LightSquared’s future remains unsettled as the investment firm that had tentatively agreed to purchase LightSquared’s assets out of bankruptcy has backed out of the deal. According to The Wall Street …
2013
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Sprint, T-Mobile US?: hurdles galore >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
Weekend reports that Sprint was looking at acquiring T-Mobile US stirred the pot, though most observers found the taste not quite to their liking. Following a report from The Wall …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Sprint, Dish to deploy fixed wireless broadband >
Sprint and Dish Network will experiment with fixed wireless broadband in Texas starting in the middle of next year. Today the two companies said that they will develop and deploy …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">AT&T to sell Connecticut wireline assets to Frontier for $2B >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
AT&T announced plans to shed wireline assets in the Northeast as it focuses future growth opportunities on its wireless operations. The telecom giant said it has agreed to sell its …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Carriers focus on software in wireless network deployments >
As carriers undertake increasingly complex network deployments, software and automation are becoming more and more important. “Operators are looking at situations where they’re talking about tens of thousands of small …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">5G could incorporate new WAM modulation >
“5G” is a term that means different things to different people, but wireless veteran Yossi Cohen hopes it will be defined by a new wave modulation technique that may exponentially …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Yota Devices double-screen smartphone is turning heads >by Sara Zaskeby Sara Zaske
Yota Devices is making the mobile world look twice at the smartphone concept. The Moscow-based start up, which was spun off from the Russian mobile broadband provider Yota in 2011, …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: Four barriers to overcome to better listen to your customers >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
If only 5% of customers formally complain, where do the rest go to vent their frustrations? Many may take to posting #epicfail on Twitter, through a status on Facebook or lamenting to friends at the local pub.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: The role of mobile testing for the enterprise >by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill
Enterprise mobility is changing the way business is done while also introducing new challenges for development, quality assurance and information technology teams. Businesses are adopting
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">NSN wins Taiwanese LTE, HSPA+ contract >by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill
Nokia Solutions and Networks has been chosen as a supplier for the roll-out of LTE by Taiwanese operator Chunghwa Telecom. Chunghwa is the largest telcom operator in Taiwan, with more …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">HetNet News: Bank of America Stadium upgrade; network forecasts >by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill
AT&T has upgraded its wireless infrastructure at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C., home of the Carolina Panthers NFL team. The venue, which seats more than 74,000 people, has …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">CTIA, FCC agree on device unlocking rules >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
Just weeks after prodding the industry for action, the Federal Communications Commission garnered an agreement with wireless trade association CTIA and five of its largest carrier members
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Intel will buy Mindspeed wireless business >
Intel is buying the wireless assets of small cell expert Mindspeed, which agreed last month to be acquired by MACOM. Mindspeed said at that time that it would find a …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reader Forum: Why public safety market will be VoLTE’s early adopters >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
Voice over LTE was developed as a standardized way for operators to transmit voice over new data-oriented LTE networks, meaning that voice services can use the higher speeds and quality
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Rumors swirl around Sprint, T-Mobile US tie up >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
Rumors over the weekend began to sizzle that Sprint and T-Mobile US were looking into a possible partnership that would provide a more formidable foe against the nation’s two largest …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Avago to buy LSI for $6.6 billion >
Avago Technologies is buying LSI Corporation for $6.6 billion in a deal that will move the chipmaker into more parts of the wireless ecosystem, and expand its markets outside wireless …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reader Forum: Wi-Fi offloading – peering into nodes to see users >by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill
The wireless network capacity challenge facing operators today is only set to compound as 4G/LTE infrastructure and associated promises of ever more data-rich services are made to subscribers.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Swiss firms hide secure data centers in mountains >by Sara Zaskeby Sara Zaske
Building on a reputation in banking security and capitalizing on concerns over the U.S. spying scandal, several Swiss firms are seeing a growing interest in ultra-secure data centers. Some are …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">BlackBerry gives investors more time >
BlackBerry (BBRY) said today that an investor group led by Fairfax Financial will have another month to purchase an additional $250 million of convertible debentures. If the option is exercised, …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Qualcomm names new CEO: Steve Mollenkopf >
Qualcomm (QCOM) said today that Steve Mollenkopf, its president and chief operating officer, will become CEO on March 4. Current CEO Paul Jacobs, son of Qualcomm founder Irwin Jacobs, will …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: Will Apple’s iPad Air impede 802.11ac adoption? >
With projections of a 35% compound annual growth rate in tablet PCs through 2016 and consumer demand for bandwidth at an all-time high, one would think that manufacturers would be …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Outgoing Deutsche Telekom CEO speaks out on privacy, European mergers >by Sara Zaskeby Sara Zaske
René Obermann may be in his last days as the CEO of Deutsche Telekom, but he is not leaving quietly. The 49-year-old exec has been making some bold statements in …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Telecom Software: AT&T’s Dual Billing; Amdocs’ SmartNet >by Jarad Matulaby Jarad Matula
Welcome to our weekly wrap-up of everything in the world of telecom software. With winter in the air and the year winding down, it seems like everybody’s either wrapping up …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">LatAm Wrap-Up: Vivo targets postpaid and data, claims it follows antitrust rules; Nextel cuts jobs >
Despite a recent negative antitrust ruling, Vivo, the Brazilian unit of Spanish Telefónica, views 2013 as a good year. The carrier focused on increasing its postpaid base and encouraging data …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Test & Measurement: Spirent chosen by SGS to expand VoLTE/IMS and LTE testing >by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill
Spirent Communications’ 8100 Mobile Device Test System has been chosen by test lab SGS to expand its Voice over LTE/IMS and TDD-LTE testing. “We view the goal to successfully rollout …