2015

To follow up on last month’s diversity in the telecommunications industry article, it’s time for the third and final article in this series, which will highlight the innovation grant program GSMA is …

Atlanta, Charlotte, Raleigh-Durham, Nashville next up for Gigabit fiber-to-the-home Google Fiber, the tech giant’s ambitious project to offer fiber-to-the-home beginning in major metro markets, has started construction of its network …

T-Mobile US plans keeping pressure on rivals Verizon Wireless, AT&T Mobility and Sprint Update: T-Mobile US have announced their new promotional plans. Click here for details. T-Mobile US is not …

Europe is ratcheting up its focus on 5G with the launch of the first phase of the continent’s 3.5 billion Euro ($3.9 billion) Public Private Partnership program. Chinese devicemaker Huawei …

Sprint’s stock hits new 52-week low as analysts cite ‘severe financial distress’ Sprint may be showing some improved operational trends, but investor concern over the carrier’s performance trajectory has tanked …

Vodafone has deployed Radio Dot system at its offices in London Vodafone is trialing the Ericsson Radio Dot small cell system inside its London offices representing a first-of-its-kind trial in …

HetNet Happenings is brought to you by CommScope. On this episode of HetNet Happenings, host Sean Kinney, managing editor for RCR Wireless News takes a look at how CPRI–common public radio …

The new IoT tech will allow companies to monitor real-time operational data Japanese telecoms operator NTT DoCoMo and GE Energy Japan Co. have signed a memorandum of understanding to form …

The new offering will enable the telco to improve quality of mobile service in the two markets U.K.-based mobile operator Vodafone announced plans to deploy voice-over-LTE technology in Italy and …

If you were caught in a crisis situation, which would you rather have: Access to voice services on your smartphone or access to data? According to new global research commissioned …

Without a doubt, wireless data network devices and applications are growing rapidly. Heavy hitters like Cisco and Ericsson predict there will be 50 billion devices connected by 2020, quite a …

Many people who take time to look at their wireless phone bills have noticed the words “universal service” as a line item. This is often the highest tax on a …

HetNet deployments will drive job growth and potential costs associated with union construction crews certified to work in utility right-of-ways and on pole tops According to Don Bach, vice president of …

On this week’s NFV/SDN Reality Check we talked with Simon Osborne, CTO for service orchestration at Comptel, on looking beyond capital expense and operating expense when moving towards virtualization platforms …

Apple is being surprisingly generous with its new iOS 9 and OS X El Capitan. The operating systems have not even been released yet, but you can see them in action …

Unlike Apple or Microsoft, Ericsson is a company that is not in the consciousness of many mobile consumers. You won’t see adds for Ericsson on TV promoting its latest technology, …

IHS report found only a small percentage of telecom operators are running IMS in NFV environments IP multimedia subsystems are seen by many as a stepping stone into the world …

Today we speak with Ian Ferguson, VP of segment marketing at ARM, which is known for the hardware in most of our “Internet of Things” and wireless device, though their …

WASHINGTON – A new poll by research group Gallup indicates that most Americans keep their smartphone with them every second of their life. According to the poll, which included 16,000 …

The land grab for subscribers has been motivating mobile operators to slash prices for months, as the four major carriers compete not only with one another but also with the …

Telecom regulator ARCEP expects to award the spectrum by year end France formally launched plans toward auctioning 700 MHz spectrum band licenses, according to local press. Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron …

Centerline at odds with tower tech injury report Earlier this week it was reported that a Massachusetts tower climber working in Gorham, Maine, fell from a 300-foot guyed tower owned by …

Computer glitches this week temporarily grounded three major entities – United Airlines, the New York Stock Exchange and The Wall Street Journal. At first, the outages were thought to be …

When one considers innovation related to connected cars; Iran isn’t a location that immediately comes to mind. But there are efforts underway in that country to better understand how the …

Spirent Communications launched a new test system for the connected car this week. The Automotive Record and Playback test system lets developers of automotive systems record real-world signals and plays …