A Nice Systems employee accidentally exposed online the names, phone numbers and PIN codes for as many as 14 million Verizon customers for an unknown amount of time in June.
Nice Systems is a Verizon partner that facilitates customer service calls. The leak was spurred...
IoT module makers Sierra Wireless and U-Blox have both announced modules that support two different cellular standards for low-power wide area connectivity. Both companies are bringing solutions that support LTE Category M1 (Cat M1) and narrowband IoT (NB-IoT).
LTE Cat M1 uses 1.4 megahertz of...
SAN JOSE, Calif.– CEO of NimbeLink Scott Schwable chaired a panel discussion centered on the transition from a component to a solutions company, and the broader theme of IoT enablement, at the 2017 Sensors Expo and Conference. The group spoke about what companies look...
Verizon and AT&T execs talk IoT security
In a new interview with Mobile World Live, Verizon Global Lead of IoT Security and International Strategy Harm Jan Arendshorst highlighted the security challenges associated with the explosion of network endpoints as the internet of things (IoT) continues...
Verizon and AT&T execs talk IoT security
In a new interview with Mobile World Live, Verizon Global Lead of IoT Security and International Strategy Harm Jan Arendshorst highlighted the security challenges associated with the explosion of network endpoints as the internet of things (IoT) continues...
In California, challenges to small cells at scale include selecting the correct paint color and addressing concerns about health impacts
Actual deployments of small cells has lagged behind perhaps ambitious projections for years. The problem is that, given the unique nature of each site and...
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...
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Verizon buys Alltel
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In addition to small cell densification, C-RAN architecture paves the way to 5G
LAS VEGAS--Phillip French, Verizon Wireless executive director of the West and North Central area, shared some insight into the carrier's approach to hetnet deployments that integrate macro level infrastructure with small cells...
Verizon's interest in buying a cable operator is back in the news, and late last week the company made an announcement. It wasn't an announcement about buying Charter, and indeed the news was scheduled long before the Charter story broke. But Verizon's news is...
On June 1, Verizon’s board said the company’s dividend will remain unchanged in the current quarter. No surprise there, but the announcement underlines a commitment Verizon and AT&T share, which limits both companies’ ability to grow through non-accretive acquisitions. Both companies pay out more...
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...
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...
Sony's Altair Semiconductor will supply modem chips for AT&T's $7.50 Category M1 LTE modules, which the carrier announced late last week. Altair was also an AT&T modem vendor for its Category 1 LTE modules, which were priced at $14.99.
"A&T has been a very strong...
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...
Enterprises will soon be able to deploy small cells that can be configured for any of the major U.S. LTE bands, and/or for the internet of things. SpiderCloud Wireless is shipping an enterprise-grade LTE small cell that can be software configured to support LTE...
The world's leading designer of chipsets for wireless devices has updated its portfolio with the launch of two new integrated chipsets: the Snapdragon 630 and Snapdragon 660. The new chips can process faster, charge faster and stay charged for longer than their predecessors. Both...
Comcast, Charter will "work only together" in deals with MNOs
Cable operators Comcast and Charter Communications have made a deal in which they will join forces to increase their operational efficiencies as mobile virtual network operators on Verizon Wireless' network.
The companies, which each have separately...
At the recent Enterprise IoT Summit, a panel of experts discuss what’s behind the initial use of fixed wireless deployments to test 5G technology.
On this week’s “Carrier Wrap” we take a look at the “Fixed wireless access: The first phase...
The carrier may have come out of the recent 600 MHz incentive auction empty handed, but Verizon claims plenty of runway for current LTE and future 5G plans.
Verizon Wireless may have come out of the recent 600 MHz incentive auction empty handed,...
A new report from OpenSignal found Verizon and T-Mobile at opposite ends of Wi-Fi connectivity, with unlimited data availability, customer mix as reasons.
One impact of domestic wireless carriers moving towards “unlimited” data plans appears to be less reliance on offloading their data usage onto...
Spectrum positions coming out of the 600 MHz incentive auction show strong moves by T-Mobile and Dish, while Sprint and AT&T remain the market’s heavyweights.
Aggressive bidding activity by T-Mobile US and Dish Network helped bolster each company’s respective spectrum positions, according to...
Verizon said the three-year, $1.05 billion agreement includes up to 12.4 million miles of fiber per year to support One Fiber initiative behind LTE, 5G enhancements.
Verizon Communications is set to bolster the backhaul of its wireless network through a three-year, $1.05 billion...
