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Over the last couple of years, there has been much attention to and change in the mobile payment space. PayPal was the leader for decades when Apple Pay, Google Pay …

In the Rocky Mountains, learn how Union Wireless upgraded to LTE with no downtime in extremely challenging conditions MOUNTAIN VIEW, Wyoming—While the U.S. carrier market is dominated by Tier 1 …

Speaking at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia event, Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure said the carrier has a ‘competitive advantage’ in network deployment strategy Two years into a five-year plan designed to …

In addition to 15 million Wi-Fi hot spots, Comcast has option to resell Verizon Wireless services During the Goldman Sachs Commacopia conference today, Comcast CEO Brian Roberts previewed plans for …

Sprint is on a comeback. But what exactly does that mean? I have followed them over the last few decades as a wireless analyst and I would say Sprint is …

CommScope is selling two product lines to Adtran for an undisclosed sum. Adtran, a provider of cable networking equipment, will buy CommScope’s active Ethernet passive optical network product platforms, as …

In addition to becoming a dominant force in streaming video content and production, Netflix has also emerged as a strong advocate for net neutrality and consumer access to unlimited data. …

As a regular attendee of OpenDayLight Summit, I have seen the community growing every passing year, with increased participation of developers and end users, from mini summit back in 2013 …

1. Samsung is selling its printer business to Hewlett-Packard for $1.05 billion. HP’s printer and cartridge businesses have been slipping as customers substitute files on mobile devices for printed documents. Samsung, …

Major cloud customers include the U.K.’s Ministry of Defense and Aston Martin Microsoft has expanded its cloud offerings with the addition of Azure and Office 365 to data center locations …

Last week Verizon Wireless made a big deal about its activation of two- and three-channel carrier aggregation in more than 450 markets. In response, T-Mobile US CTO Neville Ray wrote …

James Truchard, CEO and co-founder of National Instruments and known to many as Dr. T, is set to retire in January, the test and measurement company announced in a statement. …

ZTE is currently working with local municipalities to identify potential smart city initiatives MADRID – Carrier business accounted for approximately 87% of ZTE Spain revenues last year, the firm’s GM Jia …

1. Google parent Alphabet is reportedly losing patience with Google Fiber, or Access as the business unit is known inside the company. A report in The Information claims that Alphabet …

In July, former Ericsson CEO Hans Vestberg stepped down after seven years at the helm of the Swedish telecom infrastructure vendor. EVP and CFO Jan Frykhamar has stepped in as …

It seems unlimited wireless data is going to be one of the next, hot areas in the world of wireless competition. Last week, both Sprint and T-Mobile US made announcements …

According to a report this week by Bloomberg, Masayoshi Son, the CEO of SoftBank, remains interested in a potential combination of U.S. carriers Sprint and T-Mobile US despite past regulatory roadblocks. …

Tom Keathley, AT&T SVP of wireless network architecture and design, recently gave an update on how the carrier sees small cell technology figuring into both current and future networks. Keathley, …

Nils Paellmann, T-Mobile VP of investor relations, details plans to open 400 more postpaid stores by the end of 2016. T-Mobile US’ VP of investor relations, Nils Paellmann, in a recent interview …

DT ended June with 41.3M mobile subscribers in the German market; revenue up, net profit down German telecommunications group Deutsche Telekom posted revenue of 17.81 billion euros ($19.86 billion) in the …

Ronan Dunne starts next month as group president of Verizon Wireless; he’s the former CEO of O2 Ronan Dunne, the former CEO of O2, doesn’t start his job as the …

John Stephens, AT&T CFO, updates progress on virtualization of network functions and details ‘very comfortable’ spectrum position Speaking at the Oppenheimer 19th Annual Technology, Internet and Communications Conference, AT&T’s chief …

Telecom workforce adjustments needed for devops Just as workforce adjustments will be needed for telecom’s move to software-defined networks, changes will also need to take place in order for devops …

Last week Verizon Communications made a deal to buy some portions of Yahoo’s businesses, specifically the troubled internet portal’s operating assets for $4.83 billion in cash. This builds on Verizon’s previous …

Washington state attorneys charge Comcast with ‘illegally deceiving’ customers Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson on Aug. 1 filed a lawsuit against Comcast on behalf of in-state subscribers, that seeks more than …