According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, telecom industry unemployment was 1.4% in October
The latest numbers from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, released each month, indicate October marked the low point in 2015 (so far) of unemployment for the telecom workforce.
According to figures,...
New chip supports seamless handoff between LTE, LTE-U and Wi-Fi networks
NEW YORK – Qualcomm is looking to make a splash with its new Snapdragon 820 processor, a chipset that could be used in an array of mobile devices all competing for bandwidth on increasingly...
Forbes list calls out Jawbone, Genband, SIGFOX and more IoT startups from around the world
WASHINGTON – "Internet of Things" technology involves connecting every device possible to the Internet and promises to be one of the biggest economic revolutions since industrialization.
IoT has applications across a...
The motivation for Ericsson's new partnership with Cisco was crystal clear today at the company's annual capital markets day in Sweden. Ericsson is telling investors that it expects the total network equipment market to grow at a compound annual rate of just 1-3% during...
The National Association of Broadcasters is asking the Federal Communications Commission to extend its 39-month spectrum repacking deadline for up to 1,200 TV stations after next year’s TV spectrum incentive auction citing insufficient tower crews to complete the job in the given time frame.
“Commission...
UPDATE: Verizon CTO blasts reports of possible sale of enterprise assets
Verizon CTO Fran Shammo, in comments made today during the 2015 Wells Fargo Securities Technology, Media and Telecom Conference, called reports that Verizon was considering a sale of its enterprise assets "factless. These are the...
National League of Cities finds that U.S. metros aren’t taking into account transportation innovations
Smart cities technology, a subset of the "Internet of Things," is making morning commutes, finding a parking spot and arranging public transit, among other things, an easy-to-use process driven by mobile...
1. Ericsson is teaming up with Cisco in a move that should make it a stronger competitor to Huawei and to the combined Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent. The partners said the deal will yield $1 billion in incremental revenue for each company by 2018. Ericsson...
Preferred Communication Systems, Inc. and North Sight Communications, Inc., have agreed to jointly offer their Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands 800 MHz spectrum in an open public auction scheduled to begin December 1, 2015. The two companies together hold 9.15 MHz of...
Wi-Fi hot spot deal targets the Wi-Fi-first business user
The race to provide ubiquitous connectivity to data-hungry users regardless of location continues with the two largest Wi-Fi hot spot network providers announcing a partnership to expand the global footprint.
Network provider iPass on Nov. 2 announced...
Broadband could be bond-financed, run by nonprofits, result from public-private partnerships or compel big ISPs to offer better services in rural areas
WASHINGTON – On Nov. 3, voters went to the polls across the country to weigh-in on numerous races and ballot measures. In consideration...
Consumer watchdog group calls out Comcast for engaging in monopolistic business
After trying out capping customer data use at 300Â gigabytes per month, Comcast is expanding the practice to new markets in 12 states.
The data caps, which Comcast refers to as "trials," are already in effect in...
DALLAS – The demand for small cells is pressing, and carriers, venue owners and other stakeholders are racing to deploy. But scalability remains a challenge as it's inherently difficult to define a broad process when each small cell use case has its own set...
The Chinese vendor calls for joint efforts to narrow the connectivity gap in developing countries
HONG KONG – Rotating Huawei CEO Ken Hu told journalists during a press conference at Huawei’s Global Mobile Broadband Forum, which took place in Hong Kong this week, that attractive...
GSMA estimates the industry will need up to 800 megahertz of additional spectrum by 2020
The use of additional "C-band" spectrum in the 3.4 GHz to 4.2 GHz bands for mobile broadband in London and Shenzhen alone will generate an additional $440 million of economic...
The Brazilian mobile landscape is undergoing a transformation with the potential for heightened competition in the coming years. Driving the market shift is the reduction of a termination rate imposed by telecom regulator Anatel, which wants the discount applied to customers, plus the massive use...
WASHINGTON – The Russian-made YotaPhone, which that country's president, Vladimir Putin, has called his nation’s answer to the Apple iPhone, has stalled in its sales, but the company behind it is hopping to find more fertile ground in China.
Despite an optimistic target of 1 million...
You’ve got to love it when an entrepreneur runs a public company. When Marcelo Claure became CEO at Sprint last year, he may not have understood all the work ahead of him. However, he is attacking it like a true entrepreneur. Every company has...
Deliveries commenced in Q1 2015, will continue during 2016
Nokia Networks and China Mobile announced a framework agreement for the provision of mobile communications equipment and services valued at more than $1 billion.
The European vendor said deliveries under the agreement commenced in the first quarter...
That growth comes between January and September; the telco ended September with 194 million subscribers
China Telecom ended the third quarter with 43.7 million subscribers in the 4G LTE segment, after a net addition of 36.6 million subscribers during the first three quarters of the...
4G fueling growth
India is reportedly on its way to eclipsing 1 billion mobile subscribers. According to a report by Peter Evans, senior analyst Asia at BuddeComm, the world’s second largest country had 970 million subscribers as of March 2015.
Currently 77% of India’s population has...
1 Gbps fiber-to-the-home service expanding in cities with 'entrepreneurial spirit'
Google Fiber, a subsidiary of Alphabet (remember that whole thing?) is now working with municipal leaders in Tampa and Jacksonville, Fla., as well as Oklahoma City as potential beneficiaries of the tech giant's 1 gigabit-per-second...
Building size, carrier involvement, return on investment among determining factors
LOS ANGELES – There are some 4.8 million buildings in the U.S. that are 25,000 square feet or less, yet have the same in-building connectivity needs as much larger spaces. So what’s the best approach...
Broadband Conduit Deployment Act of 2015 emphasizes expanding broadband infrastructure, particularly in rural America
The federal government, of late, has pushed hard to expand high-speed broadband access through rural America; the latest push is the Broadband Conduit Deployment Act of 2015, which calls for fiber...
