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Huawei surges; FCC moves on USF and 5G leadership, while scoring open internet victory; and Sprint pockets cash. Editor’s Note: Before we turn the page on 2016, we thought we …

Nokia filed patent infringement claims in Germany and the U.S. claiming Apple is violating 32 patents being used in Apple products. One year after settling an international patent dispute with …

Contract includes both indoor and outdoor small cells. Ericsson and Australian operator Telstra partnered to deploy LTE small cell solutions. The deal includes Ericsson’s Radio Dot System and Pico Cell …

NFV Interoperability Testing Initiative formed by Nokia, Cisco, Ericsson and Huawei in pact to accelerate commercial NFV implementations. A cadre of high-level telecommunication vendors formed the NFV Interoperability Testing Initiative …

Tests expected to accelerate 5G NR specs in 3GPP Release 15. Qualcomm and Ericsson plan to conduct interoperability testing and over-the-air field trials based on 5G “New Radio” standards with …

Regional operator U.S. Cellular continued its 5G technology push, touting gigabit-per-second speeds at distances up to 1 mile in a trial with Ericsson. U.S. Cellular and Ericsson claimed a joint …

In report on tech trends, Ericsson consumer researchers envision a merged reality future with pervasive artificial intelligence In its latest report, “10 Hot Consumer Trends 2017,” researchers at Ericsson’s ConsumerLab …

Year-end 4G expansion plans were touted by Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile … 4 years ago this week. Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping …

Nokia and Vodafone claimed success from a cloud RAN trial using NFV to support macro network transition from 4G to 5G technology. Vodafone and Nokia said they trialed a cloud-based …

Ericsson said it was on track to slash a portion of total jobs cuts as part of massive reorganization, with associated costs pulled into 2016 results. Ericsson has moved on …

Arrow to market and sell network services tailored for customer applications. Arrow Electronics inked an agreement with Vodafone to market the latter’s “internet of things” services as part of its …

In a touted industry first, AT&T said it has begun a 5G technology trial using millimeter wave spectrum at Intel offices in Austin, Texas. AT&T’s “5G” technology push took a …

Rivada Networks confirmed it has filed a protest over its exclusion from the FirstNet bidding process, with reports indicating AT&T is likely selected bidder. AT&T is reportedly in the driver’s …

Telefónica and Nokia claim symmetrical 10 Gbps speeds from latest PON FTTH platform with expected support for 5G mobile backhaul and traffic aggregation. Telefónica said it completed a successful trial …

Unlicensed spectrum is playing an increasingly important role in the LTE ecosystem as spectral limitations inhibit capacity, which enterprise customers demand. That’s why MulteFire, a technology that flies largely under …

KT looks to reach 85 cities with NB-IoT services by March 2017. South Korean telecommunications operator KT expanded its partnership agreements with Samsung Electronics, Ericsson-LG and Nokia, with a focus …

Ongoing 5G network trials by the likes of Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint has North America set to lead the world in initial adoption. As one of the world’s largest …

Panasonic Avionics selected Ericsson to provide industrial connectivity Ericsson was selected by Panasonic Avionics, a subsidiary of Panasonic, to handle connectivity services to the aviation, maritime and mining markets. Under …

Patent licensing remains a flashpoint for mobile telecom as it moves towards a future of 5G and IoT. Cellular technology pioneers are being marginalized with diminished financial returns on their …

Ericsson highlighted a number of industry trends at its latest Capital Markets Day, including expectations of broad 5G deployments. From a mobile broadband industry perspective, there were several key takeaways …

Building on existing partnership, Ericsson and Cisco will further collaborate on IoT, security, Wi-Fi and data center switching Ericsson and Cisco have expanded the scope of a strategic agreement to …

SoftBank said it will continue to deploy the Ericsson solution in dense urban areas Ericsson said it completed a commercial implementation of its Elastic Radio Access Network for Japanese mobile …

Astellia claims its Nova RAN platform can help Telefonica geolocate high ARPU customers in move to optimize network investment and performance. Telefonica continued its push to modernize network operations, signing …

5G trial to take place in Tokyo using the 28 GHz band Ericsson reached an agreement with Japanese telecommunications operator NTT DoCoMo and U.S. chipmaker Intel to build a “5G” …

Cat M1 will allow operators to expand cellular-based IoT capabilities Swedish vendor Ericsson and U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm successfully executed network and device testing of data communications on Cat M1 for …