Sprint again slashes capital expense forecasts with confidence it can do more with less than rivals T-Mobile, Verizon and AT&T.
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Sprint awarded $3B in contracts to AT&T and Nortel for CDMA network build, while carriers targeted in-building services to bolster revenues … 21 years ago this week.
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“Carrier Wrap” looks at the wind down of the FCC’s 600 MHz incentive auction, update on 5G deployment plans and previews what to expect from MWC.
On this week’s “Carrier Wrap” we speak with Dan Hays, partner at PwC’s...
Orange Group and AT&T agreed to test ECOMP platform last year.
Orange Polska, the Polish subsidiary of French telecom group Orange, and Amdocs, a provider of digital customer experience solutions, announced a project to trial AT&T's enhanced control, orchestration, management and policy software...
One open source model referenced by many in the telecommunications space is that of OpenStack, which is a cloud-based platform initially begun in 2010 as a project between NASA and Rackspace Hosting aimed at creating an open source cloud platform that could be operated...
The move towards open source has had a somewhat divisive impact on the vendor community, with established telecom suppliers now having to share the attention – and budgets – of operators with new entrants.
This new rivalry has not gone unnoticed by operators, who...
Makers of wireless infrastructure are often careful about naming the semiconductor companies that supply their chipsets, creating a tension between chip vendors who want to promote their customer wins and manufacturers who want to maintain a competitive advantage by disclosing as little as possible....
SDN, NFV and cloud continue to harbor opportunities for operators, though Metaswitch notes focus and vendor support remain crucial.
On this week’s NFV/SDN Reality Check we speak with Metaswitch CTO Martin Taylor on the challenges and opportunities it’s seeing for vendors and telecommunication operators from...
The market for small cell chipsets has not developed as quickly as vendors hoped it would, but that is probably a function of carrier and consumer choices that have little to do with the chips themselves.
Outdoors, carriers are choosing fiber-fed remote radio units more...
Verizon and AT&T may have the numbers, but T-Mobile is really the market’s leader thanks to an inability for rivals to stay focused on operations.
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3GPP work on 5G standards continues to make progress as milestones come into view, while T-Mobile 4x4 MIMO deployment posted strong results.
On this week’s Carrier Wrap we speak with Michael Thelander, founder and president of Signals Research Group, to...
AT&T was expected to announce up to 19,000 job cuts as part of larger restructuring, while Samsung banked on CDMA to raise profile … 19 years ago this week.
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Enterprises and businesses around the world are increasingly adopting small cells as they become aware of the benefits. As business becomes increasingly dependent on high quality mobile connections, organizations of all sizes are looking to deploy small cells to deliver improved coverage, capacity and...
Carriers see open source as a way to break vendor-lock model, but standards and compliance remain key challenges to deployments.
Telecommunication operators appear to be full on board in terms of the movement towards open source platforms, or at least those...
We've all heard the predictions about Wi-Fi: it will someday connect everything in our homes and offices; it will gather our data and show us customized content and offers; it will help us stay healthy, safe and informed throughout our lives.
If Wi-Fi is...
Organizational support for open source initiatives is easing the integration of platforms into the telecom world.
One key challenge for growing the support of open source into the telecommunications space is through various organizations that are looking to either bolster the use of...
Aptilo Networks sees a strong year for Wi-Fi, with greater analytics, marketing potential, closer ties to IoT and as a stepping stone to 5G.
Editor’s Note: With 2017 now upon us, RCR Wireless News has gathered predictions from across the mobile telecommunications...
2017 will continue to bring more complexity into the internet of things market, but companies will start to find their uniqueness.
Editor’s Note: With 2017 now upon us, RCR Wireless News has gathered predictions from across the mobile telecommunications space on what they...
The telecommunications market is seeing a lot of action in terms of SD-WAN development and deployment, but how much to this point is just hype?
On this week’s NFV/SDN Reality Check we speak with John Isch from Orange Business Services Network and Voice Center of...
AT&T might have killed off its 2G network for the benefit of 4G and 5G, but let’s not forget just how awesome that GSM/GPRS/EDGE network was.
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Greater definition of mobile strategy decision making, mobile development and wearables are set to expand across enterprise space in 2017.
Editor’s Note: With 2017 now upon us, RCR Wireless News has gathered predictions from across the mobile telecommunications space on what they...
Open source software may still be a new model for the telecommunications industry, but it’s rapidly gaining traction as operators look to mimic computing world.
While the open source community has quickly gained ground in the computing space, the traditional telecommunications industry has...
The growing IoT ecosystem will see advances in machine learning, greater collaboration, new analytics and increased security emerge.
Editor’s Note: With 2017 now upon us, RCR Wireless News has gathered predictions from across the mobile telecommunications space on what they expect to...
The term open source when connected to software may today seem like it’s been around forever, but you would be surprised how new of a concept it is.
The transformational nature of the telecommunication industry’s march towards a software future should not be...
