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As the “Internet of Things” continues to develop, with industrial applications leading the way, new chipsets are set to allow IoT devices to connect to the Verizon LTE network. The chipsets developed to support IoT connections to the Verizon Wireless …

Apple is stealing users from rival Android in record numbers, according to a new report from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners. The report found 26% of consumers who bought the iPhone 6s in the first month it was released were former …

As demand for video and next-generation services increases, content needs to live one hop from the end user Global telecommunications networks are fundamentally changing to keep up with consumer demand for mobile data. Information centric networking or ICN, which envisions …

Qualcomm has been laying out its vision for a “5G” world in recent weeks, including a workshop in San Diego focused on its 5G vision that included demonstrating a 28 GHz millimeter wave system. Rasmus Hellberg, senior director of technical marketing for …

Linux Foundation notes collaborative SDN and NFV efforts at upcoming show The Linux Foundation is adding the Open Networking Summit to its event portfolio beginning with the next show scheduled for March 14 in Santa Clara, California. The ONS was …

Congratulations, Sprint. In 2015 you are the most-improved network provider in quality, speed and reach in a growing number of areas from coast to coast. While there is still quite a bit of work to do, if Sprint stays on …

WASHINGTON – Next-generation “5G” mobile networks remain years away from standardization, but the lack of formal definitions and speculation hasn’t deterred major international interest and investment.   In the U.S., the four major carriers – Verizon Wireless, AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile …

ITU harmonizes 700 MHz for global mobile broadband The International Telecommunications Union is wrapping up its month-long World Radiocommunications Conference  in Geneva this week and has officially harmonized the use of 700 MHz spectrum for global mobile broadband use. The ITU works …

Mexico telecom regulator Federal Institute of Telecommunications unveiled rules for an upcoming auction of spectrum in the 1700/2100 MHz AWS bands specifically geared toward the deployment of LTE networks. The regulator plans to auction 80 megahertz of spectrum, divided into eight national …

TBR report cites increased customer adoption of SDN indicates technology ‘here to stay’ The enterprise market and continued adoption of open standards is driving the maturation of the software-defined networking market, according to a recent report from Technology Business Research. …

LTE continues to evolve and present new challenges and opportunities, even as the industry begins to chase “5G” dreams. At last week’s LTE North America event, both the current state of LTE features as well as new evolutions within mobile …

Verizon Wireless lists a range of newer tech workforce skills with potential The telecom market today is straining to fill positions across the board, with recent government numbers showing the telecom unemployment rate in October hitting its lowest point of …

Enterprises want to focus on business value, not IT infrastructure Google is one of the largest server manufacturers in the world and among the four big players in the cloud-computing/datacenter space. In a recent presentation, Craig Box, global lead for …

A big challenge to deploying telecom infrastructure is access to fiber optic cabling – sometimes cables just aren’t available where infrastructure needs to be in order to provide end users the value to justify the capital expenditure. The United Kingdom town of …

On this week’s show we look at how open source is impacting NFV and SDN deployments and top stories from the past week Open source continues to be a growing influence on the rollout of software deployments across the telecom …

A distributed antenna system is a go-to solution for bringing multicarrier cellular connectivity throughout a large venue like a stadium, but the same refined deployment also works for outdoor spaces. At Soldier Field in Chicago – home of the NFL’s …

Keysight Technologies beat analysts’ expectations when it posted fourth-quarter and full-year results this week, with what company officials described as “strong profit in a soft market.” In terms of quarterly Keysight results, revenues were down 1% year-over-year and net income …

Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs …

iPad crashes, union demands and another Cisco acquisition 5 things to know today … 1. Cisco is buying a video conferencing software company. Acano is a London-based company with a video conferencing platform deeply integrated with Microsoft’s Skype for Business. …

Think Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, Android Pay; details of service rollout are scarce South Korean company LG, known for its handsets, televisions and other electronics, announced it plans to enter the mobile payment market with LG Pay. The move is …

In its latest Mobility Report, Ericsson predicts mobile subscriptions across Latin America and the Caribbean will surge from 740 million this year to 850 million in 2021, at which point W-CDMA/HSPA technologies are expected to be the dominant technology accounting …

Investor Marc Ganzi has completed his company’s purchase of ExteNet Systems, raising more than $1.4 billion in debt and equity. That amount represents the price paid for ExteNet as well as “dry powder” to invest in ExteNet’s business and in …

Variables such as cable performance, throughput levels, connectivity and passive intermodulation are key indicators of network functionality. Contractors must test and measure all these factors in order for carriers to sign off on a site activation. With the growth of …

NuVu video subscription on-demand service set to launch in Q1 2016 on Airtel Nigeria network Continuing its aggressive move into the television content delivery space, Ericsson this week announced a new streaming video on-demand service called NuVu, set to become …

Ericsson Mobility Report shows subscriber and data traffic growth India and China are often thought of as the fastest-growing mobile markets, but the latest Ericsson Mobility Report shows the rest of the Asia-Pacific region growing faster than these two giants …