ZTE USA has been busy promoting the Golden State Warriors (one of 5 NBA teams the company sponsors), but the company’s Chinese parent company has had other priorities recently. After …
5 things to know today 1. AT&T announced a slew of promotions in partnership with Samsung. Customers who purchase the Samsung Galaxy S7 or Galaxy S7 edge through AT&T Mobility’s …
Brocade Communications has agreed to buy Ruckus Wireless in a deal worth $1.2 billion, which the companies say will create a “pure-play networking company.” The goal is to deliver products …
5 things to know today … 1. The Federal Communications Commission voted 3 to 2 to expand its Lifeline program, which subsidizes service for low-income households. Providers will continue to …
Montgomery County, Maryland, is a scenic, rural area that welcomes tourists and is somewhat less hospitable to cell towers. The county’s residents and visitors are valuable customers for wireless carriers, …
Low oil prices mean petroleum producers need to spend and invest more carefully than ever, and the “Internet of Things” is helping. Last year, Royal Dutch Shell realized a $1 …
According to research conducted by analyst Chetan Sharma, the term “Internet of Things” was first coined in September 1985 by Peter T. Lewis in a speech to the Congressional Black …
Retail and logistics industries most aggressive A survey of more than 500 hundred global companies across 17 industries found more than one-third either have deployed small cells or plan to …
Is Huawei the government’s next target? The U.S. Commerce Department made an unusual move, temporarily reversing its decision to deny export licenses to American companies that sell products to ZTE. …
5 things to know today … 1. Apple introduced a new iPhone, called the iPhone SE. The company said customers have been asking for a more powerful version of the …
Apple and Google manage competing ecosystems in the smartphone world, but when it comes to storing and processing all that smartphone data the two companies appear to be partners. Apple …
DAS equipment vendors are eager to see the end users of their systems contribute more to the costs of construction and maintenance. Many are working to move away from business …
Japanese government prompts changes for Sprint parent SoftBank SoftBank is separating Sprint and its other foreign holdings from its Japanese businesses as it prepares for some major changes at home. …
Sprint is exploring a major shift in the way wireless service is delivered as it works to upgrade its network while implementing cost cuts throughout the company. One of the biggest costs …
5 things to know today … 1. Sprint has said it will not be a direct bidder in the upcoming 600 MHz spectrum auction, but its parent company might be. …
Google opened its pay-as-you-go mobile service to the entire country and discounted the network’s flagship handset, the LG Nexus 5X. Google’s Project Fi, which relies on Wi-Fi with cellular backup …
Smith Micro Software is buying out its primary competitor in intelligent Wi-Fi offload. The California company is purchasing Birdstep’s software development and marketing arm for an undisclosed amount. Both Smith …
Qualcomm, Intel and Broadcom are suppliers, Oclaro falls 15% U.S. chipmakers will feel the sting of the U.S. government’s decision to restrict technology exports to China’s ZTE. Qualcomm and Intel …
Small cells could signal a ‘new neutral’ Neutral host providers like ExteNet Systems and Mobilitie foresee a shift in their business models as network architectures become more distributed. The term …
1. Sprint parent company SoftBank says it will divide into two companies, one focused on domestic operations and one international. The company’s majority interest in Sprint and its stake in …
AT&T supports Apple, tower stocks under pressure … 5 things to know today 1. Analysts are starting to downgrade some of the biggest names in wireless as the U.S. stock …
Verizon Wireless ranked first with consumers in all six of J.D. Power’s most recent regional surveys. The study queried more than 41,000 wireless subscribers across the U.S. about their last …
T-Mobile US says it’s the nation’s leader in voice-over-LTE calls on its mobile network. This week at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference, T-Mobile US CFO Braxton Carter …
New York case could help Apple in its fight with the FBI While FBI director James Comey and Apple lead counsel Bruce Sewell were testifying Tuesday before Congress, other members …
Xirrus wants to make Wi-Fi as secure and reliable as LTE Most of us have seen headlines that say Americans value Wi-Fi more than food, friends and sex, at least …
