Sprint beat T-Mobile US this week, but I don’t think they’ll be bragging about the circumstances any time soon. Marcelo Claure edged out John Legere as one of the most-hated …
Kelly Hill
Kelly Hill
Kelly Hill reports on network test and measurement, AI infrastructure and regulatory issues, including spectrum, for RCR Wireless News. She began covering the wireless industry in 2005, focusing on carriers and MVNOs, then took a few years’ hiatus and returned to RCR Wireless News to write about heterogeneous networks (remember those?) and network infrastructure. Kelly is an Ohio native with a masters degree in journalism from the University of California, Berkeley, where she focused on science writing and multimedia. She has written for the San Francisco Chronicle, The Oregonian and The Canton Repository. She lives in northern Virginia, not far from Data Center Alley.
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AT&T to pick up Vyatta assets from Brocade AT&T is picking up Brocade’s Vyatta network operating system and software solutions amid the sale of Brocade to Broadcom, to further its …
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Bell Canada’s new LTE-M network to launch next year Days after announcing support for a smart farming initiative, Bell Canada said that it will be launching an Category M1 LTE …
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AT&T sees the Title II ruling as very “narrow” Contrary to most expectations of what the so-called “net neutrality” rules permit Internet service providers to do or not do in …
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Benchmarking company P3 Communications has been busy of late, expanding its operations and partnerships with companies such as InfoVista, and has received a few shout-outs on its testing during recent results …
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More and more traffic is being carried via Wi-Fi networks, and as traffic figures rise, so do security concerns. Last year, 60% of mobile data traffic was offloaded onto the …
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Verizon’s offering leverages Ericsson technologies Drawing an already-close partner even closer, Ericsson will be deploying Verizon’s managed Software Defined Wide Area Network service for its corporate IT, including virtualized security services and …
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#TBT: MVNO madness; Cingular starts selling ringback tones; mobile gambling expected to win big … this week in 2006
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillEditor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on …
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Australian telecommunications company Telstra is protecting itself from rising energy prices by committing to a long-term corporate power purchase agreement with renewable energy producer RES Group and supporting the construction of …
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What is MulteFire? MulteFire is a technology for deploying LTE in unlicensed spectrum that was developed by Qualcomm. Unlike the strategies of LTE-U or License-Assisted Access, which rely on a licensed spectrum …
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Survey shows interest in SD-WAN market The software-defined Wide Area Network market is poised for 200% growth in the next 12 months, according to a new report from Cato Networks. …
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CenturyLink has gained formal approvals from Virginia and Minnesota for its $34 billion acquisition of fiber provider Level 3, with those states joining more than a dozen others that have cleared …
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Carrier Wi-Fi provider Fon has partnerships with a number of global carriers that enable it to create global Wi-Fi networks and help operators deliver Wi-Fi services. RCR Wireless News caught …
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Verizon’s mobile “5G” demo at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway must be every driver tester’s dream come true — until they blacked out the windshield. The video is worth checking out. …
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Fifty of the most popular news web sites take an average of 10.5 seconds to load on a mobile device — more than three times as long as most site …
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Sprint will work with New York University Wireless for mobile “5G” development, in a partnership announced this week. Sprint is joining the university’s 5G research center as an industry affiliate …
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Sprint President and CEO Marcelo Claure has been nominated to join the board of directors of Sprint’s parent company, SoftBank. SoftBank is nominating five new directors in what seems to …
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#TBT: American Idol sets SMS record; Leap holds talking contests; Cingular, T-Mobile US end network sharing … this week in 2004
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillEditor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on …
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Although the U.S. is one of the largest Wi-Fi markets, international Wi-Fi is also an area of importance. According to Accuray Research, the global Wi-Fi hot spot market is expected …
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Verizon sees content, IoT and 5G as strategic investments Recognizing stiff competition for the U.S. wireless consumer, executives from Sprint, Verizon and T-Mobile US described various strategies to look beyond …
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T-Mobile US targets Verizon with #getoutofthered; Verizon launches smart home router
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillT-Mobile US’ new #getoutofthered campaign woos Verizon customers T-Mobile US launched a new promotion today to keep Verizon on the defensive, offering Verizon customers the option to bring one of …
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Pilot white space Wi-Fi network to expand in southern Virginia Microsoft is supporting the launch of a Wi-Fi network that utilizes television white spaces, to provide connectivity in rural southern …
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Apple, Nokia patent deal settles intellectual property dispute Apple and Nokia have settled all lawsuits in their intellectual property disputes and agreed to a multi-year patent license. Most of the details …
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Both Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure and T-Mobile US CFO Braxton Carter talked about the potential synergies of a merger in separate discussions during the J.P. Morgan Global Technology, Media and …
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Verizon Enterprise launches new interactive calling tool for customer service
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillNew Verizon Enterprise offering is aimed at better mobile device integration, multimedia customer care Verizon Enterprise has launched a new offering that integrates a mobile device-based multimedia experience into customer care interactions, …
