2014

CWG, Clavister, Verizon and Lawrence Blake name new executive officers.

SAN ANTONIO – RCR’s Dan Meyer sat down with Sprint and T-Mobile US to discuss spectrum, focusing on an event that will unite the two rivals whether or not they …

SAN ANTONIO – Sprint is looking to expand its LTE footprint with the help of the Competitive Carriers Association membership and an alliance with NetAmerica. The deals, which were announced …

Welcome to this week’s edition of cell tower industry news, brought to you by Towercrews.net. 2014 is quickly becoming a tragic year for the tower industry. It is with a heavy …

Top stories: Sprint executive exodus continues Sprint’s revolving door continued to spin as reports indicated that another key exeicutive has left the company. … Read More

Hadoop can help mobile operators and software companies enhance their customer engagement efforts.

Sprint’s executive exodus continued this week as reports indicated that VP of network technology development and integration Iyad Tarazi has left the company. FierceWireless reported that Sprint confirmed Tarazi’s departure …

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Telcos must understand how Hadoop works and how they can implement it.

Gogo Inc. said that its in-flight Wi-Fi service has gone live on the first aircraft in Delta’s long-haul international fleet, available as of yesterday on the route from Los Angeles …

Axell Wireless has installed its largest-ever public safety wireless system at One World Trade Center. The distributed antenna system, or DAS, was implemented by Axell and systems integrator TechMer Inc., and covers One WTC, …

Heterogeneous Networks (HetNets) represent a major paradigm shift in mobile network designs, and set the stage to add network capacity and enhance performance.  But HetNet technology is far from proven, and …

HTC today launched its newest flagship Android phone, the HTC One (M8). Hoping to attract Android users inspired to upgrade by the Galaxy S5, HTC is offering instant gratification with …

An AT&T acquisition gets approved in this week’s capital markets round-up.

With the Federal Communications Commission’s plans for its highly anticipated incentive auction process set to begin mid-2015, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler spoke at a Washington, D.C., think tank event to …

Several mobile and wireless companies have made this year’s list of the world’s most ethical companies, chosen by Ethisphere. Companies are ranked based on their internal ethics and compliance programs, …

Mobile virtual network operators continue to bring unique pricing plans to market, with the latest venture being offered up by Ciao Telecom. The company said it has begun beta testing …

Today, applications are as personal as the mobile handset is to end users, and their usage continues to explode. Gartner predicts that by 2017, more than 268 billion mobile apps will be downloaded

Comcast releases its first transparency report and other carriers face down Congress in this week’s policy news round-up.

Patents appear to be holding up Microsoft’s plan to purchase Nokia’s handset business. The $7.2 billion purchase price does not include Nokia’s patent portfolio. Instead of buying those patents, Microsoft …