2017

LGS Innovations notes challenges remain in terms of meeting spectrum demand as 5G and IoT services look set to further stress the system. On this week’s “Carrier Wrap” we speak with Kevin Kelly, CEO at LGS Innovations, to look at …

A flood of network performance information this week for Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile added more mud for consumers to wade through. Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that …

Verizon Wireless is moving closer to connecting meters and asset trackers directly to its LTE network. Modem maker NimbeLink said it has demonstrated a live Category M1 connection on the Verizon Wireless LTE network. The company connected its device directly …

Labor union CWA said 93% of AT&T wireless retail employees, call center workers and technicians authorized a strike when current contract expires Feb. 11. Update: Story updated with further comments from AT&T. A majority of AT&T workers represented by the …

The traditional business model for cellular carriers is based on access to this licensed spectrum. They license slices of spectrum from the local regulator and sell their customers access to it. After decades of parallel evolution on the two sides …

Colt said its SDN On Demand platform will allow for quicker enablement of new services through Microsoft’s Azure cloud. Colt Technology Services collaborated with Microsoft in adding its Dedicated Cloud Access services to its software-defined networking “On Demand” portfolio in …

Wireless Infrastructure Association CEO calls for a ‘network of reality’ in support of the IoT. Speaking this week at the IT Expo in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Wireless Infrastructure Association CEO Jonathan Adelstein said the success of the internet of things …

Intel CEO Brian Krzanich held a press conference in the Oval Office to announce the company’s plan to invest $7 billion in its Fab 42 factory in Chandler, Arizona. Krzanich said Fab 42 will employ about 3,000 people in new, …

In addition to 5G trials, the company’s Moscow subsidiary also announced deployment of XG-PON technology. Russian mobile carrier MTS and its fixed subsidiary MGTS unveiled a new strategy for technological development, including “5G” trial zones, in the Moscow area beginning …

This paper aims to present an overview of AR, its applications and underlying technologies, and explore how AR can improve productivity and efficiency and potentially transform the nature of work as we know it. Augmented Reality (AR) is a game changer that …

Nokia plans to further strengthen its NFV, SDN and software focus with purchase of fellow Finnish company Comptel in a deal valued at $370.8 million. Nokia is set to bolster its network software plans through a pending acquisition of Comptel, …

Japanese firm EneCom will distribute Nokia G.fast fixed ultra-broadband access technology. Nokia signed a distributor agreement with Energia Communications to sell its G.fast fixed broadband access technology in Japan. G.fast is designed to deliver fiber-like speeds over copper cable over …

TDMA proponents countered rival CDMA in wooing analog converts, while the FCC scaled back 2.3 GHz spectrum auction plans … 20 years ago this week. Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives …

Inmarsat and Actility laud LoRa-based IoT network as first global LPWAN option. As large enterprises continue to adopt internet of things solutions for a variety of use cases, global connectivity is a major selling point. Consider asset tracking: without global …

Verizon Wireless has asked its five distributed antenna system vendors to integrate their systems with small cells designed by SpiderCloud Wireless. Advanced RF Technologies, CommScope, Corning, JMA Wireless and Solid Technologies are all working with SpiderCloud, with Advanced RF Technologies …

New BroadSoft survey of telecom operators forecasts shift to cloud for enterprise unified communications. As digital transformation initiatives prompt major technological and operational overhauls in enterprises, unified communications systems are seen serving as the fabric that keeps increasingly distributed systems …

SoftBank said operating profits surged 71% in its most recent fiscal quarter, and trumpeted a turnaround at Sprint as a contributor to the company’s strong results. “Sprint is no longer the bottleneck of SoftBank,” SoftBank Chairman Masayoshi Son told investors, …

Regulator plans include spectrum across low-, mid- and high-band channels to support 5G trials beginning in 2018, and commercial services in 2020. United Kingdom telecommunications regulator Ofcom is looking to bolster spectrum support for planned “5G” services with a number …

In New Zealand, where agriculture plays a central role in the country’s economy, mobile operator Vodafone is helping local farmers to improve performance and reduce costs through precision agriculture tools. Vodafone’s Precision Farming solution is designed to allow farmers to …

The platform also supports machine-type communications and includes a new 3GPP Cellular IoT feature. Nokia announced its Cloud Packet Core now supports converged broadband, internet of things and machine-type communications service delivery across wireless licensed, shared and unlicensed spectrum, and …

5G trial reached a peak rate of 3.6 Gbps for a connected car traveling at 170 kph. SK Telecom, Ericsson and BMW Korea witnessed peak data rates of 3.6 gigabits per second to a connected vehicle traveling at 170 kph. …

With 5G NR trials and deployments on the near horizon, one may suspect that advancements in LTE networks are slowing down…that LTE innovations are running out of steam. Quite the contrary! In 2017, LTE networks will take a major leap …

The concomitant push to virtualization, and the heightened requirements for latency and QoE are changing the way mobile operators decide which functions and what content have to be centralized, or can be moved towards to the edge. The “Power at …

Verizon and T-Mobile were in a statistical dead heat in terms of LTE speeds, with T-Mobile closing the gap on Verizon in terms of LTE coverage. The battle for domestic wireless network supremacy continues to be waged between Verizon Wireless …

The promise of augmented and virtual reality will be dependent on 5G networks that can handle the speed and capacity requirements of AR and VR. Editor’s Note: In the Analyst Angle section, we’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading …