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Over-the-top content is a fact of life for network operators and the friend or foe conversation continues. Telekom Austria Group has announced a new offer to ride the wave of traffic its OTT customers drive to its network. The traffic is …

Latest RootMetrics survey shows Sprint, T-Mobile US improvements seen across Tennessee Live in Atlanta; Chicago; Knoxville, Tenn.; Nashville, Tenn.; or Jacksonville, Fla.? Then count yourself among the select millions enjoying the nation’s best commercial wireless communication services. Live in Hudson …

As France-based Alcatel-Lucent moves closer to a merger with Nokia, the company is making its mark with the construction of a $55 million regional headquarters building in Plano, Texas. There’s a significant telecom presence in and around the area with the likes of …

Tech company is testing voicemail transcription feature Many smartphone users, particularly those that fall in the millennial age range, find the whole receiving-then-listening-to a voicemail process tiresome. Taking that cue, Apple is apparently testing a way that would make the …

German communications service provider Deutsche Telekom has partnered with Boingo Wireless to provide global roaming tailored for business customers. Deutsche Telekom has more than 151 million mobile customers and also plays in the fixed-line broadband space. Boingo, a U.S. company, …

Cricket Wireless prepaid service now offers unlimited voice, texting to and from Mexico on select plans AT&T Mobility is looking to maintain the competitive position of its Cricket Wireless prepaid services, adding unlimited voice calling and text messaging to and …

South Korean telco plans to launch the world’s first pilot of LTE-M technology South Korea’s largest mobile telephony operator, SK Telecom, ended the second quarter of 2015 with 17.93 million LTE subscribers, climbing 16.6% vs. the year-ago period. LTE subscribers …

Crown Castle, American Tower, SBAC report Q2 earnings It’s that time of year when the tower industry’s largest companies report their earnings for the second quarter of 2015. First up is Crown Castle. The company’s net income increased from $23 million to a staggering …

Sri Lanka is looking to take advantage of Google’s initiative to outfit the world with Internet access. The remote Asian country of about 20 million people has signed a deal with Google to take part in Project Loon. Officials said Google’s …

WASHINGTON – A recent undercover report by a CBS affiliate in Denver exposed what appears to be blatant abuse of the government’s Universal Service Fund Lifeline program, the federal initiative that provides free-of-charge cellphones to low-income Americans. The Lifeline program has …

Telefónica is boosting its “Internet of Things” international strategy. The Brazilian unit of the Spanish telecom group said it has partnered with Jasper to expand the reach of its machine-to-machine platform. Bruno Pavan, manager of M2M business development at Telefónica …

Sprint chief network officer talks balance of security and access, along with innovation Sprint, in a heated battle with AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile US and Verizon Wireless for market share, has been a strong advocate for competition in the domestic wireless …

In a live keynote address, Intel and partner, Micron Technology, unveiled their new 3D Xpoint storage chip, which they claim is 1,000 times faster than current flash memory capabilities. With the announcement, the companies defined a new nonvolatile chip category …

Sprint prepaid brands offer high-speed data buckets for customers in need of more speed Sprint unveiled extra-cost data buckets for its Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile USA prepaid brands that allow customers to add either 1 gigabyte or 2 GB …

Announcement of job cuts follows large-scale corporate restructuring in European markets Global telecom company Vodafone Group this week announced it will cut around 1,300 jobs from its Spanish operation, which equates to around 22% of the company’s workforce in Spain. …

Samsung has set the date for its next product launch. The world’s leading smartphone maker will unveil its new products on August 13 — in plenty of time to get out ahead of Apple’s next launch, which is expected this …

5G network slicing work to use network virtualization, hyperscale data center SK Telecom and Ericsson plan to tap virtualized network software to support “network slicing” technology in the core of the telecom operator’s “5G” network plans. The two firms said …

Ericsson believes promotions will improve attrition rates around the world In an effort to retain the best talent, telecom equipment giant, Ericsson, is reportedly making a concerted effort to promote more workers from its Indian business to executive positions around the world …

Trial was carried out in association with Ericsson and Qualcomm Vodafone Portugal said it reached speeds of 600 megabits per second on its mobile network, using the new functions offered by the evolution of LTE-Advanced technology. The telco said the …

IHS notes in a new report that poor LTE experiences tainting 4G, 5G pool A new report from IHS found that half of global service providers surveyed have begun to deploy tenants of true 4G networks, however most consumers think …

Have you ever wondered how the connected car market might stack up if you look at it as a financial investment opportunity? Well, there’s actually an index, created by a company called Motif Investing, that can help answer that question. A …

The University of Michigan has opened its new M-City connected car testbed, partnering with automotive and technology companies including Ford, Honda, Toyota, Nissan, General Motors, Qualcomm Technologies and Verizon Communications, for research and development on driverless vehicles. The 32-acre site …

AT&T Mobility said it plans to launch Wi-Fi calling by the end of this year, following Sprint and T-Mobile US, which have launched the technology. In June, AT&T petitioned the Federal Communications Commission to issue new rules recognizing real-time text …

Ericsson and Japanese telecom giant, SoftBank, are teaming up to test “5G” capabilities in Tokyo. The joint field trials in Japan’s largest city will reportedly demonstrate ultra-high bit rates and ultra-low latency on a number of frequency bands using Ericsson’s …

América Móvil posted 219.999 billion pesos ($13.7 billion) in second quarter revenue, almost flat (-0.1%) compared to the same quarter in 2014. However, the company’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization decreased 5% year-over-year and net income dropped 16% year-over-year. Looking …