Yearly Archives: 2015

LTE-U: Fair sharing, or ‘disastrous’ for Wi-Fi?

The comment period for the Federal Communications Commission's query on the use of LTE over unlicensed spectrum ends this Friday, but companies are heatedly dueling...

Oracle boosts NFV platform

Oracle launches four new NFV platforms targeting CSPs Oracle continues to bolster its virtualized platform that targets communication service providers, announcing four new products it claims are...

BlackBerry turnaround comes into focus

BlackBerry CEO John Chen is executing on his plan to leverage the company's security software expertise, even as the Canadian company's smartphone sales stagnate. A...

3M to invest $2.5B in tower safety industry

3M is investing big money in the future of the climber safety industry with a $2.5 billion agreement to acquire fall-protection equipment maker Capital...

F5 White Paper: Dynamic Service Delivery with Intelligent DNS

Today, DNS needs to be flexible and dynamic to adapt to the existing network and application conditions and to deliver the best experience for...

Google visualizes how AI dreams

Artificial neural networks use deep learning to interpret images; underlying tech for self-driving vehicles In a particularly meta experiment involving artificial neural networks, Google software...

T-Mobile US spectrum fight against AT&T, Verizon gets animated

T-Mobile US taps cartoon medium as FCC nears 600 MHz auction decision T-Mobile US continues to tap the video medium in its attempt to garner...

Vodafone and Ericsson launch FDD/TDD carrier aggregation

A software update to Vodafone's mobile network will enable simultaneous operation of FDD-LTE and TDD-LTE, starting in Portugal. Vodafone said it is the first...

Report: Telus, Rogers interested in Mobilicity

Reported deal for Mobilicity faces regulatory hurdles Canadian mobile operator Mobilicity reportedly has a pair of suitors ready to take over the beleaguered operator, though...

Telefónica overhauls OSS with VPIsystems software

Goal is to use network analytics to improve planning, efficiency and quality assurance Major global communications service provider Telefónica is overhauling its operations support system...

Seatel, ZTE to deploy FDD-LTE network in Cambodia

The operator aims to invest $400M in the next two to three years South East Asia Telecom has partnered with Chinese infrastructure provider ZTE to deploy a FDD-LTE...

Sabotage suspected in cell tower incident

Cell tower gets cut down, hits power lines, leaves thousands without AC during summer in the desert Law enforcement is claiming sabotage in the June...

Sponsored – Next Generation Wireless: Riding On the Back of Millimeter Waves

Of all the wavelengths in the spectrum used for wireless data transmission, perhaps the least well known is the millimeter wave band. However, it...

Reality Check: Top Q2 trends (Part 2): T-Mobile US – in the driver’s seat

Defining unlimited; and T-Mobile US in the driver's seat Last week, the Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 to fine AT&T Mobility $100 million for allegedly...

Reality Check: Using the ‘BEAM’ method for public Wi-Fi deployment

When entering a new place – restaurant, gym, home or other location – it’s just a matter of time before someone asks for the...

EMEA: Driving the connected highway

Laird has a vision for connected highways with connected cars driving along communicating with each other to ensure the safety of their occupants. The...

Cisco and partners to invest $10B in China

Cisco is trying to make things right with China after reports that the National Security Agency secretly used Cisco routers for spyware put a...

Sprint CEO signals end of unlimited data

Sprint was throttling speed to unlimited data plan subscribers but stopped after FCC fined AT&T $100M for same practice Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure, speaking with...

Numericable-SFR looks to buy rival for $11.4B

The French government affirmed the potential acquisition would affect investment in the mobile market and planned spectrum auction France's second-largest telecommunications operator Numericable-SFR has made...

Sprint to kill consumer wireline business

Sprint seeks FCC approval to shutter consumer wireline biz by Sept. 17 Sprint is looking to drop its consumer wireline business and some associated services...

Nokia invests in 5G R&D

Germany' University of Kaiserslautern is partnering with Nokia to study 5G network architecture Continuing its push to develop next-generation 5G mobile network technology, Nokia announced...

Lifeline gets $1.7B to offer rural Internet

Federal subsidy expansion gets FCC nod to include rural broadband Internet for low-income Americans WASHINGTON – The Federal Communications Commission appears set to go ahead...

Wireless Innovation Act gets renewed push

Goal of wireless legislation is to reallocate federal spectrum for commercial uses WASHINGTON – On June 18, a group of Republican senators reintroduced the Wireless Innovation Act,...

Reader Forum: New technology set to bolster indoor wireless coverage, capacity

To solve the problem of poor indoor coverage, service providers and enterprise IT managers are increasingly relying on denser nodes of faster wireless technologies,...

Reader Forum: Is a lack of digital maturity bleeding you dry?

Who would have dreamt that within two years the demand from communication service providers for digital capabilities would rank alongside those of IT, research...
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