2015

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 Nov. 3, voters went to …

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 Commission tied to a 2014 …

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 upcoming holiday shopping season, Sprint …

Resolving customer issues is a key focus of any successful company. Many dedicate groups of engineers to the task of identifying customer issues and fixing them. On this edition of …

As Keysight Technologies’ first year as an independent company comes to a close, it has announced a new organizational structure that divides the company into three business groups focused on different …

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 …

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 systems. But how do signal …

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

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 practice to new markets in …

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 hiring and the life of …

DALLAS – The demand for small cells is pressing, and carriers, venue owners and other stakeholders are racing to deploy. But scalability remains a challenge as it’s inherently difficult to …

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 from telecom operators looking to …

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

The Chinese vendor calls for joint efforts to narrow the connectivity gap in developing countries HONG KONG – Rotating Huawei CEO Ken Hu told journalists during a press conference at …

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 at least another 90 days …

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 was hurt in a five-story …

Orange has started to deploy an ‘Internet of Things’ national network in France HONG KONG – French telecom operator Orange expects to invest 15 billion euros ($16.3 billion) between 2015 …

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 already been tested by the chipmakers …

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 latest quarterly results, dig into …

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 in power systems, especially in places …

Demo achieved download speeds of 1 Gbps HONG KONG – Mobile operator 3 Hong Kong, the mobile communications division of Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings, and Chinese ICT company Huawei …

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 Broadband Forum, Ryan Ding, president …

Analysts note CenturyLink move could be start of additional spin offs Regional telecommunications provider CenturyLink said it was looking at strategic alternatives for its data center and colocation business operations …

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 into a major revenue stream for …

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 to 4.2 GHz bands for …