Grievance strike started Wednesday; some union members have returned to work.
Nearly a month after contracts for some 17,000 AT&T employees expired on April 14, a threatened strike began to materialize in some locales on Wednesday.
The 17,500 employees who work for AT&T Midwest and Legacy-T...
Un-carrier promotes Blackberry – and its full keyboard – for business people
As forecasted in a cryptic tweet from CEO John Legere, T-Mobile US this week announced it will begin selling the Blackberry Classic in stores and online on May 13.
The Canadian smartphone manufacturer stopped licensing...
ORLANDO, Fla. – A technology called TreatmentMAP, developed by German biotech company Molecular Health, won the SAP Hana Technology Trailblazer Award at this week's Sapphire Now event.
TreatmentMAP received the award for using big data to create personalized treatments for cancer patients by combining individual...
China Unicom said it plans to work with the ONOS project to deploy SDN
The Open Network Lab’s Open Network Operating System project continues to attract members, with China Unicom recently announcing plans to cooperate with the ONOS project to promote software-defined networking industry development...
The European Commission unveiled plans on May 6 to create a single market for digital technologies across the 28-member European Union. The plan, which took six months to develop, is comprised of 16 initiatives organized around three goals: to create better access for consumers...
VoLTE deployment runs across VMware NFV platform
VMware reported that its VCloud for NFV platform has been deployed by Vodafone Germany to support voice-over-LTE services.
VMware said its platform is supporting virtual network functions from multiple network vendors to power the VoLTE service. Vodafone Germay noted the VoLTE...
Ntelos reports steep customer defections, improved financials as it exits markets
Ntelos’ recently refocused operating efforts showed in its recently released first-quarter results where a dramatic decrease in its customer base was offset by an improved bottom line.
The regional carrier said it lost 34,200 customers...
Wireless infrastructure company Dali Wireless said it has successfully completed an initial field trial of dynamic capacity allocation, which it says is the world's first.
The field trial for dynamic resource allocation was held in Singapore with telecom provider NCS, which is part of Singtel...
Cases convert RF into usable power; Kickstarter funding campaign coming soon
Research and development firm Nikola Labs is set to launch a crowd-funding campaign to bring to market a new smartphone case that purportedly turns energy from Wi-Fi, LTE and Bluetooth into direct current power...
NFV performance testing showed zero packet-loss throughput in real-world environment
Looking to tackle performance questions surrounding the deployment of network function virtualization platforms, Overture released the results of a collaborative effort showing robust performance of NFV service chaining.
Overture said the testing, which was done in...
Balancing act of consumer needs and return on network investment
Marc Patterson, VP of product for Boingo Wireless, told RCR Wireless News that public Wi-Fi as a service is undergoing a “pendulum swing” at the moment, as customers want free service but venue owners need...
T-Mobile US DAS comments from PCIA Wireless Infrastructure Show 2015 Hetnet panel
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – Alan Tantillo, national director for development and siting policy at T-Mobile US, participated in a heterogeneous networks panel discussion during PCIA's Wireless Infrastructure Show. Outlined below are a few of Tantillo's...
Verizon Wireless prepaid customers can snag 1 GB of extra data
Verizon Wireless is looking to attract prepaid customers to its automatic payment program by offering extra data access.
The carrier said that for a “limited time” prepaid customers signing up for its auto pay service...
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Ubiqube touts telecom focus in dealing with NFV, SDN requirements
European-based network and security orchestration software vendor Ubiqube recently announced it is working with French operator Orange on a pilot test of software-defined networking and network functions virtualization-based service offerings targeting small and midsized business...
Sprint, Boingo Wi-Fi deal to provide seamless connections at 35 locations
Sprint continues to push its Wi-Fi agenda, announcing a deal to offer customers access to Boingo Wireless’ cadre of hot spots at 35 airport locations across the country.
The multiyear partnership will see Wi-Fi-equipped Sprint...
Latest MVNO entrant backed by former Cricket, Simple Mobile execs
The domestic wireless market’s ultra-competitive environment is not preventing new entrants from trying to find their place. One of the most recent entrants is UVA Mobile, which bills itself as a “premiere” prepaid service provider...
Latin America's largest telecom group América Móvil ended the first quarter with revenue up 3.1% over the year before in Mexican peso terms, while operating profits declined 6.6% and net profit fell 42.1%.
In a statement, América Móvil explained that depreciation and amortization charges rose...
Network engineering and testing company P3 Communications is in the midst of drive-testing Voice over LTE implementations by AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile US in the Washington, D.C. area, as part of its first effort for public benchmarking of VoLTE on mobile networks in the...
U.K. operator EE, whose brand is built around LTE, announced soaring user numbers for the technology. With the release of first-quarter results for 2015, EE said that it added 1.7 million LTE connections during the quarter, with 9.3 million users now on its LTE network. The...
Verizon SDN plans tap Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco, Ericsson, Juniper, Nokia
Verizon Communications publicly announced its software-defined networking plans, stating partnerships with the likes of Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco, Ericsson, Juniper Networks and Nokia Networks to implement an SDN platform.
Verizon said the move will allow the telecom giant to...
As people increasingly rely on their smartphones to get through the day, there’s a growing emphasis in the wireless industry on providing robust indoor coverage from DAS, Wi-Fi, small cells and more.
Whether in a packed stadium, busy hotel lobby or waiting for a train...
Swisscom migrates to NetCracker’s Service Fulfillment platform
Telecom vendor NEC and its subsidiary NetCracker said they had recently helped telecom operator Swisscom complete the build out of ICT capabilities designed to help the carrier migrate its fixed, mobile, TV and broadband services to NetCracker’s Service...
IBM expanded its cloud data operations with its SoftLayer division opening of a second center in the Netherlands designed to support expansion of IBM Cloud services in the region.
The new center in Almere is said to be securely connected by private network to all...
