Monthly Archives: April, 2015
Telecom operator NFV, SDN needs require telecom focus from vendors
Ubiqube touts telecom focus in dealing with NFV, SDN requirements
European-based network and security orchestration software vendor Ubiqube recently announced it is working with French...
AT&T bolsters Mexico operations with closing of Nextel Mexico deal
AT&T plans to combine Nextel Mexico with Iusacell to form large Mexico operator
AT&T completed its $1.875 billion acquisition of Nextel Mexico, bolstering its presence...
Cell Tower News: AT&T, Verizon sue over tower placement
AT&T, Verizon get litigious over towers
The biggest wireless companies in the world are taking small towns and businesses to court on a seemingly increasing basis....
Sprint to offer free Wi-Fi access at Boingo airport locations
Sprint, Boingo Wi-Fi deal to provide seamless connections at 35 locations
Sprint continues to push its Wi-Fi agenda, announcing a deal to offer customers access...
Analyst Angle: Fairness to Wi‐Fi is crucial to LTE unlicensed’s success
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aftIuIVkbWM&feature=youtu.be
A conversation with Jim Miller, director radio standards, InterDigital
Download a transcript of the complete interview and the complete report.
With its focus on enhancing wireless technologies and expanding wireless access and usage, InterDigital...
AT&T fined $6.9M for overcharging low-income program
AT&T will pay $6.9 million to the Federal Communications Commission for over-billing a program designed to help low-income households pay their phone bills.
An audit of...
UVA Mobile enters domestic MVNO ring across T-Mobile US LTE network
Latest MVNO entrant backed by former Cricket, Simple Mobile execs
The domestic wireless market’s ultra-competitive environment is not preventing new entrants from trying to find...
AT&T axes ad sales prez for racist text
Employee suing AT&T and brass for racial discrimination
AT&T fired Aaron Slator, former president of content and ad sales, for allegedly sending a racist text...
Crown Castle bets a billion on fiber for small cells
Crown Castle CEO Ben Moreland likes to call fiber "the horizontal tower" and this week he announced plans to broaden the tower company's fiber...
O’Rielly signals 600 MHz auction delay
Chalks up possible delay to ‘demand for infrastructure’ and ‘workforce shortage’
HOLLYWOOD, Fla., – Michael O’Rielly, commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission warned of possible delays...
China Telecom tops 188M subscribers
China Telecom gained 9.67 million LTE subscribers in Q1 of 2015
Chinese mobile telephony giant China Telecom announced that its 4G base reached 16.75 million...
NTT DoCoMo spending $5.3B on LTE in 2015
NTT DoCoMo looks to Premium 4G offering
Japanese mobile telephony operator NTT DoCoMo said it expects to invest a total of $5.3 billion during its fiscal...
LatAm: América Móvil Q1 net profit down 40%; Colombia to auction 700 MHz
Latin America's largest telecom group América Móvil ended the first quarter with revenue up 3.1% over the year before in Mexican peso terms, while...
#TBT: Merger-mania sweeps carriers; CDPD expands … 18 years ago this week
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...
Nokia/Alcatel-Lucent tie-up will change markets worldwide
Nokia's offer to buy France's Alcatel-Lucent for $17.5 billion represented further consolidation of the telecom infrastructure market. The joining of these two European network giants appears to...
P3 Communications benchmarks VoLTE
Network engineering and testing company P3 Communications is in the midst of drive-testing Voice over LTE implementations by AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile US in...
Telefónica taps NetCracker to update BSS platform across LatAm
Deal calls for NetCracker to update BSS in seven Telefónica markets
International telecom giant Telefónica selected NetCracker Technology to update its business support systems supporting...
Sprint targets tablet promotion to spur growth
Sprint offers service discount, free LG G Pad
Sprint is looking to encourage the uptake of tablet devices, announcing a deep discount on tablet data...
T-Mobile US set to maintain competitive pressure on Verizon, AT&T and Sprint
T-Mobile US plans for 2015 show it’s not content to just be No. 3, looks at cable as partners
T-Mobile US this week reported robust...
EMEA: EE claims LTE leadership in Europe
U.K. operator EE, whose brand is built around LTE, announced soaring user numbers for the technology. With the release of first-quarter results for 2015, EE...
Making the small cell business model work
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – Making the small cell business model work was the topic of a well-attended panel this year at PCIA's Wireless Infrastructure Show....
Analyst Angle: 5G – on generations and legacy
In the world of wireless, generations of technology come and go in what seems like the blink of an eye. As much as this...
Analyst Angle: Major takeaways from the 5G Forum
Last week I attended the inaugural 5G Forum event that was organized by Informa in sunny Palo Alto, Calif. The location for this new...
FirstNet issues draft RFP
The First Responders Network Authority board has issued a draft request for proposal outlining significant details of potential plans for the national LTE network...
Verizon SDN plans include 5 large vendors
Verizon SDN plans tap Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco, Ericsson, Juniper, Nokia
Verizon Communications publicly announced its software-defined networking plans, stating partnerships with the likes of Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco,...