2015

T-Mobile US move could bolster carrier’s rural coverage, expand LTE opportunities for rural operators T-Mobile US expanded its presence at the Competitive Carriers Association with the nation’s No. 3 operator …

This report will look at the current Global State of the Union of LTE as a baseline for discussion of VoLTE deployments. The topics that are helping and hindering VoLTE …

PCTel was recently involved in a global project to assess carrier networks at more than 300 airports around the world, in order to help an airline determine which carriers would …

The fiber started going in back in 2008 but many areas of the city are still not hooked up Tension has been brewing between New York City residents and political …

Metro Transit to add express buses to free Wi-Fi program The Twin Cities in Minnesota will soon be a testbed for Wi-Fi on transit routes. Metro Transit in the cities is making free Wi-Fi …

Verizon Wireless reacts to confusion caused by terms of Verizon Plan options Reaction and confusion to recent rate plan changes resulted in Verizon Wireless coming out this week to reiterate …

1. Carriers and equipment makers are taking their fight to Washington as they work to launch LTE in unlicensed spectrum. Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile US, Qualcomm, Ericsson and Alcatel-Lucent have all …

Verizon Wireless tops another network performance metric; with Sprint, T-Mobile US and AT&T Mobility fighting for scraps Verizon Wireless continues to accumulate network performance accolades, with the latest coming from …

Preferred Communication Systems, Inc. and North Sight Communications, Inc., have agreed to team up to optimize their spectrum deployment in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The two companies together …

Continuing with its strong “Uncarrier” marketing moves, T-Mobile US CEO John Legere has not only garnered more than 250,000 signatures for a Change.org petition to abolish overages, he’s also sort …

Authorities in the Indian state of Gujarat have reportedly shut down mobile Internet service for the 63 million area residents in light of political protests in the region. The apparent …

Contract stipulates deployment of small cells for 3G, 4G services Nokia Networks won a contract from mobile operator Ooredoo Qatar to deploy small cells in hot spots across the Arab …

IHS report found Verizon No. 1; CenturyLink surged to No. 2 Verizon Communications retained the top spot in the latest ranking of North America’s top session initial protocol trunking service …

In the middle of rumors that TIM would make an offer to buy Nextel in Brazil, which was denied by both telecom carriers, NII Holdings announced a new CEO for …

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on …

Cell Tower News is brought to you by the National Association of Tower Erectors (NATE). In this edition of Cell Tower News, Host Joey Jackson talks with Trey Nemeth, VP …

Hardware vs. software is one of the biggest questions wireless network architects face as they design networks that can handle not only today’s traffic but tomorrow’s as well. There is no …

With the growing demand to store more data and increase processing power, server space is becoming prime real estate. According to IDC, revenue in the worldwide server market has increased …

The tablet boom is ending and Sprint’s cost cuts are not … 5 things to know today 5 things to know today in wireless and mobile: 1. Tablet sales are …

Smart traffic systems could save commuters two to four days per year of time spent in traffic In a new report, the GSMA projects the city of Bangkok could save …

Rising importance of Wi-Fi drives M&As The rising importance of Wi-Fi to cable companies is generating new alliances and rivalries. The cable operators are reshaping the U.S. telecom landscape. They …

Move to unify Iusacell, Nextel Mexico under AT&T banner AT&T said this week that it has begun to rebrand its recently acquired Mexican operations, including the launch of new rate …

AT&T hot spot advertising raises security questions On a recent trip through Washington Dulles International Airport, Jonathan Mayer, a computer scientist and lawyer at Stanford University, noticed that when he …

Devicescape, iPass partner on 50M Wi-Fi hot spot network Wi-Fi service providers iPass and Devicescape joined Wi-Fi networks to create a global network of some 50 million hot spots, which the …