2016

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 its funding fueled expansion This week …

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 the domestic market’s major wireless …

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

Verizon Wireless has been bullish on “5G” with plans to trial the unstandardized technology this year. Ever since Verizon Wireless announced those plans late last year, T-Mobile US executives, who …

P3 Group, QuEST Forum and Metrinomics have partnered on new customer experience management services that seek to provide the telecom industry with a more complete view of wireless customers’ experience …

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 for an undisclosed amount. Both Smith …

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 the course of the past …

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 performance across 125 markets, taking measurements …

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 ZTE for alleged violations of …

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 become more distributed. The term …

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 and media outlets gathered to discuss …

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

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 million net additions during the …

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 Commission turned its attention to …

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 of so-called “supercookies,” which tracked …

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 DigiCell, a subsidiary of Belize …

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 smart cities; all these things …

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 the commercial telecom space and …

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 and 5G use cases bring …

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 objects by 2020. As the …

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 in Sprint and its stake in …

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 offering up to half off …

We’ve all been there. The agonizing moment as you fumble your phone and it lands squarely in the pool or a pitcher of margaritas. In fact, according to a new …

TrueMove said China’s ICBC will provide a guarantee worth $1 billion Thai telecom operator TrueMove confirmed it has secured financial funding to pay for spectrum in the 900 MHz band it …