Yearly Archives: 2015

Feature Report: Diameter signaling impact/benefits/challenges in a NFV, SDN, cloud world

This report provides details into current companies supplying diameter signaling support to telecom operators; how diameter signaling has been used by telecom operators to take...

Forbes names top IoT startups to watch

Forbes list calls out Jawbone, Genband, SIGFOX and more IoT startups from around the world WASHINGTON – "Internet of Things" technology involves connecting every device...

Horizon 2020 IoT 5G: Europe grasping for ICT relevance

This week on IoT Innovation, RCR Wireless News takes a look at Horizon 2020 IoT and 5G, the European Union's €80 billion plan to...

LTE-U update: Wi-Fi coexistence debate continues

A recent Wi-Fi Alliance workshop on the relationship of Wi-Fi and LTE over unlicensed spectrum continued the industry dialog on how the two technologies can...

CenturyLink NFV plans bolstered with Nuage deal

Nuage Networks VSP to support CenturyLink NFV deployments across PSB architecture Telecommunication services provider CenturyLink signed a deal with Alcatel-Lucent’s Nuage Networks to provide the operator...

Ericsson and Cisco will target competitors

The motivation for Ericsson's new partnership with Cisco was crystal clear today at the company's annual capital markets day in Sweden. Ericsson is telling...

Broadcasters ask FCC to extend repacking deadline, cite tower crew shortage

The National Association of Broadcasters is asking the Federal Communications Commission to extend its 39-month spectrum repacking deadline for up to 1,200 TV stations...

Verizon unlimited data service to Alabama school district put on hold

Huntsville school district plan to expand reach of Verizon unlimited data plan center of issue An Alabama school district’s plans to expand Verizon Wireless-supplied unlimited...

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...
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