Monthly Archives: May, 2016

Cell Tower News: Federal case consolidation; Vertical Bridge buys towers

Tragic federal case consolidation A 2014, fatal cell tower collapse in West Virginia saw action this week in the form of case consolidation. In February...

Show me the Industrial IoT Money – Opportunity for investment

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

Kansas City launches $15.7 million smart city program with Sprint, Cisco

The new Kansas City smart city program, in partnership with Sprint, Cisco and ThinkBig, will see free wifi, smart lighting and interactive kiosks deployed...

Sprint projects steep drop in capital spending

Sprint plans to invest $3 billion in network equipment and other capital goods during fiscal 2016, which started for the company on April 1....

Dish to FCC: XO acquisition will give Verizon 5G advantage

Verizon 5G plans could be bolstered by 39 GHz spectrum The pending Verizon Communications acquisition of XO Communications has drawn the ire of satellite-TV provider...

Dish to FCC: XO acquisition will give Verizon 5G advantage

Verizon 5G plans could be bolstered by 39 GHz spectrum The pending Verizon Communications acquisition of XO Communications has drawn the ire of satellite-TV provider...

Striking Verizon union workers set for piece of $400M fund; 15 protesters arrested

Reports indicate striking Verizon union workers will begin seeing compensation from their representatives beginning as early as this week, while 15 protesting workers and...

Operators challenged by NFV business model, but learning

NFV and SDN deployments continue to challenge legacy deployment and operational models, though carriers are learning from the process ORLANDO, Florida – Network virtualization is...

BT 4G, fiber investment to total $8.7 billion

BT 4G, fiber expansion comes as telco records $1.65 billion net profit in fiscal Q4 Including its Openreach broadband unit and EE mobile business, BT...

Editorial Webinar: Outdoor DAS and small cells – case studies

Each outdoor deployment, whether it is small cells or outdoor DAS is a learning lab for operators and vendors, and this webinar digs into...

Deutsche Telekom posts $3.54B in Q1 net profits

DT ended March with 40.6 million mobile customers in Germany Deutsche Telekom posted a net profit of 3.1 billion euros ($3.54 billion) in the first quarter...

Smart cities could cut costs by 30% with open IoT standards

Smart cities could waste $341 billion by 2025 by implementing non-standardized IoT solutions. The lack of open Internet of Things (IoT) standards has often been blamed for...

#TBT: New telecom era taking shape; Aussie study finds cancer link … this week in 1997

A fresh spectrum auction and ground-breaking legislation sets the stage for a new telecom era … 19 years ago this week Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless...

CEO details Sprint 5G plans, upcoming trial

Sprint 5G efforts supported by Nokia and Ericsson As carriers and vendors around the world race to trial "5G" technologies ahead of standardization, Sprint CEO...

CEO details Sprint 5G plans, upcoming trial

Sprint 5G efforts supported by Nokia and Ericsson As carriers and vendors around the world race to trial "5G" technologies ahead of standardization, Sprint CEO...

Are T-Mobile, Verizon and AT&T playing the same game?

On this week’s carrier wrap we speak with Recon Analytics to dissect Q1 financial and operating results from T-Mobile, Verizon and AT&T The domestic market’s...

Feature Report: Outdoor DAS and small cells – case studies

Each outdoor deployment is a learning lab for operators and vendors, and this report digs into the specifics of site acquisition, network design, equipment...

Ericsson IoT Accelerator meant to speed time-to-market

Cloud-based, SaaS IoT Accelerator addresses transport, energy and public safety With numerous projections pegging the value of "Internet of Things" solutions in the trillions of...

Verizon network transformation requires flexibility

Multifaceted Verizon network transformation work gaining steam as telecom giant learns from process, touts need to remain flexible ORLANDO, Florida – Verizon Communications has become...

Ericsson IoT Accelerator meant to speed time-to-market

Cloud-based, SaaS IoT Accelerator addresses transport, energy and public safety With numerous projections pegging the value of Internet of Things (IoT) solutions in the trillions...

Swisscom reports quarterly profits up 3.7% year-over-year

The telco reached 6.61 million mobile subscribers in March Swiss mobile operator Swisscom recorded 2.88 billion francs (about $3 billion) in revenues for the first...

Korean mobile carriers secure additional spectrum

The government raised $1.81 billion in the multiband spectrum auction South Korea obtained 2.11 trillion won ($1.81 billion) in a recent multiband spectrum auction, well...

Analyst Angle: Wi-Fi doesn't let success go to its head

Wi-Fi is a decades-old technology, but it remains as relevant as ever because it continues to evolve in ways that benefit vendors, service providers...

Google and Fiat Chrysler partner on self-driving cars

Google and Fiat Chrysler self-driving car partnership to double Google's self-driving car fleet. Fiat Chrysler Automobile announced it was teaming with Google on self-driving technology. It...

Google and Fiat Chrysler partner on self-driving cars

Google and Fiat Chrysler self-driving car partnership to double Google's self-driving car fleet. Fiat Chrysler Automobile (FCA) has announced it was teaming up with Google on...
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