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Results are coming in for the first quarter of the year, and network testing and monitoring companies seem to be facing a relatively weak quarter overall. NetScout reported that its fiscal fourth quarter resulted in revenues of $285.9 million, about 68% …

WOTW hands out gut influenced quarterly results grades for AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint, and you might be surprised who the gut favors Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff …

NFV and SDN deployments continue to challenge legacy deployment and operational models, though carriers are learning from the process ORLANDO, Florida – Network virtualization is expected to revolutionize how telecom operators control their networks, with technologies like software-defined networking, network …

DT ended March with 40.6 million mobile customers in Germany Deutsche Telekom posted a net profit of 3.1 billion euros ($3.54 billion) in the first quarter of 2016, up from 787 million euros in the same period last year. DT said …

On this week’s carrier wrap we speak with Recon Analytics to dissect Q1 financial and operating results from T-Mobile, Verizon and AT&T The domestic market’s three largest mobile carriers recently reported first quarter financial results, all showing various strengths and …

The government raised $1.81 billion in the multiband spectrum auction South Korea obtained 2.11 trillion won ($1.81 billion) in a recent multiband spectrum auction, well below the market expectation of 2.5 trillion won. The country’s largest mobile operator SK Telecom …

Google and Fiat Chrysler self-driving car partnership to double Google’s self-driving car fleet. Fiat Chrysler Automobile announced it was teaming with Google on self-driving technology. It is the first time Google has worked directly with a car maker to integrate its …

Internet of Things VoLTE applications Voice over LTE, or VoLTE, is in some ways the final frontier for LTE. Most voice calls still use 3G networks, but mobile operators are expected to transition more voice service to LTE in the …

LTE-Advanced service available in 976 cities across Japan Japanese telecom operator NTT DoCoMo’s “Premium 4G” service is currently available in 976 cities across Japan, according to a company presentation. The service, which was launched in March 2015, offers downlink speeds …

Jim Patterson looks at T-Mobile Q1 results in terms of what could slow down the carrier moving forward T-Mobile US announced earnings last week, and the results were strong across the board. Prepaid was especially strong (807,000 net adds; 3.84% …

Michigan, home of the traditional automotive industry, is hoping to take the lead on autonomous driving regulation. In the meantime, Microsoft opens its Azure IoT Gateway SDK to public beta; and IPass launches its developer program, with the promises of …

Verizon strike update 1. Verizon has cancelled medical coverage for the thousands of employees who have been on strike for more than two weeks now. The company told the union last week that the employees’ healthcare coverage would stop at …

Multi-user multiple input, multiple output, or MU-MIMO, is an advanced features for 802.11ac Wi-Fi, part of Wave 2 features that are in some cases, already on the market and will start being certified for interoperability by Wi-Fi Alliance soon. The …

On this week’s NFV/SDN Reality Check, we look at some of the top news from across the space over the past week and speak with Red Hat on evolving storage needs for cloud infrastructure Verizon this week claimed it recently …

Wi-Fi Alliance this week held the latest of its workshops on LTE-Unlicensed and Wi-Fi coexistence, and said in a statement it has “made significant progress toward the development of a test regimen that will address fair coexistence between Wi-Fi and …

AT&T mixed results showed own customers love unlimited data, 2G network turn down remains on track for year-end and software improving financials Story updated to correct AT&T CTO as John Stephens AT&T this week reported mixed first quarter results, somewhat …

With the advent of LTE-U and LAA, Wi-Fi may face radical change — or will it? RCR looks at the status of the Wi-Fi ecosystem and its near-term future, from the latest standards work and increasing speeds to the use …

Sprint PCS posted a quadrupling in net losses despite a tripling in revenues, while AT&T CEO Dan Hesse touted PCS-based network expansion … 17 years ago this week Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping …

On this week’s carrier wrap we wrap up coverage of the recent Competitive Carriers Association event with a look at a session dedicated to policy challenges of 5G For this week’s Carrier Wrap, we finish up our coverage of the …

Intel’s Imad Sousou: OpenStack is at a crossroads AUSTIN, Texas – Data centers run the risk of being overwhelmed as demand for content and remote resources continues to grow. OpenStack needs to reinvent to help the industry flourish, said Imad …

Wi-Fi continues to grow rapidly and take on more of the traffic that would otherwise go over cellular networks. According to Cisco’s VNI Mobile, Wi-Fi traffic from mobile and Wi-Fi-only devices will account for 53% of total IP traffic by …

The hottest seats in the house at the Wi-Fi Now conference last week were those of the panel members debating the impact of LTE on Wi-Fi as the cellular system moves into unlicensed spectrum at 5 GHz. Wi-Fi Alliance is …

Jim Patterson digs into Verizon Q1 results, noting a potential zero-rated Go90 offerings; and questions the FCC moving the goal post on the cable industry Verizon Communications reported first quarter earnings (link here) that generally met expectations. They have already …

As the telecom space moves towards increased use of virtualization platforms, devops is becoming an important model to smooth the transition Devops is not a new term, but the combination of “development” and “operations” across the telecommunications space is growing …

5 things to know today …. 1. A former T-Mobile US customer is trying to bring a class action lawsuit against the “Un-carrier.” A man who bought four handsets from T-Mobile US and was paying for them in monthly installments …