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iGR report projects that five year 2016 U.S. DAS capex will exceed $19 billion while U.S. DAS capex and opex spending will exceed $23 billion (Video) Iain Gillott, founder and …

Market research firm IDC says that 2015 will be the first full year of single-digit growth in the global smartphone market. According to the company, worldwide smartphone shipments will grow 9.8% …

Facebook is giving a small group of iPhone users a chance to try its new live video sharing tool, which previously was only available to public figures and celebrities. The …

The Indian telco will transfer the assets to two US investment groups Indian telecom operator Reliance Communications has reached an agreement to sell its stake in telecom tower company Reliance …

Telecom solutions powerhouse Nokia completed the sale of its Here mapping and services unit to a group of German automakers comprised of Audi, BMW and Daimler-Benz for more than $3 …

The UK regulator said spectrum auction will wait for the implications of the Three-O2 merger U.K. telecommunications regulator Ofcom decided to postpone its planned spectrum auction for licenses in the 2.3 GHz …

The Atlanta-based Wireless Technology Forum hosted an annual analyst event; the topic this year was the state of the wireless industry with an emphasis on how business models will need …

Yahoo executives are considering a sale of the company’s Internet businesses in a series of meetings ongoing this week, according to a The Wall Street Journal report citing sources close …

The Internet is awash in rumors that technology giant Apple, in its next smartphone release perhaps called the iPhone 7, could do away with the standard headphone jack in favor …

The transaction is expected to be completed in Q1 2016 Shareholders of Finnish telecom equipment manufacturer Nokia approved the proposed $16.5 billion acquisition of French-based supplier Alcatel-Lucent. Nokia has obtained all …

Apple is stealing users from rival Android in record numbers, according to a new report from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners. The report found 26% of consumers who bought the iPhone …

As part of its annual year-end evaluation, Samsung has chosen a new leader of its handset division. Koh Dong Jin, who had been in charge of Samsung’s research and development …

Sprint is aggressively rolling out service upgrades and promotions As part of a spate of new Sprint promotions, the No. 4 U.S. carrier announced an expansion of its international roaming service, …

Pakistani government wanted BlackBerry to share data generated by enterprise clients Canadian company BlackBerry plans on leaving the Pakistan market following a disagreement with the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority regarding access …

The telco aims to deploy 160,000 base stations in three years Indian telecommunications provider Bharti Airtel plans to invest 600 billion rupees ($9 billion) over the next three years to expand …

Who is leading the way in the industrial and consumer Internet of Things markets? “Internet of Things” technology – connecting every possible device, object or thing to the Internet – …

Comcast, dealing with customer fallout from an expanding data-cap policy, is moving to increase a number of fees associated with double- and triple-play bundles. The new fee structure is initially …

Details of latest Sprint promotion aren’t available, but questions will be answered on Dec. 7 Sprint is ratcheting up the heat against competitors – T-Mobile US in particular – by …

The combined business to provide service to 45M subscribers Pakistan mobile network operators Mobilink and Warid Telecom announced they have reached an agreement to merge their operations. The combined business is …

Congratulations, Sprint. In 2015 you are the most-improved network provider in quality, speed and reach in a growing number of areas from coast to coast. While there is still quite …

Deployment of small cells is seen as a key avenue of boosting cellular capacity and adding network density, but commissioning have fallen short of projections, despite 2015 being viewed as …

Indian telecom operator Reliance Communications is set to announce the sale of its stake in telecom tower company Reliance Infratel to a private equity firm. According to local press reports, the …

Telecom Italia plans to keep up to 20% of the infrastructure firm Telecom Italia is looking to sell a part of its Inwit holdings, with CEO Marco Patuano noting “we are ready to …

Acquisition to bolster 4G network rollout In an effort to boost high-speed data rates, India’s third-largest telco, Idea Cellular, agreed to buy nearly $500 million in spectrum from smaller rival …

Enterprises want to focus on business value, not IT infrastructure Google is one of the largest server manufacturers in the world and among the four big players in the cloud-computing/datacenter …