2015

New York City, Seattle and Cincinnati latest T-Mobile LTE markets to swim in 700 MHz spectrum T-Mobile US continues to throw 700 MHz spectrum at its LTE network, announcing the expansion of services in New York City, Seattle and Cincinnati. …

With multiple wireless operators pursuing voice over Wi-Fi as well as the ongoing, often-heated debate over using LTE in unlicensed spectrum, 2016 will see the relationship between Wi-Fi and LTE continue to tighten. For LTE-U in particular, the year holds …

Cloud providers Amazon.com, Facebook, Google and Microsoft are driving demand for white box servers The explosion in demand for streaming video content – to both homes and mobile devices – has set the stage for cloud-based content delivery, supported by …

As RCR Wireless News prepared for its 2016 Analyst Predictions Day, the editorial team met with analyst Roger Entner of Recon Analytics and Chris Pearson of 4G Americas to hear their forecasts for the year ahead. The conversation was part …

Fiber-to-the-tower and fiber-to-the-home deployments require trained technicians In addition to moving indoors with a ramp up of small cell deployments, carriers are expanding 4G LTE mobile networks into rural parts of the country, while adding capacity in dense metropolitan areas. …

A new study from WinterGreen Research predicts the small cell and femtocell markets combined will reach $5.98 billion by 2019. That would constitute tremendous growth from the $420 million the market brought in just three years ago. The report, titled …

LTE networks to reach 75% of the population in 2021 Mobile subscriptions in Southeast Asia and Oceania will exceed 1 billion by the end of this year, representing approximately 14% of global mobile subscriptions, according to a recent report published …

China Mobile plans to deploy 300,000 base stations next year, expand VoLTE, carrier aggregation The world’s largest mobile operator China Mobile aims to reach 500 million LTE subscribers by the end of 2016, according to Chinese press reports. China Mobile …

Latest round of Sprint job cuts look set to begin as carrier struggles with footing Sprint’s plans to cut more than $2 billion from its operational expenses looks to be hitting the telecom operator’s workforce, with reports out of Kansas …

It is the season of giving and that’s apparently not wasted on Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure who has sent gift baskets to T-Mobile US stores around the country. Pictures of the baskets started popping up online Dec. 15. Containing candy, …

AT&T, Verizon, Level 3, Birch, Zayo all major players in U.S. fiber optic networks Fiber optic networks play a key role in the evolution of telecommunications services as the increasing demand for data will require communications service providers and the …

Turning data into more money: How far can the carriers go? Outside of the purchase and deployment of new spectrum and networks, there is nothing more important in 2016 to both wireless and wireline providers than monetizing these assets. Two …

As a technology that can deliver automated provisioning, network virtualization and network programmability to data center and enterprise networks, software-defined networking has grown to be viewed as a key driver for innovation and changes in networking. The technology provides a …

Tewksbury, Massachusetts, USA – December 14, 2015 – Altiostar announces the general availability of its game-changing Virtualized RAN solution for the LTE and LTE-A market based on commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware and open source software. A year ago, Altiostar announced its …

Numerous media reports are speculating Chinese telecom equipment giant Huawei may bring its spin-off Honor brand smartphones to the U.S. market. More specifically, the speculation has focused in on a domestic release for the Honor 5X, which went on sale …

1. AT&T Mobility is offering two iPhones for the price of one this holiday season. Customers who buy a new iPhone 6s through AT&T Mobility’s Next 24 plan can receive a second phone for no charge. Each month, AT&T Mobility …

Ovum report predicts cloud and appliances to drive ‘next wave’ of big data, Hadoop adoption A new report from Ovum predicts cloud and appliances are set to boost the “next wave” of big data adoption and target “more of the …

Telecommunications is not the first thing that comes to most people’s minds when they think of 3M. The Maplewood, Minnesota-based manufacturing company made its name in the adhesive business, but it also has a complete division dedicated to telecom, which supplies …

Telecom vendors are gaining a competitive edge over other service providers by getting their own Siterra implementation. More than 50,000 users manage over 1 million sites and 1.7 million global projects using Siterra’s suite of SaaS-based software. Many of those …

The latest and greatest in enterprise small cells, DAS/RAN integration and carrier 5G outlook were all on display at the recent LTE North America show. RCR Wireless News Managing Editor Sean Kinney takes you inside. On this episode of HetNet …

Firm announces handful of leadership changes, gains 3GPP band plan in boost to Dish wireless plans Dish Network rearranged its leadership structure and garnered an important spectrum band plan that could lead to movement in terms of the company’s deep …

Frontier Communications will spend $160 million to settle a dispute with the state of West Virginia regarding allegations of false advertising and poor broadband performance. In a document produced by the attorney general of West Virginia, styled as an assurance …

Saudi operator currently controls 26% of the Kuwaiti mobile firm; deal will give Saudi Telecom a 100% stake Kuwait’s Capital Markets Authority approved Saudi Telecom Company’s plan to acquire all the shares of its Kuwaiti mobile telephony operator Viva. Saudi Telecom …

The problem with Yahoo is they lost forward momentum and that means they lost growth. Everyone seemed to be asking the same question … what’s the future for Yahoo? That, in fact, is the same question that was asked several …

The emerging mobile edge computing ecosystem and value chain are complex with diverse technologies and a mounting number of companies – large and small – entering the MEC arena seemingly every day. Mobile edge computing is an up-and-coming advancement in …