Despite extending LTE network, Orange reports flat revenue
French mobile operator Orange reached 8 million LTE subscribers at the end of 2015, posting 1.4 million net additions during the last quarter of the year, the company said in its earnings statement. Overall mobile connections in...
RCR Wireless News recognizes inaugural list of leaders fueling the Fourth Industrial Revolution
RCR Wireless News, a leading source of wireless, telecom and mobile technology news and actionable intelligence since 1982, recognized today its inaugural selection of leading Industrial IoT (IIoT) 5G Industrialists and Innovators....
Xiaomi, Huawei and Apple led in market share
A total of 117.3 million smartphones were shipped to China in the last quarter of 2015, an 8% year-over-year increase according to a recent study by IDC. The growth was mainly driven by China’s annual singles day online...
Deal will join Liberty Global, Vodafone operations in Netherlands
U.K-based telecom group Vodafone and U.S. company Liberty Global reached an agreement to merge their operations in the Netherlands.
Vodafone will make a cash payment to Liberty Global of €1 billion ($1.43 billion) to equalize ownership in...
1. Google will not be a bidder in the Federal Communications Commission's upcoming 600 MHz spectrum auction. The deadline to file applications to bid was last Wednesday, and late last week a Google spokesperson said the company will be watching the auction closely, but...
Verizon Wireless is the lone hold out
Customers are happy as three of the top four wireless carriers are offering unlimited data services once again. AT&T Mobility, Sprint and T-Mobile US have all jumped in with unlimited offerings. However, Verizon Wireless says no. Are they...
Working to gain ground against its competitors, Sprint on Thursday announced a new promotional plan including unlimited data that the No. 4 carrier says offers the "best price."
Specifically, starting Feb. 12, the carrier, which is majority owned by Japanese SoftBank, will offer four lines of...
Facebook board member Marc Andreessen makes colonialism remark on Twitter; Zuckerberg calls comment 'upsetting'
India’s telecoms services regulator TRAI has issued a new regulation prohibiting discriminatory tariffs for data services like Free Basics, launched by Facebook, saying that these schemes violate net neutrality principles.
With this...
In final results before combination with Alcatel-Lucent, Nokia Networks sees solid growth in Greater China, EMEA regions
Finnish vendor Nokia recorded net sales of 3.6 billion euro ($4.05 billion) in the fourth quarter of 2015, up from 3.5 billion euro in the same quarter last...
Asian operations accounted for over 50% of Q4 revenues
Norwegian telecommunications group Telenor ended 2015 with 203 million subscribers in the 13 European and Asian markets in which it operates. At the end of 2014, the telco had 186 million mobile subscribers.
Telenor Group said it...
As forecasted in a number of media reports, Yahoo this week announced the company would lay off 107 employees effective April 11, according to Business Insider.
In an earnings call earlier this month, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer indicated that overall job cuts could impact around 15%...
Sprint closed the call center as part of cost cutting plan
T-Mobile US is in talks to take over a call center in Albuquerque, New Mexico, that was recently closed by Sprint as part of the struggling carrier's cost cutting plan, according to reports.
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In a patent filed on Feb. 9, Google forecasts potential interest in using autonomous, self-driving vehicles to deliver packages, a concept Amazon and Google have both been exploring with the use of drones.
The patent, number 9,256,852 B1, contemplates a "package delivery platform."
Here's the text...
Channeling his inner Jack Kerouac, Sprint boss goes on the road for listening tour
Sprint is struggling right now. Last year the carrier slipped behind T-Mobile to the No. 4 spot, and is currently going through the process of cutting more than $2 billion from...
Overall SoftBank revenue expands 7.9% year-over-year
Japanese mobile operator SoftBank ended the third quarter of fiscal year 2015 with 31.68 million mobile subscribers in the country, up from 31.17 million in the same period last year. Net additions during the quarter totaled 74,000.
SoftBank offers TDD-LTE...
According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, e-commerce sales were up 15.1% in the third quarter of 2015. When compared to an 1.6% increase in total retail, it’s easy to see that brick-and-mortar stores are facing a serious competitive challenge.
However, brick-and-mortar stores have...
Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam, in an interview with Jim Cramer on CNBC's Mad Money, confirmed the carrier's interest in a potential acquisition of Yahoo.
The discussion started with talk about Verizon's acquisition of AOL. Last year Verizon paid $4.4 billion for AOL with an eye...
Despite profits, the telco announces plan to close call centers
Swiss mobile telephony operator Swisscom recorded revenue of 3.02 billion francs ($306 million) in the fourth quarter of 2015, slightly down compared to 3.07 billion francs in the same period a year ago. The operator’s net...
According to a report by Bloomberg, Google, which buys its data center server chips from Intel, could take that highly lucrative business to competitor Qualcomm if that company's chips meet performance standards.
Citing "people familiar with the matter," Bloomberg reports the search giant "is planning to...
The telco ended 2015 with 34.8 million LTE subs in 20 markets
British telecom group Vodafone recorded revenues of £10.3 billion ($14.91 billion) in its fiscal third quarter, ended Dec. 31, a decline of 5.5% compared to the same quarter a year ago. The telco...
EU conditions meant to guarantee competition in Belgian market
The European Commission cleared the acquisition of Belgian mobile operator BASE by U.S. company Liberty Global, the European body said in a statement.
In April 2015, Liberty Global’s Belgian subsidiary Telenet agreed to acquire BASE for 1.33...
India surpassed the US smartphone user base
Smartphone shipments in India totaled more than 100 million units during 2015, representing an increase of 23% compared to the previous year, according to a recent report by Counterpoint Research.
By the end of 2015, the smartphone user base...
Looking to speed time to market for "Internet of Things" products, Ericsson announced a new virtual marketplace for patent licensing across potential IoT verticals ranging from industrial applications to connected cars.
The company said the goal of the new marketplace, which will be operated by...
Liberty Global operates in the Dutch market via cable firm Ziggo
U.K. telecom group Vodafone confirmed it is in discussions with Liberty Global to analyze the creation of a joint venture in the Netherlands incorporating both companies’ local operating businesses.
Vodafone Group said the discussions are...
