2016

China to account for 24% of smartphone shipments Total smartphone shipments are expected to reach 1.5 billion units this year, representing a 5.7% compared to 2015, according to a report …

Voxbone looks at the work being done to formalize SIP standards Session initiation protocol, the most popular voice over Internet protocol telephony protocol, saw daylight for the first time in …

Wipro sees great change and opportunity in network assurance from NFV deployments Network functions virtualization has brought the capability of the telco networks on commodity hardware and software. Never before …

On this episode of HetNet Happenings, RCR Wireless News Managing Editor Sean Kinney takes you inside Mobile World Congress 2016 to dissect the big themes of “5G” and the “Internet …

TechNavio said the growing use of mobile applications is one of four major trends impacting the software testing market, with the other three being the emergence of vertical-specific testing services, …

AT&T supports Apple, tower stocks under pressure … 5 things to know today 1. Analysts are starting to downgrade some of the biggest names in wireless as the U.S. stock …

Operators will have 30 days to pay for the spectrum Mexico telecoms regulator IFT confirmed that as part of a recently completed spectrum auction, local mobile operator Telcel, owned by …

Chicago initiative offers ex-offenders job opportunities The cell tower industry has become a place of second chances and renewed hope for gainful employment. Thanks to a collaboration between a Chicago-area tower …

Vivendi media group now controls 24% of the Italian telco French media group Vivendi increased its stake in Telecom Italia by one percentage point to 24%, further strengthening its position as …

Baicells, using Radisys software, is testing LTE-LAA small cell with China Mobile Chinese tech company Baicells has been making moves in the small cells space as of late, most recently …

On this week’s NFV/SDN Reality Check, we look at some top news items from across the space as well as speak with A10 about DDoS attack security for NFV- and …

Open Compute Project becoming ‘de facto’ data center standard Ericsson is partnering with data center players Quanta and Amazon Web Services to extend the reach of its HDS8000 product; the …

Former Sprint chairman Tim Donahue joins Ligado board Ligado Networks, which prior to last month was known as LightSquared, added former Sprint Nextel executive Tim Donahue to its power-packed board …

Worst of the Week is all about 5G progress, but asks that we first make sure we finish what we started with 4G Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, …

Ericsson CEO: Goal is to drive growth, innovation, speed Nearly four months into a hyped partnership, Ericsson and Cisco executives report a “huge amount of progress in a very short …

Hitachi joined the OpenDaylight Project as a ‘silver’ member, boosting the organization’s presence in Japan The OpenDaylight Project welcomed Hitachi as a “silver” member and named a new member to …

OPNFV unveiled its second NFV platform, promising greater interoperability and testing The Linux Foundation’s Open Platform Network Function Virtualization Project launched its second platform release dubbed Brahmaputra. OPNFV, which teased …

Affirmed Networks, Procera, ACG Research, Vasona weigh-in on NFV Network functions virtualization has come a long way in the last year, according to experts, who have noted movement from discussion …

IBMer: ‘It’s bad, it’s really bad. It is a sad day for IBM.’ Reports began hitting the Internet this morning that IBM began a wave of firings that could impact …

Verizon Wireless ranked first with consumers in all six of J.D. Power’s most recent regional surveys. The study queried more than 41,000 wireless subscribers across the U.S. about their last …

AT&T, Telit, ARM, F-Secure talk IoT during Mobile World Congress The “Internet of Things” promises to change the way we all live and work, according to myriad discussions during the …

T-Mobile US says it’s the nation’s leader in voice-over-LTE calls on its mobile network. This week at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference, T-Mobile US CFO Braxton Carter …

Fintur operates in Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Moldova Turkcell is looking to acquire the near 59% stake TeliaSonera currently holds in Fintur Holdings, which would give Turkcell full control of …

The Japanese firm plans to start deploying the NFV technology on its network this month NTT DoCoMo said it has completed development of what it claims to be the world’s …