Monthly Archives: March, 2016

Mitel White Paper: Mobilizing Real Time Communications

Seize the Opportunity While You Still Can The ongoing transformation of business communications presents significant opportunities for wireline and wireless carriers, but also great risk....

Cisco and Verizon partner on cloud collaboration platform

Cisco and Verizon said they plan to target enterprise and government users, while Verizon mulls data center future Cisco said it was partnering with Verizon...

FreedomPop rides VC funds towards expansion

On this week’s Carrier Wrap we will look at some of the top carrier news from the past week and talk with FreedomPop about...

Analyst Angle: Q4 and end-of-year assessment of the top 4 mobile carriers

Compass Intelligence breaks down Q4 and 2015 results for mobile carriers Compass Intelligence just completed the final assessment of fourth quarter and end-of-year metrics with...

Analyst Angle: The FBI vs. Apple

FBI vs. Apple case and the role mobile device management is playing The issue of privacy and the law – particularly with respect...

T-Mobile US CFO calls out Verizon 5G ambitions

Verizon Wireless has been bullish on "5G" with plans to trial the unstandardized technology this year. Ever since Verizon Wireless announced those plans late...

New partnership seeks to offer more customer experience visibility

P3 Group, QuEST Forum and Metrinomics have partnered on new customer experience management services that seek to provide the telecom industry with a more...

Smith Micro to buy Birdstep Technology

Smith Micro Software is buying out its primary competitor in intelligent Wi-Fi offload. The California company is purchasing Birdstep's software development and marketing arm...

Reality Check: SOS – can we save our streaming?

Giraffic wades into the streaming video content challenges facing the mobile telecom space It's a great time to be in the streaming media business. Over...

ZTE export restrictions impact U.S. chipmakers

Qualcomm, Intel and Broadcom are suppliers, Oclaro falls 15% U.S. chipmakers will feel the sting of the U.S. government's decision to restrict technology exports to...

Atlanta, Chicago and Indy top RootMetrics latest cellular performance rankings

Atlanta and Chicago repeat as top market performers in RootMetrics cellular network performance tests RootMetrics this week released a market-by-market comparison of cellular network...

US to place export restrictions on ZTE

U.S. government said ZTE violated export controls on Iran The U.S. Commerce Department said it plans to implement export restrictions on Chinese telecom equipment manufacturer...

Small cell sharing: ExteNet and Mobilitie see opportunity

Small cells could signal a 'new neutral' Neutral host providers like ExteNet Systems and Mobilitie foresee a shift in their business models as network architectures...

Telco service operators: Transforming towards digital business

On February 22-25th, the 2016 Mobile World Congress was held in Barcelona, Spain. Leading global operators, standards organizations, open source communities, analyst institutions, partners...

Google could test Project Loon with Indian telecom operators

The Google concept of providing rural cellular connectivity from specially designed balloons, dubbed Project Loon, could be tested on the vast Indian subcontinent, according...

Global LTE connections reach 1.06 billion in 2015

APAC leads global LTE connections in market share The global LTE and LTE-Advanced market reached 1.068 billion connections by the end of 2015, following 156...

Reality Check: The FCC’s set-top box kerfuffle

Jim Patterson looks at the current set-top box proceeding from the FCC Fresh off the one-year anniversary of enacting net neutrality rules, the Federal Communications...

Verizon slapped with $1.4M fine for using ‘supercookies’ to track user traffic

FCC investigation finds Verizon violated consumer privacy with UIDH use, began practice in late 2012 Verizon Wireless was dinged nearly $1.4 million for its use...

Belize getting $20M, nationwide 4G LTE network

DigiCell and Huawei plan to launch 4G LTE by year end Belize is set to soon be covered by a LTE network being deployed by...

What is IMT-2020 and what does it mean for 5G?

Advanced '5G' use cases will require global interoperability and scalability; International Telecommunication Union is working away on ultimate standard The tactile Internet, autonomous vehicles and...

Mobile Now Act mandates 255 megahertz of new commercial spectrum by 2020

Recently approved Mobile Now Act targets sub-6 GHz bands, feasibility of millimeter-wave spectrum The federal government’s push to free up additional spectrum resources and for...

As networks increase in complexity, make signaling simple (sponsored content)

Service providers should regard signaling as a competitive advantage that fosters innovation, rather than a source of frustration As the Internet of Things takes shape...

IoT economy regional market outlook

Initiatives like Germany’s Industrie 4.0 and Made in China 2025 seed regional IoT economy The "Internet of Things" promises to connect 20 billion previously unconnected...

SoftBank split, Verizon 5G plans … 5 things to know today

1. Sprint parent company SoftBank says it will divide into two companies, one focused on domestic operations and one international. The company's majority interest...

Sprint Boost brand lines up T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon with half-off promo

Sprint prepaid brand Boost Mobile offering switchers 50% discount on family plans Sprint continues to throw 50% discount offers at the market, with the latest...
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