2015

The test-related products that vendors announced around CTIA Super Mobility 2015 tend to be a reflection of the overall trends within the industry, and this year is no exception. From …

Group established six small cell task-specific working groups at meeting in Rome Meeting in Rome, Italy, this week, members of the Small Cell Forum established six specific development programs aimed …

A considerable number of Apple customers are reporting device crashes and glitches after installing the new iOS 9 update. Customers took to Twitter to air their complaints about the issues related …

Carrier adds 33 new destinations to Open World program, which offers unlimited voice and text, among other features On the heels of a major expansion by T-Mobile US of its …

Forgery puts Byrd Telecom in hot water One would think that having tower climbers die while under your company’s employment would be tragic and arguably shameful enough. But lying and committing forgery …

Goal is for more accurate reporting and tracking of outage information WASHINGTON – The Federal Communications Commission has voted to propose new rules designed to tighten the outage reporting rules …

Verizon Communications will be the first U.S. carrier to offer free roaming to customers traveling in Cuba following the United States’ recently restored relations with the Caribbean country. The U.S. …

WASHINGTON – Two Democratic members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation have sent letters to the CEOs of 18 major automakers asking that they conduct a comprehensive …

A new report has been released in regard to the tragic death of a tower technician in July 2014. Here’s a quick summation of the incident, courtesy of the report: The …

The telco aims to deploy IoT projects across the UAE in the future The United Arab Emirates’ second-largest operator Du has tested what it claims to be the first true …

The Chinese firm expects the Enterprise Business Group to reach revenue of $10B in 2019 SHANGHAI – Chinese ICT provider Huawei’s Enterprise Business Group generated revenue of nearly $1.8 billion …

The telco aims to reduce its business in Eurasia Swedish telecom operator TeliaSonera will increase focus on its European and Swedish operations and reduce its presence in the Eurasia region. …

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 …

The demand for high speed, ubiquitous data is increasing. The industry is looking to LTE-A and emerging technologies to addresses this need. LTE-A addresses this need through a revolutionary approach …

Tracy Nolan, president and general manager of Sprint’s Midwest region, joins Episode 13 of Inside Telecom Careers This episode of Inside Telecom Careers is brought to you by Nexius. In …

LTE antennas are emerging as a key differentiator for mobile operators as they look for ways to get the most out of their 4G networks. Antennas for LTE networks are …

TBR report predicts U.S. and European operators to lead way in NFV and SDN investments Spending on network virtualization technology including software-defined networking and network functions virtualization is expected to …

Sprint prepaid brands receives up to four times more unthrottled data Sprint prepaid brand Virgin Mobile USA significantly increased the amount of unthrottled data for its “unlimited” plans in a …

Ericsson and Hewlett-Packard announced a partnership focused on enterprise solutions, particularly Wi-Fi and indoor small cell deployments. The two companies – also in the mix is HP’s fully owned Aruba …

5 things to know for Thursday, Sept. 17 1. Verizon Communications CEO Lowell McAdam told investors that the changing wireless business model is likely to impact earnings. The carrier recently …

Qualcomm debuted its latest mobile chip, the Snapdragon 820, which supports Cat 12 LTE downlink and Cat 13 LTE uplink, as well as somewhat controversial LTE-Unlicensed technology. “The Snapdragon 820 …

Latest T-Mobile expansion adds 20 countries to international roaming program T-Mobile US said it has added 20 countries to its Simple Global international roaming service, bringing the total to 145 …

T-Mobile US and the Competitive Carriers Association are coming out in opposition to AT&T’s attempted acquisition of two lower 700 MHz B-Block licenses. AT&T said the deal is “wholly uncontroversial,” but CCA …

The pace of change is accelerating across the public Wi-Fi ecosystem. Last year’s report on the state of the Wi-Fi industry detailed some quite significant shifts, but the contrasts being seen this …

VoLTE is available across entire network while Cat 11 speeds are concentrated in major metros Australian carrier Telstra this week activated voice-over-LTE for LTE customers with compatible devices – the …