French telco reportedly eyeing KPN and Proximus
French telecommunications group Orange is eyeing potential acquisitions in the European market with Dutch telecom services provider KPN and Belgium telco Proximus Group among the targeted firms, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing sources familiar with the matter.
However, the...
US-based carrier AT&T is one of the leading global service providers when it comes to embracing the transformative and business opportunities associated with the Internet of Things.
Mike Troiano, VP of Industrial IOT, called the company's investment around the Internet of Things "one of the most...
The process will integrate GSM and UMTS infrastructure
German telecom operator Telefónica Deutschland expects to start the integration of its mobile unit O2 and mobile operator E-Plus in January 2016, the telco said in a statement.
Telefónica Deutschland, which is fully owned by Spanish telecom group...
Details of latest Sprint promotion aren't available, but questions will be answered on Dec. 7
Sprint is ratcheting up the heat against competitors – T-Mobile US in particular – by way of a series of new promotions; the fourth-place U.S. carrier has posted a countdown...
The combined business to provide service to 45M subscribers
Pakistan mobile network operators Mobilink and Warid Telecom announced they have reached an agreement to merge their operations.
The combined business is set to serve 45 million customers in Pakistan. The transaction, which still needs approval from local...
Congratulations, Sprint. In 2015 you are the most-improved network provider in quality, speed and reach in a growing number of areas from coast to coast. While there is still quite a bit of work to do, if Sprint stays on track, it could become one...
WASHINGTON – Next-generation "5G" mobile networks remain years away from standardization, but the lack of formal definitions and speculation hasn’t deterred major international interest and investment. Â
In the U.S., the four major carriers – Verizon Wireless, AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile US and Sprint – have...
LTE in China is projected to reach 1.2 billion subscribers by 2021
Almost two years after the launch, China Mobile said it has approximately 267.3 million LTE subscribers and aims to reach 300 million customers by the end of this year.
The telco has recorded a nearly...
Telecom Italia plans to keep up to 20% of the infrastructure firm
Telecom Italia is looking to sell a part of its Inwit holdings, with CEO Marco Patuano noting "we are ready to send tender invitations to potential bidders for the Inwit stake." Patuano said the company expects...
Wireless and telecom bills have historically been large and confusing. So much so that it created an entire cottage industry of bill auditors. However, over the last few years we have seen carriers move to simplify their plans. I am not sure whether this...
T-Mobile US announced is new Binge On wireless TV service. With that news, there seems to be concerned voices from a variety of people in the industry wondering whether the T-Mobile US network can handle the expected usage surge. So what can we expect to see?...
Tele2 looks to reach nationwide LTE coverage by Q1 2016
Swedish telecoms operator Tele2 launched LTE service in the Netherlands, the company said in a statement.
Tele2 Netherlands said its LTE network will initially reach 92% of the country’s population, with full nationwide coverage planned by...
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, telecom industry unemployment was 1.4% in October
The latest numbers from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, released each month, indicate October marked the low point in 2015 (so far) of unemployment for the telecom workforce.
According to figures,...
Verizon offers union workers a 2.5% raise in first year of proposed 3-year contract
WASHINGTON – Since Aug. 1, 38,000 Verizon Communications union employees affiliated with the Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers have been working without a contract. That...
Don't buy spectrum, share the 3.5 GHz band
DALLAS, Texas – Google's principal wireless architect, Preston Marshall, on Monday laid out the benefits of sharing, not buying, access to the 3.5 GHz spectrum band.
The 3.5 GHz band, primarily allocated for use by the U.S. military,...
You’ve got to love it when an entrepreneur runs a public company. When Marcelo Claure became CEO at Sprint last year, he may not have understood all the work ahead of him. However, he is attacking it like a true entrepreneur. Every company has...
Industry expert discusses lessons learned from rolling out small cells both indoors and outdoors
Small cells present a huge opportunity for the wireless industry, but, despite the promise, small cell deployments have not kept pace with projections largely because changing conditions make the process fraught...
Struggling carrier announced plan to cut some $2.5 billion; doing away with trash cans in bid to go paperless
As Sprint works to reduce expenses to the tune of $2.5 billion, the fourth-ranked U.S. carrier told employees it's going to adjust the severance packages offered...
Spotlight on the network deployment services business
Adding a macro cell to cover a very low pop count area is not always economically viable, often forcing carriers to postpone a decision to cover certain rural or suburban areas. Until now, carriers have relied on highly customized...
After working without a contract in place since Aug. 8, Communications Workers of America union employees reached a tentative agreement with AT&T related to wireline operations in the Southeast.
Announced Oct. 20, the pending contract also covers contracts for union members working for AT&T Billing...
South Korea, Japan and North America to lead future deployments of 5G
While the telecommunications industry still needs to fully define standards for "5G" development, and 4G LTE has room to continue expanding in both advanced and emerging markets, telecom equipment vendors and mobile operators in...
As Sprint prepares to undertake a massive network improvement strategy amid losing ground to rival T-Mobile US, the company's chief of corporate strategy and development has put in his resignation.
Michael Schwartz became Sprint's SVP of corporate strategy and development on Jan. 2, 2013.
His resignation...
ARCEPÂ said the auction process will start Nov. 16
France telecom regulator ARCEP confirmed the process to award 30Â megahertz of spectrum in the 700 MHz band to support LTE services will kick off Nov. 16.
The regulator previously confirmed the firms submitting applications for the spectrum auction...
The French telco expects its 4G service to reach 99% of the population via network sharing
French telecom operator Bouygues Telecom expects to see growing revenue in the coming years due to the increasing demand for mobile and fixed broadband in the local market.
During the...
