Sprint and SoftBank filed moves to consolidate Clearwire 2.5 GHz spectrum, and T-Mobile moved on MetroPCS acquisition … 4 years ago this week.
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Connecting everything: news bytes for 11/7/16
1. Samsung plans to add voice-activated artificial intelligence to wearables and home appliances. The world's largest smartphone maker is also a major manufacturer of TV sets, washing machines, dishwashers and vacuum cleaners, as well as of course its Gear...
5 things to know today ...
1. Google said Sprint will be the first carrier to launch enhanced text messaging for Android phones. Sprint will use GSMA's universal rich communication services profile. For the past year, Google has been working with various mobile operators to...
T-Mobile joined rivals in touting 4G network capabilities, while Sprint was forced to snub Chinese vendors for network plans … 6 years ago this week
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Google has declared the smartphone business is too important to leave to others with its move for tighter integration between hardware and software
Google is getting serious about mobile. Of course, it has always been serious about mobile since it acquired Android and, along with...
5 things to know today ...
1. Crown Castle is making another fiber acquisition. The Houston company plans to pay $1.5 billion for FiberNet Holdings as well as certain other assets of NextEra Energy. Crown said FiberNet has access to 11,500 route miles of fiber...
Google Fiber, a slowly sinking ship
Google Fiber will be halting its operations in 10 "potential Fiber cities" while it refines its approaches, according to a blog post by Craig Barratt, SVP of Alphabet and CEO of Access. In yesterday's post, Barratt stated Google Fiber must...
Google Fiber, a slowly sinking ship
Google Fiber will be halting its operations in 10 "potential Fiber cities" while it refines its approaches, according to a blog post by Craig Barratt, SVP of Alphabet and CEO of Access. In yesterday's post, Barratt stated Google Fiber must...
AT&T plans to acquire media powerhouse Time Warner is causing a reaction by politicians that does not line up with current industry models
I’ve seen a lot of handwringing recently over the AT&T and Time Warner merger. This deal has become a political football in...
AT&T, CableLabs, Ericsson and others join CBRS Alliance
The Citizens Broadband Radio Service Alliance, which promotes the use of LTE-based technology in the CBRS unlicensed band at 3.5 GHz, got a boost in big-name members this week as a dozen companies joined. The new members...
The world of money is changing. New leaders are emerging with new ideas and this transformation will continue going forward. Next week, the Money 20/20 conference is coming to Las Vegas. I expect this conference will be a very interesting event about the changing...
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 of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry,...
Alphabet subsidiary Google Fiber, which has reduced staff and signaled a switch to a hybrid fiber/wireless network strategy, is a "dead business model walking," according to Scott Cleland, president of consultancy Precursor and former Deputy U.S. Coordinator for Communications and Information Policy for President...
Customers of the Google Project Fi MVNO service can now add up to 4 additional lines each at a $5 per month discount
Google continues to flesh out its Project Fi mobile telephone service, recently rolling out a discounted multiline “group” option.
Customers interested in the...
Amid growing concerns about IoT devices being used for cyber attacks, the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) released a 13-step guide for securing IoT products.
Internet of Things (IoT) devices were recently used in two massive distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS) one against security expert...
AT&T said Minneapolis trial uses point-to-point millimeter wave wireless to provide speeds up to 100 Mbps, DirecTV could also be part of package
AT&T looks to be the latest telecom operator attempting to add a wireless component to broadband capabilities in an effort to ease...
Available for preorder in an exclusive deal with Verizon, new Google Pixel features high-end camera, personal assistant and compatibility with Project Fi mobile virtual network.
Google on Monday announced its new Pixel phone, which will initially be available for preorder in the U.S. exclusively with...
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 broadband deployments continues to gain steam as the company this week announced closing on 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 virtualization technologies can now opt for a package deal from vendor giants Samsung and Hewlett...
A new European Commission-supported study details the expected costs and benefits of 5G deployment in the European Union’s 28 member states.
The cost of 5G deployment in the European Union’s (EU) 28 member states could reach €56 billion ($63 billion) in 2020, according to a...
Over the last couple of years, there has been much attention to and change in the mobile payment space. PayPal was the leader for decades when Apple Pay, Google Pay and countless others entered the space in the last couple of years. The assumption was...
1. T-Mobile US resolved a nationwide LTE network outage early Thursday morning, and most customers had regained access to service by the time they woke up. Of course some people were awake during the outage and contacted T-Mobile to complain they didn't have data...
Nashville, Tennesee's city council got a lot of attention for voting to decriminalize marijuana this week, but at the same meeting the council passed another measure that is also being closely watched by cities around the country.
Google's One Touch Make Ready ordinance won final...
Think back to the first time you sat in a plane as it left the ground, or a fast-moving elevator in a skyscraper. Most of us have a great deal of faith in the technology behind these common modes of transportation, but there was...
