While your coworkers complain about their NCAA basketball tournament brackets ahead of finals set for April 2-4 in Houston, AT&T has been busy upgrading its network in the area to handle the expected influx of more than 100,000 fans.
Carrier reps say the enhancements include...
Here’s the thing about Mobile World Congress: exhibitors are working hard to dazzle attendees with splashy, show-stopping demonstrations of cutting edge technology, although oftentimes that technology is years from being commercialized and having a real impact on your life.
For instance, at the show this...
In a partnership with Arris, the French-based Altice Group is rolling out gigabit Internet services to SFR customers in France, with Suddenlink in the U.S. and Orange-Tricom subscribers in the Dominican Republic.
The two companies are deploying the Arris E6000 Converged Edge Router, which sets...
Sequans is first to market with LTE Cat M Monarch chipset
The massive scale of the Industrial Internet of Things—billions of connected devices and sensors seamlessly communicating—is enabled only by low-cost components able to run in the field for years without requiring maintenance.
To support that...
Qualcomm, a major proponent of deploying cellular in unlicensed spectrum using the LTE Unlicensed technology, is developing LTE-U small cells with partners Samsung and SpiderCloud Wireless.
LTE-U is seen as a way for carriers to keep up with demand for mobile data, but, because the...
Using the DOCSIS 3.1 standard, Comcast plans to begin offering consumers gigabit-speed Internet over copper in the Atlanta area with plans to expand the service to other markets later in the year.
The Philadelphia-based company initially trialled DOCSIS 3.1 modems in its home market, followed...
On the face of it, voice is a disappearing species. According to the Ericsson Mobility Report, in 2010 voice traffic was 50% of data. By 2015, it had dropped to less than 5%. Voice still holds court in many ways, but its role has evolved...
DAS equipment vendors are eager to see the end users of their systems contribute more to the costs of construction and maintenance. Many are working to move away from business models that rely solely on carrier-funded systems and to create solutions enterprises can buy...
Testing 3x carrier aggregation for future network, Sprint says
In what it described as prepping for future network deployments, Sprint said it used a Samsung Galaxy S7 coupled with three-channel carrier aggregation of its 2.5 GHz spectrum holdings in a test resulting in data transmission speeds up...
New York City's transit system is undertaking a major mobile-focused upgrade of its bus transportation system. The Metropolitan Transit Authoriry plans to add more than 2,000 public buses with Wi-Fi and device charging capabilities, with the new MTA buses expected to hit NYC streets...
Bouygues is currently negotiating a possible takeover by Orange
French operator Bouygues Telecom is negotiating the sale of certain assets to rival operators Iliad and Numericable-SFR, Fench newspaper Les Echos reports, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter.
According to the report, Bouygues Telecom needs to...
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...
Sprint is exploring a major shift in the way wireless service is delivered as it works to upgrade its network while implementing cost cuts throughout the company. One of the biggest costs associated with small cell deployments is backhaul, the connection that brings mobile network traffic...
Austin is a laboratory for IIoT 5G innovation and a microcosm of the global trend towards urbanization
Known to many as home to South by Southwest, barbecue, live music and 6th Street revelry, Austin, Texas, has emerged as a “laboratory for innovation” according to...
2016 is an interesting year in mobile networks. Maybe for the first time, we are seeing tangible signs of evolution from digital services to mobile-first. As it was the case for the transition from traditional services to digital, this evolution causes disruptions and new...
DT may consider selling certain mobile towers
Germany's Deutsche Telekom is currently evaluating options for some of its European assets, including mobile towers, according to a press report.
Unnamed sources cited by Bloomberg said Deutsche Telekom has hired advisors to help it consider its options, some of...
Facebook's newest data center in Forth Worth, Texas, announced last July under the Project Ernst moniker, is well under way with construction costs passing $200 million, according to BuildZoom.
The plan is to use 100% renewable energy derived from a nearby wind power installation to...
Sprint CFO Tarek Robbiati says the struggling U.S. carrier is looking to the future and "5G" with its as-yet unspecified network improvement plans, which revolve around a densification strategy.
Robbiati made the remarks this week during Deutsche Bank's Media, Internet and Telecom conference.
“We’re not building a...
French telco targets 75% LTE coverage by the end of 2016
French telecom operator Iliad, which operates in the mobile market through its Free subsidiary, ended 2015 with 3.7 million LTE subscribers, posting 2 million net customer additions for the year. Revenue from mobile services...
Builds on 5G MoU signed by Ericsson, China Mobile
Ericsson said it is joining China Mobile's 5G Joint Innovation Center program to accelerate development of next-generation wireless networks. The program looks to establish a cross-industry ecosystem and setting up an open lab to provide a...
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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...
A new report from Twin Prime claims LTE is faster than Wi-Fi in most locations, while U.S. provides faster speeds across both
Consumer demand for mobile data connectivity has placed an increased emphasis on the performance of cellular-based LTE and local area-based Wi-Fi networks, with...
Facebook CEO calls addition of Google a 'strong symbolic move'
SAN JOSE, California – The Open Compute Project, started by Facebook in 2011, has grown to encompass some of the biggest names in tech hardware including Microsoft, Intel, Ericsson, and now Google.
The announcement came on March...
AT&T AVP says openness is a ‘matter of survival’
SAN JOSE, California – After developing its niche in the hyperscale community, the Open Compute Project is now being embraced by telecom service providers looking to bring new services to market quickly and at scale.
The Open...
