At the recent Chetan Sharma Consulting Mobile Future Forward (MFF) event, Synchronoss Technology CEO Glenn Lurie said the wireless industry is starting to go through a very unorganized period and that growth curve is exactly what they like.
New technologies, new competitive threats, new opportunities...
Congratulations to AT&T Mobility on winning the number one spot in the Global Wireless Solutions “Best Wireless Network” study. This is the second year in a row that AT&T won this number one ranking and that is quite an accomplishment in the constantly changing,...
First, Comcast entered the world of wireless a few years ago with Xfinity Mobile. Then, a year later Charter entered with Spectrum Mobile. Since that time, we have been waiting for Altice to enter and that’s just what they did recently with Altice Mobile....
Hurricane Dorian continues to crawl along the coast of Florida, and communications providers along the Southeast coast are braced for its impacts. The slow-moving storm has been downgraded to a Category 2 hurricane, with winds of about 105 miles per hour, after battering the...
AT&T announced its pick for the new CEO of AT&T Communications: Jeff McElfresh, who has been with the company for nearly 25 years and has been serving as the president of AT&T Communications' Technology and Operations group since last year.
AT&T is also expanding the...
Cloud underlies NFV, SDN and automation capabilities
On the heels of a series of cloud-related announcements, AT&T's Chris Rice, senior vice president of network cloud and infrastructure, pulled the lens back and explained the company's larger strategy around cloud computing, automating network management processes and...
Greetings from Lake Norman/ Davidson, North Carolina, where the college football season has started. We took in the Davidson College home opener and the Wildcats (red jerseys) defeated Georgetown 27-20 to a crowd of more than 2,300. It was an exciting part of the...
More than 20,000 AT&T wireline workers in nine Southeastern states are back to work, after a four-day strike that began last weekend.
The The Communications Workers of America union said that the strike ended yesterday at 1 p.m., and that CWA and AT&T have reached...
AT&T to name a new head of AT&T Communications soon
John Donovan, who heads up AT&T Communications, is planning to leave his post as of October 1. Donovan, 58, said he will be retiring and plans to spend more time with his family.
AT&T said it...
More than 20,000 AT&T wireline employees in nine southeastern states have gone on strike, protesting what they say are unfair labor practices. According to the Communications Workers of America union, those include sending representatives to union negotiations who are not authorized to make decisions....
Greetings from Lake Norman/ Davidson, North Carolina where everybody is working (including the neighbor kid, Caleb, pictured with the Editor and yours truly). This week, we’ll look at two studies that examine data usage, and try to deftly explain AT&T’s efforts to improve their...
One of the first steps to combat unwanted spam robocalls is to authenticate the call and alert customers that an incoming call is -- or isn't -- actually coming from the number that comes up on Caller ID, or whether it is spoofed to...
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND -- When the Platteville Police Department in Wisconsin was trying to figure out a way to outfit every officer with a body-worn camera during their shifts, the small department of 20 sworn officers quickly came to the realization that they didn't have...
AT&T, Cradlepoint, Fleet Complete partner for public safety fleet management
As it continues to build out its dedicated public safety network and sign up first responder organizations around the country, AT&T and its partners are working to offer a range of connected solutions with the...
Cellular M2M value-added service revenues will account for only 14 per cent of the total revenues gained on the top of straight cellular M2M connection revenues, in the next five years. And 3G and 4G connections – as opposed to either 5G, or twin...
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND -- FirstNet-AT&T continues to see rapid growth, with more than 9,000 agencies now signed on to its service and more than 750,000 connections, according to the carrier's latest update.
AT&T has more than 650 markets built out with 700 MHz Band 14 spectrum,...
Microsoft cloud revenue surges 39% in fourth quarter
Microsoft experienced a record fiscal year, reporting revenue of $33.7 billion and net income of $13.2 billion. Q4 showed that commercial cloud revenue increased 39% year-over-year to $11.0 billion, which, according to Microsoft CFO Amy Hood, represents the...
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND -- The First Responders Network Authority will be receiving about $18 billion in payments from AT&T over the 25-year-term of its contract to build out and operate the nationwide FirstNet network for public safety. An estimated $16 billion of that is expected...
John Stephens calls out 5G for hospitals, manufacturing
AT&T currently has its millimeter wave-based 5G service, dubbed 5G+, available in 21 cities with plans for 29 by year-end and nationwide coverage by mid-2020. As the build out continues, company Chief Financial Officer John Stephens highlighted...
AT&T TV pilot starting this summer; HBO Max to launch in 2020
With its $85 billion acquisition of Time Warner and its massive portfolio of video content, AT&T made a big bet on serving as the producer and distributor of media hopefully made even more...
Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories!
Clearwire tries to...
Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories!
HTC underestimates demand...
FirstNet build 60% complete; 70% completion by year end, AT&T CEO says
AT&T continues to grow the reach of its LTE network dedicated to first responders with company executives reporting during a Thursday earnings call that FirstNet is approximately 60% complete and has already attracted...
If 5G will be enterprise-led, as AT&T believes, then what are the use cases that its network will need to support -- and which ones will generate the revenue that will justify new capital investment?
The carrier is using its AT&T Foundry location in Plano,...
