2015

DARPA researchers plan to demo vulnerability of connected car at conferences WASHINGTON – Cybersecurity researchers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek, funded by the federal government, announced they will publicly hack …

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 …

Apple smartphones continue surge in China; Samsung sees decrease Analysts with United Kingdom-based Juniper Research tracked 350.9 million smartphones shipping in the first quarter of 2015; that’s a 23% increase …

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – Anyone who thinks a slowdown in carrier spending is threatening the health of the infrastructure industry was not at PCIA’s Wireless Infrastructure Show this week. Record attendance …

TeliaSonera on April 21 reported first-quarter earnings that fell below analysts’ estimates in the face of intensified competition in its Nordic and Baltic markets. Q1 adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, …

Citi Research has raised its stance on Telefónica to “buy” from “neutral” and its target price to $17.39 per share from $14.59, according to Reuters news. Separately, the global news agency …

Public Wi-Fi part of Tel Aviv’s ranking as ‘World’s Smartest City’ Tel Aviv, Israel, has a robust public Wi-Fi network that’s free to use and popular among tourists. Data collected …

Ubiqube touts telecom focus in dealing with NFV, SDN requirements European-based network and security orchestration software vendor Ubiqube recently announced it is working with French operator Orange on a pilot …

AT&T plans to combine Nextel Mexico with Iusacell to form large Mexico operator AT&T completed its $1.875 billion acquisition of Nextel Mexico, bolstering its presence in the Mexican market. The …

AT&T, Verizon get litigious over towers The biggest wireless companies in the world are taking small towns and businesses to court on a seemingly increasing basis. It has all the makings …

Sprint, Boingo Wi-Fi deal to provide seamless connections at 35 locations Sprint continues to push its Wi-Fi agenda, announcing a deal to offer customers access to Boingo Wireless’ cadre of …

A conversation with Jim Miller, director radio standards, InterDigital Download a transcript of the complete interview and the complete report. With its focus on enhancing wireless technologies and expanding wireless access and usage, InterDigital has had a keen interest …

AT&T will pay $6.9 million to the Federal Communications Commission for over-billing a program designed to help low-income households pay their phone bills. An audit of AT&T revealed the carrier inaccurately …

Latest MVNO entrant backed by former Cricket, Simple Mobile execs The domestic wireless market’s ultra-competitive environment is not preventing new entrants from trying to find their place. One of the …

Employee suing AT&T and brass for racial discrimination AT&T fired Aaron Slator, former president of content and ad sales, for allegedly sending a racist text message that casts African-Americans in …

Crown Castle CEO Ben Moreland likes to call fiber “the horizontal tower” and this week he announced plans to broaden the tower company’s fiber reach with the $1 billion purchase …

Chalks up possible delay to ‘demand for infrastructure’ and ‘workforce shortage’ HOLLYWOOD, Fla., – Michael O’Rielly, commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission warned of possible delays to the 600 MHz spectrum …

 China Telecom gained 9.67 million LTE subscribers in Q1 of 2015 Chinese mobile telephony giant China Telecom announced that its 4G base reached 16.75 million subscribers by the end of …

NTT DoCoMo looks to Premium 4G offering Japanese mobile telephony operator NTT DoCoMo said it expects to invest a total of $5.3 billion during its fiscal year 2015, ending March 31, …

Latin America’s largest telecom group América Móvil ended the first quarter with revenue up 3.1% over the year before in Mexican peso terms, while operating profits declined 6.6% and net …

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Nokia’s offer to buy France’s Alcatel-Lucent for $17.5 billion represented further consolidation of the telecom infrastructure market. The joining of these two European network giants appears to have left only three global players: …

Network engineering and testing company P3 Communications is in the midst of drive-testing Voice over LTE implementations by AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile US in the Washington, D.C. area, as part …

Deal calls for NetCracker to update BSS in seven Telefónica markets International telecom giant Telefónica selected NetCracker Technology to update its business support systems supporting seven Latin American operations. The …

Sprint offers service discount, free LG G Pad Sprint is looking to encourage the uptake of tablet devices, announcing a deep discount on tablet data plans connected with a smartphone …