Carriers

Verizon is using drones to help with cell site inspections from the air in North and South Carolina to survey areas impacted by severe flooding from Hurricane Matthew, the telecom company …

Open source continues to gain momentum and is said to remain central to ongoing development and deployment of NFV and SDN for telecommunication operators The open source community remains active …

WOTW tackles three different subjects this week – Samsung, Sprint and overages – all to varying degrees of success. You’ve been warned Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst …

Telecom operators seeking 600 MHz spectrum licenses, like Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile, will have to generate north of $54B in total bids for 90 megahertz The value of wireless spectrum …

The FCC approved Cingular’s $41B purchase of AT&T Wireless, while Sprint snagged initial Treo 650 launch … 12 years ago this week Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in …

AT&T, with City of Dallas, DART and Downtown Dallas Inc., planning an ‘urban-tech center’ AT&T announced this week plans to revitalize its headquarters and surrounding area in south downtown Dallas, …

With channel bands of several hundred megahertz expected to support 5G deployments, government regulators will need to be creative in providing resources Spectrum remains one of the more challenging aspects …

Verizon admits to cutting an undisclosed number of jobs at retail locations connected with combining in-store duties Verizon Communications has reportedly slashed jobs at retail locations, with a union representative …

The internet of things is set for explosive growth, but are you prepared? Here are 4 tips from Fortegra that might help in preparing for IoT. As smart homes and …

With channel bands of several hundred megahertz expected to support 5G deployments, government regulators will need to be creative in providing resources Spectrum remains one of the more challenging aspects …

AT&T SD-WAN moves include a premise-based OTT option available later this year, or a more comprehensive hybrid approach set to launch next year AT&T announced a partnership with VeloCloud to …

ETSI continues to move on its open source MANO work in support of telecom NFV plans, releasing the latest OSM stack focused on VNF, SDN controller support The European Telecommunications …

Verizon received a strong No. 2 rival in the form of Cingular, while DT’s $50B purchase of VoiceStream received labor, business support … 16 years ago this week Editor’s Note: …

Google notes Webpass to focus on expanding scale using wireless broadband technology, will maintain its own hybrid plans using fiber and wireless Google’s plans to tap wireless technology for its …

Vendor giants HPE and Samsung are set to work through the HPE OpenNFV Partner Program on open and pretested NFV and VNF products Telecom operators looking to deploy network functions …

Mike Zeto discusses AT&T’s priorities during Smart Cities Week WASHINGTON–One year into running a dedicated smart cities business unit, General Manager Mike Zeto discussed the operation, lessons learned and priorities …

Sprint broke with the wireless industry in stating it did not need more spectrum for 3G services, while AT&T moved to acquire Vanguard Cellular … 18 years ago this week …

Verizon was on the top step in 47 of 49 markets tested so far by RootMetrics through the second half of 2016, with AT&T a distant No. 2 This may …

The Linux Foundation’s Open Platform for NFV project claims its third platform release targets accelerating development of NFV apps and services The telecom market’s continued move towards integrating network functions …

So, it’s official. Comcast is going to make their second attempt at wireless according to their CEO Brian Roberts. So what does re-entering wireless mean for Comcast’s future? The way …

On the cusp of its service launch, Sprint gains new brand, while Chicago sees rash of new prepaid entrants … 20 years ago this week Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News …

Speaking at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia event, Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure said the carrier has a ‘competitive advantage’ in network deployment strategy Two years into a five-year plan designed to …

Sprint is on a comeback. But what exactly does that mean? I have followed them over the last few decades as a wireless analyst and I would say Sprint is …

A new enterprise survey from Accenture finds enterprises have a keen interest in migrating towards network SDN and NFV platforms The telecommunications market’s increasing adoption of virtualized technologies like software-defined …

In our second episode of IoT in Action, we speak with David Bloch of Vodafone New Zealand at Teradata PARTNERS 2016 in Atlanta, Georgia, about how the operator is using …