2015

T-Mobile US plans for 2015 show it’s not content to just be No. 3, looks at cable as partners T-Mobile US this week reported robust first-quarter results with customer growth …

U.K. operator EE, whose brand is built around LTE, announced soaring user numbers for the technology. With the release of first-quarter results for 2015, EE said that it added 1.7 million …

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – Making the small cell business model work was the topic of a well-attended panel this year at PCIA’s Wireless Infrastructure Show. Analyst Iain Gillott of iGR Research …

In the world of wireless, generations of technology come and go in what seems like the blink of an eye. As much as this rate of progress is wonderful, there …

Last week I attended the inaugural 5G Forum event that was organized by Informa in sunny Palo Alto, Calif. The location for this new event was interesting, especially considering that …

The First Responders Network Authority board has issued a draft request for proposal outlining significant details of potential plans for the national LTE network for public safety that it has …

Verizon SDN plans tap Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco, Ericsson, Juniper, Nokia Verizon Communications publicly announced its software-defined networking plans, stating partnerships with the likes of Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco, Ericsson, Juniper Networks and Nokia …

The Wall Street Journal reports FCC looking at DE abuse The Federal Communications Commission is reportedly looking into revoking the $3 billion bidding discount Dish Network pocketed during the recent …

T-Mobile US growth results down from last year, but still trumps rivals Unless Sprint pulls something out of its hat when it reports quarterly results next week, T-Mobile US can …

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – Wireless infrastructure is one of the fastest-growing industries in the nation, but until recently there has been no formal training program for workers in this industry. Wireless …

WASHINGTON – One-third of all children use a smartphone or tablet before their first birthday, according to a study conducted by members of the Department of Pediatrics at the Einstein …

Flying RF testing equipment? T-Mobile and Amazon aren’t the only companies exploring commercial applications for automated flight. While multi-billion dollar entities, public-advocacy groups, and government regulators debate policy, PCTEL is …

WASHINGTON – Jerry Dolinsky summarizes his firm Verisae’s mission statement as: “Connecting every facility, every asset within that facility, and every person who services those facilities and assets through our …

As people increasingly rely on their smartphones to get through the day, there’s a growing emphasis in the wireless industry on providing robust indoor coverage from DAS, Wi-Fi, small cells …

  Lawsuit revolves around Verizon pay-TV bundles Following up on concerns raised earlier in the month, sports media giant ESPN on Monday filed a lawsuit against Verizon Communications for breach of …

A conversation with Steve Hratko, director of service provider marketing, Ruckus Wireless Download a transcript of the complete interview and the complete report. There are two dimensions that are crucial …

Apple’s latest earnings report showed that the iPhone is winning over Android users and first-time smartphone buyers, as well as current iPhone users who cannot resist the urge to upgrade. …

Large data centers started using software-defined networking principles a few years ago to create interconnect “fabrics” out of many switches, something difficult to do with conventional routers and switches and …

Last week was already overflowing with earnings news (we will cover AT&T and Verizon Communications earnings in great detail next week), when Bloomberg broke the story last Thursday of the …

Soon it will be nearly impossible to get lost in Dubai. The largest city in the United Arab Emirates recently launched the Makani e-map “the smartest map system in the …

Sprint names Solé to run operations, with direct report to Claure Sprint looks to increase its focus on the hotly contested Hispanic market by announcing the creation of a new business unit …

The radio access network is becoming more complex, with cell-site fronthaul architectures ranging from conventional coax to modern fiber. Fiber is increasingly prevalent in all types of cell sites including macrosites, distributed …

Although smartphone users are quite satisfied with the multiple functionalities and the convenience brought by their devices, more and more users express concerns about the rather poor battery life compared …

Swisscom migrates to NetCracker’s Service Fulfillment platform Telecom vendor NEC and its subsidiary NetCracker said they had recently helped telecom operator Swisscom complete the build out of ICT capabilities designed …

IBM expanded its cloud data operations with its SoftLayer division opening of a second center in the Netherlands designed to support expansion of IBM Cloud services in the region. The …