América Móvil plans include expansion of fiber optic network in Mexico
América Móvil, Latin America's largest communication service provider, is about to conclude its investment plan totaling $50 billion.
The amount will be allocated in all markets where the company has operations. The announcement, reported by the Mexican newspaper...
Japanese operator currently counts 400,000 Wi-Fi sites throughout the country
Japanese mobile telephony operator Softbank Mobile has made available its nationwide Wi-Fi network for visitors to Japan. The operator plans a July 1 launch of free Wi-Fi service for visitors dubbed "Free Wi-Fi Passport."
With SoftBank...
Operator will continue 4G rollout through a combination of LTE-TDD and LTE-FDD
Indian mobile telephony operator Bharti Airtel has launched 4G LTE-FDD trials for its existing customers in Chennai and Mumbai.
During the trials, customers in these two cities can obtain a complimentary upgrade to Airtel...
Operator plans LTE-A deployment, $600M investment in Philippines
Philippine operator Globe Telecom expects to more than double its current base of 4G LTE subscribers by the end of the year, Joel Agustin, Globe Telecom SVP and head of the service management division in the network technical...
SK Telecom reports 17.44 million LTE subscribers; up 18% since last year
South Korea's largest mobile telephony operator SK Telecom reached 17.44 million subscribers in the LTE segment by the end of the first quarter of 2015, climbing 18.1% compared to the same time a year...
Site acquisition, jurisdictional approval, backhaul access key small cell challenges.
Chris Stark, Nokia’s chief business development officer for North America, envisions a future of smart mega cities where traffic, resource use, emergency response latency and more are problems of the past.
Stark, during a keynote address...
LTE-A, VoLTE likely to hit Taiwan in 2016
Taiwan's main mobile telephony operators launched LTE services in May 2014, and by the end of the first quarter of 2015, nearly 90% of the territory had LTE coverage, according to tech consultancy firm IDC Taiwan senior...
China Telecom gained 9.67 million LTE subscribers in Q1 of 2015
Chinese mobile telephony giant China Telecom announced that its 4G base reached 16.75 million subscribers by the end of March. That growth equates to a net addition of 9.67 million 4G LTE subscribers during...
NTT DoCoMo looks to Premium 4G offering
Japanese mobile telephony operator NTT DoCoMo said it expects to invest a total of $5.3 billion during its fiscal year 2015, ending March 31, 2016.
During fiscal year 2014, the operator had invested a total of $5.56 billion, down 41.4%...
500 MB boost bolsters T-Mobile US-powered Wal-Mart plans in face of increased competition
Wal-Mart’s Family Mobile service received a boost over the weekend as the big-box retailer increased the amount of LTE-based data access for two of its rate plans.
The $30-per-month plan now includes 1...
Pew: Domestic smartphone penetration hits 64%
WASHINGTON – According to a Pew Research Poll, smartphone ownership in the United States has reached 64%, with roughly half of people surveyed responding that their smartphone is something they “couldn’t live without.”
The report finds that smartphone ownership is...
Acquisition brings InSite’s tower portfolio to more than 1,200
InSite Wireless Group on April 1 announced its acquisition of 294 communication tower sites from CTI Towers for an undisclosed price. The purchase includes towers, related tower-site equipment, real estate property interests and attendant carrier usage...
Ericsson, Duetsche Telekom, China Mobile and others eye the future
As carriers continue the research and development that will inform the next generation of 5G mobile networks, Deutsche Telekom recently announced its new innovation lab, the “5G haus.”
Germany-based DT has partnered with the Stanford University's...
Ericsson and SK Telecom plan 5G demo at 2018 Winter Olympics
With commercial availability of 5G cellular networks projected for 2020 – the same year analysts expect there will be some 50 billion connected devices – Ericsson is ramping up investment in research and development that looks beyond...
Deploy small cell more efficiently using street furniture
ATLANTA – Michael Peeters, CTO for Alcatel-Lucent’s wireless division, highlighted the need for rapid small cell deployments to keep up with the booming growth in demand for mobile network capacity.
Peeters drove this point – and many others...
Sequans announces Verizon-certified LTE modules
Sequans new Colibri LTE chipset, along with two of the French company’s LTE modules, designed for "Internet of Things" and machine-to-machine deployments have been certified as carrier grade by Verizon Wireless.
The new Colibri chipset is rated category four, meaning it...
China Mobile network build-out contributed to profit loss
China Mobile, which reported a 10% decrease in profits for 2014, plans to cut back on its capital expenditures for 2015.
In 2014, China Mobile, the largest carrier in China and the world, spent big on expanding its...
Nokia radio access equipment covered by 7-year agreement
Russian carrier MegaFon will expand its LTE footprint through a 7-year deal with Nokia Networks, which will provide the mobile network operator with radio access equipment.
Nokia and MegaFon announced the agreement on March 11. MegaFon subscribers in...
ExteNet providing hardware for $32.5M upgrade
Distributed antenna system vendor ExteNet Systems will contribute to the Chicago Transit Authority’s project to bring 4G LTE to the Windy City’s subway.
City leaders announced the project back in February; the DAS will cover the blue and red lines...
Payment is part of new LightSquared restructuring plan
Three years into a bankruptcy filing, would-be wireless network operator LightSquared this week laid out a plan that would repay investor Charles Ergen, chairman of Dish Network, $1.5 billion.
LightSquared raised significant financing for its plan to offer...
Spain and South Korea top Open Signal report
In a new report, crowd-sourced network performance analytics firm Open Signal broke down global LTE download speeds and overall network performance, by asking users equipped with their application to report network metrics, which were then compiled into its...
Many opportunities for LTE despite emphasis on 5G
BARCELONA, Spain – Industry trade association 4G Americas singled out broadband spectrum access as the major driver of advancements in current LTE networks and as a key part of evolving potential 5G standards.
4G Americas President Chris Pearson,...
Accedian Networks’ revenue climbs 38% in 2014
Accedian Networks saw its revenue grow 38% in 2014, thanks in large part to global Long Term Evolution mobile network expansion.
The Montreal-based company also cited North American small cell deployments and increased demand for enterprise-to-data center connectivity as factors...
Virgin Galactic, Qualcomm, Elon Musk in the mix
In the past week, OneWeb, with support from the Virgin Group and chipmaker Qualcomm, and tech entrepreneur Elon Musk have announced plans to launch constellations capable of bringing high-speed satellite Internet connectivity to the more than 3...
