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The United States is big–around 3.8-million-square-miles–and has widely varied geography. As such, providing true nationwide broadband service is a heavy lift. And, naturally, service providers only have so much money …

From business case to technology, enterprises need in-building cellular, but how do you find the solution that’s best for you? Often referred to as the fourth utility, right up there …

Last year former Ericsson CEO Hans Vestberg, now in a key leadership role at Verizon, left the top spot, which he held for seven years out of a total of …

The wireless industry continues to transform itself. This is an exciting time in the pay TV industry with cable television companies like Comcast and Charter re-entering the wireless space. If …

HKT is partnering Huawei on a customer-centric approach to digital transformation HONG KONG–Hong Kong telecom operator HKT is currently undergoing a process to implement an integral digital transformation process in …

5G to transform smart grid, transportation, massive IoT and media delivery 5G is billed as the great enabler–ultra high capacity and ultra low latency communications will blow open digital transformation …

Last week, at this year’s MWC Americas wireless conference, Charter updated us on their wireless strategy for their entry next year. If successful, wireless could play an important role in …

It looks like Altice may become one of the more aggressive growth-oriented pay TV providers. If so, would they be more interested in acquiring Charter to expand their cable television …

Wireless communication is the best tool to keep team members working cohesively, regardless of their location. The remote workforce is predicted to increase to 1.87 billion people by 2022, so …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …

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 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …