November 2015

5 things to know today … 1. Cisco beat Wall Street’s earnings estimates for the its fiscal first quarter, but the company said earnings are likely to slip in the …

Court rules AT&T will stand trial in tower case Last week, RCR Wireless News reported on a legal proceeding in Allentown, Pennsylvania, where AT&T and several other parties are the …

AT&T launched Mexico roaming options for US customers, countering recent moves by rivals AT&T’s multi-billion dollar investment in Mexico is now providing some benefit for U.S. customers traveling south of …

The New York City subway system is getting a big expansion to its wireless network. Solid and Transit Wireless announced 20 stations in the Bronx and 17 in upper Manhattan …

SingTel ends latest fiscal quarter with 2M LTE subscribers in Singapore Singapore Telecommunications reported a net profit of SG$1.03 billion ($704 million) for its second fiscal quarter of 2016, which …

Affirmed Networks supplied virtual evolved packet core In what the communications service provider billed as a strategic move, Saudi Telecom Co. deployed a virtual evolved packet core specific to machine-to-machine …

Look inside the Small Cells Americas show hosted by Small Cell Forum Small cells broke out in 2015, Small Cell Forum Chairman Alan Law told RCR Wireless News during an …

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 …

When looking towards advancements in Diameter platforms, many in the industry have pointed towards virtualization. The telecom virtualization space has witnessed significant moves towards the use of software-defined networking, network …

Research paper: ‘Organizational Collaboration and New KPIs for NFV Success’ A DevOps structure coupled with network functions virtualization KPIs were central themes in a research report released by Nexius, an …

Tele2 looks to reach nationwide LTE coverage by Q1 2016 Swedish telecoms operator Tele2 launched LTE service in the Netherlands, the company said in a statement. Tele2 Netherlands said its …

Dueling test results for LTE-Unlicensed/Wi-Fi coexistence continue with a newly released data set from Qualcomm developed with input from CableLabs, which Qualcomm says confirm fair coexistence between LTE-U and Wi-Fi. However, CableLabs …

Sprint CFO Tarek Robbiati took no time to make his feelings known about competitor T-Mobile US.  Speaking for the first time in his new position at Sprint, Robbiati said T-Mobile …

A startup called Rama plans to bid in next year’s auction of broadcast frequency bands, and hopes to use the spectrum to launch a microcell network. Rama founder Chamath Palihapitiya …

Verizon keeps international roaming pressure on rivals T-Mobile, Sprint and AT&T with daily option Verizon Wireless has yet again tweaked its international roaming options, now allowing customers to tap into …

Walk test measurements are needed in most cases to verify in-building deployment. In-building measurements are time consuming and expensive. In order to be efficient, both the data collection and following …

A conversation with Stephen Howell, General Manager, Wireless Network, Engineering Department, Telstra Download a transcript of the interview and be the first to receive the smart RAN report Telstra has …

The expansion of operation support systems and business support systems implementation throughout Latin American was the topic of a recent video interview with Bob Titus, VP of global converged solutions …

AirTies creates mesh Wi-Fi networks to spread coverage and capacity throughout your home In-home Wi-Fi equipment provider AirTies is looking to use multiple access points to bolster the performance of …

Net income declined, according to American Tower Q3 financial report In a recent earnings call, American Tower executives reported a year-over-year decline in net income, but is betting on a …

Editors Note: Bob Metcalfe invented Ethernet in 1973 while working for Xerox in Palo Alto, Calif., and went on to serve in numerous roles with 3Com, InfoWorld and Polaris Venture Partners, …

Company leaders include former Verizon CEO, CTO and former Qualcomm CTO A company dedicated to connecting machines, Ingenu, announced this week the rollout of an “Internet of Things” exclusive network …

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 up the time machine, put on …

Topics for this week’s Carrier Wrap include Sprint fighting to shut down its WiMAX network, Verizon Enterprise rumors and Q3 results wrap On this week’s Carrier Wrap, host Dan Meyer …

Spanish telco looks to reach 1,300 cities with LTE by year-end Spanish telecom operator Orange said it’s investing 1.5 billion euros ($1.61 billion) in its LTE network across the country. …