July 2016

A service provider eliminates interference from an unauthorized signal booster thanks to Viavi InterferenceAdvisor Mobile repeaters or signal boosters are wireless devices used to enhance coverage by amplifying and re-transmitting …

This week’s NFV/SDN Reality Check looks at some top headlines, including an AT&T and Amdocs deal, and speaks with Glue Networks on automation For our featured interview this week we …

Keysight Technologies has given some insight into how it will carry out its commitment to the new White House initiative on “5G” development, which will include both its hardware and …

WOTW gives its own spin on which carrier ran the table in terms of the latest quarterly results, with T-Mobile and Sprint the two stand outs Hello! And welcome to …

Latest round of job cuts builds on 1,850 layoffs Microsoft announced in May Continuing to tighten its belt, Microsoft plans to get rid of some 2,850 employees this year, according …

With the Rio Olympics around the corner, information and communications technology infrastructure deployments are in the final stages. The Technology Operations Centre is the control room for the competition and noncompetition …

Security is one of the major concerns surrounding the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and not only physical security. Information and communications technology providers interviewed by RCR Wireless News for a …

Telefónica ended June with 50M LTE subscribers Telefónica reported 12.7 billion euro ($14.07 billion) in revenue for the second quarter of 2016, down 7.7% compared to the same period last year. The …

SK Telecom reports $3.8B in revenue for Q2 Korean operator SK Telecom said it ended the second quarter of 2016 with 20 million subscribers in the 4G LTE segment, surging …

“Connecting” rural farming to accommodate a booming global population Connected and precision agriculture, which heavily revolves around providing low-income rural farming areas with mobile networks for access to the internet, …

There are a number of variables that can impact a farmer’s yield, from variations in temperature to soil composition. IoT deployments allow all of these aspects to be outfitted with sensors …

AT&T supplanted T-Mobile as the best performing full-service carrier in the latest J.D. Power customer care survey, Consumer Cellular tops for no-contract service AT&T Mobility jumped T-Mobile US for the …

Samsung and Nestlé announced the two companies are to collaborate on a new IoT health platform designed to advance digital health. As the market for Internet of Things (IoT) starts …

Amdocs to work with telecom operators and cloud developers looking to integrate the AT&T ECOMP platform AT&T signed a deal with Amdocs to be the integrator for telecommunications companies and …

Oracle said today that it will spend more than $9 billion to buy “the very first cloud company.” NetSuite, led by a former Oracle marketing executive, says it has been …

Radio frequency components and cabling company L-com is set to merge with Infinite RF, which is a portfolio company of RF component brands backed by private equity company Genstar Capital. …

AT&T chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson will lead a national task force to fight robocalling. The nation’s largest provider of telecom services said Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler asked …

See which countries are leveraging the internet of things to drive business transformation A lot of vendors throw around the projection that by 2020 there will be some 50 billion …

T-Mobile and Sprint CEOs are skeptical of telcos getting into the content business Earlier this week Verizon Communications announced its intention to acquire Yahoo’s internet-related businesses for $4.83 billion to …

The new technology combines MIMO with multiuser beamforming U.K. telecommunications operator Vodafone and Chinese vendor Huawei are conducting technical trials of “4.5G” (TDD+) with LTE TDD, to increase the capacity …

The University of Surrey’s 5G Innovation Centre (5GIC) and Digital Greenwich have partnered to co-create and trial new 5G smart city technology. The University of Surrey’s 5G Innovation Centre (5GIC), …

In 2013, Americans generated about 254 million tons of trash, or 4.6 pounds per person per day, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Trash bins are overflowing with waste …

Industrial internet of things (IIoT) a partial solution to a serious food problem Around 30% of the food the world produces is lost each year, according to a 2012 study …

Sprint continued to see operations impacted by ownership uncertainty, while Dish looked to be eyeing a T-Mobile acquisition … 3 years ago this week Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes …