Yearly Archives: 2015

Reality Check: The economics of data center power usage effectiveness

How data center vendors and operators can maximize their facilities’ performance Power usage effectiveness has been an important metric in the data center world for...

Kagan: How wireless changes every industry

Recently I have been getting invitations to speak at industry conferences and company meetings. What’s really interesting is many of these are not even...

2016 DAS capex forecast $19 billion (iGR report)

iGR report projects that five year 2016 U.S. DAS capex will exceed $19 billion while U.S. DAS capex and opex spending will exceed $23...

NXP outlines workforce plans after Freescale merger

Connected car creates growth opportunity The merger of NXP Semiconductors and Freescale has created the world's largest automotive chipmaker at a time when vehicular technology...

Smartphone growth rate slated for single digits in 2016

Market research firm IDC says that 2015 will be the first full year of single-digit growth in the global smartphone market. According to the company, worldwide...

AT&T pushing Internet of Things, connected car

US-based carrier AT&T is one of the leading global service providers when it comes to embracing the transformative and business opportunities associated with the Internet...

Facebook to give select users access to video streaming tool

Facebook is giving a small group of iPhone users a chance to try its new live video sharing tool, which previously was only available...

Reliance Communications inks deal to sell tower assets

The Indian telco will transfer the assets to two US investment groups Indian telecom operator Reliance Communications has reached an agreement to sell its stake...

Verizon launches Wi-Fi calling, T-Mobile targets AT&T … 5 things to know today

5 things to know today... 1. Verizon Wireless is rolling out Wi-Fi calling December 8, starting with the Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge. Verizon...

Reader Forum: Technologies for scaling microwave backhaul networks

It’s become rather apparent that microwave backhaul networks are becoming exhausted. This is largely due to not only a dramatic increase in mobile subscribers,...

Reader Forum: Trusting connected cars and smart cities

The promise of a smart cars connected to smart cities is certainly exciting – traffic lights that respond to real-time fluctuations in road congestion,...

The importance of NFV orchestration development

On this week's NFV/SDN Reality Check show we look at NFV orchestration development and top news stories of the past week Orchestration platforms remain a...

Test and Measurement: 5G testing goes commercial

Both Rohde & Schwarz and Keysight Technologies announced 5G testing advancements this week, reflecting the industry's increased push toward research and development of the...

Nokia, ARM and Enea launch SDN-focused OpenFastPath program

Organization looks to tap open source to boost SDN applications Nokia Networks, ARM and Enea announced the launch of the OpenFastPath Foundation, which the companies...

Mobile holiday shopping continues to boom, with app use on the rise

With the holiday shopping season in full swing, mobile devices continue to see robust growth in being utilized for shopping and purchases. Analysis from a...

Worst of the Week: T-Mobile, Sprint and Verizon – what sense?

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...

Cell Tower News: Batteries stolen; AT&T rescues osprey nest

Batteries worth $100,000 stolen In what has become an all-too-common occurrence, police in the Salt Lake City area are looking for the perps responsible for...

Global fiber optic connector market to reach $4.9B by 2020

According to a new study, the growth of high-bandwidth services and the need for increasing cloud storage will create increased demand for fiber optic...

T-Mobile ranks No. 1 with consumers, Motorola to buy Airwave … 5 things to know today

5 things to know today in mobile and wireless ... 1. Consumers say T-Mobile US is the best nationwide wireless carrier. The latest Consumer Reports...

Nokia closes $3 billion sale of Here mapping unit

Telecom solutions powerhouse Nokia completed the sale of its Here mapping and services unit to a group of German automakers comprised of Audi, BMW...

Spectrum auction postponed by UK regulator Ofcom

The UK regulator said spectrum auction will wait for the implications of the Three-O2 merger U.K. telecommunications regulator Ofcom decided to postpone its planned spectrum auction for...

Wireless business models need to change with IoT, 5G

The Atlanta-based Wireless Technology Forum hosted an annual analyst event; the topic this year was the state of the wireless industry with an emphasis...

ON.Lab releases ONOS Emu SDN platform

ONOS Emu platform the fifth this year from open source-focused organization The Open Network Lab’s Open Network Operating System project this week unveiled its...

IEEE IoT standards; Orange, Verizon blaze IoT LTE trails

Are IoT standards keeping up with IoT innovation?  IEEE IoT standards body is hard at work to deliver IoT P2413 interoperability standards framework by 2017 Watch IoT...

Tower ownership: Predictions, possibilities and pitfalls

Tower ownership can be a risky endeavor, but it can also deliver hefty profits for those who know how to properly allocate their resources...
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