Call it the fourth utility: wireless Internet is becoming as essential to building owners and occupants as water, gas and electricity. But unlike the other utilities, wireless Internet does not …
Nokia LTE network in a box First responders and workers in the energy industry are the target users for Nokia’s LTE network in a box, a compact macro cell for …
Some tower crews are idle now, but the FCC is looking ahead The timing of the next spectrum auction may partially depend on the availability of tower crews, according to …
Comcast could be the next cable operator to experiment with a new wireless service. Cablevision has pioneered the concept on the East Coast with its Freewheel service, offering unlimited voice, …
Apps and websites ping mobile phone antennas up to 50 times per minute, according to an Israeli startup that makes ad-blocking software. Shine is the name of the company that …
Crown Castle said today that it has agreed to sell its 1,800 Australian towers to a consortium of investors led by Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets. The sale price is …
Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure may be getting a lesson in small cells. Claure said goodbye to his wife and newborn baby after Mother’s Day to head for Japan, where he …
The most prominent Kevin Martins on Facebook right now are a musician, a basketball player and a cake designer, but that’s likely to change soon. Former Federal Communications Commission Chairman …
Verizon Wireless will pay $90 million and Sprint will pay $68 million to settle investigations of bill cramming. The Federal Communications Commission said that both carriers billed customers millions of …
Nokia followed up its 150th anniversary with news that it will cut more jobs, according to Reuters, which reported that Nokia Technologies is expected to trim its workforce by 10%, …
Wi-Fi access points are multiplying like bunnies as enterprises rely on them to keep employees and customers connected, carriers count on them to offload traffic, and consumers look for them …
Chip news from Altair, Broadcom and MediaTek AT&T gives LTE-only a boost Israel’s Altair Semiconductor said today that its FourGee-3800/6300 chipset has completed AT&T’s ADAPT chipset validation. Altair makes LTE-only …
Analyst reactions are mixed Verizon Communications is diving deeper into digital content with an agreement to buy AOL for $50/share, or approximately $4.4 billion. The nation’s leading wireless carrier said …
AT&T strikes out in Washington, signs interconnect agreement with Level 3 The Federal Communications Commission said it won’t reconsider the part of its net neutrality policy that classifies the Internet …
Wireless carriers have created heterogeneous networks to solve coverage and capacity problems in specific high-profile locations, but these solutions will be needed more broadly as demand for mobile data skyrockets. …
Uber’s plan to develop self-driving cars may include Nokia’s Here mapping unit. The New York Times is reporting that Uber will bid up to $3 billion for the unit in …
What is a small cell? The term small cell is used in many contexts. Some infrastructure providers use it to describe anything that is not clearly a tower or macro …
Shift pays off for Alcatel-Lucent Alcatel-Lucent, which is set to be acquired by rival Nokia, beat its own estimates with its first quarter earnings report. The company’s Shift Plan, meant …
Apple under pressure Apple’s iTunes may face some legal challenges. The Federal Trade Commission is reportedly trying to find out whether iTunes is using its marketplace muscle to get songs …
T-Mobile US targets Verizon Wireless with latest promotion T-Mobile US is offering Verizon Wireless customers a two-week free trial on its network, with an offer to pay off outstanding contracts …
Almost 20 months ago the world’s largest radio access network company proclaimed the arrival of the Ericsson small cell, except it was, and is, a distributed antenna system. Since then, …
As carriers turn from subsidies to financing to sell mobile devices, T-Mobile US hopes lenders will see value in that steady stream of customer payments. CFO Braxton Carter told Bloomberg that …
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – Anyone who thinks a slowdown in carrier spending is threatening the health of the infrastructure industry was not at PCIA’s Wireless Infrastructure Show this week. Record attendance …
Crown Castle CEO Ben Moreland likes to call fiber “the horizontal tower” and this week he announced plans to broaden the tower company’s fiber reach with the $1 billion purchase …
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – Making the small cell business model work was the topic of a well-attended panel this year at PCIA’s Wireless Infrastructure Show. Analyst Iain Gillott of iGR Research …
