Yearly Archives: 2015

AT&T picks Ericsson for DirecTV integration

AT&T selected Ericsson to help expand its U-verse and DirecTV platforms.  The evolution will use Ericsson technologies in a move to grow the overall...

Chicago Netflix tax draws court challenge

The city levies 9% amusement tax on streaming services like Netflix, Spotify, Hulu and more Mobile commerce, including content streaming platforms, have quickly moved from...

Google Fiber eyes more expansion

Latest potential cities are Irvine, San Diego and Louisville Google Fiber is up and running in three major metros, in various stages of planning and...

Verizon and AT&T join Sprint on retail expansion, score deals with Best Buy

Best Buy deals to include Verizon and AT&T specific presence in 250 locations by year end Telecom operators are on a retail expansion kick, with...

Google bringing Wi-Fi to Indian train stations

Is partnership with rail service setting stage for larger service rollout? As service providers and venue owners race to support connectivity in crowded public spaces,...

Should the FCC kill the Designated Entity program?

Analyst: Intent of program isn’t possible given current wireless sector environment Do regulations have a shelf life? In general, yes, as the things they were...

Kagan: The changing wireless industry

The CTIA Super Mobility conference last week showed the wireless industry as an incredible growth engine. While that is true, not every company will...

EMEA: NXP to enable smart car keys

NXP today announced the launch of its RF chip family to advance long-range smart car keys. The chip family offers two-way RF link functionality to...

Reality Check: The iPhone 6S – excellent feature upgrades, bold distribution changes

Because of upcoming nonstop travel over the next two months, I took a hall pass from this year’s CTIA Super Mobility show. There was...

Telefónica partners with NetCracker, NEC on automation PoC

PoC combines NFV and SDN from NetCracker and NEC to power Telefónica WAN portfolio Proof of concepts continue to dominate the world of network functions...

Alcatel-Lucent bringing G.fast to Taiwain

The new broadband technology will be commercially launched by the end of 2015 with carrier partner Chunghwa Telecom Alcatel-Lucent and Taiwanese telecom operator Chunghwa Telecom...

Developing: Man falls from cell tower in West Virginia, lives

A man is reportedly in stable condition after falling from a cell tower in Summit Park, West Virginia. Officials with Harrison County EMS say...

Nokia: Small cells could bolster capacity in Africa

Power, radio access, TCO and strategic deployment all go into a successful small cell rollout Nokia Networks has suggested networks of small cells could be...

AT&T BYOD strategy updated with new data plan option

AT&T BYOD move allows enterprises to purchase data for employees Looking to tap into the growing “bring-your-own-device” move at enterprises, AT&T Mobility launched its Work...

iPhone pre-orders, SoftBank’s stumble … 5 things to know today

1. Apple shares are up in a declining market this morning after the company said pre-orders for the new iPhones have put Apple on...

Whistleblower calls out AT&T for unethical retention practices

AT&T retention practices blasted by longtime employee An AT&T employee is calling out the company’s retention practices saying managers turn a blind eye to accounting errors...

IEEE: Happy 25th birthday, Wi-Fi!

The international standard for Wi-Fi, LAN has been around more than two decades WASHINGTON – The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers recently marked the historic...

Huawei unveils OSS-as-a-service platform

Huawei claims the OSSaaS platform maximized ROI, operating efficiency, service agility The evolution of telecom networks continues to see legacy systems move toward new delivery...

AT&T brings Wi-Fi to your vehicle

ZTE Mobley, powered by Qualcomm chip, now for sale in AT&T Mobility stores LAS VEGAS – In the march toward fully autonomous driving, our vehicles...

CTIA in review: 5G and network densification

This week on HetNet Happenings, RCR Wireless News Managing Editor Sean Kinney takes a look at some of the dominant themes of the annual...

Reader Forum: Dissecting the 5G RAN where flexibility and fine integration will be king

In this third of our “5G is coming!” series of articles, we look at the radio access network and its transformation projected in the...

Reader Forum: What the IoT means for telecom

IDC forecasts that the installed base of the “Internet of Things” will be approximately 212 billion “things” globally by the end of 2020, and...

Barriers to NFV adoption

NFV is a goal for many, but Procera notes challenges remain ahead of further NFV adoption Cheaper, faster and smarter are constant claims...

Apple announcement highlights

This week Apple introduced not only new products, but also some important new interactions that developers need to be aware of. In this episode...

New platform uses analytics to define device trade-in values

LAS VEGAS – With smartphones becoming ubiquitous, carriers and device retailers are finding it increasingly difficult to get repeat business. The trade-in market for...
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