Network Infrastructure

Expansion to 400,000 unserved locations funded by federal Connect America project Communications service provider Windstream this week announced receipt of $175 million from the Connect America Fund that’s earmarked for …

Orange and SFR encouraged to cede part of the spectrum to rival operator Free Mobile France’s telecom regulator Arcep authorized mobile operators Orange and SFR to reuse their 1800 MHz …

Includes unlimited talk and text, plus 1 GB of free data, in Canada, Mexico and a dozen Latin American countries An official reveal of the plan is expected on Aug. …

San Antonio is next city slated for fiber-to-the-home deployment Google Fiber this week announced plans to expand its 1-gigabit-per-second home Internet service into San Antonio market; once the network is …

Public Wi-Fi can be a great way to have your personal data compromised With mobile data use exploding, Americans are increasingly at risk of compromising personal information as a function …

The operator paid almost $25M for spectrum in both 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz bands Mobile operator Ooredoo has acquired additional 4G LTE spectrum in Oman in a move to …

Outages in Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama potentially caused by AT&T backhaul network All four major U.S. wireless carriers – Verizon Wireless, AT&T Mobility, Sprint and T-Mobile US – experienced …

IoT is a hot topic at National Instruments’ ongoing NI Week AUSTIN, Texas – National Instruments kicked off its annual NI Week on Aug. 3, and among the first round …

Update three, 6:00 p.m. CST Aug. 4: T-Mobile US and Sprint networks are out in the same area as AT&T and Verizon Wireless networks, according to multiple reports. Live outage …

In case you missed the latest episodes of RCRtv, our weekly recap is bringing you insight on topics and guests featured on RCRtv’s weekly programing. On last week’s episode of Coder’s …

As France-based Alcatel-Lucent moves closer to a merger with Nokia, the company is making its mark with the construction of a $55 million regional headquarters building in Plano, Texas. There’s a significant telecom …

The Chinese company expects deployments to be completed by the end of 2015 or in early 2016 Chinese telecom equipment manufacturer Huawei was awarded the largest share of China Mobile’s …

VoLTE rollouts are supported by Huawei and Nokia Networks Two major telecom service providers last week announced the launch of commercial voice-over-LTE services. China Mobile in partnership with Huawei, and …

German communications service provider Deutsche Telekom has partnered with Boingo Wireless to provide global roaming tailored for business customers. Deutsche Telekom has more than 151 million mobile customers and also …

South Korean telco plans to launch the world’s first pilot of LTE-M technology South Korea’s largest mobile telephony operator, SK Telecom, ended the second quarter of 2015 with 17.93 million …

This week on HetNet Happenings, RCR Wireless News Managing Editor Sean Kinney discusses network densification with former FCC commissioner Jonathan Adelstein, the current president of PCIA, the Wireless Infrastructure Association. …

Telefónica Spanish business showing signs of recovery Spanish telecom giant Telefónica reported revenue of 11.87 billion euro ($13.14 billion) in the second quarter of 2015, climbing 12.4% vs. the year-ago …

With merger pending, analysts see Nokia turning up the heat on Ericsson Nokia on July 30 reported impressive gains in net sales, gross profit and other key performance indicators ahead …

Deadline for strike is Aug. 1 Midnight on Aug. 1 is the deadline for Verizon Communications and 38,000 of its union workers in New England to come to terms on a …

Still no details of Sprint’s ‘Next Generation Network’ initiative, which is expected to favor small cells Speaking this week at the Converge Tech Conference in Hong Kong, SoftBank President Nikesh …

TIRAP provides DOL-credentialed apprenticeship programs What is the Telecommunications Industry Registered Apprentice Program? Watch the latest episode of Inside Telecom Careers, hosted by Karla Macias and Jeff Mucci, as they discuss and view …

SBA Communications recently surprised some investors with news that it will sell its stake in ExteNet Systems, and today the company shed some light on the decision during its second-quarter …

The telco’s LTE trial currently reaches 28% of local population Telekom Austria’s Bulgarian subsidiary Mobiltel has acquired fixed-line operator Blizoo Bulgaria. Blizoo Bulgaria is the second-largest fixed-line operator in the …

Wi-Fi Sense automatically shares encrypted Wi-Fi passwords to various contact lists A new default feature of Microsoft Windows 10, called Wi-Fi Sense, automatically shares an encrypted version of your Wi-Fi …