Carrier says multiple input, multiple output antennas are increasing capacity by 300%
Sprint and Samsung are preparing to deploy dozens of antenna elements per cell site in select areas across the U.S., as the carrier rolls out massive MIMO to leverage its 2.5 GHz spectrum...
Sprint expands three-carrier aggregation, HPUE support in Milwaukee
Sprint has turned up three-carrier aggregation and high-power user equipment support in Milwaukee, Wisc., as well as adding its Magic Boxes and outdoor small cells for densification.
The move is in line with the carrier's network plans for...
Sprint has certified new IoT modules designed to help customers migrate internet of things devices onto the carrier's LTE network. The carrier currently has 13.4 million connected IoT devices, and about 90% of them use CDMA technology, according to Mo Nasser, general manager of...
Sprint targets Verizon customers with online ads
Sprint is taking the carrier price wars as low as it can go: the operator is reportedly offering new customers who bring their own devices a year of free, unlimited voice, text and data service.
Bloomberg reports that deal,...
Who is winning and starting the year off right?
It is a busy time of year and we are still playing catch up, so we apologize for the delay in getting this update out. Compass Intelligence just completed the final assessment of Q1 2017 and...
The company trying to revolutionize the smartphone industry has reportedly decided to make Sprint an exclusive carrier partner, calling Sprint "the network of the future."
Essential is the new smartphone project created by Android cofounder Andy Rubin. Sprint parent SoftBank is an investor in Essential.
Although...
SoftBank said that one of its subsidiaries will buy Alphabet's Boston Dynamics for an undisclosed amount. Boston Dynamics develops humanoid robots with names like Atlas, Spot and Handle. The intelligent robots have demonstrated agility, dexterity, and perception.
SoftBank said that one of its subsidiaries will buy Alphabet's Boston Dynamics for an undisclosed amount. Boston Dynamics develops humanoid robots with names like Atlas, Spot and Handle. The intelligent robots have demonstrated agility, dexterity, and perception.
"Smart robotics are going to be a...
Jan Geldmacher, President of Sprint Business, estimates almost 50 billion IoT devices by 2021
During a keynote session at the Enterprise IoT Summit, Jan Geldmacher, president of Sprint Business, the carrier's enterprise- and industrial-facing business, said that the number of registered IoT devices in the...
Sprint beat T-Mobile US this week, but I don't think they'll be bragging about the circumstances any time soon. Marcelo Claure edged out John Legere as one of the most-hated CEOs in America, according to analysis done by crowdsourced analytics company Owler.
The two wireless...
Shephard's Beach Resort in Clearwater Beach, Florida has deployed a small cell system that supports all four nationwide operators. Each operator has provisioned its own small cells and the nodes share Ethernet backhaul. The system was designed by ClearSky Technologies, which now hopes to...
Survey shows interest in SD-WAN market
The software-defined Wide Area Network market is poised for 200% growth in the next 12 months, according to a new report from Cato Networks.
In a survey of more than 350 IT professionals, Cato found that nearly a third of...
The rumor mill is working hard. The question is, will Sprint and T-Mobile U.S. finally get together and merge? No one knows. Not even Sprint and T-Mobile. First, they have to decide yes or no. If yes, then the U.S. government has to approve...
Sprint will work with New York University Wireless for mobile "5G" development, in a partnership announced this week.
Sprint is joining the university's 5G research center as an industry affiliate sponsor and weill get early access to research, work with students and faculty on 5G-related...
Sprint President and CEO Marcelo Claure has been nominated to join the board of directors of Sprint's parent company, SoftBank.
SoftBank is nominating five new directors in what seems to be a shift toward a more international focus for the company.
The nominated directors include the...
New business models and lower costs per gigabit are goals for wireless carriers as the industry charges toward the next generation of wireless technology. But the carriers don't all see 5G the same way, and they don't all have the same priorities.
As...
Verizon sees content, IoT and 5G as strategic investments
Recognizing stiff competition for the U.S. wireless consumer, executives from Sprint, Verizon and T-Mobile US described various strategies to look beyond their traditional competitive positions in order to continue growth.
In remarks at the J.P. Morgan Global...
T-Mobile US' new #getoutofthered campaign woos Verizon customers
T-Mobile US launched a new promotion today to keep Verizon on the defensive, offering Verizon customers the option to bring one of seven qualifying devices and have T-Mobile pay off the remaining balance on the device.
The qualifying...
Both Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure and T-Mobile US CFO Braxton Carter talked about the potential synergies of a merger in separate discussions during the J.P. Morgan Global Technology, Media and Telecom Conference yesterday in Boston, Mass.
In separate discussions at the event, both Claure and...
Mobile network operators have been supporting machine-to-machine traffic for years, and as the internet of things grows, the cellular industry wants to play a central role. Verizon Wireless and AT&T have upgraded their networks to support the latest generation of LTE for IoT, and...
Another week, another round of the industry grappling with exactly what 5G is, how they're going to make it work and what they're going to do with it -- oh yes, and how they're going to make it profitable.
I heard slightly less of the...
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Sprint said it will launch a Category 1 LTE network within the next three months, and will follow up with Category M1 technology deployed throughout its network by the middle of next year. Category 1 LTE, which is part of 3GPP Release 8, caps...
Sprint said it will launch an LTE Category 1 network within the next three months, and will follow up with Category M1 technology deployed throughout its network by the middle of next year. LTE Category 1, which is part of 3GPP Release 8, caps...
