Green Bay-based regional operator Cellcom said it was on track to begin offering LTE services during the second quarter following recent testing on three sites located in Sturgeon Bay, Wis. The carrier said the testing verified that its “radios and trial devices were operating correctly,” and that it expects to leave the three sites in [...]

Replicating field issues in the lab has always been difficult. The field is, by its very nature, dynamic.  Duplicating a reported issue by driving the route again and waiting for the failure to happen is simply a roll of the dice. However carriers, device vendors and infrastructure providers all drive test. Wouldn’t it be nice [...]

Opposition to Verizon Wireless’ attempt to acquire spectrum assets from a group of cable companies appears to be growing as a number of wireless operators and trade groups have filed petitions to block the transactions. The most interesting opposition came from T-Mobile USA, which reportedly filed a petition with the Federal Communications Commission asking that [...]

The increasing use of IP-based social messaging services by consumers on their smartphones cost telecom operators $8.7 billion lost SMS revenues in 2010 and $13.9 billion in 2011, according to a new report by Ovum.

The company said it will cut 45% of its 330-employee workforce, according to a news report.

This new entity will serve as the platform to approach the upcoming auctions for fresh licenses as mandated by the Supreme Court, the company said in a statement.

During the fourth quarter of 2011, data revenues of Argentinean operator Personal represented 49.8% of service revenue, reaching $363.2 million.

Latin America in expected to count 118 million HSPA subscriptions by the end of 2012, which is a little less than the 133 million HSPA and LTE subscriptions forecast for the United States and Canada, according to a report from 4G Americas. However, by the end of 2013, HSPA and LTE subscriptions in Latin America [...]

The Brazilian telecommunications market will over the next two years will face its best time since its opening to private initiatives. Here are eight issues, facts or trends, that deserve attention.

Following up on its pre-release of fourth quarter results last month, Leap Wireless rolled out the rest of the numbers showing improved financial results to go along with positive operational news. Despite the results coming in just ahead of most estimates, Leap’s (LEAP) stock was trading down more than 3% in early Friday trading having [...]