Monthly Archives: May, 2016

Verizon's former customers struggle, Sprint launches new pricing plan … 5 things to know today

Verizon probably looks pretty good to its former customers now 1. Former Verizon Communications customers who are now served by Frontier Communications are struggling with...

U.S. Cellular stock plunges on Q1 results, claws back some on reflection

U.S. Cellular investors reacted strongly to mixed Q1 results and missed forecasts, sending the carrier’s stock on a roller coaster ride U.S. Cellular stock rebounded...

VoWi-Fi trial using hetnets launches in Singapore

VoWi-Fi and VoLTE news from APAC region Singapore telecom operator M1 Limited said it launched the country’s first voice-over-Wi-Fi trial, bolstered by heterogeneous network technology....

T-Mobile claims superiority to Sprint, AT&T and Verizon in Cuba connection

T-Mobile claims biggest benefit from Cuba connection with more than one-third of Cuban-born wireless customers on its network Domestic telecom operators continue to pour into...

Reader Forum: 4 trends for data centers in 2016

Flexenclosure looks at what advances we should expect in data centers, which are becoming an increasingly important component of telecom operations The proliferation of smart...

Reader Forum: How can mobile operators cope with IoT demand?

Adax looks at what mobile operators need to do in order to prepare their networks for IoT and M2M traffic The “Internet of Things” has...

Centralize QoS tools to gain efficiency and competitiveness (sponsored content)

As virtualization, VoLTE and more add network complexity, make QoS simple Telecom—and all the industries it touches—stands on the precipice of a foundational transformation. Consumer...

Improving voice quality with VoLTE and Wi-Fi Calling

A conversation with Shyamal Ramachandran, Director of Product Management, Qualcomm Technologies about VoLTE and Wi-Fi Calling Download a transcript of the interview and be the first...

Kagan: Love Sprint or it's free

Sprint's stock price increased after last week’s quarterly report. As we watch the carrier over the last year or two, one thing is becoming...

Smart cities: start locally, think globally

NICE, France – In an exclusive interview with Carl Piva, VP of strategic programs at TM Forum, RCR Wireless News learned about the group's...

Smart cities: Start locally, think globally

NICE, France--In an exclusive interview with TM Forum Vice President of Strategic Programs Carl Piva, RCR Wireless News learned about the group's growing emphasis...

Report: Top five smart home M2M trends in APAC

Here are five smart home M2M trends that will impact growth in the smart home M2M market in APAC through 2020. The smart home M2M...

Customer experience assurance highlighted at TM Forum Live

NICE, France – The days of just monitoring network performance metrics to gauge overall performance have given way to much more consumer-facing indicators designed...

Garden Sharing wins smart cities hack competition

Using IBM API and TM Forum tools, Garden Sharing wins TM Forum Live Open Hack focused on smart cities tech NICE, France--Ahead of the start...

Connecting NFV islands

On this week’s NFV/SDN Reality Check, we speak with TM Forum on deployment and operational challenges in connecting NFV islands Virtualization platforms using network functions...

Qualcomm to test LTE-U with T-Mobile US

The Federal Communications Commission granted Qualcomm permission to move forward with LTE-U product development testing with T-Mobile US at four network sites around the...

Carriers pledge to hire veterans; Sprint names Great Plains directors

As part of a White House-led initiative called Joining Forces, telecom operators this week announced plans to hire tens of thousands of military veterans....

AT&T hosting deal, Netflix video optimization, Apple partnership … 5 things to know today

AT&T chooses Synacor over Yahoo for hosting services 1. AT&T may have seen the writing on the wall. With Verizon Communications emerging as the company...

Chinese government awards telecom license to CBN

Analysts believe CBN will not affect current telco’s business China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology awarded a telecommunications license to state-owned broadcaster CBN. With...

Test and Measurement: NetScout, Viavi, Ixia results

Results are coming in for the first quarter of the year, and network testing and monitoring companies seem to be facing a relatively weak quarter...

AT&T targets 30% software control by year-end; NFV, SDN and IoT skills needed

In looking to hit 30% software control by year-end, AT&T set to increase education of workforce in NFV, SDN and IoT technologies AT&T is...

Bharti Airtel sells 950 towers in Africa to Helios

Bharti Airtel will continue to use the infrastructure through a long-term lease contract Bharti Airtel International, a subsidiary of Indian telecom group Bharti Airtel, signed an...

Worst of the Week: Gut-based grading of AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint results

WOTW hands out gut influenced quarterly results grades for AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint, and you might be surprised who the gut favors Hello! And...

T-Mobile nips Verizon in network latency, Sprint CDMA impacts Boost

A new report from Apteligent had T-Mobile posting the lowest network latency among nationwide carriers, while Sprint CDMA reliance slowed Boost performance T-Mobile US’ network...

Show me the IoT money: opportunity for investment

Within the telecom industry, views differ widely on the scale of the IoT investment opportunity Asked at a recent conference when the "Internet of Things"...
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