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LTE in unlicensed spectrum has been getting a lot of attention this month, most notably from the Federal Communications Commission. It is clear that some Wi-Fi equipmentmakers will not welcome …

Nokia is getting ready to re-enter the smartphone race. This is going to be a very interesting story to watch. Will it succeed? Nokia and BlackBerry once led the wireless handset …

Broadband spectrum auction rules to be posted on July 17 Mexico is getting ready to auction 700 MHz spectrum bands. Local media outlet El Financiero reported that the Ministry of Communications and …

U.S. mobile operators have had something of a love-hate relationship with Wi-Fi in recent years. AT&T Mobility, Sprint and T-Mobile US were all owners of public Wi-Fi hot spots at …

Redknee said the $42.5M deal will bolster real-time monetization, subscriber management Toronto-based billing software provider Redknee Solutions said it plans to acquire privately held Orga Systems for approximately $42.5 million …

IMT-2020 adopted as official name and date for global 5G process, but rumors of 20 Gbps baseline speeds are exaggerated The International Telecommunications Union always brings a dose of sobriety …

The comment period for the Federal Communications Commission’s query on the use of LTE over unlicensed spectrum ends this Friday, but companies are heatedly dueling over the technology in the industry …

Oracle launches four new NFV platforms targeting CSPs Oracle continues to bolster its virtualized platform that targets communication service providers, announcing four new products it claims are designed for network functions virtualization …

Artificial neural networks use deep learning to interpret images; underlying tech for self-driving vehicles In a particularly meta experiment involving artificial neural networks, Google software engineers have visualized how an …

The French government affirmed the potential acquisition would affect investment in the mobile market and planned spectrum auction France’s second-largest telecommunications operator Numericable-SFR has made an offer to buy smaller …

Sprint seeks FCC approval to shutter consumer wireline biz by Sept. 17 Sprint is looking to drop its consumer wireline business and some associated services by Sept. 19 due to …

The big news of the week, of course, was Keysight Technologies’ announcement that it will purchase Anite for $606 million. Read more on that transaction, expected to close this fall, …

Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for …

Wireless service tax cut to slice 1.73% off cellphone bills Florida’s wireless customers are set to see a tax break on future bills as the state’s Legislature this week passed …

MUNICH – Building on the update from the first day of Huawei Innovation Day, the second day was all about the connected world. Topics included connected cars, smart cities and …

America Movil’s Brazilian mobile unit, Claro, announced a strategy focused on including zero-rating access to Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp in its prepaid and postpaid packages. The announcement was made less …

NFV, SDN being used as part of disaggregation process AT&T’s push to virtualize 75% of its network by 2020 continues to gain steam, with the telecom giant this week describing …

In one of the first public views of how voice over LTE is performing in live networks, P3 Communications released VoLTE benchmarking results, which reflected good performance across all of the …

Microsoft Wi-Fi will include 10M hot spots in 130 countries It looks like Microsoft may have accidentally leaked details of a planned worldwide Wi-Fi network reportedly comprised of some 10 …

Mobile gaming product launches mark E3 2015; revenue set to soar to $40B annually by 2017 WASHINGTON – Internet traffic has increasingly migrated from computers to mobile devices, so it …

Jim Patterson, Chairman and CEO at Patterson Advisory Group, LLC., will be discussing “How to stand out in your company’s strategic planning session” with RCR Wireless News You are cordially invited …

Procera ScoreCard drives visibility and actionable insight for QoE A customer’s quality of experience is key for communications service providers working to maintain a competitive edge in an increasingly saturated …

IAB looks at trends relative to mobile video consumption as industry invests heavily As mobile video consumption becomes more and more widely adopted, consumers are apparently getting comfortable watching longer …

A new report from ABI Research concludes that the adoption of LTE is driving the market for network monitoring and optimization, and the market’s size will reach more than $40 billion …

Like all mobile operators, regional carriers face a potential loss in revenue each time a user moves off the cellular network and onto Wi-Fi. But that is just part of …