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Chip news from Sequans, Renesas, Intel and Texas Instruments

Sequans wins contracts for LTE-only modems LTE-only modems are gaining traction on both sides of the Pacific, with China Telecom announcing today that its upcoming LTE launch will include devices powered by Sequans' single-mode TD-LTE CPE units. The devices will be made by Chinese manufacturers...

Reality Check: The 10 most important events of the first quarter

Normally, we take the end of the quarter to evaluate key long-term trends and see how they might change as a result of events. We are trying a new end of quarter theme

AT&T, Verizon invest in Texas telecom infrastructure

AT&T and Verizon recently invested in Texas's telecom infrastructure. 

SDN and virtualization in telecom data centers

New data center opening highlights SDN and virtualization benefits.

Wireless Telecom Group’s sales up 14% annually

Wireless Telecom Group reported that its net sales were up 16% year-over-year, driven by strong growth in its network solutions segment. The company designs and manufactures radio frequency and microwave-based products for wireless, including components for distributed antenna systems and technologies including Wi-Fi and WiMax....

Public safety: FirstNet update; IWCE news

The First Responders Network Authority is on the path of a strategic roadmap to build a national wireless network for first responders. FirstNet's board met earlier this month and has voted to proceed on its preliminary strategic roadmap for that network, which is aimed at...

Small cells for small operators: hosted solutions target regional carriers

The cost of a large scale small cell deployment is out of reach for most regional carriers in the United States, but the need to offload traffic and increase capacity can be just as urgent as it is for their larger rivals. One possible...

HetNet News: Aerohive goes public; small cell growth expected

Aerohive Networks (HIVE) stock began trading Friday. The company priced its initial public offering of 7.5 million shares at $10 per share, and it dropped 9% in the first day of trading but rebounded to close at $10. In its pre-IPO filing with the Securities...

CCA Spring 2014: Spectrum, keynotes, roaming highlight CCA event

SAN ANTONIO – The Competitive Carriers Association has seen its prominence across the mobile space grow in recent years thanks to its ability to attract larger carrier members and significant wins in lobbying efforts for its traditional carrier members. CCA President and CEO Steve...

Alcatel-Lucent scores SDN win in Europe

Alcatel-Lucent's Nuage Networks has won a data center contract with Numergy, a French cloud services firm created by SFR, Bull and the French government. Numergy plans to open two data centers this year and ten more over the next three years. The company will...

CCA Spring 2014: Sprint prioritizes voice-over-Wi-Fi over VoLTE

SAN ANTONIO - Sprint VP of technology Ron Marquardt told an audience at CCA Global Expo 2014 that the carrier's current CDMA network's voice delivery is comparable to VoLTE (voice-over-LTE) in terms of spectral efficiency, and that in the near term Sprint is more...

CCA Spring 2014: Ericsson talks LTE, OSS/BSS, virtualization

SAN ANTONIO – If wireless carriers are involved, there is a good chance network infrastructure giant Ericsson is somewhere nearby, as was the case at this week’s Competitive Carriers Association event in San Antonio, where the Swedish company looked to expand its presence in...

Video: CommScope on in-building wireless trends

CommScope Inc. recently posted on its blog an infographic capturing some of the on-going trends in in-building wireless. Among the findings: - Close to 80% of mobile data use occurs indoors, with usage dominated by smartphones. - About 30 billion square meters of indoor commercial real estate...

Alcatel-Lucent wins $1 billion contract with China Mobile

Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) and China Mobile have announced a one-year agreement valued at up to $1.03 billion (750 million Euros) to move the world's largest mobile operator to an all-IP, "ultra-broadband" network with an eye towards cloud services and network functions virtualization (NFV). China Mobile had...

Carrier Wrap: AT&T expands LTE; C Spire teases cheaper unlimited plan

Editor’s Note: Wireless operators are a busy bunch, and as such RCR Wireless News will attempt to gather some of the important announcements that may slip through the cracks from the world’s largest carriers in a weekly wrap-up. Enjoy! --AT&T Mobility announced this week the...

CWG, Clavister, Verizon and Lawrence Blake appoint new executives

CWG, Clavister, Verizon and Lawrence Blake name new executive officers.

CCA Spring 2014: Sprint, CCA, NetAmerica partner on LTE expansion plans

SAN ANTONIO – Sprint is looking to expand its LTE footprint with the help of the Competitive Carriers Association membership and an alliance with NetAmerica. The deals, which were announced at this week’s CCA event in San Antonio, look to tap into Sprint’s Network...

Cell Tower News: 2 more tower deaths; cities use fake tower devices

Welcome to this week’s edition of cell tower industry news, brought to you by Towercrews.net. 2014 is quickly becoming a tragic year for the tower industry. It is with a heavy heart we report that there have been two more tragic tower deaths this week. The...

Sprint executive revolving door continues to spin, Hesse feted

Sprint’s executive exodus continued this week as reports indicated that VP of network technology development and integration Iyad Tarazi has left the company. FierceWireless reported that Sprint confirmed Tarazi’s departure and that he would be replaced by Emerino Marchetti, who is currently VP of engineering...

Gogo goes live with international in-flight Wi-Fi on Delta

Gogo Inc. said that its in-flight Wi-Fi service has gone live on the first aircraft in Delta's long-haul international fleet, available as of yesterday on the route from Los Angeles to Tokyo and Atlanta to Tokyo on a Delta 747-400. It's the first aircraft equipped...

Axell Wireless installs DAS at One World Trade Center

Axell Wireless has installed its largest-ever public safety wireless system at One World Trade Center. The distributed antenna system, or DAS, was implemented by Axell and systems integrator TechMer Inc., and covers One WTC, the tallest building in the U.S. and fourth-tallest in the world (TechMer's original . A...

Capital markets: AT&T acquisition gets FCC approval

An AT&T acquisition gets approved in this week's capital markets round-up.

Ciao Telecom latest to target unique MVNO position

Mobile virtual network operators continue to bring unique pricing plans to market, with the latest venture being offered up by Ciao Telecom. The company said it has begun beta testing a $10 per month, unlimited data, messaging and voice service tapping into Sprint’s CDMA...

Policy news: Comcast sheds light on FISA requests

Comcast releases its first transparency report and other carriers face down Congress in this week's policy news round-up.