This week on HetNet Happenings, RCR Wireless News Managing Editor Sean Kinney takes a look at the booming wireless ecosystem developing in New York City. Former Federal Communications Commission member …
Initial testbeds in Chicago, Atlanta, Houston and Detroit; carrier aggregation expanded to almost 40 more markets A photo of Sprint promotional material, leaked onto Reddit by an apparent Sprint employee, details …
Report says Samsung’s new flagship phones, the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge, ‘failed to wow consumers’ A new market research report published by Argus Insights found that consumer demand …
Fiber expansion to add 350 route miles to the network Continuing to expand its fiber footprint, Colorado-based Zayo Group Holdings plans to hook up some 500 Seattle-area towers to fiber …
Some 35 hot spots now available but the $2 per hour charge is 10% of monthly median income As the United States eases economic and diplomatic relationships with Cuba, one …
The Atlantic hurricane season, which has yet to yield any major storms – knock on wood – kicked off on June 1 and runs until Nov. 30. Regulators at the …
Direct 2 You now available in Dallas, Detroit, Tampa and Washington, D.C. As Sprint appears to have fallen to the No. 4 spot behind T-Mobile US in the domestic carrier …
Swedish equipment maker partners with Softbank and Turkcell on road to 5G Telecom powerhouse Ericsson is aggressively laying the groundwork for eventual “5G” deployments via partnerships with Japanese-based SoftBank and …
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has made improving Internet access in the city a hallmark of his time in office. The latest iteration could involve equipping some of …
Labor negotiations for 38,000 union employees ongoing; Verizon has prepped for potential strike Contract talks for some 38,000 unionized Verizon employees are not going well, according to dispatches from Communication …
“Due to the popularity of cable, satellite and Internet TV, the UHF spectrum is one of the most underutilized portions of the wireless spectrum in the United States. That’s a …
Following years of collaborative development, the Wi-Fi Alliance has released Wi-Fi Aware, a sort of always-on mechanism for device-to-device discovery that doesn’t requires a GPS, cellular or hot spot connection. …
Atlanta, Charlotte, Raleigh-Durham, Nashville next up for Gigabit fiber-to-the-home Google Fiber, the tech giant’s ambitious project to offer fiber-to-the-home beginning in major metro markets, has started construction of its network …
Vodafone has deployed Radio Dot system at its offices in London Vodafone is trialing the Ericsson Radio Dot small cell system inside its London offices representing a first-of-its-kind trial in …
HetNet Happenings is brought to you by CommScope. On this episode of HetNet Happenings, host Sean Kinney, managing editor for RCR Wireless News takes a look at how CPRI–common public radio …
Project Fi, a Wi-Fi-first mobile option, is supported by T-Mobile US and Sprint networks Early reviews are in and it looks like Google’s Project Fi, the tech giant’s entrance into …
Industry watchers warn that data should be taken with a grain of salt After selling out on its initial release, it looks like sales of the much-hyped Apple Watch have …
The next generation of “5G” mobile connectivity promises virtually no latency based on dynamic use of technology like LTE-Advanced, Wi-Fi and small cells comprising ultra-dense networks. And with limited commercialization …
Airline partners with ViaSat to harness satellite-based Wi-Fi rather than ground-based connectivity Airline Virgin America, owned by billionaire Richard Branson, this week announced a partnership with ViaSat that promises to …
Technology juggernaut Google changed the way we search with its proprietary algorithims. But the oft-secretive company is constantly working on technologically impressive, forward-leaning projects that have the promise to push …
Let’s face it: airplane Wi-Fi is a total bummer. Entire jets full of people share a miniscule level of throughput that’s generally not even close to the threshold needed for …
A new market research report finds that T-Mobile US has overtaken Sprint in terms of total subscribers, thereby claiming the No. 3 domestic carrier spot. The researchers said that while …
United Arab Emirates carrier Du partners with Nokia to analyze network components using telco drones Carrier Du, along with partner Nokia Networks, has used drones carrying smartphone-based test equipment to …
Although the telecom industry is still a few years away from establishing a standard for 5G mobile networks, research and development is happening in earnest. The latest action in that …
WiredWest trying to fund $79M build-out that would bring fiber to 32 towns As entrenched cable companies, as well as disruptive new entrants, work to rollout fiber-to-the-home connections, 22 Massachusetts …
