Sigfox investment from industry and telcos Sigfox, which specializes in “Internet of Things” and machine to machine networking, this week announced a round of funding that brought in $115 million. …
As carriers around the world work to commercially deploy voice over LTE on a large scale, ZTE on Feb. 9 announced successful completion of VoLTE testing for industry giant China …
Verizon Wireless, SK Telecom and T-Mobile US visit labs Ericsson and Qualcomm are testing carrier-grade LTE-U technology that aggregates licensed and unlicensed spectrum to provide a data-speed boost for small cell. …
T-Mobile and Sprint make marked improvements Nationwide mobile networks are being improved by carriers and resulting in improved customer experience, according to test and measurement firm Rootmetrics, which picks Verizon …
Unemployment rate in telecommunications sector is a low 3.1% The telecommunications subsector lost some 400 employees from December to January, according to the most recent tracking figures released by the …
$7.99 monthly subscription is 39.7% of average Cuban salary Over the Top streaming video provider Netflix on Feb. 9 began offering its service in Cuba following a December policy shift to …
Designed for mobile network operators Canadian test and measurement company EXFO is giving mobile operators more control when a network issue pops up with analytics-driven troubleshooting. EXFO director of the …
The TESSCO ONE Innovation Showcase and Conference brought wireless networking industry leaders from around the world to AT&T Stadium near Dallas, Texas, on Feb. 3 and 4 for the annual …
Nokia using small cells to increase capacity in dense areas Network infrastructure giant Nokia Networks has partnered with carrier Bharti Airtel to expand FDD-LTE 4G mobile broadband in six new …
DAS will improve data, cellular by 2016 The city of Santa Clara, Calif., is looking to enhance cellular and Wi-Fi services by installing an outdoor distributed antenna system in busy …
Wi-Fi router comes in three-pack and covers whole home The new Eero router seeks to create small-scale Wi-Fi mesh networks by foregoing the traditional one-router home setup for a base …
Rotten Wi-Fi asks users to run speed tests Free, public Wi-Fi access is often a big draw for businesses like restaurants and cafes looking to keep customers busy browsing the …
Apple has reached a deal with the state of Arizona to open a $2 billion global network “command center,” according to a Feb. 2 announcement from state Gov. Doug Ducey. …
First in Europe to auction 700 MHz band Germany’s Federal Network Agency, which regulates the telecommunications, utilities, postal and railway industries, announced it would conduct a spectrum auction in the …
T-Mobile US, AT&T, Sprint, Verizon part of $32.5M DAS deployment An elaborate distributed antenna system will bring LTE to the Chicago subway system under the terms of a deal between …
Hotel fined $600,000 for jamming Wi-Fi hot spots After being fined $600,000 for jamming a guest’s personal Wi-Fi hot spot, Marriott Hotel Services will not press a petition against the …
WOW Business drops more fiber in Chicago Dallas, Texas-based PEG Bandwidth this week fired up fiber backhaul services to its 2,000th cell site since activating the first location in March …
FCC enforcement advisory follows $600,000 Marriott fine Hotel operators cannot block guests from using Wi-Fi hot spots rather than the hotel’s network, according to a strongly worded “enforcement advisory” published by …
Another possible Google Fiber expansion announcement later this year As expected, Google Fiber is coming to 18 new cities in four metropolitan areas, according to a Jan. 27 announcement from …
Atlanta, Nashville, Raleigh-Durham and Charlotte in the mix Google Fiber is poised to expand to four more U.S. markets, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal citing people familiar …
Sites for small cell, Wi-Fi, towers Melody Wireless Infrastructure on Jan. 26 announced the acquisition of 908 locations. The relatively new independent wireless infrastructure player controls more than 2,000 locations …
Qualcomm chipsets remained the industry leader in cellular and smartphone apps processors in 2014, according to a new report from research firm Strategy Analytics. Although Qualcomm continues to dominate the …
Chinese manufacturers are six of top 10 In 2014, smartphone sales totaled some 1.167 billion, an increase of 25.9% from 2013, according to a new report from market research and …
Glendale-area stadium, hotels, convention centers get new hardware for big game In the run-up to the biggest football game of the year, international telco AT&T has upgraded the distributed antenna …
Incubation program fosters innovation The Cisco Entrepreneurs in Residence program added six new startups on Jan. 22, with an eye on developing the next big thing in the “Internet of …
