February 2016

Issues of site acquisition, backhaul and power have been significant small cell deployment challenges, but the industry is starting to get a better handle on how to address them – …

Telefónica pushes support for e-SIM standard, and other LatAm news from MWC BARCELONA, Spain – Telefónica’s German unit is set to be the first carrier to launch a device embedded …

500 Sprint retail stores follow last year’s pilot program, set to roll out across ‘multiple’ markets Sprint and Dixons Carphone announced a joint venture to open 500 new Sprint-branded stores …

Credit card payment giant Visa targets evolving mobile payments market BARCELONA, Spain – The mobile payment market is quickly evolving around the globe and credit card giant Visa is looking …

Nokia Networks executives stressed during Mobile World Congress last week that “5G” isn’t just marketing hype, but rather that innovative new use cases and commercialization may be here sooner than …

Sprint customers can again select a subsidized price on a new device, though a dinged for higher access charges Just months after ditching the practice, Sprint has revived two-year service …

Public-private partnership model for fiber networks gaining traction The growing trend of municipalities moving to control their own high-speed broadband destiny is exemplified in what’s happening in Huntsville, Alabama. Local …

Firms explain the MEC demo taps edge video orchestration to support streaming content Nokia Networks and U.K.-based operator EE demonstrated a pair of mobile edge computing-enabled services run over a …

The move to allow Zain to create smart city business unit Kuwait-based telecom operator Zain Group announced a strategic investment in smart city advisory and consulting firm NeXgen Group. Zain …

Both companies look to boost 5G cooperation this year BARCELONA, Spain – Chinese vendor ZTE, together with compatriot telecom operator China Mobile, announced a “5G” high-frequency prototype. “The ZTE-developed prototype …

Net loss of 1.83 billion euro in Q4 due to extraordinary factors Spanish telecom giant Telefónica recorded 11.88 billion euro ($12.98 billion) in fourth quarter 2015 revenue, flat compared to …

OpenCloud provides an avenue for carriers looking to tackle VoLTE service parity In a world of contracting margins for core voice services, the transition to voice over LTE and all-IP …

The small cell market has seen its share of ups and downs in the past few years, with initial hype for the technology not panning out as quickly as many …

Celistics sees strong growth opportunities across Latin America BARCELONA, Spain – Despite an economic crisis countries in Latin America are facing, the telecommunications sector has a lot of growth potential, …

BARCELONA, Spain – Smartphones users haven’t realized yet the importance of protecting their mobile devices from hacker attacks, viruses and malware. In a video interview with RCR Wireless News, Gagan …

An IDC survey commissioned by Amdocs finds telecom providers lagging in digital transformation BARCELONA, Spain – Service providers are not transforming fast enough to meet demands of today’s digital era. …

Frost & Sullivan came out with a new report this week claiming the emergence of “5G” technologies will “ignite the global test and measurement market,” with smart cities and the drive …

Safety and skill diversification the focus of this year’s conference NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana – The National Association of Tower Erectors‘ NATE Unite 2016 conference wrapped up this week in New Orleans with …

Apple ‘hacking department,’ Sprint worker complaints … 5 things to know today 1. Apple told a court it has a “compelling interest in not creating” the software the FBI is …

Beryllium is the fourth platform release from OpenDaylight targeting open source SDN In keeping with its periodic table-inspired naming architecture, the OpenDaylight Project recently rolled out its latest open source …

WOTW gives full props to Samsung for taking lucky No. 7, but really hopes it draws a snarky response from Apple Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of …

DT reports international operations represented more than 64% of overall revenues German telco Deutsche Telekom posted 17.85 billion euro ($19.68 billion) in fourth quarter revenues last year, climbing 5% compared …

Telenor said it was currently in negotiation with vendors on LTE rollout plans Norwegian telecom operator Telenor is currently holding negotiations with an undisclosed company to expand its operations in …

CHICAGO, IL — Today, NextGen Global Resources will announce that it’s broadening its offerings to include capabilities for the Internet of Things (IoT) and Wireless Evolution. Since opening its doors in …

Big data and analytics continues to be an area of high interest for the industry, and the news coming out of Mobile World Congress reflects how vendors and operators hope …