5G fixed wireless access growth as a wireless alternative to last mile fiber
5G fixed wireless access is poised to be the first phase of commercial 5G deployments with major operators including Verizon and AT&T testing service delivery using high-capacity millimeter wave spectrum. Given this...
Stock transfer to Tencent, Baidu and Alibaba, among others, will raise money for 5G development
China Unicom has announced plans to issue and transfer stock to Chinese private investors and its employees in a move that will raise about CNY 77.9 billion (US$11.67 billion). The...
Ericsson says it will "accelerate" planned cuts
Last month network infrastructure giant Ericsson reported across the board sales losses in a Q2 2017 financial report with CEO Borje Ekholm projecting a continued decline in operating income between $362 million and $600 million over the next...
The telco expects to carry out 5G field trials in China over the next two years
China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile telephony operator in terms of subscribers, will wait until 5G technologies and business models are more mature to determine the capex of its...
Once again, J.D. Power just announced their award for wireless purchase experience, and, once again, for the 9th consecutive time, AT&T Mobility wins. Also, MetroPCS wins for non-contract, full-service carriers and Consumer Cellular wins for non-contract value carriers. And, at the same time, AT&T debuted...
In a discussion with Oppenheimer Managing Director Tim Horan during the investment firm's ongoing Technology, Internet and Communications Conference, Verizon EVP and Group President of Verizon Wireless Ronan Dunne discussed the carrier's approach to an evolution from LTE to 5G.
Dunne said 5G services will...
John Stephens talks move from hardware to software, FirstNet, spectrum and 5G
During the ongoing Oppenheimer Technology, Internet and Communications Conference, John Stephens, AT&T senior executive vice president and chief financial officer, explained how replacing hardware with software is a key part of the carrier's...
Microwave backhaul specialist DragonWave delisted from from TSX and NASDAQ; board of director resigns
Once a significant player in the microwave backhaul space, Ottawa, Canada-based company DragonWave has effectively shutdown, with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice placing a financial receiver in charge of the...
Between acquisitions and supplier deals, Verizon has spent more than $3 billion on fiber--this year
It's difficult to state just how valuable fiber optic assets are to the telecommunications network as the evolution from LTE to 5G continues. But, let's give it a shot using...
Marcelo Claure says merging Sprint with another wireless carrier offers "enormous" synergies
From a potential tie-up with T-Mobile US to a consolidation with a broadband/pay TV provider like Charter Communications, Sprint, which is primarily owned by Japanese conglomerate SoftBank, is definitely the topic of much...
Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure calls return to profitability "important milestone"
Amid on-again, off-again merger and acquisition discussion regarding U.S. carrier Sprint, the company on Tuesday morning released Q1 2017 financial reports indicating a return to profitability for the first time in three years.
Sprint, in a...
Wireless carriers have been competing for decades, and every year they come up with new ideas for advertising and marketing to help their brand stand above the crowd. This year Sprint is hitting it out of the park with their new “Twice the Price”...
So, Sprint wants to merge with Charter. This is no real surprise if you have been following the industry. If not, you may be wondering why a wireless carrier wants to combine with cable TV company. Let’s take a few minutes and discuss how...
ECI new platform seeks to bring service agility closer to the edge
ECI, a global provider of the "elastic network" technologies , announced its Hybrid Virtualization Platform Thursday, created to support an array of network functions virtualization (NFV) use cases.
NFV architecture serves as the backbone...
Integration of shared CBRS spectrum into neutral host model opens up new use cases
Based on a recent filing with the U.S. Federal Communications Systems, neutral host provider ExteNet Systems is looking to incorporate CBRS technology into its distributed network approach. Integration of spectrum support...
Tyntec announces way to bridge P2P and A2P messaging over short codes
Tyntec, a global cloud communications company, announced today a new proposal to build a framework in North America that bridges the gap between person-to-person messaging (P2P) and application-to-person (A2P) messaging over short codes.
The...
The goal is to make mobile data exchanges more transparent
DENT Wireless Limited, a blockchain mobile data exchange based in Hong Kong, and Aquto, a specialist in sponsored data and data rewards based in Boston, announced they are partnering to discover innovative ways operators can...
Nokia's new Android smartphone and a cross-licensing deal with Xiaomi are not the only big changes underway at the company. Today the wireless equipment maker said it has changed the way it reports its financial results in order to better reflect changes to its...
Let’s take a closer look at Comcast Xfinity Mobile. Now that Comcast and Charter are re-entering wireless, what can we expect? How successful will they be? These questions are being asked by customers, investors and competitors. Wireless has been growing and changing over the...
We don't know the details of the deal, but it is official that Corning has acquired SpiderCloud Wireless, significantly bolstering its reach into the enterprise in-building wireless market, and adding a major complement to its fiber-fed distributed antenna system offerings.
By way of a quick...
Analysts highlight how acquisition allows Corning to better target the enterprise, and how the deal puts a 'target' on remaining standalone small cell outfits
Corning Wednesday made official its rumored acquisition of enterprise small cell vendor SpiderCloud Wireless, a move initially reported by RCR Wireless...
With the pending acquisition, Crown Castle will own or have access to 60,000 route miles of fiber
Shared network infrastructure provider Crown Castle announced plans to nearly double its fiber optic holdings with the acquisition of Lightower for $7.1 billion.
Crown Castle CEO Jay Brown said...
Small-cell-as-a-service offering embraced by Chelsea Football Club
This week Ericsson announced decreasing sales across all business units including its managed services division, but Patrik Jakobson, head of network-as-a-service, a subset of the managed services unit, expects small-cell-as-a-service (ScaaS) to gain momentum in not only the...
Ericsson CEO said operating income could fall more than $360 million in next 12 months
Swedish infrastructure giant Ericsson reported across the board sales losses in a Tuesday Q2 financial report with CEO Borje Ekholm projecting a continued decline in operating income between $362 million...
