Yearly Archives: 2015

Reader Forum: Small cells for faster time to revenue, lower deployment opex

There has been a lot of talk about small cell deployments in the past years. These low-powered, wireless radio access nodes are designed to...

Huawei Developers Conference marks challenge to traditional ICT software vendor community

First Huawei Developers Conference (#HDC2015) coupled with Huawei's recent announcement to train 10,000 cloud engineers signals a potential intent to challenge traditional ICT vendors providing...

The future is bright for millimeter wave spectrum

From automotive applications to virtual reality, millimeter wave spectrum could support data hungry applications AUSTIN, Texas – Millimeter wave spectrum has gone from being a...

Massive MIMO implications for 5G

Texas Wireless Summit attendees hear massive MIMO essentials and benefits AUSTIN, Texas – Service providers last year spent $41.3 billion on U.S. spectrum. Full realization...

SDWAN and NFV customization

SDWAN and NFV customization targeting enterprise customers Enterprise markets remain a significant target for telecom operators as organizations typically include a large number of very...

Sprint unlimited data customers could see speeds limited

Sprint unlimited data plan will have 23 GB cap before deprioritization occurs Sprint said in some situations it will begin to deprioritize customers signed up...

Test and Measurement: New NFC standards focus on RF, interoperability

The NFC Forum has released one new and three candidate specifications for near-field communications, which target improved radio frequency support, better interoperability and a...

Ericsson signs Humanitarian Connectivity Charter

Swedish telecom equipment vendor Ericsson has signed onto the GMSA Humanitarian Connectivity Charter, which aims to use technology to bolster crisis response in afflicted...

T-Mobile US joins Nasdaq

T-Mobile US announced it will be moving from the New York Stock Exchange to the Nasdaq Global Select Market effective Oct. 26 after market...

Dropped calls could cost Indian operators

Dropped calls are a big problem in India due to economics and sheer geography presenting hindrances to robust mobile network deployments. Now, national regulator...

Worst of the Week: Apple and Sprint play the tort game

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...

AT&T’s deal with Uber, Sprint LTE transition update … 5 things to know today

1. Sprint said that roughly 750 of its Educational Broadband Services licensees have moved their customers to LTE ahead of the scheduled shutdown of...

Chattanooga getting 10 Gbps home Internet

After Comcast failed to block a municipal fiber broadband network, the city of Chattanooga, Tenn., via EFB Fiber Optics, will offer what it bills...

The roadmap for 5G development

South Korea, Japan and North America to lead future deployments of 5G While the telecommunications industry still needs to fully define standards for "5G" development, and...

Turkcell to launch LTE-A in July 2016

The operator aims to offer access speeds of up to 375 Mbps Turkish mobile operator Turkcell expects to launch LTE-A services in the country in...

Sprint strategy and development chief resigns

As Sprint prepares to undertake a massive network improvement strategy amid losing ground to rival T-Mobile US, the company's chief of corporate strategy and...

Cell Tower News: NATE forms drone integration committee

Drone use for towers gets integration committee The National Association of Tower Erectors announced the establishment of an Unmanned Aerial Systems Committee. In layman's terms; drones....

Sonus Webinar: VoLTE Reality Check – How Long Will Your Legacy Network Need to Live?

Voice over LTE (VoLTE) has the fastest technology adoption of all wireless technologies, yet only 28% of wireless subscribers are expected to be using...

Verizon LTE partnership with rural carriers hits milestone

Verizon LTE in Rural America service launched by all 21 partners Verizon Wireless announced a deployment milestone in its LTE in Rural America program, noting...

NetScout acquisitions boost service assurance

NEW ORLEANS – Fresh off a series of acquisitions, NetScout Systems was on hand at the Cable-Tec Expo to emphasize the importance of service assurance...

AT&T NumberSync plan looks to bridge multidevice integration

AT&T NumberSync platform taps IMS core to sync phone number across multiple devices AT&T is set to tackle multidevice integration with its NumberSync service that...

California approves ‘shot clock’ for tower applications

In an attempt to streamline the application process for cell site upgrades, California signed Assembly Bill 57 into law, setting a “shot clock” for...

RCRatx Speaker Series: Industrial IoT – Designing, Testing & Securing the Next Mega-Trend

Goldman Sachs views IoT as the third Internet wave while predicting that IoT will exceed previous Internet waves by connecting 28 billion previously unconnected things....

Sprint faces lawsuit and petition to ‘stop the shutdown’

Sprint's decision to sunset its WiMAX network on Nov. 6 could leave as many as 300,000 Americans without reliable access to the Internet, according...

Cable-Tec Expo: DOCSIS 3.1 and network convergence

NEW ORLEANS – Discussion at the 2015 Cable-Tec Expo centered around releases of the latest DOCSIS 3.1, as well as keeping user experience at...
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