In the incredibly competitive mobile carrier market, it's important to stay on the cutting-edge of new technologies and consumer products. That means carriers have entire teams dedicated to what is essentially technology scouting.
RCR Wireless News Editor-in-Chief Dan Meyer discussed this role with Sprint Business...
American Tower investing $2B more in India
American Tower continues its investment in Indian telecom infrastructure, committing to invest an additional $2 billion. This news came from a meeting this week between American Tower CEO James Taiclet Jr. and India's minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. It...
Vasona Networks raised $14.6 million to further edge computing R&D, drive QoE
In a mobile data landscape dominated by video content, service providers are shifting KPIs to focus on end-user quality of experience, which can be bolstered by edge computing, among other techniques.
Highlighting the increasing...
Chinese ops accounted for 53% of ZTE overall revenue
ZTE generated RMB 100.19 billion ($15.45 billion) in full-year 2015 operating revenues, climbing 23% year-over-year. In the Chinese market, ZTE reported operating revenue of RMB 53.11 billion, accounting for 53% of the company’s overall operating revenue last...
Up to 15,000 Nokia employees could lose their jobs by 2018
A year after announcing plans to acquire Alcatel-Lucent, Nokia Networks is looking to save $1 billion in costs in part by cutting up to 14% of its approximately 104,000-strong global workforce, according to reports.
Nokia and...
Telenor aims to expand investments in Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines
Norwegian telecom operator Telenor is currently in talks with potential bidders to sell its stake in international mobile operator VimpelCom.
“We are in contact with potential buyers,” Bloomberg quoted Telenor CEO Sigve Brekke as saying. “We are not dumping...
Brocade Communications has agreed to buy Ruckus Wireless in a deal worth $1.2 billion, which the companies say will create a "pure-play networking company." The goal is to deliver products and solutions that span the continuum from the heart of the data center to...
The French telcos started talks in January
French telecom operator Orange decided to put an end to merger talks with smaller rival Bouygues Telecom, according to Orange.
“After in-depth discussions, the board of directors of Orange has concluded that an agreement regarding a possible consolidation with...
Dell is selling its IT services subsidiary, Perot Systems, to NTT Data of Japan for $3.1 billion, according to reports. The Dell holding provides IT services to the medical, government and other vertical markets.
The deal was disclosed in an NTT filing with the Tokyo...
Indian telecommunications operator Reliance Communications extended the exclusivity period by two months for talks with rival Aircel to consider the potential merger of operations.
Reliance entered into merger talks with Aircel shareholders Maxis Communications and Sindya Securities and Investments late last year. The parties initially...
It looks like the Sprint recovery must be impacting Verizon Wireless' business because they are now using comedian Ricky Gervais in their advertising to take swings at Sprint. Who would have imagined that was coming? Maybe it’s time we start paying closer attention to...
Verizon VP ‘set the record straight’
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who’s seeking the Democratic Party nomination for president, has taken a hardline stance on what he sees as corporate tax avoidance. In a recent Twitter post, Sanders, or whoever runs his Twitter account, name-checked Verizon...
Claure says carrier customers 'expect to be disappointed in one way or another'
Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure has been on a "listening tour" for a few weeks, which most recently took him to San Francisco where customers gave Sprint numerical grades Claure described on LinkedIn...
Who does T-Mobile US CEO John Legere remind you of? Legere and Donald Trump seem to have been cut from the same cloth. Both are bigger than life. Both attract lots of attention to themselves and their brand with a few choice words. Both...
American Tower reports strong growth, SBA minimal
In the excitement leading up to and during the recent NATE UNITE 2016 event, it seems the tower industry's financial update escaped us until now. As you'll recall, Crown Castle earlier this year reported its full-year and Q4...
Apple and Google manage competing ecosystems in the smartphone world, but when it comes to storing and processing all that smartphone data the two companies appear to be partners. Apple has started using Google Cloud Platform to store some iCloud data, according to multiple...
Indian carriers aim to complete the deal in Q2
Reliance Communications confirmed its shareholders have approved a proposal to acquire local telecom firm Sistema Shyam Teleservices. The deal has been already authorized by the Competition Commission of India, Rajasthan High Court, Bombay High Court and...
Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure is traveling around the U.S. on a listening tour, talking with customers trying to get a good understanding of Sprint’s position in the marketplace from their point of view. Let me offer my two cents. Sprint quality, reliability, reach and...
South by Southwest panel gathers urban broadband advocates to discuss bridging the digital divide
AUSTIN, Texas – Broadband deployments serve to open up opportunities to largely underserved groups while stimulating larger economic growth, municipal and policy experts agreed during a South by Southwest panel session.
In...
Obama talks tech, globalization and tacos on Texas trip
AUSTIN--President Barack Obama kicked off the South by Southwest Interactive on March 11 with a keynote talk calling on technology leaders to drive change in three areas: improve government and services through digitalization, tackle big problems...
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The cable industry has been playing an increasing role in advancing wireless technologies as fixed and mobile networks are converging. Today the cable industry provides wireless customers with the largest footprint of wireless hotspots in an environment of increasing...
Smith Micro Software is buying out its primary competitor in intelligent Wi-Fi offload. The California company is purchasing Birdstep's software development and marketing arm for an undisclosed amount. Both Smith Micro and Birdstep help mobile operators offload traffic to Wi-Fi networks to ease network...
Qualcomm, Intel and Broadcom are suppliers, Oclaro falls 15%
U.S. chipmakers will feel the sting of the U.S. government's decision to restrict technology exports to China's ZTE. Qualcomm and Intel are both suppliers to ZTE, as is Singapore's Broadcom. (Broadcom is now part of Avago,...
Initiatives like Germany’s Industrie 4.0 and Made in China 2025 seed regional IoT economy
The "Internet of Things" promises to connect 20 billion previously unconnected objects by 2020. As the IoT takes shape, some global regions, largely due to government-led planning, are emerging as likely...
