Yearly Archives: 2015

Analyst Angle: The evolution in RAN optimization to improve QoE

A conversation with Ian Miller, director of radio access networks, Telefónica Download a transcript of the interview and be the first to receive the smart RAN...

Apple converts 14M Android users to iPhone

Apple's campaign to convert Android users into iPhone customers is picking up steam. The company estimates that during the third quarter of this year,...

Chetan Sharma on wireless revenue outlook

LOS ANGELES – Analyst Chetan Sharma held the attention of his late-afternoon audience at this year's HetNet Expo without even discussing small cells or...

Budget deal to include Spectrum Pipeline Act

WASHINGTON – The nation's capital was abuzz following news that the GOP-led Congress and White House had reached a wide-ranging budget compromise that will set federal...

DAS or small cells? Finding the right solution

Building size, carrier involvement, return on investment among determining factors LOS ANGELES – There are some 4.8 million buildings in the U.S. that are 25,000...

Nokia, Verizon on 5G, IoT and densification

HetNet Expo keynotes address how to move from LTE to next-generation 5G mobile networks LOS ANGELES – There are currently around 5 billion devices, largely...

Deployment cost holding back small cell, DAS market

PCIA CEO Jonathan Adelstein kicks off HetNet Expo 2015 LOS ANGELES – Former Federal Communications Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein, and current president and CEO of wireless...

Researchers hack VoLTE, get free data

Researchers have discovered they can hack voice over LTE implementations on two tier-one mobile carrier networks, gaining access to free data usage or shutting...

AT&T Data Perks app throws ‘free’ data on the table

AT&T Data Perks app provides up to 1,000 Mb of data per month AT&T is throwing free data at consumers in a move to entice...

T-Mobile US, Verizon trade quips in the sky and on Twitter

T-Mobile US took to the sky – and to Twitter – to continue its antagonism of its larger competitor, prompting a war of words...

Broadband, fiber deployments get push by feds

Broadband Conduit Deployment Act of 2015 emphasizes expanding broadband infrastructure, particularly in rural America The federal government, of late, has pushed hard to expand high-speed...

T-Mobile leads Verizon and AT&T in smartphone growth, though pace sags

T-Mobile US Q3 results paced larger rivals in some metrics, finances fail to impress T-Mobile US continues to be a significant attraction for mobile customers,...

Nonprofits file emergency injunction against Sprint

In 2010, in partnership with its subsidiary Clearwire and the nonprofit organizations Mobile Citizen and Mobile Beacon, Sprint began providing affordable broadband service to...

Huawei smartphone sales surge

Huawei expects to sell 100 million smartphones this year, making the Chinese wireless giant a solid No. 3 in the smartphone market behind Samsung...

Kagan: Speaking at Wireless Technology Forum event

I would like to thank the Wireless Technology Forum for inviting me to speak at their upcoming Annual Analyst event in Atlanta. The theme...

Bharti Airtel ends Q2 with 235M mobile subs in India

The telco reached 334 towns and cities with its 4G service by the end of September Indian telecom operator Bharti Airtel said it served 235.2...

Passive Components: Now DAS What We’re Talking About | Sponsored

The In-Building Wireless market is expected to grow from $4.83 Billion in 2015 to $16.71 Billion in 2020, at a CAGR of 28.1% during the...

Reality Check: Are passwords becoming obsolete?

Passwords may be headed toward obsolescence. This is a potential paradigm shift in the way people access smartphones, personal computers, websites and many other...

Reality Check: Busting myths and misconceptions about SIP trunking security

Session initiation protocol trunking has a bad reputation. But like other forms of emerging technologies, people who don’t quite understand how it works tend...

Reality Check: Are AT&T and Verizon really that different?

AT&T and Verizon: same core, different branches Many casual observers lump AT&T and Verizon Communications in the same category of “behemoth global telecommunications providers.” Without...

Small cells best practices, from design to deployment

Industry expert discusses lessons learned from rolling out small cells both indoors and outdoors Small cells present a huge opportunity for the wireless industry, but,...

What’s driving technology employment growth in Austin? (RCR Speaker Series)

How does one of the world’s fastest growing technology cities with a 4.2% unemployment rates help employers attract talent and fund growth? In this...

VoLTE: next steps toward ubiquity

LTE has been one of the mobile industry's most rapidly adopted mobile technologies, with deployments coming particularly quickly in the U.S. Voice over LTE,...

UK moves on spectrum auction plans to support LTE and 5G

UK regulator Ofcom plans spectrum auction in early 2016 to bolster LTE, lay groundwork for 5G U.K. telecom regulator Ofcom said it plans to conduct...

IoT meets LTE, Claure discusses turnaround … 5 things to know today

1. Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure describes Sprint as "one of the most difficult turnarounds, probably, in the world." Claure told The Wall Street Journal...
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