2015

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 …

Learn more about NWSA’s mission and benchmarking efforts in the industry The National Wireless Safety Alliance has launched an official website. The organization officially launched in February of this year, the …

WASHINGTON – Continuing to prepare for a potential strike, Verizon Communications has been distributing an app to its non-union employees that will allow them to document bad behavior by union …

Educational training, specifically fiber splicing training, is a key element of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and International Brotherhood Electrical Workers (IBEW) negotiated agreement with mobile operators including Verizon …

Connected cars require interoperability to be truly connected As the goal for car-to-x functionality becomes closer to reality in the world of connected cars, the issue of interoperability plays a …

AT&T Mobility said it plans to launch Wi-Fi calling by the end of this year, following Sprint and T-Mobile US, which have launched the technology. In June, AT&T petitioned the …

ExteNet Systems, a builder and operator of DAS and small cell systems, is set to become part of Digital Bridge Holdings, the investment group that owns Vertical Bridge and Mexico …

Analysts say Sprint could bring on a network partner, air concern over vendors keeping pace with operator small cell needs The much-hyped Sprint network upgrade, which is expected to favor …

Ericsson and Japanese telecom giant, SoftBank, are teaming up to test “5G” capabilities in Tokyo. The joint field trials in Japan’s largest city will reportedly demonstrate ultra-high bit rates and …

Pressured by Chinese competitors and domestic investors, Qualcomm has decided to undertake a “strategic realignment” that will include roughly 4,500 layoffs. Qualcomm said it will streamline its engineering operations and …

FCC set to revoke DE bidding credits from Dish Network controlled Northstar, SNR Dish Network looks set to lose a $3 billion bidding credit it received as part of its …

WASHINGTON – Net neutrality may have been grudgingly accepted among Internet service providers and lobbyists, but the Title II order of the net neutrality rules remains an issue of contention. …

Highest growth rates recorded in India and Malaysia Norway-based telecom group Telenor reported that its Asian operations accounted for 52.4% of the company’s overall revenue in the second quarter of …

Recapitalization to Fuel Long-Term Growth in Rapidly Expanding Small Cell Market Marc Ganzi, former CEO of Global Tower Partners, which sold to American Tower for $4.8 billion in 2013, assumes …

América Móvil posted 219.999 billion pesos ($13.7 billion) in second quarter revenue, almost flat (-0.1%) compared to the same quarter in 2014. However, the company’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and …

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Verizon Wireless deemed best performing data network, Sprint a distant No. 4 Verizon Wireless continues to be the darling of network performance tests conducted by RootMetrics, with the latest accolades …

T-Mobile Advanced Messaging service taps IP, counters OTT moves T-Mobile US unveiled a new messaging platform that takes advantage of rich communication services to provide users with enhanced features similar …

Legere blasts ‘duopoloy’ in series of seven tweets; concludes that he can ‘stay on vacation’ T-Mobile US CEO John Legere, continuing his outspoken posture against rivals, on Tuesday posted a …

Apple achieved another record-breaking quarter this spring, earning $10.7 billion on revenue of $49.6 billion. CEO Tim Cook said that the company surpassed its sales expectations for the iPhone, iPad, …

Workers set to rally, walk off jobs There are 38,000 Verizon Communication workers in the Northeast putting the wheels in motion to strike. The Communication Workers Association and International Brotherhood of Electrical …

It’s been a busy few days in the world of connected cars on many fronts. There’s been a live-hack, the crash of an autonomous car resulting in injuries and the …

KDDI and China Mobile move forward on NFV PoC, SDN cloud deployments Proof-of-concepts continue to be a major focus of vendors and operators looking to test the bounds of virtualized …

Smartphones increasingly replacing cellphones on Indian subcontinent WASHINGTON – A new Deloitte India report paints the subcontinent’s wireless tower market as primed for a transformative period. “India is at the …

Telefónica said the transfer of redundant infrastructure will allow the telco to focus on LTE deployments Telefónica Deutschland, the local subsidiary of Spanish telecom operator Telefónica, is transferring 7,700 mobile …