2011

Cox Communications, having recently dismantled its wireless ambitions, said it plans to sell its 20 megahertz 1.7/2.1 GHz spectrum holdings to Verizon Wireless for $315 million. Cox noted that those …

Verizon Wireless’ LTE in Rural America program is inching closer to fruition with the news that Pioneer Cellular has recently completed end-to-end data testing using its recently deployed network. That …

The nation’s largest tower operator is making a major investment in distributed antenna systems. Crown Castle International (NYSE: CCI) says it will purchase NextG Networks Inc. for roughly $1 billion …

This week, two Latin American companies announced LTE launches: Sky in Brazil and Antel in Uruguay. Previously, Colombian UNE EPM announced its LTE antenna and U.S. carrier AT&T plans to …

Brazilian carriers are migrating their 3G network to HSPA+, mostly to cope with the increase in data volume. Telefónica’s Vivo announced the commercial launch of its HSPA+ network last month, …

Verizon Friday announced the creation of a new global organization that will oversee all business, government and wholesale operations from across the company’s wireless and wireline businesses.

The world’s largest chipmaker will start the new year with a fresh focus on mobile. Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) is combining four business units into one mobile and communications group to …

Following contentious leaks of the results earlier this week, a government technical group released a report showing continued interference issues between general purpose GPS receivers, flight safety systems and LightSquared’s …

The Mobile Marketing Association wants to bring some order to the world of mobile advertising — the trade group is proposing standard sizes for mobile ads. For banner ads created …

Global ratings agency Fitch has said that recent decisions made by India’s telecom commission will be detrimental to the sector’s credit profile.

The Indian prime minister’s office has recently sought an update from the Department of Telecom about the steps taken to tackle the security issues arising from the importing of telecom equipment.

French regulatory body ARCEP said it has received four bids for 800 MHz spectrum licenses as a follow up to 2.6 GHz spectrum licenses issued earlier this year. The spectrum …

In the same week that UNE EPM Telecomunicaciones President Horacio Vélez de Bedout submitted his resignation to the board, the government telecom announced that it has partnered with compatriot firm …

The first South American global cloud computing platform for Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com company, was launched today in São Paulo, Brazil. This is the eighth geographic region worldwide …

Cable & Wireless Communications’ Caribbean business Lime said today that it has launched a 100 megabits per second (mbps) residential broadband service in Jamaica, delivering speeds more than 12 times faster …

Telecom infrastructure giant American Tower (AMT) unveiled plans to purchase 2,500 towers from Telefónica’s Mexican subsidiary for about $500 million, excluding value-added tax. AMT said it has entered into definitive …

ANTEL, Uruguay’s government-owned telecom, has said it will launch its commercial LTE network to customers in Montevideo and Punta del Este on Dec. 19. Named Vera, the Internet service is …

T-Mobile USA announced today that it will be selling Nokia’s first Windows phone available in the United States, the Lumia 710. The smartphone will not be available for holiday shoppers; …

The fight against distracted driving gained steam as the National Transportation Safety Board voted unanimously to recommend that all states ban the use of “personal electronic devices” while operating a …

Using a mobile phone while driving is already illegal in seven states, and now the federal government is pressuring more states to enact bans. The National Transportation Safety Board has …

RCR Wireless News announced today that Dallas-based Roger Buckley has joined its executive team as associate publisher and vice president of business development Prior to joining RCR Wireless News, Buckley …

Growth in the Indian telecom sector will be driven by value-added services like mobile banking in the next phase, with the market for such offerings set to rise fourfold to $9 billion by 2015, according to a report by KPMG and FICCI.