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Google, Samsung join AT&T and Verizon in independent CORD project

Google and Samsung join AT&T and Verizon as partners in ONOS project’s CORD platform, which is set to be spun off as an independent open source project The Open Network Operating System project’s central office re-architected as a data center platform continues to gain momentum,...

Kagan: Comcast wireless 2.0

Are Comcast's eyes bigger than its stomach? A few years ago they acquired some wireless spectrum and thought they were going to be the next big wireless success story. They failed. Now it looks like they may be getting ready to give wireless a...

#TBT: Sprint bundles Google for enterprise; Broadcom slashes jobs … this week in 2014

Sprint taps Google Apps to bolster enterprise service, while Broadcom announced plans to slash 2,500 jobs … 2 years ago this week Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past....

Google Fiber looking to connect small business

Initially geared toward the consumer market, Google Fiber is now targeting small business customers with internet service plans topping out at 1 gigabit per second. In a post to the company blog, John Shriver-Blake, a product manager for Google Fiber, said the new service plans, ...

Google teams with Three for roaming

Discounts on Nexus phones accompany announcement Google is hoping to lure more customers to its Google Project Fi mobile service by adding more international coverage. The company said it has partnered with U.K. carrier Three to offer more roaming destinations and faster speeds. Google said...

Analyst Angle: Why artificial intelligence is important to mobile

Artificial intelligence has progressed significantly over the past several decades, and looks set to be a boon for the mobile space Mobile systems are relying more on cloud-based services that, themselves, are becoming more intelligent. Machine intelligence is now able to learn from experience and...

Ericsson acquisition, Samsung turnaround … 5 things to know today

1. Ericsson is boosting its fiber footprint with the acquisition of Abentel, a subsidiary of Spain's Abengoa. Abentel's assets, projects and roughly 500 employees will become part of Ericsson when the deal closes. Ericsson said those 500 professionals are "bringing a relevant set of...

Analyst Angle: Apple opens Siri to developers

Apple opens Siri so developers can build special voice interaction, which should benefit vertical markets and special interests At this year’s Apple Developer’s Conference, Apple announced a number of things I will be writing about over the coming weeks. One of the more important announcements...

ZTE pushes ahead on 5G new radio, promotes pre-5G approach

ZTE wants its Unified Air Interface technology integrated into 5G new radio, promotes a pre-5G approach LONDON – The 3GPP announced earlier this week the first formal specifications for "5G" technology, which will define new radio technology and is expected to be ready in June 2018....

10 Tbps Google undersea fiber cable comes online

Google partnered with APAC carriers China Mobile, China Telecom, SingTel, KDDI and bandwidth provider Global Transit In an effort to bolster its application and cloud customer experience, Google, in partnership with numerous Asia-Pacific interests, yesterday brought online its 10 terabit per second Faster Cable System,...

Amazon launches subsidized smartphones

Amazon.com is subsidizing two Android smartphones for its Prime customers. The latest Moto G from Motorola, expected to ship July 12, will sell for $150; and the Blu R1 HD will retail for $50. The phones will come pre-loaded with apps that will show...

NASA and Google scientist test resilient space internet

With the help of Vint Cerf, Google's chief internet evangelist, NASA is experimenting with a technology called delay/disruption tolerant networking to allow for remote monitoring and operation of experiments housed on the International Space Station. NASA has been working on DTN for a number of...

Report: Google planning to enter the smartphone market

According to The Telegraph, Google is in talks with mobile network operators Technology giant Google is considering a move into the highly competitive smartphone market with its own branded handset, according to a new report in The Telegraph, which cites "sources familiar with the discussions." Google...

Google Fiber to buy ISP Webpass to speed network rollout

Webpass CEO said Google Fiber acquisition to 'accelerate deployment' of fiber network San Francisco-based internet service provider Webpass, according to company President Charles Barr, will be acquired by Alphabet subsidiary Google Fiber, which is the technology giant's residential fiber internet and TV service. Webpass provides business...

Sprint loses board member as Arora plans SoftBank exit

Nikesh Arora set to leave position as president and COO at SoftBank, board role at Sprint on July 1 In a move linked to investor unrest, SoftBank Group President and COO Nikesh Arora is set to leave those positions July 1, taking up an advisory...

Reality Check: From mobile to ambient – how bots, AI, IoT, and language are reinventing computing

Is the future of mobile a world without a screen? POPin looks at the use of ambient computing to change the mobile space with bots, AI, IoT and language At the recent I/O Developers Conference in Silicon Valley, Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced the company...

AT&T joins T-Mobile, Sprint and Verizon in supporting Android Wi-Fi calling

Customers using the Android-powered LG G4 device can now tap the AT&T Wi-Fi calling service, with expansion promised to other devices AT&T Mobility expanded its Wi-Fi calling option outside the Apple iOS ecosystem, announcing its first supported device running Google’s Android OS. The carrier said customers...

T-Mobile pushes Binge On content providers to nearly 90

T-Mobile adds a handful of new video content providers to its Binge On service, which now counts more than 500M hours of cellular viewing T-Mobile US continued the expansion of its Binge On video platform, adding new content providers that the carrier said now number...

U.S. Cellular joins Sprint and T-Mobile as part of Google Project Fi MVNO

Addition of U.S. Cellular network access to current partners Sprint and T-Mobile give Google Project Fi MVNO access to 3 of nation’s 5 largest networks Google’s Project Fi mobile virtual network operator service added regional domestic carrier U.S. Cellular to its network, which now includes...

Analyst Angle: Nokia reprise

Nokia has had a long and twisted history in the mobile device space, with its recent reincarnate set to continue that story The Nokia brand has lived a very colorful, but sometimes confusing, life as one of the most successful companies manufacturing and selling cellphones....

5G breakthrough with new millimeter wave transmission record

Scientists in Germany broke a new millimeter wave transmission record, opening new possibilities for 5G. The Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics IAF in Freiburg, Germany, has set a new world record in millimeter wave transmission, transmitting at a data rate of 6 Gigabit...

Kagan: Why I love and hate iPhone and Android

As a wireless analyst, columnist and speaker, I have an opinion on everything. I was going to say everything wireless, but if you ask my kids they would say to leave off the word wireless. I know ... kids. I have used most of...

Reality Check: The last great spectrum – the 600 MHz auction and TV white space

FutureMobile expects robust participation in the 600 MHz auction, forecasts up to $100 billion in total bids The reverse-auction phase of the 600 megahertz auction (Auction 1001) begins on May 31, 2016. The Federal Communications Commission seeks to clear 126 megahertz of spectrum so that it...

Netherlands Railways deploys sensor network with Blip

With this newly deployed sensor network, Netherlands Railways will get data on passenger flows, which can be used to improve traveler experience and optimize the stations’ operations. Passengers are no longer simply passing through railway stations; they work, hold meetings, shop and eat there. At...