test and Measurement: Tektronix supports 5G backhaul testing

As industry interest and exploration of "5G" deepens, Tektronix announced this week it has a new feature capable of ultra-wide signal analysis for 5G backhaul...

Enterprise IoT and solutions for in-building positioning

We have all become spoiled by the location awareness and services that result from GPS chips marking our position on the planet.  Our smartphones,...

Dish gives up spectrum, Verizon launches Go90 … 5 things to know today

1. Dish Network is giving up some of the spectrum that went to its bidding affiliates during the most recent spectrum auction. Those bidding...

Worst of the Week: Come on Sprint … it’s just money

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...

Analyst Angle: The winding road to 5G

The future of Wi-Fi is tied in many ways to the future of "5G." Although there is no clear definition of 5G, one thing...

Amazon won’t sell Apple, Google streaming devices

E-commerce giant Amazon.com, which also provides streaming-video services via its Prime Video service and Fire TV device, plans to stop selling competitive products from...

Cell Tower News: American Tower pays school board $900K in cash

American Tower pays school board $900,000 cash In a deal that seems more appropriate when dealing with Tony Montana than a school board, American Tower entered...

Small carriers weigh in on spectrum, LTE-U

WASHINGTON – The Competitive Carriers Association, which represents the smaller and rural American carriers as well as counts Sprint and T-Mobile US among its...

Huawei sees small cell opportunity in Middle East

The Chinese firm also targets LTE-A projects in the region Chinese vendor Huawei said it's seeing significant growth opportunities in the Middle East region with...

Sprint to cut jobs in effort to save $2.5B

Citing an internal memo circulated this week, The Wall Street Journal reports Sprint, the U.S. carrier owned by Japan's SoftBank, is planning $2.5 billion...

$1.8B deal converts Indian telecom towers to clean energy

Intelligent Energy, a U.K.-based power technology company, signed a 1.2 billion pound ($1.8 billion) deal to convert 27,400 Indian telecom towers to use hydrogen fuel cell technology. The...

T-Mobile customers data hacked; Social Security numbers among data breached

T-Mobile US vendor Experian hit by hackers in attack dating back more than 2 years, impact could be beyond current customers Updated to note impact...

AT&T adds Internet control to SDN-based NoD platform

AT&T taps SDN and NFV to further control for enterprises, adds new partners AT&T is continuing to expand its software-defined networking-based Network on Demand platform,...

AT&T charges less for GigaPower in Google Fiber markets

GigaPower costs $70 per month in Google Fiber markets; $110 per month in areas where Google Fiber doesn't have a presence After announcing the availability...

Google and Microsoft end patent feud

By dropping 20 lawsuits filed in both the U.S. and Germany, technology powerhouses Microsoft and Google have effectively resolved numerous patent issues dating back...

Driving down the cost of DAS

Distributed antenna systems (DAS) are often the reason that we can make mobile phone calls inside airports and sports arenas, or on crowded downtown...

AT&T to challenge T-Mobile in Q3 customer growth

AT&T expects to post more than 2M net additions, nearly matching T-Mobile US forecast AT&T told the investment community this week that it expects to...

Boost Mobile rewards on-time payment with free data

In a new promotion, mobile virtual network operator and Sprint subsidiary Boost Mobile is rewarding customers who pay their bill on time with access...

T-Mobile US talks small cells, spectrum portfolio

SVP of Technology Dave Mayo said small cells haven’t been a big focus for carrier In a recent interview at the Tower and Small Cells...

Ericsson to build LTE network for Indonesia’s XL Axiata

The deal stipulates network upgrades in Jakarta and Central Java Indonesian telecom operator XL Axiata signed a three-year contract with Swedish vendor Ericsson for design...

AT&T uses big data for smart traffic management

Average commuter spends 42 hours each year stuck in traffic WASHINGTON – Every day AT&T collects millions of pings from its customers’ smartphones. These pings...

LatAm: Xiaomi taps Vivo to sell Redmi 2

Xiaomi changes device sales strategy Less than three months after launching in Brazil, Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi tapped carrier Vivo to sell its Redmi 2...

#TBT: T-Mobile resonates; iPhone discounts … this week in 2013

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...
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