The Federal Communications Commission’s move to free up spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band for small cells and other wireless broadband uses took another step as the agency solidified those efforts in a further notice of proposed rulemaking.
Under the proposal, the FCC is looking...
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There are few companies in the world that appear less in need of financial assitance than Samsung, but that's just what the company may get in its patent fight with Apple. It's getting it from Google,...
Wireless connectivity and distributed antenna provider TE Connectivity reported a strong second quarter performance, with net sales up 6% year-over-year to $3.43 billion.
The company's orders and sales were up in all regions, according to Chairman and CEO Tom Lynch, and across most of the...
Ericsson (ERIC) saw sales slide 9% during the first quarter as the pace of mobile network buildouts slowed for two of its major North American customers. Although the company did not name those customers, AT&T and Verizon Wireless are both Ericsson customers who got...
Wireless trade association CTIA announced that industry veteran and former Federal Communications Commission commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker will take the reins of the trade group effective June 2. Baker will replace current CTIA President and CEO Steve Largent, who announced his retirement plans last...
TeliaSonera, the dominant carrier in Sweden and Finland, saw its profits slip as mobile sales continued to slow. Sales for the carrier's main mobile unit decreased by 3.5% to $3.64 billion. Net income fell 4% to $600 million in line with analyst estimates.
“Our markets continue...
Although the LTE modem market is still just a fraction of the overall market, it is by far the fastest-growing area, and is the focus of research and development efforts by chip manufacturers.
Qualcomm dominates this market with a 94% share, according to Forward Concepts....
Chetan Sharma Consulting has analyzed more than 7 million patents to create an in-depth look at the mobile patent landscape. The firm analyzed patent filings and granted patents in the U.S. and Europe for the years 1991 - 2014, and looked specifically at mobile...
The FCC appears ready to continue the narrow channelization idea for the upcoming incentive auctions intended to reallocate up to 120 megahertz of broadcast spectrum to wireless broadband.
Editor’s Note: The RCR Wireless News Time Machine is a way to take advantage of our extensive history in covering the wireless space to fire up the DeLorean and take a trip back in time to re-visit some of the more interesting headlines from...
AT&T set a noteworthy bar for its rivals to meet for first quarter operational results, announcing strong customer growth and growing uptake of its Next device financing program.
AT&T reported that its wireless operations added more than one million net customer additions for the quarter,...
Verizon's annual examination of data breaches around the world found that most of the 100,000 security incidents over the past 10 years fall into one
of nine patterns -- and that governmental or corporate espionage is increasingly driving attacks, with financial-based attacks on the decrease.
This...
LTE represents the fastest-growing part of the cellular baseband market, but 2G and 3G solutions still dominate the market. Just 13% of the cellular modems sold last year were LTE modems, according to the analysts at Forward Concepts.
"LTE is the fastest...
China Mobile said it added 13.88 million new customers during the first quarter of the year, pushing its world-leading customer base to more than 781 million connections. The carrier’s growth was on the back of next-generation services as its 3G network scored 33.35 million...
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AT&T looks to expand fiber into 100 markets
AT&T hinted that fiber deployments may not be a done deal throughout all the communities it's targeting ... Read More
3G, LTE boost China Mobile customer growth, profits dip
China Mobile attributed a drop in voice calling and...
Today “5G” is not yet a newborn; and we, as its parents, are still trying to define its genetic makeup. As it is impossible to predict all the use cases of the future, we need to ensure that the DNA of 5G is as flexible as
In 2012, despite gains made in voice over LTE viability as a carrier option for delivering data and voice over 4G LTE networks through IMS cores, several industry pundits pointed out the elephant in the room:
AT&T is looking to increase its push into the fiber space, announcing plans to expand its fiber network into as many as 100 markets across 21 new metropolitan areas to support the rollout of its U-verse service that can provide data speeds of up...
Amdocs has released its latest State of the Radio Access Network survey, and the numbers show that data absolutely dominates mobile networks, accounting for 98% of traffic -- and that stress on networks from the data tsunami is leading to compromised quality of experience.
The...
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FCC hints at 600 MHz auction bidding limits.
A blog post by FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler hints at possible auction rules that could limit the bidding opportunities of carriers already ... Read More
Nokia set to close sale of device unit to Microsoft
Nokia, the world’s...
Nokia, the world's leading maker of mobile phones until two years ago, is set to close on the sale of its device unit to Microsoft on April 25. The company first aligned itself with Microsoft in 2011, abandoning its Symbian smartphone operating system for...
This week in small cell, distributed antenna system and Wi-Fi news:
-- Time Warner Cable has added HotSpot 2.0 technology on most of the Wi-Fi access points in its national network, and says that it is "the largest Passpoint-enabled network in the country."
The company is...
