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Broadband could be bond-financed, run by nonprofits, result from public-private partnerships or compel big ISPs to offer better services in rural areas WASHINGTON – On Nov. 3, voters went to the polls across the country to weigh-in on numerous races …

Consumer watchdog group calls out Comcast for engaging in monopolistic business After trying out capping customer data use at 300 gigabytes per month, Comcast is expanding the practice to new markets in 12 states. The data caps, which Comcast refers to as …

DALLAS – The demand for small cells is pressing, and carriers, venue owners and other stakeholders are racing to deploy. But scalability remains a challenge as it’s inherently difficult to define a broad process when each small cell use case …

The Chinese vendor calls for joint efforts to narrow the connectivity gap in developing countries HONG KONG – Rotating Huawei CEO Ken Hu told journalists during a press conference at Huawei’s Global Mobile Broadband Forum, which took place in Hong …

GSMA estimates the industry will need up to 800 megahertz of additional spectrum by 2020 The use of additional “C-band” spectrum in the 3.4 GHz to 4.2 GHz bands for mobile broadband in London and Shenzhen alone will generate an …

The Brazilian mobile landscape is undergoing a transformation with the potential for heightened competition in the coming years. Driving the market shift is the reduction of a termination rate imposed by telecom regulator Anatel, which wants the discount applied to customers, …

WASHINGTON – The Russian-made YotaPhone, which that country’s president, Vladimir Putin, has called his nation’s answer to the Apple iPhone, has stalled in its sales, but the company behind it is hopping to find more fertile ground in China. Despite an optimistic …

You’ve got to love it when an entrepreneur runs a public company. When Marcelo Claure became CEO at Sprint last year, he may not have understood all the work ahead of him. However, he is attacking it like a true …

Deliveries commenced in Q1 2015, will continue during 2016 Nokia Networks and China Mobile announced a framework agreement for the provision of mobile communications equipment and services valued at more than $1 billion. The European vendor said deliveries under the …

That growth comes between January and September; the telco ended September with 194 million subscribers China Telecom ended the third quarter with 43.7 million subscribers in the 4G LTE segment, after a net addition of 36.6 million subscribers during the …

4G fueling growth India is reportedly on its way to eclipsing 1 billion mobile subscribers. According to a report by Peter Evans, senior analyst Asia at BuddeComm, the world’s second largest country had 970 million subscribers as of March 2015. …

1 Gbps fiber-to-the-home service expanding in cities with ‘entrepreneurial spirit’ Google Fiber, a subsidiary of Alphabet (remember that whole thing?) is now working with municipal leaders in Tampa and Jacksonville, Fla., as well as Oklahoma City as potential beneficiaries of …

Building size, carrier involvement, return on investment among determining factors LOS ANGELES – There are some 4.8 million buildings in the U.S. that are 25,000 square feet or less, yet have the same in-building connectivity needs as much larger spaces. …

Broadband Conduit Deployment Act of 2015 emphasizes expanding broadband infrastructure, particularly in rural America The federal government, of late, has pushed hard to expand high-speed broadband access through rural America; the latest push is the Broadband Conduit Deployment Act of …

In 2010, in partnership with its subsidiary Clearwire and the nonprofit organizations Mobile Citizen and Mobile Beacon, Sprint began providing affordable broadband service to 429 schools, 61 libraries and 1,820 nonprofit organizations ultimately providing Internet access to 300,000 Americans. Sprint …

I would like to thank the Wireless Technology Forum for inviting me to speak at their upcoming Annual Analyst event in Atlanta. The theme of this meeting is “Wireless in 2016 and Beyond.” We had a conference call a few …

Internet providers Verizon Communications, Time Warner Cable and Cablevision are under investigation by the New York attorney general’s office for not delivering the broadband speeds they advertise. Letters were reportedly sent to the three Internet providers requesting they disclose how they …

India and Southeast Asia led in terms of revenue growth Swedish telecom equipment vendor Ericsson recorded net income of 3.1 billion kronor ($365 million) in the third quarter of the year, climbing 19% year-on-year, the company said in its earnings statement. …

Precision agriculture will be necessary to support demand for food WASHINGTON – According to data provided by Beecham Research, the world population is estimated to hit 9.6 billion people, the majority of whom will be living in cities, by 2050; …

Verizon released Q3 results inline with expectations and Sprint altered unlimited data plans Verizon Communications this week kicked off third quarter earnings season reporting relative financial stability and continued customer growth challenges. The carrier said it added 1.2 million direct …

Inside Dell World – HetNet Happenings: Episode 36 On this episode of HetNet Happenings, host Sean Kinney takes you inside the Dell World exhibition, which concluded this week in Austin, Texas. In the first clip, Dell founder Michael Dell discusses …

Panel discussion at Dell World focuses on the transformative power of the ‘Internet of Things’ in both consumer and industrial applications AUSTIN, Texas – The Dell World exhibition closed on Thursday with an insightful panel on how “Internet of Things” …

1. AT&T appears ready to ramp up investment in its networks now that it has completed its purchases of DirecTV, Iusacell and Nextel Mexico. The carrier said it is still forecasting total 2015 capital expenditures in the $21 billion range, …

The telco’s 4G infrastructure reaches 77% of the population French mobile operator Orange ended the third quarter of 2015 with 6.6 million LTE subscribers, posting 1 million net additions during the period, the company said in its earnings statement. The …

Western Digital, which sells digital storage solutions among other products, announced it will buy SanDisk for $19 billion. The boards of directors of both companies have voted to approve the deal. In materials provided to investors, Western Digital said the …