Carriers

IoT is central to Verizon strategic plans We’re more than just a wireless network operator–that’s the central message of a new Verizon campaign called “Humanability” that highlights a wide range …

  Compass Intelligence just completed the final assessment of Q3 2017 and also compared this quarter’s results to Q3 2017. We do this each quarter to understand the subscriber and …

The new site will allow researchers to demonstrate advancements in 5G technologies Canada’s Communications Research Centre (CRC) and the City of Ottawa have set up a 5G test site at …

According to an internal email obtained by RCR Wireless News, Sprint is making major changes to its organizational structure that CEO Marcelo Claure says are intended to “reduce management layers …

On Friday Sprint announced Günther Ottendorfer, chief operating officer of technology, is leaving the company after a two-year tenure “to join his family in Austria and pursue other opportunities. Günther helped …

  Return on investment (ROI) is a good thing for any business, but unwarranted product returns and exchanges bleed precious cash from your coffers. Reverse-logistics costs caused by product returns …

The telco will offer IoT, M2M services to enterprise customers in Asia and the Middle East China Telecom signed an IoT business partnership agreement with Bridge Alliance, which would enable …

SK Telecom used an in-building 5G relay repeater operating in the 28 GHz and 3.5 GHz bands Korean telecoms group SK Telecom announced the successful demonstration of essential technologies for …

  Is it possible to disrupt the “big four” carriers? We say yes. California-based telecom company, GeoLinks, is doing just that, proving that even new players can substantially impact the …

Qualcomm is prepping to support 600 MHz as the spectrum repack continues HONG KONG–Qualcomm Technologies announced new additions to the RF front-end (RFFE) portfolio that is designed to provide comprehensive …

Consolidation has been a common theme in 2017, with companies across the advertising, publishing and telecommunications fields coming together to create industry behemoths. While these mergers aim to create new, …

Why is it that consumers seem to be much less forgiving with service provider chatbots than with a witty personal assistant like Siri? According to a recent global research study …

Last year former Ericsson CEO Hans Vestberg, now in a key leadership role at Verizon, left the top spot, which he held for seven years out of a total of …

Goal is to allow operators embracing SDN and NFV to reduce costs and speed-up development of new businesses HONG KONG–Huawei has released a new solution designed for SDN/NFV testing dubbed …

ZTE is collaborating with international and Chinese operators for the development of AI technologies ZTE has released its artificial intelligence (AI) solution which will allow telecommunications operators build next generation …

Over 120 million subscribers entrust competitive carriers as their network operator of choice –for a whole host of reasons. Many enjoy the superb quality of their networks, while others may …

Q&A with director of Dell EMC’s Extreme Scale Infrastructure Unit on the network edge, telco’s real estate advantage compared to hyperscale players and more Jyeh Gan, director Dell EMC’s Extreme …

If cable TV is on the falling side of the growth wave, why then is Comcast Xfinity continuing to grow, even as others struggle? The growth wave I often talk …

According to the Pew Research Center, there are 5 million households with school-age kids that don’t have access to high speed internet. Couple that reality with the fact seven out …

Yesterday, wireless carriers AT&T Mobility, Verizon Wireless, Sprint and T-Mobile US were all headed in the same direction. However, today they all seem to be heading in different directions. Let’s …

Less than two weeks after informing the Federal Communications Commission that is plans to “rapidly deploy” its 600 MHz spectrum, T-Mobile US today followed through, using Nokia equipment to light …

To add network capacity and coverage reach in dense or underserved area, carriers are increasingly looking to small cells, which are also viewed as a key underlying infrastructure element for …

Rural broadband coverage is priority for T-Mobile 600 MHz plans According to an Aug. 4 “ex parte notice” to the Federal Communications Commission, T-Mobile US is looking to “rapidly deploy” …

Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure calls return to profitability “important milestone” Amid on-again, off-again merger and acquisition discussion regarding U.S. carrier Sprint, the company on Tuesday morning released Q1 2017 financial …

Wireless carriers have been competing for decades, and every year they come up with new ideas for advertising and marketing to help their brand stand above the crowd. This year …