2014

This past week, several well-known device vendors unveiled new products, including BlackBerry’s flagship smartphone and Fujitsu’s STYLISTIC S01. Additionally, eRecyclingCorps also announced the collection of 20 million devices, 10 million of which were gathered last year alone.

Other top stories: Dish Network picks up all H-Block spectrum licenses; what’s next? To the surprise of few, Dish Network walked away with all 176 licenses up for grabs during …

The emphasis was on safety at the National Association of Tower Erectors 2014 conference in San Diego this week, with a new education campaign that comes with the knowledge that …

The global smartphone market is maturing, with growth rates projected to slow down this year as developed countries near smartphone saturation. In the United States and Western Europe, smartphone shipments …

The test and measurement industry is putting out the welcome mat for the industry to venture into LTE-Advanced, as was evident in much of the news out of Mobile World …

Verizon Wireless is extending its relationship with Samsung, making the company a supplier to its LTE network for the first time. This week Samsung Mobile said it will supply indoor …

It seemed like I picked a bad year to not attend the annual Mobile World Congress event, as from the sounds of it there was a really interesting dinner party that I am sure I would have been invited to.

This week, several service providers have announced the launch of new software solutions, including Verizon’s Cyber Intelligence Center and WIT Software’s new WebRTC platform.

It took just seven new rounds of bidding on Thursday for the Federal Communications Commission’s Auction 96 to come to a close, with bidding conveniently coming to a halt as …

A recent report out of Europe presents the latest bit of good news for the global SCD market.

Welcome to this week’s edition of cell tower industry news, brought to you by Towercrews.net. This week’s update will be short and sweet since the industry is focused on all the …

Regional wireless operator Ntelos fleshed out its fourth quarter financial results, with customer retention efforts impacting its bottom line. Despite posting a solid 3.7% year-over-year increase in revenues during the …

The telecommunications industry saw a few employment changes this week, including talent being welcomed to the management team at Multi-Tech Systems, a chief executive office appointment at FiberLight and a new chief financial officer at Inmarsat.

The Spanish group Telefónica announced a major reorganization in its operations, ending the Telefónica Digital unit, created in 2011 with the objective of bolstering Telefónica’s place in the digital world …

Several companies, including LG, Nokia and Sony, have recently announced new smartphones and tablets.

An increase in the number of bidding rounds did nothing to hasten the conclusion of the Federal Communications Commission’s Auction 96 as bids continued to trickle in for yet another …

Wireless carriers often take a back seat to infrastructure, devices and software at the annual Mobile World Congress event, but that does not mean they aren’t there making news. This …

The M2M opportunity for service providers was a key theme this year at MWC 2014. Carriers discussed the business models that their customers are exploring, and vendors shared innovations that …

Other top stories: Telecom Capital Market News: Facebook causes waves Facebook reportedly plans to add voice calls to WhatsApp after the acquisition is complete. … Read More Merger of equals: …

Regional wireless operator U.S. Cellular continued to bleed customers through the final three months of 2013, a trend it witnessed throughout all of last year. U.S. Cellular said it lost …

The steady clank–clank of metal Y-lanyards clips being fastened to a telecom tower punctuate each few steps as Brian Bourquin climbs. He reaches a point two-thirds of the way up, anchors …