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Talks begin into what will eventually form Verizon, while AT&T and others tackle multiline accounts … 17 years ago this week Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top …

What is FirstNet? The First Responder Network Authority is an independent authority within the National Telecommunications and Information Administration created to provide emergency responders with a nationwide, high-speed, broadband network dedicated to public safety. FirstNet claims it will provide a …

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. Truchard will be replaced by current COO and CFO Alex …

3GPP IoT standards variants add to LPWAN confusion The 3GPP standardization group has introduced a number of LTE standards aimed at providing a network for the “internet of things”: Narrowband IoT, LTE Cat 1 and LTE Cat-M. These networks add to the …

Bidding activity slowed a bit this week for the 100 megahertz of spectrum in the 600 MHz band up for bid, though total easily surpasses 700 MHz proceedings The Federal Communications Commission’s 600 MHz incentive auction process is at least …

“5G” standards are not expected for at least another year, but the companies that will implement these evolving standards are already hard at work testing technologies and participating in the standards setting process. Carriers, vendors and analysts agree the next …

Drones used in precision agriculture OCEALIA Group is a French farming cooperative with 7,200 members and nearly 900 employees. Since 2015, five drone operators have been flying the group’s two AIRINOV multiSPEC 4C sensor-equipped SenseFly eBee Ag drones in order to gain valuable fertilization data. “The …

Drones are a capitivating IoT example According to a report from retail research firm NPD Group, sales of drones have more than tripled over the last year, reaching around $200 million. The increasing interest in using these aerial devices is one of …

Faction looks at evolving world of multicloud environments, and AT&T chairs OPNFV advisory group to provide tech guidance to NFV community On this week’s show we have a featured interview with Faction to discuss some advantages of multicloud environments for …

Viavi Solutions and activist shareholder group Sandell Asset Management have been trading open letters about Viavi’s future. During the former JDS Uniphase’s split into Viavi and Lumentum, communications and commercial optical products unit, Sandell, publicly urged the JDSU board to consider a …

OPNFV End User Advisory Group targets NFV guidance, includes wide range of members, including AT&T, China Mobile, DT, Sprint and Vodafone The Linux Foundation’s Open Platform for NFV Project recently formed its End User Advisory Group tasked with providing technical …

Chinese market accounted for more than 58% of ZTE total revenue in the period Chinese vendor ZTE recorded operating revenue of 47.76 billion yuan ($7.17 billion) in the first half of 2016, climbing 4.05% over the same period the previous year. …

T-Mobile assembles concerts to push greater camera use, while Verizon Wireless hit a snag in labor talks … 13 years ago this week Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate …

T-Mobile and Verizon recently came out ahead of AT&T and Sprint in terms of network latency, which is important for consumers and the app community Mobile operators are constantly being graded on network and operational performance, with a seemingly never-ending …

An increased emphasis on unlimited high-speed cellular data by T-Mobile and Sprint places focus on Verizon in terms of a response Recent moves by T-Mobile US and Sprint to broaden the appeal of “unlimited” high-speed data plans has shifted focus …

Belize, a small nation in Central America, has been rapidly entering the digital age through a number of network deployments in partnership with Chinese information and communications technology vendor Huawei. The latest is a subsea fiber optic cable project set …

Large sporting events such as the recently-wrapped 2016 Rio Olympics don’t just strain network resources, according to Allot Communications. User behavior changes in ways that increase enterprise network risks, the company found. Allot has been looking at security from the …

Samsung takes 25.1% market share in India, which saw total smartphone shipments of 27.5M units in Q2 Smartphone shipments in India totaled 27.5 million units in the second quarter of 2016, up 3.7% year-on-year, according to a recent study by …

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 improving their offerings with Sprint Unlimited Freedom and T-Mobile One. …

Argyle Data discusses how mobile operators are using big data and machine learning technologies for real time fraud detection, prevention and profit On this week’s NFV/SDN Reality Check we have an interview with Argyle Data to discuss how mobile operators …

Test companies are reporting a generally strong quarter in financial results thus far, with test-related revenues showing significant growth. Keysight Technologies’ revenues were up 7% year-over-year to $715 million, with net income up to $91 million from $70 million during …

WOTW looks at this week’s avalanche of ‘unlimited’ data offers from T-Mobile, Sprint and AT&T, and declares excess the real winner Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes …

A recent report from IHS Markit found Cisco, Nokia and Ciena viewed as top SDN vendors by global service providers surveyed Cisco, Nokia and Ciena were noted as the market’s top software-defined networking vendors, according to a recent IHS Markit survey …

In a new guest blog published by Wi-Fi Now, telecom analyst David Theodore articulates exactly why “5G” is currently all hype with little substance, a point he illustrates by comparing 5G to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. “5G is nothing,” …

Comcast has announced the launch of a Chicago-area trial for a new internet service that delivers speeds up to 1 gigabit per second to customers.  The service will use DOCSIS 3.1 technology to deliver these speeds over the company’s existing network …