Nordic telcos faced regulatory obstacles from the European authorities
Swedish telecom operator TeliaSonera and Norway’s Telenor decided to withdraw a proposed merger of their respective business units in Denmark.
The two Nordic companies said they reached the decision as they were not able to agree with...
Ericsson has announced another software acquisition - the wireless equipment giant said today that it has agreed to buy San Francisco's Envivio (ENVI) for $125 million. Envivio makes software for vide compression and encoding.
Envivio has more than 400 service provider and content provider customers,...
Telcos seeking European Commission’s approval to merge Danish operations
Scandinavian mobile operators TeliaSonera and Telenor have offered to sell up to 40% of TT-Netvaerket, their joint network infrastructure company, to a new company in a bid to secure the approval of European Commission antitrust regulators...
WASHINGTON – Steven K. Berry, president and CEO of the Competitive Carriers Association, sat down with RCR Wireless News to discuss T-Mobile US' recent inclusion to the CCA Data Services Hub. As Berry explained, the CCA Data Services Hub provides members, who are primarily smaller,...
There are good signs coming from Sprint. According to its most recent quarterly results, customer losses came in at a record low. This is a real sign that Sprint is in recovery mode. When customers are happy, they stick around. When they are not, they...
BlackBerry buys Good; AWS buys Elemental; and AT&T customers lose service in parts of California
5 things to know today ...
1. BlackBerry is doubling down on mobile security by purchasing competitor Good Technology for $425 million. Good specializes in enterprise mobile security solutions and mobile...
Sprint's spectrum is not its only unique asset
The recent surge in Sprint's stock price comes courtesy of SoftBank, and the Japanese giant may have good reason to double down on its investment in the last-place nationwide carrier. The way Americans acquire mobile devices is...
AT&T contends governor changed requirements to favor local company
AT&T is calling foul on a new $400 million contract awarded by the state of Florida to a rival. The U.S.’ No. 2 carrier filed a complaint with Florida’s Department of Management Services contending the state's current governor,...
Angelina Beck, CEO of BRIUS Telecom Solutions, announced today that the company has achieved Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE) certification through Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC).
Angelina stated, “WBE certification creates opportunities for women-owned businesses to compete for public and private sector projects. We are...
After failed Time Warner Cable acquisition, is Comcast eyeing T-Mobile US?
In recent comments to assembled media, Comcast CFO Mike Cavanagh spoke briefly about the company’s ambitions — if any — regarding a move into wireless, which would align with the service provider trend of...
Hewlett-Packard is reportedly trying new tactics in order to restructure its “labor pyramid” in the face of shrinking revenues. In an effort to cut costs, HP is giving employees the option to either become a contract worker with no benefits or lose their jobs.
For...
Let me share with you some examples of how companies either hit it out of the park or strike out when it comes to their customer experience management. Customer experience is key to long-term business success, leading to customer relationship management becoming an important...
Wireless carriers value suppliers who can offer a full suite of solutions and who have deployment expertise. Companies that supply and deploy wireless infrastructure are responding to this demand by teaming up, hoping to gain market share and create scale that will help them...
Preferred Communication Systems, Inc. and North Sight Communications, Inc., have agreed to team up to optimize their spectrum deployment in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The two companies together hold 9.15 MHz of ESMR cellular spectrum on the Islands.
According to Barclay Knapp, Chief...
With the growing demand to store more data and increase processing power, server space is becoming prime real estate. According to IDC, revenue in the worldwide server market has increased by 6.1% over last year, raking in $13.5 billion in the second quarter of...
Smart traffic systems could save commuters two to four days per year of time spent in traffic
In a new report, the GSMA projects the city of Bangkok could save some $1 billion per year by implementing intelligent transport systems common in so-called smart cities.
Researchers...
Devicescape, iPass partner on 50M Wi-Fi hot spot network
Wi-Fi service providers iPass and Devicescape joined Wi-Fi networks to create a global network of some 50 million hot spots, which the companies and industry watchers are calling the world’s largest Wi-Fi network.
Wi-Fi evangelist and telecom industry...
SoftBank has teamed up with Netflix; could a Sprint/Netflix deal be next?
1. Sprint's parent company SoftBank will offer Netflix to customers who visit its stores and website, starting next month. The two companies will also work together to create original content. Netflix has already...
At its lowest point, Apple’s stock price dropped 13% during Monday's mass stock market selloff caused by concerns over China’s economic woes. Apple's CEO, Tim Cook, helped turn that around with comments he made to CNBC's Jim Cramer, reassuring investors of the company's stability in...
Competition among the big 4 carriers is fiercer than ever. Taking a look at their most recent quarterly results gives some insight into just how heated the race for subscribers and revenue continues to be.
In the most recent quarter ending midyear, Sprint officially lost the...
Union says Verizon’s ‘greed knows no bounds’
WASHINGTON – Some 38,000 Communications Workers of America and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers union employees have been working for Verizon Communications without a contract since Aug. 1; despite continued talks between the union and the company, there...
A sharp selloff on Wall Street hit wireless companies on Monday morning. Verizon Communications, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile US all saw their stock prices take a hit, with T-Mobile US falling the most and AT&T the least.
T-Mobile US may be the biggest loser today, but...
The telco ended Q2 with 6.57M mobile subscribers in Switzerland
Swiss mobile telephony operator Swisscom has launched a new mobile service combining the FDD and TDD LTE standards. The technology, which is currently available at the company’s Füssli shop in Zurich, will be commercially available...
The body said the proposed merger will hurt competition in the local market
South Africa’s Competition Commission blocked a proposed radio access network sharing and bilateral roaming deal between mobile operators MTN and Telkom, with the regulatory body recommending the Competition Tribunal prohibit the deal...
