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Sprint came out against AT&T’s planned acquisition of T-Mobile, while Clearwire looked for closer ties to Sprint … 5 years ago this week Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all …

On this week’s Carrier Wrap we speak with Wireless 20/20 for some last minute insight into Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile bidding plans ahead of the FCC’s 600 MHz incentive auction …

Montgomery County, Maryland, is a scenic, rural area that welcomes tourists and is somewhat less hospitable to cell towers. The county’s residents and visitors are valuable customers for wireless carriers, …

T-Mobile and Sprint have their latest promotions in place tied to this week’s launch of the Apple iPhone SE model Apple’s latest iPhone SE model may not garner the typical …

T-Mobile 5G plans are set for a boost as the carrier filed applications for experimental spectrum license usage around its Washington headquarters T-Mobile US is moving on plans to begin …

Reports indicate T-Mobile is set to unveil new rate plans offering data and messaging only targeting customers uninterested in traditional cellular voice T-Mobile US is reportedly set to update its …

New York, Pennsylvania, Boston hit by Sprint network outage Sprint customers in the Northeast on Monday reported a network outage impacting LTE services. Reports of network problems began Monday morning; …

Plans are to shutdown the GSM network by January 2017 AT&T initially announced plans to shut down its 2G network in mid-2012, noting at the time the move would allow …

InterDigital claims a new model is needed to handle growing video traffic Video has crushed the Internet. In 2014, video represented 64% of all consumer Internet traffic, and that will …

T-Mobile iPhone available off contract, as carrier launches LTE, new pricing plans; Sprint and SoftBank warned on Huawei deal; and FCC Chairman announces retirement plans … 3 years ago this …

On this week’s NFV/SDN Reality Check, we look at some top news items from across the space as well as speak with Accedian Networks about network QoS related to SDN, …

Swisscom expects initial phase to be ready by year-end Swisscom said it’s currently deploying a nationwide network designed to support the “Internet of Things,” with the initial roll out scheduled …

China Mobile targets 500 million LTE customers China Mobile expects to support 1.4 million LTE base stations by the end of 2016, according to the company’s latest financial report. China …

On this week’s Carrier Wrap we will look at some of the top carrier news from the past week and talk with Roger Entner from Recon Analytics to unravel recent …

Iain Gillott dives into the importance of mobile video services to the need for 5G services Last May, I wrote an article about over-the-top mobile video becoming the next battleground …

Testing 3x carrier aggregation for future network, Sprint says In what it described as prepping for future network deployments, Sprint said it used a Samsung Galaxy S7 coupled with three-channel carrier aggregation …

The five-year IBM partnership is valued at $200 million IBM and Indonesian telecommunications firm Indosat Ooredoo signed a five-year partnership under which they will develop and deliver solutions on the …

WOTW looks at how recent comments from Verizon on unlimited data appear limited in scope Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of …

A new report from Twin Prime claims LTE is faster than Wi-Fi in most locations, while U.S. provides faster speeds across both Consumer demand for mobile data connectivity has placed …

UBS report citing iTunes downloads claims Verizon Go90 video service is struggling Analyst firm UBS claims Verizon Communications’ Go90 video service is having trouble gaining traction in an increasingly competitive …

Dutch telco KPN looks to launch VoLTE services this year Dutch telecom operator KPN announced plans to save 300 million euro ($329 million) per year by 2019, under a new …

Verizon CFO sticks to guns that carrier will not dive back into unlimited data fracas Verizon Wireless remains down on bringing back an “unlimited” data option for customers, despite ongoing …

APAC leads global LTE connections in market share The global LTE and LTE-Advanced market reached 1.068 billion connections by the end of 2015, following 156 million net additions during the …

Worst of the Week is all about 5G progress, but asks that we first make sure we finish what we started with 4G Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, …

AT&T begin throttling unlimited data customers at 3 GB, Verizon closes call centers and Apple launches New iPad … 4 years ago this week Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes …