BROWSING: wireless carriers

What path convoluted path will 5G take in Houston before we can call it full-blown 5G? The city of Houston, Texas will have full-blown 5G network service by 2020, reported the Houston Chronicle on Monday. The article reassures frustrated readers who suffer slow connectivity, that...

Baby boomers may not be as young as they once were, but their bandwidth demands match those of younger generations and service providers should be aware. Age-of-use is becoming an outdated concept and ease-of-use will be the future trend, according to...

Sprint and T-Mobile showed that when it comes to nonsensical rate plan moves, they are indeed leading the market … and we all benefit Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in...

Generation C is the latest target market making waves, but what’s the best way for telecom operators to garner their attention? Millennials, those born between 1981 and 2000, are the world’s first digital natives. With their always-connected lifestyles, they are at the core of service...

Digital transformation may appear to be a daunting task for telecom operators, but pieces are in place to ease the transition Digital transformation is sweeping the telecommunications space as established operators look for ways to take advantage of new, web-based business models to become more...

Adax looks at what mobile operators need to do in order to prepare their networks for IoT and M2M traffic The “Internet of Things” has continued to snowball over the past couple of years, and it’s the buzzword that continues to dominate the tech world....

Mobile network operators will have to be nimble in 2016 Editor’s Note: With 2016 now upon us, RCR Wireless News has gathered predictions from leading industry analysts and executives on what they expect to see in the new year. It’s no secret mobile network operators are...

18th FCC mobile competition report cites broad choices in not drawing conclusion Despite its stated goal of ensuring a competitive domestic mobile telecom market, the Federal Communications Commission’s latest annual report on the subject did not provide any definitive conclusion as to whether the...

Sprint loses appeal against claims it failed to collect taxes from NY customers Sprint looks to be open to a $300 million lawsuit from the state of New York, which claims the wireless carrier did not collect taxes from customers on their wireless service over...

IHS predicts robust carrier SDN and NFV investments, though deployment challenges remain The financial implications for telecom operators as they size up their virtualization plans are still somewhat nebulous, though most agree they will be vast. The migration towards increased use of software to control...

AT&T taps SDN and NFV to further control for enterprises, adds new partners AT&T is continuing to expand its software-defined networking-based Network on Demand platform, adding support for new services and bringing on new technology partners. The telecom giant said the SDN NoD platform is now...