Agreement covers joint work between SK Telecom and China Unicom on 5G development
SK Telecom and China Unicom signed a memorandum of understanding focused on working together to develop a range of mobile and enterprise technologies.
The MoU, signed this week at a GSMA board meeting...
1. Dell has agreed to buy EMC in what could be the biggest tech takeover in history. The size of the buyout will depend on the value of EMC's interest in VMWare, but Dell and EMC estimate that the deal will be worth $67...
AT&T Mobility announced the Federal Communications Commission has given it approval to offer Wi-Fi calling to customers on smartphones. This will start with the iPhone 6 and 6s, and I expect it to spread to other devices as well. While I am very happy...
This report reviews trends in network densification both indoors and outdoors. Key focus areas include cost control through new network architectures and intelligent optimization, small cells as a service, and new business models for small cells and DAS. In addition, report looks at converged...
Digital DAS is a way to cut costs by eliminating headend equipment
Many wireless deployments seek to minimize attenuation, or loss of signal strength, but for in-building systems operators actually invest in dedicated equipment to attenuate the signal from the macro network so it can...
Microsoft is facing reality in the smartphone world even as it launches another high-end device. Priced at $549, the new 5.2-inch Lumia 950 is powered by Qualcomm's top-of-the-line Snapdragon 808 processor and sports a 20-megapixel PureView camera. For Microsoft, the most important part of...
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 us at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....
Intelligent Energy, a U.K.-based power technology company, signed a 1.2 billion pound ($1.8 billion) deal to convert 27,400 Indian telecom towers to use hydrogen fuel cell technology. The deal looks to strengthen the unreliable Indian power grid while at the same time reduce carbon emissions.
Essential Energy, an Intelligent...
In a new promotion, mobile virtual network operator and Sprint subsidiary Boost Mobile is rewarding customers who pay their bill on time with access to more mobile data for free.
Subscribers can get up to 3 gigabytes of additional mobile data when monthly payments arrive...
Xiaomi changes device sales strategy
Less than three months after launching in Brazil, Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi tapped carrier Vivo to sell its Redmi 2 device. The move represents a change in Xiaomi’s strategy; initially the manufacturer said it would only sell its smartphones direct through...
As service providers seek to better understand their networks, operations and customers through the use of analytics, a number of factors are driving the desire to distill information into intelligence. Five forces driving the use of mobile network analytics include:
• Automation. As networks get...
Fiber networks to support gigabit Internet services are major trend in telecom space
Service providers are working to extend fiber networks to support ever-faster Internet speeds to meet the booming demand for mobile and streaming video applications. In its latest Mobility Report, Swedish telecom infrastructure...
With nearly a thousand jobs currently listed for telecom data analysts on Indeed and companies scrambling to design and implement big data strategies at telecom companies, a polished resume is a strong step toward a position in telecom's big data boom.
Robert Half Technology categorized...
ONOS project’s fourth release adds security, configuration and application-level updates
The Open Network Lab’s Open Network Operating System project recently released its fourth open source software-defined networking platform under the Drake name, which the ONOS project said is focused on infrastructure enhancements to support SDN...
Small cells deployment would be key part of potential new mobile network
Singapore-based Internet service provider MyRepublic has completed a funding round for a total of SG$23 million ($16.1 million) in a move to finance the launch of mobile services and become the country’s fourth...
This week, we will examine five of the top 10 developments for the third quarter and determine their short- and long-term effects on the telecommunications industry. These events are in no particular order and several of them have been suggested by readers.
Apple launch: Quién...
5 things to know today this Monday ...
1. The scramble for unlicensed spectrum is turning enemies into allies, as carriers team up to promote LTE in the 5 GHz spectrum band currently used by Wi-Fi. Today, Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile US joined Qualcomm and...
Google over the weekend confirmed speculation that its launching a public Wi-Fi project, in cooperation with Indian Railways and RailTel, to bring public Wi-Fi to 400 train stations across India.
The company announced the project via a corporate blog post by CEO Sundar Pichai. the...
Internet access is a key for economic development
Of the more than 7 billion people on Earth, more than half of them don't have access to the Internet. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, along with U2 frontman Bono, want to change all that by 2020.
The duo...
Federated Wireless is pilot-testing a new Spectrum Access System sensor in partnership with the National Advanced Spectrum and Communications Test Network to accelerate the development of a system supporting spectrum sharing with multiple access types.
The company focuses on sharing licensed spectrum and has a...
Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure made it clear that the carrier isn't currently discussing a potential merger with a cable company in an interview with Reuters, but said such a business decision could make Sprint "formidable."
The questioning was framed around European service provider Altice's move...
OpenSignal has released its State of LTE report tracking the changes over the last three months to not only global LTE deployments from a coverage perspective, but also speed performance.
The Asia-Pacific region is clearly in the lead on all counts, which likely isn’t a...
For Sprint, $1 per month iPhone is not as crazy as it sounds
The new iPhones hit stores tomorrow, and they have already started a new battle in the ongoing carrier price wars. Today Sprint fired back at T-Mobile US' $5 per month iPhone offer...
T-Mobile US and the Competitive Carriers Association are coming out in opposition to AT&T’s attempted acquisition of two lower 700 MHz B-Block licenses. AT&T said the deal is “wholly uncontroversial,” but CCA and T-Mobile US argue the move does not have the public’s best interest in mind.
“These...
