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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Top stories: 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 …

AT&T and the FCC go head-to-head in this week’s policy news round-up.

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 …

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 …

Google recently expanded its LTE testing to include areas of the Nevada desert.

Top stories: 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 …

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 …

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 …

The enterprise-focused telecommunications space is set to consolidation as Birch Communications announced plans to acquire Cbeyond for approximately $323 million. Birch provides communications, cloud and managed services, while Cbeyond provides IT infrastructure, including wholesale wireless services. The proposed deal will …

The Federal Communications Commission continues to make progress on setting rules for its highly anticipated 600 MHz incentive auction, with FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler noting in a blog post late last week that he has sent a draft “report and …

The concept of service provider security is undergoing a significant shift due to changes in several key areas: business, technology and the profile of the attacker.

Much has been written about the evolving wireless broadband capacity crunch and the mobile network technologies that help solve this problem.

Huawei’s SDN-enabled product recently received a significant recognition.