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On this week’s NFV/SDN Reality Check we talked with Thomas Vasen, subscriber experience evangelist at Procera Networks, and Gerry Donohoe, director of solutions engineering at Openet, about the impact network …

Bear climbs tower for eggs We’re all doomed. The large hairy killing machines known as bears are now bringing their endless appetites off the ground and into the skies. O.F. Mossberg & …

Roughly one of every five Americans lives in a rural community, according to the latest census data. Many of those 59 million people are served by regional mobile operators, but …

ORLANDO, Fla. – Verizon Communications has generated considerable experience in migrating from legacy copper-based infrastructure to more powerful fiber-based connections, which it shared this week during a keynote address at …

Cablevision is challenging validity of Verizon’s claim that TV service is 100% fiber-based Cablevision wants a judge to decide whether the company can continue running an ad challenging Verizon Communications’ claim …

A hot topic is the upcoming incentive auction. The amount of available spectrum per subscriber tells us how much capacity the carrier has to serve its customers and therefore what …

Nokia LTE network in a box First responders and workers in the energy industry are the target users for Nokia’s LTE network in a box, a compact macro cell for …

Court claims more details needed before it will approve Sprint, CFPB bill-cramming proposal A federal judge is holding up a $50 million settlement between Sprint and the Consumer Financial Protection …

Verizon Wireless said CDMA to continue supporting IoT, connected devices While LTE is the network of now and the future at Verizon Wireless, the carrier expects to continue supporting its …

This was a very active week in telecom, with AT&T extending its termination date on its DirecTV merger to the end of June; Charlie Ergen making headlines defending the designated entity structure …

AT&T SDN plans include academia, research challenge AT&T’s software-defined networking plans continue to gain momentum, with company CEO Randall Stephenson recently reiterating that SDN is operating in 100 markets and …

Comcast could be the next cable operator to experiment with a new wireless service. Cablevision has pioneered the concept on the East Coast with its Freewheel service, offering unlimited voice, …

AT&T remains confident of midyear close Despite countless delays, AT&T’s pending $48.5 billion acquisition of DirecTV looks to remain on track as the companies filed extensions on the “termination date” …

Sprint changes exclusive to Wal-Mart distribution Sprint over the weekend updated pricing for its Virgin Mobile USA brand, cutting prices and adding data exclusively for service activated through Wal-Mart locations. …

Carrier fixed problem after being tipped off by BuzzFeed In response to input from a news outlet, Verizon this week fixed a security gap that left some 9 million home …

T-Mobile US has never been shy about calling out its competitors. In the latest attempt to gain ground on its bigger rival, T-Mobile US spent $200,000 on a campaign that changed Verizon …

Both carriers cover 280M with LTE; Verizon, AT&T report coverage for more than 300 M Speaking this week at a media and communications conference, T-Mobile US CTO Neville Ray said the “uncarrier” …

Carriers must reinvent to keep competitive edge We all focus on the details about growing our business, stomping on our competition and winning going forward. However, we don’t often stop, pull …

Cell towers that stalk? Anyone who reads this weekly segment with regularity knows how contentious an issue tower placement is. This week Verizon is back at it again causing a family in …

Crown Castle said today that it has agreed to sell its 1,800 Australian towers to a consortium of investors led by Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets. The sale price is …

Carriers need access to more fiber to comply with FCC’s net neutrality decision Following in chief competitor Verizon Communications’ footsteps, AT&T on May 10 announced an interconnection agreement that will …

WASHINGTON – The Federal Communications Commission’s decision to kill petitions against its open Internet order was met with praise from supporters and silence from groups that challenged the reclassification of …