2014

This past year showed signs that LTE is ready to take off in Europe. The region started the year with LTE making up less than 5% of connections, and is …

Editor’s Note: In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this Reader Forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We …

Before we turn the page on 2014, we thought we would take a look back at the past 12 months by highlighting what we felt were the top 100 stories …

Editor’s Note: In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this Reader Forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We …

China Unicom 4G focus in 2015 China Unicom’s subscriber base continues to slow. In November, the carrier registered fewer than 1.1 million 3G and 4G users, the lowest number in more …

Claudia Bacco, Managing Director – EMEA for RCR Wireless News, has spent her entire career in telecom, IT and security. Having experience as an operator, software and hardware vendor and as …

C Spire looks towards CRM to remain competitive Reducing churn is always a goal for mobile operators. This task has become more important as many mobile markets are seeing increased …

CRM benefits from a positive and consistent experience One way in which mobile operators can bolster their customer relationship management operations is by unifying access to data and analytics across …

After filing for an initial public offering last month, Hadoop provider HortonWorks is ending 2014 with a bang: The company’s stock had an enthusiastic reception on Wall Street and by …

Looking back at 2014 regulatory issues, ahead to 2015 challenges The telecommunications industry has kept the federal government plenty busy over the past year with a pair of spectrum auctions, …

AT&T announced that its board of directors has approved a 2.2% increase in the company’s quarterly dividend, which means a quarterly increase from 46 cents to 47 cents per share, …

With the anticipated end of the U.S. embargo against Cuba, telecommunication services are expected to increase, bringing the country into the 21st century. The general expectation is that Internet access will grow since the U.S. …

Reports indicate pair of moves by German telecom giant Germany’s largest phone company, Deutsche Telekom, is looking to sell the country’s most popular Internet portal, T-Online, according to newspaper reports. Company …

Claudia Bacco, Managing Director – EMEA for RCR Wireless News, has spent her entire career in telecom, IT and security. Having experience as an operator, software and hardware vendor and as …

Network functions virtualization (NFV) has made remarkable progress on many fronts. This includes market acceptance, architecture definition and supporting specifications. As a result, the industry will very soon move into …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column where C-level executives and advisory firms from across the mobile industry share unique insights and experiences. Key issues of today’s mobile …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column where C-level executives and advisory firms from across the mobile industry share unique insights and experiences. Our current 911 system was …

The industrial “Internet of Things” is one of today’s biggest business opportunities in the electronics and high-tech industry. Accenture defines IIoT as the convergence of intelligent industrial products, processes and …

Before we turn the page on 2014, we thought we would take a look back at the past 12 months by highlighting what we felt were the top 100 stories …

Guavus notes the importance of analytics to CRM Customer relationship management has always been a serious subject for mobile operators. As in most markets around the world, the wireless communications …

Network operator Windstream has partnered with Cyan, an SDN, NFV and packet-optical solution firm, to upgrade existing metro networks to provide 100-gigabit data capacity. The move toward 100G is seen …

Google looking for partners for self-driving car Shaping up to be the year of “Internet of Things,” a big part of the trend in 2015 will come from an increase …

Mobile giant Vodafone has joined forces with JCDecaux, the largest outdoor advertising company in the world, to increase network connectivity by deploying small cells on billboards, benches and other outdoor …

Auction 97 nears holiday break The Federal Communications Commission’s Auction 97 continues to slowly tack on millions of dollars in new bids, as overall bidding activity continues to slow across …