Consumers call it throttling, carriers call it network optimization… T-Mobile US is the latest carrier to announce LTE throttling The Federal Communications Commission is sure to hear from consumers about …
Cisco says it will end the year with roughly the same headcount it started with, but the mix will be different. Cisco continues to realign workforce Cisco wants to become …
Mobile Minute: Verizon Wireless has reiterated its plan to launch voice-over-LTE late this year. Speaking at the Oppenheimer Technology, Internet & Communications Conference, Verizon CFO Fran Shammo said that VoLTE …
T-Mobile US says the Federal Communications Commission needs to stand by its recent comments on carrier competition by revisiting its rules for the 600 MHz spectrum auction. T-Mobile US challenges …
Glow Networks has been involved in deployment and testing of thousands of base stations over the years and has seen the transitions from 2G to 3G to LTE firsthand. “We’ve …
Mobile Minute: Microsoft’s Nokia is apparently taking a high-low strategy when it comes to mobile phones. The company is NOT exiting the basic mobile phone business, despite last month’s announcement …
Rackspace is managing the cloud and managing to grow, despite competition and price cuts from the mobile Internet’s heaviest hitters. Google slashed prices of its cloud services this spring, but despite …
Mobile Minute: Keeping data flowing in even in the most crowded environments is an important goal for Japan’s SoftBank Mobile, and to that end the company has partnered with Ericsson. …
Indoor DAS is a growing business for providers of wireless infrastructure services, as carriers look to distributed antenna systems to densify their networks and boost coverage. Contractors are learning that …
Mobile Minute: In another sign that the smartphone patent wars may be moving towards a ceasefire, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has ruled that parts of one of Apple’s …
In infrastructure news this week, LTE tower technology advances in China, wireless backhaul innovations in the U.S., and another acquisition in the infrastructure services space. Huawei’s active antenna unit Huawei and …
Mobile Minute: Google has bought two more mobile startups for undisclosed amounts. Directr, which helps businesses create video ads, will become part of Google’s YouTube operations. The company’s software is …
BlueStream Professional Services has purchased parts of Tempest Telecom’s DAS business, and will bring one of the industry’s most experienced distributed antenna system professionals onboard to manage its DAS and …
Mobile Minute: Sprint is not the only company making executive changes this week as Microsoft said yesterday that is has hired Qualcomm’s Peggy Johnson to lead business development. At Qualcomm, …
High-tech communications entrepreneur Brian Hinman is out to “revolutionize the wireless service provider industry” with his newest startup, Mimosa Networks. Mimosa is working to create Wi-Fi hardware that can offer connectivity …
Distributed antenna systems provide connectivity behind the scenes, out of sight, even underground in some cases, and at times they have been as hard to find in corporate financial results as …
The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. Cost cuts and restructuring are paying off for Europe’s major wireless infrastructure vendors, all of whom saw significant margin improvement in the …
Samsung’s network infrastructure business gets some of the blame for the company’s slide in sales and operating profit during the second quarter. The company cited its domestic market as well …
Small cells can be big investments for regional operators, many of whom may not be ready to invest $1M or more in a small cell gateway. These are the target …
Nokia Networks scored a big LTE win in North America when Sprint tapped the company for its Sprint Spark build, and now Nokia is clearly eager for more. Recognizing that …
After billions of dollars and countless man-hours spent over the last two decades, network deployment should have almost evolved into a science. Unfortunately, it often continues to be plagued by …
Like many other successful companies, American Tower is outgrowing its name. “American” no longer refers just to the United States; towers in other parts of North and South America are …
The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. Outdoor distributed antenna systems has been a tricky business for carriers and infrastructure providers alike due to zoning challenges, maintenance costs and …
Investment in wireless infrastructure is a big part of capital spending for both Verizon and AT&T, and both carriers spent more during the most recent quarter than analysts had expected. …
The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. Crown Castle sees strong carrier spending, adds small cells Tower giant Crown Castle International (CCI) reported second quarter revenues of $916.3 million, …
