2014

Carrier aggregation helps Nokia Networks, Ooredoo Qatar, China Mobile achieve 4.1 Gbps speed China Mobile and Nokia Networks, along with Ooredoo Qatar have announced a new LTE-A speed record with carrier …

The Federal Communications Commission’s Auction 97 continued at a slowed pace, with the past six rounds, including the first round this morning, adding $250 million to the FCC spectrum auction …

The International Telecommunication Union has finalized approval of G.fast, the broadband standard designed to deliver 1 Gigabit per second broadband speeds over existing copper wires. G.fast is meant to be …

UPC Business, a major Irish network services provider, announced the acquisition of operator Bitbuzz, which provides Wi-Fi hot spots to hotels, airports, pubs and other locations. Terms of the Dec. …

Alaska’s mobile market is set for consolidation as General Communications Group announced plans to acquire Alaska Communications Group’s customer base and stake in their Alaska Wireless Network partnership for $300 …

Laird launches two new antenna products enabling superior performance in very different environments Global technology leader Laird (LRD: London), today launched two new antenna solutions, including an industry first. With applications including …

Angel Merkel was the keynote speaker at Vodafone’s Digitising Europe conference last week and shared her vision for net neutrality. Some services in the digital economy require different levels of …

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China Mobile 4G Subscribers To Reach 150M China Mobile is predicting that by the end of next year the company will have 150 million 4G mobile subscribers. The company expects …

Fiber infrastructure expansions from Zayo and Southern Telecom are poised to bring better connectivity options to three American markets. On Dec. 4, Zayo Group Holdings, a publicly traded bandwidth infrastructure …

Google Fiber is now in Austin, Texas.  Austinites can now experience Gigabit Internet speed. In conjunction with the rollout of Fiber, Google opened a multimedia community meeting place they call …

JDSU has launched a virtualized test solution for software-defined networking environments and virtualized network functions, bringing the functionality of its TrueSpeed solution into the world of SDN. Michael Bangert, product …

In infrastructure news this week, Ericsson and Reliance Communications are expanding their relationship, as are several network equipment providers. Alcatel-Lucent and Hewlett-Packard are integrating one another’s products into their portfolios, while …

The Federal Communications Commission’s Auction 97 slowly crawled past the $41 billion mark over the past few rounds of activity, with total auction proceeds sitting at $41.25 billion following this …

China Tower to build 1 million towers Wait, who is this incredibly ambitious company looking to bring so many new towers? China Tower is a new company created by the …

Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for …

The Federal Communications Commission this week restarted the 180-day review clock on a pair of significant acquisitions pending in front of the government regulator. The deals include AT&T’s $48.5 billion …

Software is becoming an increasingly important part of telecommunication networks and deployments as both wired and wireless carriers look to add functionality to operations while increasing simplicity and reducing costs. …

Organizations of all sizes have been migrating to the cloud for increased flexibility, accessibility, and cost efficiency. While the benefits of shortened deployment times, lower CAPEX, pay-as-you-go convenience, and technology …

China’s three mobile carriers have created a new company, China Tower, which will take over ownership of the three firms’ telecom infrastructure while ambitiously planning to build 1 million new …

Verizon Wireless appears to be moving forward on its previously stated plans to begin refarming 1.9 GHz spectrum to support its LTE service. According to GigaOm, a network spotter sporting …

Carriers have lagged behind cable operators in Wi-Fi deployments, but now it looks like mobile operators are ready to catch up. Carrier-grade Wi-Fi hotspots are expected to grow from 14% …

Activity on most expensive licenses closed The first round of bidding under the Federal Communications Commission’s revised schedule resulted in only a small decline in activity as overall Auction 97 …