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The telecom workforce grew by 2,300 jobs in November 2014, according to a new U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics report, and is up some 20,500 jobs since the beginning of …

Carrier aggregation helps Nokia Networks, Ooredoo Qatar, China Mobile achieve 4.1 Gbps speed China Mobile and Nokia Networks, along with Ooredoo Qatar have announced a new LTE-A speed record with carrier …

The International Telecommunication Union has finalized approval of G.fast, the broadband standard designed to deliver 1 Gigabit per second broadband speeds over existing copper wires. G.fast is meant to be …

UPC Business, a major Irish network services provider, announced the acquisition of operator Bitbuzz, which provides Wi-Fi hot spots to hotels, airports, pubs and other locations. Terms of the Dec. …

Angel Merkel was the keynote speaker at Vodafone’s Digitising Europe conference last week and shared her vision for net neutrality. Some services in the digital economy require different levels of …

China Mobile 4G Subscribers To Reach 150M China Mobile is predicting that by the end of next year the company will have 150 million 4G mobile subscribers. The company expects …

Fiber infrastructure expansions from Zayo and Southern Telecom are poised to bring better connectivity options to three American markets. On Dec. 4, Zayo Group Holdings, a publicly traded bandwidth infrastructure …

Google Fiber is now in Austin, Texas.  Austinites can now experience Gigabit Internet speed. In conjunction with the rollout of Fiber, Google opened a multimedia community meeting place they call …

China’s three mobile carriers have created a new company, China Tower, which will take over ownership of the three firms’ telecom infrastructure while ambitiously planning to build 1 million new …

Carriers have lagged behind cable operators in Wi-Fi deployments, but now it looks like mobile operators are ready to catch up. Carrier-grade Wi-Fi hotspots are expected to grow from 14% …

An analysis of consumer reviews shows that only one of the top U.S. carriers made last week’s list of the most popular places to buy a smartphone. Verizon Wireless made the …

As consumer demand for in-build wireless data capacity continues to grow, owners of properties like arenas and convention centers are working to deploy solutions that include distributed antenna systems. For …

Telenor and TeliaSonera team up to take on Denmark Telenor and TeliaSonera announced plans to merge their operations in Denmark. If the merger proceeds, both companies will hold a 50% stake …

Claudia Bacco, Managing Director – EMEA for RCR Wireless News, has spent her entire career the telecom, IT and security. Having experience at an operator, software and hardware vendors and …

SK Telecom raided State prosecutors and the government descended on SK Telecom headquarters Tuesday. Agents raided the company’s headquarters in Seoul, seizing computer hard drives and documents related to the health …

Claudia Bacco, Managing Director – EMEA for RCR Wireless News, has spent her entire career in the telecom, IT and security industries. Having experience as an operator, software and hardware …

An Arizona-based company is working with major wireless infrastructure player Crown Castle to strengthen three Southern California towers using an innovative new product. QuakeWrap Inc. founder Mo Ehsani, professor emeritus …

American Tower is reportedly preparing to spend up to $1 billion to buy 51% of India’s Viom, a tower company controlled by Tata Teleservices. According to reports, American Tower wants …

Claudia Bacco, Managing Director – EMEA for RCR Wireless News, has spent her entire career the telecom, IT and security. Having experience at an operator, software and hardware vendors and …

British Telecommunications in preliminary talks to buy EE Deutsche Telekom and Orange may be considering selling consumer network EE to BT. EE is the largest mobile operator in the United Kingdom. …

“Internet of Things” is one of the hottest topics around today. The projected figures for the number of things to be connected and the revenue potential are huge. Gartner is …

AT&T turf vendor Velocitel has named a new CEO effective immediately. Former CEO James Estes, who will continue with Velocitel as chairman of the board, told employees late last week …