2015

RCR Wireless News’ weekly video shows touch on towers, IoT, 5G, NFV and SDN On this episode of Cell Tower News, host Joey Jackson talks with Trey Nemeth, VP of …

The applications of big data continue to be an ongoing transformative force across a number of industries, including telecom. RCR Wireless News rounds up some of the 2015 predictions and …

After failed Time Warner Cable acquisition, is Comcast eyeing T-Mobile US? In recent comments to assembled media, Comcast CFO Mike Cavanagh spoke briefly about the company’s ambitions — if any …

Hetnets are heterogeneous networks, wireless networks that combine different technologies in order to maintain the user experience indoors or in crowded urban environments. Operators may use small cells, Wi-Fi and/or …

Iliad’s Free brand boosts LTE data bucket from 20 GB to 50 GB Having backed away from an attempted entry into the U.S. market through an acquisition of T-Mobile US, …

Could something that was agreed to in 1968 have an impact on the autonomous driving vision for the European Union? It could as there is a section pertaining to road …

New software suite optimized for indoor deployments; features enhanced downlink, uplink speeds As venue owners work with carrier partners to provide robust indoor connectivity, telecom equipment vendor Ericsson is looking …

Apple continues its march into the enterprise Just 13 months after announcing a partnership with IBM, Apple has teamed up with Cisco to continue pushing its iOS operating system into …

Hewlett-Packard is reportedly trying new tactics in order to restructure its “labor pyramid” in the face of shrinking revenues. In an effort to cut costs, HP is giving employees the …

3-year OSS deals to support Cisco SON, Tektronix analytics services The movement to align operating support system platforms received a boost this week as Ericsson said it has licensed its …

3G mobile subscriptions grew by 50M during the second quarter of 2015 Global LTE subscriptions reached 740 million connections at the end of the second quarter, surging from 280 million …

RCR Wireless News recently hosted the first installment of of its RCRatx Speakers Series, hosted in the company’s production studios on the east side of Austin, Texas. The inaugural installment …

Wireless network complexity Wireless networks are becoming more complex. This raises a question: Are we nearing a point where network complexity is moving beyond the capability of humans to manage? …

Form factor is key to market success for wearables WASHINGTON – Raghu Das, CEO of IDTechEx, a Cambridge, U.K.-based market research firm focused on emerging technologies, sat down with RCR …

Anite enables geo-located call trace analysis of WCDMA and LTE networks with its Nemo WindCatcher desktop analytics solution The new module processes call trace data from major infrastructure OEMs in …

A lot of journalistic ink was spilled last week as media pundits tried to explain the mood of investors. “Don’t panic” was the most common theme through all of the …

AT&T claims containers and micro-services bolster SDN and NFV efficiency AT&T continues to be one of the more vocal and proactive telecom operators in terms of work being done with …

For all of the hope that “5G” will happen sooner rather than later, there is still a lot of groundwork to do. The move to 5G will not be about …

The debate over LTE-Unlicensed is heating up after the Wi-Fi Alliance asked the Federal Communications Commission to postpone equipment testing that uses unlicensed spectrum until the Wi-Fi industry group can …

Technology powerhouse Google will begin to test its fully autonomous self-driving cars outside of its home base in Mountain View, Calif., for the first time with the addition of Austin, …

T-Mobile US targets cheaters, CommScope closes on TE, Apple threatens mobile ads 1. T-Mobile US is taking aim at customers that it says cheat the system on LTE data. CEO …

CEO John Legere says some customers with unlimited data plans are abusing policy related to tethering devices Apparently some users are actively subverting T-Mobile US’ policy regarding use of tethering …

Union: carrier turned down FCC money for rural broadband WASHINGTON – The Federal Communications Commission recently announced the telecom companies that will receive federal subsidies through the Connect America Fund. …

Money is part of Connect America Fund to foster rural broadband WASHINGTON – The Federal Communications Commission announced that 10 communications service providers accepted $1.5 billion from the federal government as part of …

OSS expansion deal bolsters Mexican service providers reconciliation, workforce management Mexican quad-play communications provider Maxcom signed a deal with NEC and its NetCracker subsidiary to bolster its current NetCracker supplied …