Saying that "the right people" are the most important asset of any company, Sprint's new CEO Marcelo Claure has announced new executive appointments, and the departure of three key individuals. The most visible change may be the departure of CMO Jeff Hallock, who is...
Sebastien Nyström, head of products business at Nokia, proclaimed that Nokia is not dead when introducing the new Nokia N1 tablet and Z launcher app at Slush 2014.
So what’s it all about? A tablet with the first reversible USB-running Android with an app aggregator tool...
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) spectrum auction bids passed the $16 billion mark on Tuesday, far in excess of the federal regulatory body’s $10.5 billion minimum goal. Round 16 of bidding will kick-off on Nov. 19.
Dubbed Auction 97, the FCC-led spectrum auction includes a total...
Google plans air deployment
Google is partnering with Telstra, the biggest cellular operator in Australia, for the next testing phase of Project Loon, Google's plan to make Internet available to remote parts of the world by launching balloons that carry antennas. The antennas send 4G equivalent...
AT&T will provide data service for Intel's new MICA wearable, which will retail this holiday season at Barney's and other high-end retailers. MICA, which stands for My Intelligent Communications Accessory, is a bejeweled bracelet that will retail for $495, a price that many holiday...
By the year 2020, some 90% of all people on Earth older than six will have a mobile phone and 6.1 billion will have a smartphone subscription, according to projections released in mobile giant Ericsson’s biannual mobility report.
The Ericsson Mobility Report, released Nov. 18,...
Today is the first day of Slush 2014. As the event kicks off, it's worth sharing some quick facts about this event and the startup community in the Nordics. Slush brings together startups, investors, exhibitors and an amazing line-up of speakers. Started in 2008 with...
Effective Nov. 3, Keysight began trading as an independent company on the NYSE. Officially a new company with a 75-year legacy, Keysight was founded in 1939 as Hewlett-Packard and then Agilent’s electronic measurement group. The company is now 100% focused on electronic design, test and measurement issues.
Keysight...
Round 12 of the Federal Communications Commission’s Auction 97 of AWS-3 spectrum closed with $10.5 billion in bids, already topping the minimum bid amount set by the FCC. Yesterday's bidding closed at $8.91 billion. Major East Coast metropolitan areas that drew nine-figure bids during...
An estimated one in eight LTE operators have commercially launched TD-LTE networks, changing the landscape of antennas.
"They have 65-degree multiband, multibeam antennas. We see those progressing to higher and higher port count as part of the evolution of antennas on the tower top," Ray Butler,...
•NTT DoCoMo is teaming up with China Mobile to offer customers traveling to China outbound roaming on the TD-LTE China Mobile network. DoCoMo customers will see speeds up to 150 megabits per second on the LTE network. The company also is planning to partner with other...
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Verizon job cuts reported
About 1,000 Verizon Communications employees will get buyout offers for the holidays, according to a report from Bloomberg. The report cites an unnamed source who said Verizon wants to complete the job cuts by the end of year, and...
As the "Internet of Things" (IoT) — devices automatically communicating with each other using wireless networks — gains momentum, enterprise efficiencies are already being realized, according to Brian Modoff, director of communications research for Deutsche Bank Securities.
Modoff led a panel discussion on IoT at...
Professor Jeff Andrews discussed the telecommunications industry's push toward a 5G LTE network that will accommodate an increasing number of devices and the associated demand for mobile data capacity at the Texas Wireless Summit.
Andrews, a 5G LTE expert, is an endowed professor in the...
Last week I had the opportunity to spend some time with Airbiquity at Telematics Munich to better understand its connected user experience. Not just a car or a connected car, but a connected user. Their vision is that information is provided across devices, the integration...
GrayWolves Telecom military veteran career training program called a "template" that should be replicated
GrayWolves Telecom, PCIA, The Wireless Infrastructure Association and Warriors 4 Wireless paid tribute to our veterans on Veterans Day 2014 during a ceremony in Carrolton, Texas, where wireless infrastructure industry executives saluted...
AINMT Holdings, which operates as Ice.net and Net1 deploys LTE networks in Norway, Sweden and Denmark.
•The company has hired Alcatel-Lucent to start the process by first completing a mobile broadband access network. The LTE network will be rolled out across Norway next year and will replace the...
Today’s DSRC technology will enable self-driving cars
Just when you thought smart cars were a thing of the future, it turns out the future is already here. Cars that communicate with each other, with roadside infrastructure, even with their drivers – this isn’t just the...
We're all familiar with the one- or two-step verification processes associated with online or mobile transactions; it slows down a user but provides security for potentially sensitive information. But now, zero-touch authentication could remove the hassle while maintaining security.
Ram Varadarajan, SVP and GM of...
Cisco adds HD voice to Wi-Fi access points
Cisco says it's ready to help mobile operators offer voice over Wi-Fi. The network equipment giant is adding HD voice to its popular Wi-Fi access points, and says that now millions of Wi-Fi devices will be able...
I had the opportunity to spend time with Visteon this week at both the Telematics Munich and Electronica events. They were showcasing a wide range of visionary solutions for the automotive market to aide in the realization of connected car and autonomous driving solutions.
Visteon...
Machine-to-machine provider Kore Wireless Group, fueled by a majority interest purchase by investment firm Abry Partners, announced an all-cash acquisition of M2M and "Internet of Things" services company Raco Wireless.
Kore focuses on machine-to-machine connectivity using GSM, HSPA, CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, LTE and satellite services to industry...
A quick wrap-up of global carrier news.
• SK Telecom has developed and commercialized new technology that makes 2G and 3G services possible through the LTE network. Enhancing the stability of 2G/3G mobile networks, "2G/3G over LTE" uses the LTE network instead of a fixed-line 2G/3G infrastructure. SK Telecom...
Wilcon, a Southern California network infrastructure provider, announced on Nov. 12 plans to bring live a new fiber optic network connecting about 1,000 locations in the first quarter of 2015.
The 3,000 miles of fiber optic cable, set to connect data centers, co-location facilities and...
