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Cricket launches trio of device financing options

Cricket also targets T-Mobile US, MetroPCS, Sprint, Boost with free month AT&T Mobility’s Cricket Wireless brand launched a device financing option for its prepaid service that provides three “tiers” for customers to not have to pay the full price for a device upfront. The first tier...

Telecom workforce grows, unemployment shrinks

BLS reports low unemployment in telecom sector Unemployment in the telecommunications sector continued its waning trend reaching a low 1.7% in March 2015, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, down from 1.9% in February, 3.1% in January and 6.1% in December. Similarly, employment ranks in...

10 Gbps wireless speeds demoed by Nokia and National Instruments

Nokia Networks and National Instruments are demonstrating a wireless connection that reportedly reaches speeds of up to 10 gigabits per second over the air using the 73 GHz (millimeter wave) band. As a point of reference, the 4G standard calls for speeds that can...

EMEA: Vivendi in talks with Orange to buy Dailymotion

Vivendi reportedly eyeing Sky TV After offloading two telecom units, French multinational media company Vivendi is now looking to pick up video and TV assets. Vivendi this week entered into exclusive talks with Orange to purchase 80% of the telecom's Dailymotion, one of the largest...

Smartphone batteries could charge faster, cost less

An accident may have led to a discovery that could change the way we use our smartphones. Researchers at Stanford University said they inadvertently discovered that graphite can be used with aluminum to create a new battery that will charge fully in as little...

Report: Telecom NFV to hit $8.7B in spending by 2020, SDN $11.3B

Telecom NFV growth spurred by operational efficiencies, SDN by enterprise A new report from Mind Commerce finds that telecom network revenue tied to network functions virtualization could reach $8.7 billion by the end of 2020, as operators continue to push toward virtualized deployments using NFV....

Wi-Fi upgrades in time for Tigers opening

Wi-Fi is in place and DAS in the works for Rust Belt fans With a deployment just in time for the kick-off of baseball season, Major League Baseball officials completed installation of a free public Wi-Fi network in Comerica Park, home of the Detroit Tigers. Building...

LTE network investments target public events

Stadiums, cities, companies, colleges, hospitals and hotels are all clamoring for the best possible wireless coverage, creating more demand for investment than the carriers can meet. Carriers have to prioritize their investments, and their first choices are often driven by major public events. Networks...

Comcast bringing Gigabit home Internet to Atlanta

Comcast, AT&T and Google Fiber move on Southeast hub Cable and Internet provider Comcast announced it will begin offering residential multi-gigabit home Internet service for Atlanta-area customers beginning in May. Comcast’s service is called Gigabit Pro and promises 2 gigabits per second throughput speeds with a...

ZTE to expand wireless bus charging in China

  ZTE is part of Chinese initiative to clean-up transportation WASHINGTON – ZTE, one of the largest global telecom manufacturers, is expanding into electric car charging. The South China Morning Post reports that ZTE is expecting to gain contracts to provide charging equipment for 10 of China’s...

Major vulnerability discovered in hotel Wi-Fi devices

If you’ve ever used hotel Wi-Fi, listen up. A major vulnerability discovered in hotel Wi-Fi devices could put your information at risk. The CVE-2015-0932 vulnerability has been discovered in a Wi-Fi device that many hotels use to provide Internet access to guest hotel rooms. The ANTlabs...

NCAA Final Four draws AT&T hetnet upgrades

  Upgraded DAS, Wi-Fi Hot Zone, Luneburg Lens included in Final Four deployment College basketball diehards will descend on Indianapolis for the NCAA Men’s Final Four championship April 4-6, and AT&T has deployed numerous hetnet upgrades to keep those fans connected. Similar to its recent deployments for...

ONOS project launches Blackbird SDN platform

ONOS project's Blackbird SDN platform touts, ‘performance, scale, high availability’ The Open Network Lab’s Open Network Operating System project unveiled its Blackbird platform, the second release from the ONOS community targeting the software-defined networking market. The Blackbird release is focused on “performance, scale and high availability,”...

Vendors sold $5B worth of wireless networking gear in 2014

Wireless networking vendors grew revenue, particularly from 802.11ac access points In a new market analysis report, Infonetics Research tallied some $5 billion in wireless local area networking gear sold in 2014, with 802.11ac access points powering growth. Infonetics reported approximately 1.2 million 802.11ac access...

EMEA: Which country has world’s fastest LTE?

In some ways, Spain moves at a slower pace than the rest of Europe. Spaniards tend to get up later, eat later and go to bed later than the rest of the continent, but when it comes to mobile, Spain is the fastest place...

#TBT: A look inside Disney Mobile; Sprint eyes iPhone buzz … 8 years ago this week

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! Disney Mobile offers...

Help wanted: Nokia’s SAC Wireless hires as competitors cut back

When Nokia agreed to buy SAC Wireless last summer, the North American wireless infrastructure business was just beginning to show signs of a cyclical slowdown. In the six months since, several major contractors have cut their workforces, but SAC Wireless continues to grow. "We're definitely...

SureCall cell boosters get nod from carriers

All four major U.S. carriers – AT&T Mobility, Verizon Wireless, Sprint and T-Mobile US – have filed letters with the federal government approving SureCall cell signal boosters for carrier-grade deployments. SureCall announced on March 30 that the carriers have certified with the Federal Communications Commission...

InSite Wireless buys 294 towers from CTI

Acquisition brings InSite’s tower portfolio to more than 1,200 InSite Wireless Group on April 1 announced its acquisition of 294 communication tower sites from CTI Towers for an undisclosed price. The purchase includes towers, related tower-site equipment, real estate property interests and attendant carrier usage...

Top 4 skill areas for small cell jobs

The small cell market, depending on how it is defined, covers a wide range of technologies: small cellular sites, distributed antenna systems, and Wi-Fi. That range means a broad set of skills is increasingly being sought, even as companies are trying to push down...

Startup Twin Prime tackles the last mile of mobile content delivery

Startup company Twin Prime is seeking to speed up mobile content delivery by addressing the variability in the last mile of mobile networks, between the nearest cell site and the device. The company has been in stealth mode until this month and recently closed a...

IBM SDN, virtualization, automation centers set for Dallas, Nice

Service providers, enterprises targets of IBM’s SDN, virtualization, automation centers IBM is set to open a pair of “network innovation centers” designed to allow clients to take software-defined networking, virtualization and analytics-driven automation technologies and services for a spin. The centers will be located in Dallas and...

Stress-testing diameter signaling

As more users migrate to LTE networks supported by Internet Media Subsystem underpinnings, mobile operators have to deal with a rise in diameter signaling traffic. Cisco has reported that global mobile data traffic grew by 69% in 2014, and 26% of global wireless connections –...

Ericsson invests in 5G research units

Ericsson and SK Telecom plan 5G demo at 2018 Winter Olympics With commercial availability of 5G cellular networks projected for 2020 – the same year analysts expect there will be some 50 billion connected devices – Ericsson is ramping up investment in research and development that looks beyond...