Monthly Archives: November, 2015

Comcast expanding data cap policy

Consumer watchdog group calls out Comcast for engaging in monopolistic business After trying out capping customer data use at 300 gigabytes per month, Comcast is expanding the...

Sprint, Verizon, AT&T job cuts: Who is hiring? A day in the life of a product manager

Sprint, Verizon, AT&T job cuts were front and center on this week's Telecom Careers Insider, sponsored by Nexius and TelecomCareers. For insight on who is...

Analysts talk small cells market outlook

DALLAS – The demand for small cells is pressing, and carriers, venue owners and other stakeholders are racing to deploy. But scalability remains a...

Benefits of SDN implementation for mobile networks

Coriant discusses benefits of SDN implementation for mobile networks, and we look at news of the week NFV and SDN continue to garner increased interest...

Virtualization is key to scale small cell deployments

Small Cell Forum Chairman Alan Law discusses deployment strategies and more during Small Cells Americas event DALLAS – Small cells broke out in 2015, Small...

Huawei CEO: Developing markets need quality smartphones

The Chinese vendor calls for joint efforts to narrow the connectivity gap in developing countries HONG KONG – Rotating Huawei CEO Ken Hu told journalists...

Sprint WiMAX shutdown put on hold

Court rules Sprint must maintain WiMAX network in support of nonprofits for 90 days A Massachusetts court ruled Sprint must maintain its WiMAX network for...

Cell Tower News: AT&T wants tower-fall lawsuit thrown out

AT&T claims tower-fall case lacks jurisdiction in request for dismissal AT&T this week asked a Pennsylvania court to throw out a lawsuit filed by a tower technician who...

Orange aims to invest $16.3 billion in networks

Orange has started to deploy an 'Internet of Things' national network in France HONG KONG – French telecom operator Orange expects to invest 15 billion...

Wi-Fi/LTE-U tests lack LTE equipment

The Wi-Fi Alliance this week held a workshop to discuss the coexistence of Wi-Fi and LTE-Unlicensed technologies. LTE-U, or LTE in unlicensed spectrum, has...

Sprint results; T-Mobile LTE femtocell; WRC-15

Topics for this week's Carrier Wrap include Sprint results, T-Mobile's LTE femtocell and the upcoming WRC-15 event On this week's Carrier Wrap, we discuss Sprint's...

How to make cell towers more energy efficient

As data demands increase, so does energy consumption from high-density data and communications equipment on cell towers. This leads to the need for increased efficiency...

3 Hong Kong, Huawei demonstrate ‘4.5G’ network

Demo achieved download speeds of 1 Gbps HONG KONG – Mobile operator 3 Hong Kong, the mobile communications division of Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings,...

Huawei: Telcos need to compete with challenges from OTT players

Vendor said operators need to focus on user experience to compete with OTT players HONG KONG – In a keynote speech at Huawei’s Global Mobile...

CenturyLink mulling sale of data centers, colocation business operations

Analysts note CenturyLink move could be start of additional spin offs Regional telecommunications provider CenturyLink said it was looking at strategic alternatives for its...

FCC takes on hotels over Wi-Fi hot spots

WASHINGTON – In today’s world, it is almost impossible to conduct any kind of business without an Internet connection. This reality has turned Wi-Fi...

GSMA, Huawei report on the use of C-Band spectrum

GSMA estimates the industry will need up to 800 megahertz of additional spectrum by 2020 The use of additional "C-band" spectrum in the 3.4 GHz...

LatAm: WhatsApp shaking up the Brazilian mobile market

The Brazilian mobile landscape is undergoing a transformation with the potential for heightened competition in the coming years. Driving the market shift is the reduction...

MNOs need 5M new mobile broadband sites by 2020

Huawei said telcos will need 500 megahertz of additional spectrum HONG KONG – Mobile telecom operators globally will need to double the number of base stations...

#TBT: Sprint ditches Clearwire; Google unveils Android … this week in 2007

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...

10 key takeaways from HetNet Expo 2015

PCIA’s HetNet Expo brings together mobile operators, tower companies, equipment vendors, infrastructure service providers, legal experts and industry analysts. At this year’s show, it...

Wi-Fi plays a starring role at Small Cells Americas

DALLAS – Small Cells Americas, a 9-year-old event that takes place each fall in Dallas, highlighted a carrier Wi-Fi track on its agenda for...

Analyst Angle: Wi-Fi key to Dubai Smart City project

During the Wi-Fi Global Congress in San Jose, Calif., I had the pleasure to sit down with Paul Taylor, manager of business development &...

Sprint job cuts loom as it fails to impress investors, analysts

'Show me’ seems to be sentiment from financial community toward Sprint as job cuts loom Sprint reported its second fiscal quarter results this week, which...

Reliance Jio reveals ambitious LTE network plan for India

DALLAS---Reliance Jio is looking to make a big splash in India with the deployment of the first all 4G LTE network. Earlier this year,...
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