Yearly Archives: 2015

RCRtv Weekly Recap: Warriors 4 Wireless, IoT and 5G

RCR Wireless News' weekly video shows touch on towers, IoT, 5G, NFV and SDN On this episode of Cell Tower News, host Joey Jackson talks...

5 big data analytics predictions for telecom

The applications of big data continue to be an ongoing transformative force across a number of industries, including telecom. RCR Wireless News rounds up...

Comcast CFO talks quad-play, wireless

After failed Time Warner Cable acquisition, is Comcast eyeing T-Mobile US? In recent comments to assembled media, Comcast CFO Mike Cavanagh spoke briefly about the...

3 ways hetnets are changing the infrastructure services industry

Hetnets are heterogeneous networks, wireless networks that combine different technologies in order to maintain the user experience indoors or in crowded urban environments. Operators...

Iliad puts T-Mobile interest in past, pressures rivals with new 50 GB LTE plan

Iliad’s Free brand boosts LTE data bucket from 20 GB to 50 GB Having backed away from an attempted entry into the U.S. market through...

EMEA: Could the Vienna Convention derail Europe’s autonomous driving plans?

Could something that was agreed to in 1968 have an impact on the autonomous driving vision for the European Union? It could as there...

Ericsson looks to boost indoor LTE

New software suite optimized for indoor deployments; features enhanced downlink, uplink speeds As venue owners work with carrier partners to provide robust indoor connectivity, telecom...

Apple partners with Cisco

Apple continues its march into the enterprise Just 13 months after announcing a partnership with IBM, Apple has teamed up with Cisco to continue pushing...

HP reportedly tells employees become a contractor or lose your job

Hewlett-Packard is reportedly trying new tactics in order to restructure its “labor pyramid” in the face of shrinking revenues. In an effort to cut...

Cisco, Tektronix partner with Ericsson on OSS platform

3-year OSS deals to support Cisco SON, Tektronix analytics services The movement to align operating support system platforms received a boost this week as Ericsson...

Ericsson: Global LTE subs reach 740M in Q2

3G mobile subscriptions grew by 50M during the second quarter of 2015 Global LTE subscriptions reached 740 million connections at the end of the second...

RCRatx Speakers Series: 5G, Wi-Fi and the Internet of Things

RCR Wireless News recently hosted the first installment of of its RCRatx Speakers Series, hosted in the company's production studios on the east side...

Reality Check: Managing network complexity from 2G to 5G – beyond human capability?

Wireless network complexity Wireless networks are becoming more complex. This raises a question: Are we nearing a point where network complexity is moving beyond the...

IDTechEx talks the future of wearables

Form factor is key to market success for wearables WASHINGTON – Raghu Das, CEO of IDTechEx, a Cambridge, U.K.-based market research firm focused on emerging...

Tool for operators to optimize networks and streamline drive test costs (sponsored content)

Anite enables geo-located call trace analysis of WCDMA and LTE networks with its Nemo WindCatcher desktop analytics solution The new module processes call trace...

Reality Check: Where is value being created?

A lot of journalistic ink was spilled last week as media pundits tried to explain the mood of investors. “Don’t panic” was the most...

AT&T looks to containers, micro-services in SDN and NFV push

AT&T claims containers and micro-services bolster SDN and NFV efficiency AT&T continues to be one of the more vocal and proactive telecom operators in terms...

The path to 5G – are you ready?

For all of the hope that "5G" will happen sooner rather than later, there is still a lot of groundwork to do. The move...

Verizon, T-Mobile US oppose Wi-Fi Alliance proposal to stall LTE-U

The debate over LTE-Unlicensed is heating up after the Wi-Fi Alliance asked the Federal Communications Commission to postpone equipment testing that uses unlicensed spectrum...

Google brings self-driving cars to Austin

Technology powerhouse Google will begin to test its fully autonomous self-driving cars outside of its home base in Mountain View, Calif., for the first...

CommScope closes on TE, Apple threatens mobile ads … 5 things to know today

T-Mobile US targets cheaters, CommScope closes on TE, Apple threatens mobile ads 1. T-Mobile US is taking aim at customers that it says cheat the...

T-Mobile US takes aim at data abusers

CEO John Legere says some customers with unlimited data plans are abusing policy related to tethering devices Apparently some users are actively subverting T-Mobile US’...

Did Verizon turn down $550M from feds?

Union: carrier turned down FCC money for rural broadband WASHINGTON – The Federal Communications Commission recently announced the telecom companies that will receive federal subsidies...

FCC awards $1.5B to 10 carriers

Money is part of Connect America Fund to foster rural broadband WASHINGTON – The Federal Communications Commission announced that 10 communications service providers accepted $1.5 billion from the...

NetCracker scores OSS expansion with Maxcom

OSS expansion deal bolsters Mexican service providers reconciliation, workforce management Mexican quad-play communications provider Maxcom signed a deal with NEC and its NetCracker subsidiary to...
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