As it continues to test three-channel carrier aggregation, Sprint this week reports that a recent trial using the LG G5 smartphone achieved peak data throughput speeds of 275 megabits per …
In July, former Ericsson CEO Hans Vestberg stepped down after seven years at the helm of the Swedish telecom infrastructure vendor. EVP and CFO Jan Frykhamar has stepped in as …
While “5G” promises to bring multigigabit speeds to mobile, there’s still a long runway for the development of innovative new LTE-based services like gigabit LTE. Claiming a world first, Finnish …
Google Fiber is now available in the City Center area of Salt Lake City, making the high-speed internet and TV service from the Alphabet subsidiary available in seven metropolitan markets. …
Riders on the Seattle subway system should begin to notice their mobile devices can now connect to LTE networks thanks to a distributed antenna system deployed by Mobilitie. T-Mobile US …
Belize, a small nation in Central America, has been rapidly entering the digital age through a number of network deployments in partnership with Chinese information and communications technology vendor Huawei. …
Ruckus Wireless and Federated Wireless round out Citizens Radio Broadband Service Alliance A group of heavy-hitters in the wireless, compute and network infrastructure businesses have joined forces to speed development and …
As consumers add more devices to home networks, Wi-Fi networks could struggle to keep up. To address this problem, as well as the frustration association with Wi-Fi dead spots, Netgear …
Intel devices will use GE Predix industrial IoT cloud platform for smart manufacturing During the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich was joined on stage by GE …
According to a report this week by Bloomberg, Masayoshi Son, the CEO of SoftBank, remains interested in a potential combination of U.S. carriers Sprint and T-Mobile US despite past regulatory roadblocks. …
In a new guest blog published by Wi-Fi Now, telecom analyst David Theodore articulates exactly why “5G” is currently all hype with little substance, a point he illustrates by comparing …
Autonomous vehicles are poised to ultimately disrupt the automotive and transportation industries with many watchers speculating that car ownership will be eventually give way to widespread ride sharing. Signaling efforts …
Historic rain is causing widespread flooding in Louisiana that has claimed at least seven lives and left around 20,000 people stranded, according to ABC News. As recovery efforts gear up, …
Wireless Infrastructure Association president discussed the role of infra in keynote at Wireless Connect conference Jonathan Adelstein, president of the Wireless Infrastructure Association, discussed the role of infrastructure in delivering …
Tom Keathley, AT&T SVP of wireless network architecture and design, recently gave an update on how the carrier sees small cell technology figuring into both current and future networks. Keathley, …
Nils Paellmann, T-Mobile VP of investor relations, details plans to open 400 more postpaid stores by the end of 2016. T-Mobile US’ VP of investor relations, Nils Paellmann, in a recent interview …
Ronan Dunne starts next month as group president of Verizon Wireless; he’s the former CEO of O2 Ronan Dunne, the former CEO of O2, doesn’t start his job as the …
John Stephens, AT&T CFO, updates progress on virtualization of network functions and details ‘very comfortable’ spectrum position Speaking at the Oppenheimer 19th Annual Technology, Internet and Communications Conference, AT&T’s chief …
Cloud computing and big data analytics will usher in artificial intelligence era This week Intel announced a “definitive agreement” to buy San Diego-based Nervana Systems, which specializes in deep learning, …
Carriers around the world are deploying small cell networks to add capacity to targeted locations and complement macro infrastructure. But the business model associated with small cell deployments – significant …
The London-based Small Cell Forum has appointed AT&T’s director of RAN product information, David Orloff, as the new chairman of the industry group. Small Cell Forum advocates for adoption of …
Last week Verizon Communications made a deal to buy some portions of Yahoo’s businesses, specifically the troubled internet portal’s operating assets for $4.83 billion in cash. This builds on Verizon’s previous …
Washington state attorneys charge Comcast with ‘illegally deceiving’ customers Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson on Aug. 1 filed a lawsuit against Comcast on behalf of in-state subscribers, that seeks more than …
Peter Cochrane also doesn’t think 5G will supplant Wi-Fi In a new piece published by Computing, Peter Cochrane, the former CTO and head of research for BT, upends predominant industry …
Latest round of job cuts builds on 1,850 layoffs Microsoft announced in May Continuing to tighten its belt, Microsoft plans to get rid of some 2,850 employees this year, according …
