Yearly Archives: 2015

Sprint stock surges on Softbank investment; Sprint looks to dump contracts

Softbank spends $73M on latest Sprint stock purchase Sprint parent company Softbank continues to invest in its U.S. operations as this week it pumped another...

FCC revokes Dish Network’s $3B DE bidding credits

FCC vote puts pressure on Dish to come up with funds or find alternatives The Federal Communications Commission voted in favor of denying Dish Network...

FirstNet approves $126M budget, reorganizes leadership

The board of the First Responders Network Authority has approved its budget, putting $126 million in play for acquisition, consultation and spectrum relocation in...

AT&T director of cell site programs chosen to lead NWSA

The National Wireless Safety Alliance now has its leadership in place. The organization's board chose Art Pregler, director of national cell site programs at AT&T to...

Project Titan: Apple takes on the self-driving car

There has been industry speculation for years that Apple would take on a connected, autonomous vehicle project. Now, based on documents obtained by The...

Metaswitch scores AT&T deal for session border controllers

Metaswitch SBCs set to power LTE aspects of AT&T’s software push AT&T continues to push its software-based future, backed by a previously stated goal to...

Sprint and T-Mobile CEOs take to Twitter to hash out latest RootMetrics results

Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure boastful, while T-Mobile US CEO John Legere defensive The latest network test rankings from RootMetrics drew pointed commentary from Sprint and...

5 things to know in mobile 8/18/15 (RCR podcast)

Android names new OS, FCC rules on Dish discounts, and Project Ara runs late 5 things to know today: 1. Dish Network's partners owe the government...

Indian telcos demand policy to combat call drops

Indian telcos band together to address dropped calls Dropped calls are becoming an increasing problem for Indian telcos, leading operators to band together in calling...

Two men charged in 15 cell tower thefts

Last Friday, police in Paterson, N.J., charged two homeless men with 80 counts of burglary, theft and criminal mischief in connection to 15 cell...

South Africa Competition Commission blocks MTN-Telkom deal

The body said the proposed merger will hurt competition in the local market South Africa’s Competition Commission blocked a proposed radio access network sharing and...

Inside Brazil’s first smart city

A pilot project has been under development to transform the city of Águas de São Pedro, a small municipality with about 3,000 citizens located...

EMEA: Steering wheels to save your life in the connected car

We’ve all had it happen. We’re driving along a boring stretch of road and start to doze off, and then suddenly realize and shake ourselves...

Reality Check: Sprint at Claure’s 1-year anniversary

Last August, Sprint was in turmoil. The T-Mobile US merger continued to elicit a “no means no” response by the Federal Communications Commission. "Framily"...

Reality Check: Investing in customer service performance – the next step for mobile operators

In today’s increasingly connected society, mobile phones have clearly become a necessity, with recent research from Ofcom revealing that in the U.K. alone, 93%...

Verizon trumps AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile nationwide in latest RootMetrics report

AT&T Mobility a strong No. 2; Sprint improving; T-Mobile US robust in urban markets, according to RootMetrics Verizon Wireless was yet again tops in RootMetrics...

Scaling mobile apps and e-commerce

In this episode I'm talking to John Davis, senior Web developer/tech lead at Jewelry Television's e-commerce department. He's also worked on AI and game code....

Reader Forum: Curbing the rising cost of wireless production test

As consumers, we’re delighted with each new wireless innovation that enters the market – like when we can take calls from a watch or...

FCC aligns 600 MHz plans with Canada

FCC, Industry Canada agree on 600 MHz band plans in a move to reduce interference concerns The Federal Communications Commission continues to craft its 600...

Report: China, India fuel 4G device growth

4G device market more than doubles A report by GfK found a mass transition to "4G" devices is upon us. Led by China, the wireless...

Kagan: CTIA Super Mobility vs. CCA Annual Convention

There are two important wireless industry conventions coming up. One is CTIA Super Mobility 2015. The other is the 2015 CCA Annual Convention. The...

5 things to know in mobile 8/17/15

Update on Verizon Wireless super cookies and Apple self-driving car update 5 things to know today: 1. Most U.S. wireless carriers have stopped using so-called super...

Sprint counters T-Mobile US’ iPhone promotion

Sprint offers guaranteed pricing on Apple iPhone line, countering recent T-Mobile US promo Apple’s iconic iPhone device lineup is again at the center of a...

Comcast VP says data cap has no point

Some Comcast customers are subject to 300 GB per month data cap Many customers may just now be finding out that Comcast caps home Internet...

Optus launches LTE-A 3x carrier aggregation

The new technology set to be available in Sydney by early 2016 Australian telecom operator Optus launched LTE services using "advanced" carrier aggregation technology using...
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