Monthly Archives: November, 2015

Report: Verizon could sell enterprise assets for $10B

UPDATE: Verizon CTO blasts reports of possible sale of enterprise assets Verizon CTO Fran Shammo, in comments made today during the 2015 Wells Fargo Securities...

Self-driving cars, urbanization make smart cities necessary

National League of Cities finds that U.S. metros aren’t taking into account transportation innovations Smart cities technology, a subset of the "Internet of Things," is...

Low power, low throughput IoT is focus of industry forum

"Internet of Things" is a red-hot buzzword in the telecom industry. While use cases involving consumer wearables tend to dominate the discourse, there's another,...

Verizon makes offer to end 4-month union dispute

Verizon offers union workers a 2.5% raise in first year of proposed 3-year contract WASHINGTON – Since Aug. 1, 38,000 Verizon Communications union employees affiliated...

Reality Check: IoT – from fad to fixture

Technology is often viewed as an extra set of costs in organizations – from new software programs to hardware devices, there are always budgeting...

Reality Check: Verizon dumping wireline? Sprint on its way back?

This week, we’ll explore Verizon Communications’ announcement that it might shed $10 billion worth of assets to further focus on wireless and media, and take...

Frontier gets okay from CPUC to buy Verizon wireline assets

Frontier Communications got a favorable ruling from the California Public Utilities Commission to purchase Verizon Communication’s FiOS network, as well as other local wireline,...

ZTE opens 5G R&D center in Tokyo

Chinese telecom equipment provider ZTE has opened a new research and development center in Tokyo to focus on creating next-generation "5G" mobile network technologies. The...

Ericsson partners with Cisco, SBAC adds 352 sites … 5 things to know today

1. Ericsson is teaming up with Cisco in a move that should make it a stronger competitor to Huawei and to the combined Nokia...

Puerto Rico 800 MHz Spectrum Auction (sponsored content)

Preferred Communication Systems, Inc. and North Sight Communications, Inc., have agreed to jointly offer their Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands 800 MHz...

Ericsson and Cisco partnership targets 5G, cloud, IoT, NFV and SDN

Ericsson and Cisco each claim $1B in new revenue by 2018 Networking and computing powerhouses Ericsson and Cisco Systems announced a global partnership tying together...

British PM wants 10 Mbps broadband for all by 2020

David Cameron announces 'universal service obligation' to push broadband access As the world becomes increasingly connected, broadband access has evolved from being something that's nice...

IPass grows global Wi-Fi footprint with Fon deal

Wi-Fi hot spot deal targets the Wi-Fi-first business user The race to provide ubiquitous connectivity to data-hungry users regardless of location continues with the two...

Verizon says BlackBerry Priv is ‘coming soon’

In a move that could make or break the long-term viability of BlackBerry as a devicemaker, the company's first-ever Android-powered device, the Priv, is...

Kagan: Will Priv save BlackBerry?

The brand-new BlackBerry Priv has been launched on the AT&T Mobility network. The next question is: Will it succeed in the smartphone marketplace against...

Reader Forum: The battle for the mobile customer relationship

After World War I, the French built a series of entrenched border fortifications called the Maginot Line. They expected the next war to be...

Reader Forum: Will competitors follow the Google MVNO path?

Who dares follow the Google MVNO path? Earlier this year there was a great deal of buzz going around that Apple would unveil its own...

Colorado voters overwhelmingly support municipal broadband

Broadband could be bond-financed, run by nonprofits, result from public-private partnerships or compel big ISPs to offer better services in rural areas WASHINGTON – On...

Cox data breach results in FCC fine

FCC fines Cox for 2014 data breach orchestrated by ‘Lizard Squad’ hacker group Cox Communications agreed to pay a $595,000 fine to the Federal Communications...

Sprint throws free year of Amazon Prime at Samsung devices

Sprint offers 1 year of Prime, lease deals on select Samsung devices ahead of holiday rush In a move to goose interest ahead of the...

How to become a customer quality engineer

Resolving customer issues is a key focus of any successful company. Many dedicate groups of engineers to the task of identifying customer issues and...

Test and Measurement: Keysight announces new business structure

As Keysight Technologies' first year as an independent company comes to a close, it has announced a new organizational structure that divides the company...

Worst of the Week: Get onboard the Sprint ‘love train’

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...

How do signal boosters fit into the hetnet ecosystem?

Nextivity talks signal boosters – HetNet Happenings: Episode 38 Bringing cellular connectivity inside is a challenge. Solutions range from small cells to Wi-Fi to distributed antenna...

Reliance Jio angers competitors with 700 MHz auction push

Reliance Jio Infocomm is shaking things up in India ahead of the launch of its 4G network late this year or early next year....
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