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Sales of optical networking equipment could reach $20 billion by 2017, a 5% compound annual growth rate, driven by new data center demands, said Ovum. The firm forecasts that Latin America will be the highest growth region, boosted by network …

Whether it’s ready or not, Voice over LTE is here as a pair of carriers on different sides of the world unveiled commercial services using the standard. Domestically, the offering was launched by MetroPCS, which said it is offering the …

The latest research on smartphone sales shows purchases of prepaid devices surging while sales of phones purchased with contracts is basically flat.

Mobile payments innovator Square is getting a $25 million investment and a major contract from Starbucks.

Strategy Analytics’ Neil Shah analyzes the Apple/Google smartphone platform duopoly.

There is a near universal consensus among mobile operators that small cells are the way of the future – the only solution that will enable them to provide the capacity they need to meet the expectations for the fast growing …

Following its holding company’s rebranding strategy, the CTBC name will be changed to Algar Telecom in the near future. It will be a very delicate move, and the most challenging thing the company has done in recent years. “We know we cannot …

A brief contract extension agreed upon over the weekend between AT&T and union workers in the Southeast appeared to bear fruit, while the same cannot be said for workers in other regions. AT&T announced today that it had reached a …

Leap Wireless has had a history of challenging second quarters, and this year was no exception as the no-contract operator suffered operationally and announced plan for changes designed to turn around operations.

Silicon Valley’s FreeMonee Network has just raised $34 million and it’s ready to start giving it away. The software company works with banks to analyze data and predict consumer spending patterns,

With a little history and a bit of mystery, National Instruments has been working hard to build anticipation for its newest test instrument for mobile device makers and chip designers.

The disruption that the advent of Skype caused to telecoms operators was initially viewed as a challenge to the fixed line market – to international calls from landlines.

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace. As mobile data and voice traffic soars, Brazilian service providers are understandably focused on growing …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace. Much is made of cloud computing today, but I’m not sure if the market is …

AT&T Mobility said it will begin offering its Mobile Share plans beginning Aug. 23. The carrier had originally announced the offerings last month with a late-August launch timeframe. The plans will include a bucket of data that is to be …

AT&T’s aggressive moves in the spectrum space are set to include some internal adjustments as the carrier noted in a recent government filing that it expects to have its current 2G-based GSM/EDGE network shuttered by the end of 2016. The …

American smartphone users report more dropped calls and unwanted text messages than users of feature phones.

Alcatel-Lucent’s LightRadio offering garnered a significant domestic customer as Sprint Nextel said it will use the “metro cells” to augment coverage in high-traffic areas. Sprint Nextel noted that initial deployments would be to enhance indoor coverage and capacity improvements. The …

AT&T Inc. has until midnight on Thursday to sign a new contract with 22,000 CWA members in the Southeast.

Millions of Chinese citizens watching their country’s athletes win medals in London this week are using smartphones to share messages and updates. The latest research on global smartphone shipments shows that 42 million smartphones were shipped in China in the …

The maturing U.S. handset market continued to chug along in the first half of the year – though slowing relative to years past – and analysts offered an array of views on what forces will shape the market in the …

Last week, I used this soapbox to go into some detail regarding Apple’s current “issues” in regards to the iPhone and how it’s positioned in the market and comparing its current 4S model to a non-too-handsome product of the U.S. …