2015

There has been a lot of talk about small cell deployments in the past years. These low-powered, wireless radio access nodes are designed to be installed locally in cities’ dense, …

First Huawei Developers Conference (#HDC2015) coupled with Huawei’s recent announcement to train 10,000 cloud engineers signals a potential intent to challenge traditional ICT vendors providing enterprise cloud computing, industrial IoT, and …

From automotive applications to virtual reality, millimeter wave spectrum could support data hungry applications AUSTIN, Texas – Millimeter wave spectrum has gone from being a moonshot technology to a likely …

Texas Wireless Summit attendees hear massive MIMO essentials and benefits AUSTIN, Texas – Service providers last year spent $41.3 billion on U.S. spectrum. Full realization of massive multiple-input/multiple-output antenna technology …

SDWAN and NFV customization targeting enterprise customers Enterprise markets remain a significant target for telecom operators as organizations typically include a large number of very loyal customers … and bills …

Sprint unlimited data plan will have 23 GB cap before deprioritization occurs Sprint said in some situations it will begin to deprioritize customers signed up for unlimited data plans that …

The NFC Forum has released one new and three candidate specifications for near-field communications, which target improved radio frequency support, better interoperability and a new tag operation format that opens …

Swedish telecom equipment vendor Ericsson has signed onto the GMSA Humanitarian Connectivity Charter, which aims to use technology to bolster crisis response in afflicted areas. The GSMA established the program …

T-Mobile US announced it will be moving from the New York Stock Exchange to the Nasdaq Global Select Market effective Oct. 26 after market close. “As America’s Un-carrier, we’re all …

Dropped calls are a big problem in India due to economics and sheer geography presenting hindrances to robust mobile network deployments. Now, national regulator Trai is considering penalizing operators for …

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 …

1. Sprint said that roughly 750 of its Educational Broadband Services licensees have moved their customers to LTE ahead of the scheduled shutdown of Sprint’s WiMAX network. EBS licensees hold valuable …

After Comcast failed to block a municipal fiber broadband network, the city of Chattanooga, Tenn., via EFB Fiber Optics, will offer what it bills as the fastest home Internet connection …

South Korea, Japan and North America to lead future deployments of 5G While the telecommunications industry still needs to fully define standards for “5G” development, and 4G LTE has room to …

The operator aims to offer access speeds of up to 375 Mbps Turkish mobile operator Turkcell expects to launch LTE-A services in the country in 2016. Atac Tansug, the company’s …

As Sprint prepares to undertake a massive network improvement strategy amid losing ground to rival T-Mobile US, the company’s chief of corporate strategy and development has put in his resignation. …

Drone use for towers gets integration committee The National Association of Tower Erectors announced the establishment of an Unmanned Aerial Systems Committee. In layman’s terms; drones. The new committee will monitor …

Voice over LTE (VoLTE) has the fastest technology adoption of all wireless technologies, yet only 28% of wireless subscribers are expected to be using VoLTE by 2020. Many companies are …

Verizon LTE in Rural America service launched by all 21 partners Verizon Wireless announced a deployment milestone in its LTE in Rural America program, noting all 21 rural telecom operators …

NEW ORLEANS – Fresh off a series of acquisitions, NetScout Systems was on hand at the Cable-Tec Expo to emphasize the importance of service assurance in the highly competitive cable and …

AT&T NumberSync platform taps IMS core to sync phone number across multiple devices AT&T is set to tackle multidevice integration with its NumberSync service that it said will use network …

In an attempt to streamline the application process for cell site upgrades, California signed Assembly Bill 57 into law, setting a “shot clock” for applications to be accepted. The new …

Goldman Sachs views IoT as the third Internet wave while predicting that IoT will exceed previous Internet waves by connecting 28 billion previously unconnected things. By extending mobile and wireless pipes, …

Sprint’s decision to sunset its WiMAX network on Nov. 6 could leave as many as 300,000 Americans without reliable access to the Internet, according to service reseller Mobile Citizen. The …

NEW ORLEANS – Discussion at the 2015 Cable-Tec Expo centered around releases of the latest DOCSIS 3.1, as well as keeping user experience at the forefront as cable and telecom …