As LTE mobile networks continue to evolve, new technologies designed to bolster throughput by tapping into unlicensed spectrum bands are steadily approaching commercialization. Licensed assisted access, which aggregates LTE in …
Project Natick is Microsoft’s effort to make a more efficient, better located data center under the sea Cloud computing heavyweight Microsoft, looking to boost the operational efficiency of data centers while …
Learn more about data center power needs and moves toward sustainability As the demand for streaming video, mobile applications and other technologies that require high-bandwidth continues to proliferate, the need …
A Stanford Law School professor in a paper published January 29, concludes T-Mobile US’ Binge On streaming video service, which doesn’t count against a subscriber data allotment, “violates key net neutrality …
DAS, temporary sites and beefed up towers part of T-Mobile US upgrades in the Bay Area With Super Bowl 50 set for Feb. 7, carriers are making numerous network upgrades …
KentuckyWired is public-private partnership to create statewide broadband network A plan called KentuckyWired, which envisions creating a “middle mile” fiber backbone in the state to provide broadband to all 120 …
New facility combines virtual platforms, cloud solutions to connect 20,000 engineers With an eye on streamlining research and development around “5G” mobile networks, Ericsson this week announced the opening of …
AT&T has a major focus on the “Internet of Things” with major investments in consumer-facing products and industrial products like its Global SIM, which has tremendous utility in verticals like container …
What is the Open Compute Project? The Open Compute project is nonprofit founded in 2011 with the goal of reimaging the design of server, storage and other data center hardware …
IDC smartphone tracking shows Apple, Huawei and Xiamoi had year-over-year growth in smartphone shipments For smartphone shipments around the world, 2015 was a good year. IDC reports smartphone sellers moved nearly 1.433 …
New broadband player Starry looks to undercut broadband providers by disrupting infrastructure model The founder of now defunct Aereo, Chet Kanojia, is looking to disrupt the home broadband market by offering …
Set-top box leasing costs U.S. consumer $20 billion annually With an eye on driving competition in cable TV, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler on laid out a proposal to …
On an earnings call Tuesday, Apple executives reported a record-breaking fiscal first quarter, ending Dec. 26, with quarterly revenue of $75.9 billion and net income of $18.4 billion. In the …
Carriers upgrades DAS, small cells, cells on wheels and more ahead of big game More than 75,000 football fans are expected to descend on the San Francisco metropolitan area for …
The grand vision of autonomous driving is for intelligent vehicles, coupled with smart infrastructure, to use real time communications to make traffic accidents and congestion a thing of the past. …
25 Mbps down, 3 Mbps up is unnecessarily fast, senators say A group of six U.S. senators this week told the Federal Communications Commission its current broadband benchmark of 25 …
Facebook data centers said to be 100% powered by renewable energy In a Jan. 24 blog post, Facebook announced it will build its second European data center in the small …
The Internet is abuzz after potential details of the next-generation flagship phones from industry leaders Apple and Samsung were leaked online in separate incidents, according to multiple reports. The release …
On this episode of HetNet Happenings, host Sean Kinney takes a look at Ericsson initiatives and solutions geared toward enabling the smart cities of the future. Smart cities combine virtually …
Verizon reported revenue growth in an earnings call this week, but CFO Fran Shammo did make clear the carrier doesn’t plan on offering an unlimited data plan despite market pressures. …
Bay-Area startup Kumu Networks, which specializes in increasing spectral efficiency with full duplex chip-based technology, raised $25 million in an investment round including Cisco Systems, Verizon Communications and Deutsche Telekom …
Cloud services include contextual marketing, mobile commerce ItsOn, which provides cloud automation and virtualization services, announced an agreement with the biggest operator in Africa aimed at driving revenue through personalized …
AUSTIN, Texas – Market outlook for small cells deployments, in both the enterprise and carrier segments, was a major point of discussion during Verizon’s In Building Technology Users Forum; SpiderCloud …
Speaking to CNBC during the World Economic Forum in Davos Switzerland, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson touted the carrier’s spectrum portfolio and mobile video offerings. Stephenson discussed how, six months after …
Microsoft CEO: A ‘public cloud for the public good’ Hardware and software giant Microsoft plans to donate $1 billion in cloud computing resources and services to nonprofits, CEO Satya Nadella …
