Yearly Archives: 2015

FCC discusses high-band spectrum, 5G

Commissioner: ‘The race to 5G is on and this gets us out the gate’ WASHINGTON – At the Federal Communications Commission open meeting on Oct....

AT&T, CTIA CEOs talk IoT at Brookings Institute

WASHINGTON – Academic think tank the Brookings Institute hosted a panel on Oct. 21 to discuss the emerging economic force that is the "Internet...

When will we see a large-scale FirstNet deployment?

A part of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, the federal government created the First Responders Network Authority to...

FCC hits prepaid calling card companies with $30M in fines

Six prepaid calling card providers found guilty of deceptive marketing A half-dozen prepaid calling card providers were slapped by the Federal Communications Commission with a...

Western Digital to acquire SanDisk for $19B

Western Digital, which sells digital storage solutions among other products, announced it will buy SanDisk for $19 billion. The boards of directors of both...

Will Comcast use Verizon spectrum to offer cell service?

Comcast is reportedly looking to get into the cellphone business. Sources say the cable company has recently notified Verizon Wireless that it plans to...

SK Telecom, Ericsson demo 5G network slicing technology

The companies work to launch a joint 5G testbed; test virtual slices optimized for IoT, virtual/augmented reality and other next-gen services South Korean mobile operator...

Sprint fined $2.95M by FTC tied to improper billing practices

Sprint fined by FTC for tacking on fees to consumers with low credit scores Story updated with comment from Sprint Sprint has agreed to pay $2.95...

Analyst Angle: The evolution in RAN optimization tools for small cells, C-RAN and IoT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wq_g9vmcqJ4 A conversation with Said Mokbel, VP of wireless technology development, chief technology office, TELUS Download a transcript of the interview and be the first to...

HetNet Expo preview: IoT and metro densification among key themes

Hetnets, or heterogeneous networks, have for years been understood as networks that leverage a mix of radio access technologies and architectures to keep mobile...

Brazil and Cisco prep ICT infrastructure for 2016 Rio Olympics

RIO DE JANEIRO — Rio de Janeiro is set to host its first Olympic Games next year. From an information technology and telecommunications perspective, sponsors are...

#TBT: Sprint struggles with iPhone, debt; bullish on LTE … this week in 2011

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire...

Dell and Microsoft partner on hybrid cloud

AUSTIN, Texas – Focused on enabling business transformation and enterprise agility, Dell and Microsoft announced an integrated hybrid cloud solution during Dell World. More specifically,...

Dell goes all in on IT

AUSTIN, Texas – This year’s Dell World opened with the buzz of Dell’s proposed $67 billion merger with IT giant EMC still ringing in...

Verizon tops T-Mobile, AT&T, Sprint in data performer at MLB stadiums

Verizon bested rivals at MLB venues with Fenway Park tops among stadium peersM With the Major League Baseball playoffs quickly reaching their final matchup, RootMetrics...

Update: AT&T reaches tentative deal with union workers

After working without a contract in place since Aug. 8, Communications Workers of America union employees reached a tentative agreement with AT&T related to...

5G a ‘game changer,’ but standard will be delayed

Analyst Jake MacLeod discusses the future of 5G and fundamental pieces including NFV, SDN and self-optimizing networks With standardization of the waveform set for a...

Sprint lawsuit in NY tax case could hit $300M

Sprint loses appeal against claims it failed to collect taxes from NY customers Sprint looks to be open to a $300 million lawsuit from the...

CCA Annual Convention focused on opportunities for competitive mobile carriers as the industry looks to 2016 spectrum incentive auction

The Competitive Carriers Association’s 2015 Annual Convention featured comments from FCC Commissioners Mignon Clyburn and Michael O’Rielly, who acknowledged CCA and its members for...

EE ends Q3 with 12.6M LTE subscribers

UK telco targets 14 million LTE subs by the end of 2015 U.K. mobile operator EE said it ended the third quarter of 2015 with...

Verizon capex seen favoring wireless, DAS vendors

Verizon Communications' decision to sell wireline assets to Frontier Communications seems to have freed up more capital for investment in wireless. During the telecom operator's...

IoT optimization: Building the right network

WASHINGTON – The "Internet of Things" is set to be the next big thing in the wireless industry. In the words of Thomas Nicholls,...

Verizon unlimited data customers to remain high speed, at a price

Verizon said it has no plans to throttle unlimited data customers, will simply charge more Verizon Wireless plans to go its own way in terms...

Analyst Angle: Real-time RAN performance and QoE metrics to optimize the RAN dynamically

https://youtu.be/203yzYqrPtA A conversation with David FitzGerald, director of the office of the CTO, Ascom Network Testing Download a transcript of the interview and be the first...

Analyst Angle: High-growth areas for Wi-Fi based services

Although I missed many interesting sessions while attending customer meetings at the recent Wi-Fi Global Congress, I feel the industry is maturing and many...
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