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Town uses tower lease agreement for good Almost every week without fail there are a slew of stories about cities across the U.S. protesting the placement of new cell towers. …

AT&T Mobility continues mastery of J.D. Power survey, while Sprint prepaid brands rule no-contact space AT&T Mobility often finds itself playing second fiddle to rival Verizon Wireless in terms of …

NYC, Stockholm, Ericsson and Data Scientist are featured in this week’s episode of Inside Telecom Careers This episode of Inside Telecom Careers is sponsored by Nexius: Accelerating Network and Business Transformation …

Softbank increases Sprint stake to 80%, while WSJ reports failed attempt to find Sprint buyer Softbank bolstered its backing of U.S. operator Sprint, purchasing $87 million of outstanding stock in …

The carrier targeted customers with unlimited data plans, ended practice in June Much was made of Verizon Wireless’ plan (which wasn’t put into practice) to throttle data speeds for 4G …

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on …

Total cost of ownership associated with telecom operators moving toward virtualized platforms continues to be debated, with various models showing savings on the capital expense side, operating expense side, both …

Calls carrier response to T-Mobile US promotions ‘half-assed’ T-Mobile US’ promotional “Un-carrier” campaign, helmed by colorful CEO John Legere, has obviously attracted the attention of wireless consumers who have flocked …

Court rules Cablevision must stop ads questioning Verizon’s Wi-Fi superiority Verizon Communications claimed victory in an advertising battle with Cablevision over competing claims of Wi-Fi superiority. The U.S. District Court …

Part of four-carrier plan to connect all 279 Metropolitan Transit Authority underground stations Verizon Wireless will continue to expand its underground network in phases four and five of the Metropolitan …

Much has been written in the past year about Sprint’s need to upgrade its network, including by iGR. Sprint management has been very public about plans to “densify” its network …

Sprint targets rivals with rollout of Open World international roaming package Sprint officially announced a new international roaming service that takes aim at recent updates offered by rivals T-Mobile US, …

The telco mentality Last week we rounded out telecom and cable earnings. To no one’s surprise, cable is trouncing its competitors and quickly turning into the favored high-speed data provider …

New rate plans move to new naming scheme and pricing adjustments Verizon Wireless is set to adjust its more popular shared data plans to a new naming scheme as well …

Bargaining for AT&T Southeast employees continues following Aug. 8 contract expiration Some 28,000 AT&T Southeast union employees, represented by the Communications Workers of America, have joined nearly 40,000 of their …

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Verizon Communications has been in deadlocked negotiations with union workers about pension and health care benefits since June 22. One deadline for a deal already came and went with no …

FCC sets aside 30 megahertz for auction set to begin March 29, 2016 The Federal Communications Commission released its highly anticipated bidding rules for the planned 600 MHz incentive auction, …

Sprint may be the market’s No. 4 carrier, but looks to regain competitive position with help of Softbank Sprint may no longer be the domestic market’s No. 3 carrier, and …

Outages in Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama potentially caused by AT&T backhaul network All four major U.S. wireless carriers – Verizon Wireless, AT&T Mobility, Sprint and T-Mobile US – experienced …

T-Mobile US’ ‘to-do’ list Last week, the new No. 3 carrier, T-Mobile US, held its quarterly earnings session – it’s hard to classify it as an earnings call since there are …

AT&T bundles discount on DirecTV or U-verse TV package when combined with mobile AT&T wasted little time putting together a package of services tying together its wireless and recently acquired …

German communications service provider Deutsche Telekom has partnered with Boingo Wireless to provide global roaming tailored for business customers. Deutsche Telekom has more than 151 million mobile customers and also …

I met with Steve Brumer of 151 Advisors about the upcoming CTIA Super Mobility 2015. He invited me to speak at their APP-SOLUTELY Enterprise event scheduled for this year’s CTIA …

Employees will continue to work as negotiations continue after Aug. 1 contract expiration Despite the lingering threat of a work stoppage, some 38,000 unionized Verizon Communications employees did not move …