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IDC smartphone tracking shows Apple, Huawei and Xiamoi had year-over-year growth in smartphone shipments For smartphone shipments around the world, 2015 was a good year. IDC reports smartphone sellers moved nearly 1.433 …

New broadband player Starry looks to undercut broadband providers by disrupting infrastructure model The founder of now defunct Aereo, Chet Kanojia, is looking to disrupt the home broadband market by offering …

Register for Mobile World Congress 2016, Feb. 22-25, in Barcelona For industry veterans, working in the mobile ecosystem can feel like a never-ending series of conferences, exhibitions and meetings. Not …

The mobile operators are currently evaluating Nextel Brazil financial condition Brazilian mobile operators Claro and TIM, as well of a number of foreign investment companies, are among the firms interested in …

On an earnings call Tuesday, Apple executives reported a record-breaking fiscal first quarter, ending Dec. 26, with quarterly revenue of $75.9 billion and net income of $18.4 billion. In the …

Facebook data centers said to be 100% powered by renewable energy In a Jan. 24 blog post, Facebook announced it will build its second European data center in the small …

I believe the wireless marketing wars will split, accelerate and intensify in 2016. While AT&T Mobility and Verizon Wireless have always had the lead, suddenly we are seeing Sprint and …

LTE represents almost 38% of China Mobile overall base China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile operator, ended 2015 with 312.2 million LTE subscribers, according to the operator’s latest available figures. …

Verizon reported revenue growth in an earnings call this week, but CFO Fran Shammo did make clear the carrier doesn’t plan on offering an unlimited data plan despite market pressures. …

Speaking to CNBC during the World Economic Forum in Davos Switzerland, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson touted the carrier’s spectrum portfolio and mobile video offerings. Stephenson discussed how, six months after …

Microsoft CEO: A ‘public cloud for the public good’ Hardware and software giant Microsoft plans to donate $1 billion in cloud computing resources and services to nonprofits, CEO Satya Nadella …

Stocks for Sprint and major U.S. tower companies fell dramatically after rumors the carrier was moving away from macro sites surfaced late last week. Sprint’s stock dropped 9% on Friday …

The Chinese company expects 23.8% year-over-year revenue growth Chinese telecom equipment provider ZTE announced 2015 net profits will reach RMB 3.78 billion ($574 million), an increase compared to RMB 2.63 billion …

Stagnant growth in IT infrastructure investment to drive data center colocation market Information technology infrastructure is expensive. No matter how much data continues to transition to the cloud, it still …

Ericsson said it will buy FYI Television, a Texas-based company that stores and distributes TV entertainment content and scheduling data from TV networks. Ericsson already distributes programming to more than …

Telefónica reportedly joined a number of potential suitors for AT&T’s Latin American pay-TV assets. According to a Reuters report, the deal could be worth $10 billion. Telefónica is the largest …

BT aims to complete the deal in the coming weeks The United Kingdom’s Competition and Consumer Authority cleared the way for BT to acquire mobile operator EE, the regulator said …

US Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration running point on autonomous vehicles funding initiative Federal government officials this week announced a plan to commit $3.9 billion in funding …

Wave of hires part of Sprint decentralized restructuring plan As part of a previously reported nationwide restructuring plan, Sprint announced the hiring of regional presidents to take the helm at …

After announcing merger plans in April, today marks the first day of combined operations for telecom equipment giants Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent. The merger is valued at $16.5 billion cumulatively and the …

French MVNO aims to launch negotiations this week French mobile virtual network operator Coriolis Telecom is interested in acquiring the business assets of Bouygues Telecom, French newspaper Les Echos reported. …

French telco Orange is expanding its African holdings with the acquisition of Liberia’s largest operator, Cellcom Telecommunications. The move is part of an international growth strategy Orange is implementing to …

Apple is reportedly working on an application to make switching to Google’s Android operating system easier for customers. According to a report from The Telegraph, the device maker agreed to create …

Telco aims to close deal in June; bids from Cellnex, F2i, others Telecom Italia received three non-binding offers for the company’s 45% stake in telecoms tower unit Inwit, Italian newspaper …

Little Rock, Arkansas-based Communications Sales and Leasing, a telecom infrastructure-specific real estate investment trust, late last week purchased fiber-to-the-tower provider PEG Bandwidth for $409 million. Dallas-based PEG Bandwidth in Jan. …