Contract stipulates deployment of small cells for 3G, 4G services
Nokia Networks won a contract from mobile operator Ooredoo Qatar to deploy small cells in hot spots across the Arab country. The agreement follows a trial using Nokia Networks' LTE and 3G small cell solution...
Telefónica Spanish business showing signs of recovery
Spanish telecom giant Telefónica reported revenue of 11.87 billion euro ($13.14 billion) in the second quarter of 2015, climbing 12.4% vs. the year-ago quarter. The company's net profits for the period reached 1.89 million euro, an increase of...
As merger fever continues to heat up in the telecom industry, there are now reports that Deutsche Telekom is looking to get into the game by acquiring British Telecom.
According to a report by British newspaper The Telegraph, the potential merger between T-Mobile US, which...
TM Forum handed out awards to Verizon, China Unicom and Huawei at its Live event
NICE, France – Verizon Communications, China Unicom and Huawei and were among a handful of companies that walked away as winners of TM Forum’s Excellence Awards presented this week at...
U.K. operator EE, whose brand is built around LTE, announced soaring user numbers for the technology. With the release of first-quarter results for 2015, EE said that it added 1.7 million LTE connections during the quarter, with 9.3 million users now on its LTE network. The...
One day after the parent companies of O2 and Three agreed to merge the two British carriers, rival BT has announced its return to mobile. BT is already the U.K.'s largest provider of landline service, and earlier this year it agreed to buy EE,...
Investing $4.6B to hook up 4 million new sites to superfast broadband
Dubbed Project Lightning, Virgin Media has announced plans to spend more than $4.6 billion to bring 152 Mbps broadband Internet to some 4 million homes and businesses in the U.K.
Virgin touts its data...
Fourteen years after selling its mobile business, BT is back in a big way – the carrier has agreed to purchase EE for $19 billion. BT currently offers wireless service through a mobile virtual network operator agreement with EE.
BT will buy the EE shares owned...
SK Telecom under investigation
The Korea Communications Commission said it will probe an alleged illegal subsidy case centering on SK Telecom. The carrier is accused of using illegal subsidies to lure customers away from other operators.
The probe comes after South Korean carrier, KT, submitted documents...
After looking into buying Telefonica's O2, BT announced it has entered into exclusive talks to buy mobile operator EE for $19.6 billion. If successful, the deal would combine the U.K.'s largest fixed-line provider with its largest mobile network operator.
Part of the proposed purchase includes shares in BT, so EE's...
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 to reach 300 million 4G subscribers by the end of 2016. In October, China Mobile...
NTT DoCoMo promotes LTE speeds with shrimp cannon
Japan's NTT DoCoMo is promoting the speed of its LTE network by frying shrimp. The video advertisement shows shrimp flying through cannons and open flames. The shrimp is "cooked" in 3 seconds. The cooking demonstration and advertisement...
Following the BT Group's announcement that it was interested in buying Telefónica's O2, the company is now also in talks with Deutsche Telekom and Orange about acquiring their jointly owned mobile operator EE. Deutsche Telekom and Orange confirmed on Nov. 26 that they were holding discussions with BT about a...
U.K.-based BT is looking to re-enter the country’s mobile space in a deal that could include an acquisition of a current mobile operator.
BT, which has previously stated interest in re-entering the U.K. mobile industry after abandoning the market in 2001, acknowledged that it is...
