Monthly Archives: March, 2016

Worst of the Week: AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile highlight limited view by Verizon on unlimited data

WOTW looks at how recent comments from Verizon on unlimited data appear limited in scope Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the...

Test and Measurement: Vendors focus on speedy MIMO OTA, DAS testing

As vendors and their customers face constant pressure on keeping testing costs in line, test companies are always seeking to reduce the amount of...

New Facebook data center taking shape in Forth Worth

Facebook's newest data center in Forth Worth, Texas, announced last July under the Project Ernst moniker, is well under way with construction costs passing...

Sprint CFO: ‘We’re building a 5G network for the future’

Sprint CFO Tarek Robbiati says the struggling U.S. carrier is looking to the future and "5G" with its as-yet unspecified network improvement plans, which revolve...

AT&T unlimited data lures 2M customers, expected to reduce churn

AT&T unlimited data offer tied to its DirecTV and U-verse video service shows traction, expected to be sticky AT&T Mobility has managed to attract 2...

Iliad ends 2015 with 3.7 million LTE customers

French telco targets 75% LTE coverage by the end of 2016 French telecom operator Iliad, which operates in the mobile market through its Free subsidiary,...

Kagan: On Samsung Gear VR goggles

Virtual reality is here ... well, sort of. I have two questions. As a user, is it worth buying products like the Samsung Gear...

Ericsson joins China Mobile 5G Joint Innovation Center

Builds on 5G MoU signed by Ericsson, China Mobile Ericsson said it is joining China Mobile's 5G Joint Innovation Center program to accelerate development of...

First-ever Inform[ED] Wireless Conference brings together technologists, analysts, and policy leaders (sponsored content)

Register for CableLabs' Inform Wireless Conference today The cable industry has been playing an increasing role in advancing wireless technologies as fixed and mobile networks are...

LTE faster than Wi-Fi; U.S. trumps Europe in speed

A new report from Twin Prime claims LTE is faster than Wi-Fi in most locations, while U.S. provides faster speeds across both Consumer demand for...

#TBT: Sprint stumps for T-Mobile, shakes up executive ranks … this week in 2014

Sprint Chairman Son tried to convince lawmakers a combined Sprint and T-Mobile was best for the country Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in...

Dish to cut 550 jobs in closing Texas customer service center

Dish said the job cuts are set for May as it struggles with customer defections Dish Network is set to cut about 550 jobs as...

Report: Verizon Go90 failing to gain traction

UBS report citing iTunes downloads claims Verizon Go90 video service is struggling Analyst firm UBS claims Verizon Communications’ Go90 video service is having trouble gaining...

KPN unveils strategy to save $329M per year

Dutch telco KPN looks to launch VoLTE services this year Dutch telecom operator KPN announced plans to save 300 million euro ($329 million) per year...

Google bringing proprietary tech to Open Compute Project

Facebook CEO calls addition of Google a 'strong symbolic move' SAN JOSE, California – The Open Compute Project, started by Facebook in 2011, has grown to...

FCC looks to add broadband to Lifeline program

FCC Chairman Wheeler and Commissioner Clyburn circulate order to add subsidized broadband to Lifeline program The Federal Communications Commission this week moved on plans to...

Telcos look to Open Compute Project for speed, innovation

AT&T AVP says openness is a ‘matter of survival’ SAN JOSE, California – After developing its niche in the hyperscale community, the Open Compute Project...

Aricent White Paper: Cloud RAN

Mobile operators face the challenge for supporting networks with a spurt of increase or decrease of traffic. For e.g., if there is some rugby...

Google Fi goes nationwide

Google opened its pay-as-you-go mobile service to the entire country and discounted the network's flagship handset, the LG Nexus 5X. Google's Project Fi, which...

Bell Labs on how a telecom experiment proved the ‘big bang’ theory

SAN JOSE, California – During the Open Compute Project Summit, Peter Winzer of Nokia Bell Labs discussed the research organization's near 100-year history of...

Telecom embrace of Open Compute Project driving momentum

Facebook VP of infrastructure discusses Open Compute Project adoption by telecommunications industry SAN JOSE, California – Jason Taylor, Facebook VP of infrastructure and Open Compute...

Viavi launches DOCSIS 3.1 test solution

New entrants into the home broadband market – think Google Fiber, as well as various government-driven initiatives – are putting the pressure on cable...

Analyst Angle: 5G empowering vertical industries

Standards work on "5G" technology began in late 2015, and the first commercial networks probably won’t launch until 2020 at the earliest. But it’s...

Radisys joins Open Compute Project; launches OCP-based solution

Radisys also announced DCEngine for hyperscale data centers SAN JOSE, California – In conjunction with the March 8 kick off of the Open Compute Project...

Verizon claims unlimited data does not work in LTE environment

Verizon CFO sticks to guns that carrier will not dive back into unlimited data fracas Verizon Wireless remains down on bringing back an “unlimited” data...
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