The telco aims for LTE coverage to reach 90% of European population by end of fiscal 2015
U.K.-based telecom operator Vodafone has modernized 80,000 mobile sites and added a further 36,000 2G, 47,000 3G and 41,000 4G sites, and upgraded 71,000 sites to high-capacity backhaul...
Educational training, specifically fiber splicing training, is a key element of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and International Brotherhood Electrical Workers (IBEW) negotiated agreement with mobile operators including Verizon and AT&T
Watch RCRtv - Fiber splicing training for CWA and IBEW workers from APT...
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 as an alternative to text...
ExteNet Systems, a builder and operator of DAS and small cell systems, is set to become part of Digital Bridge Holdings, the investment group that owns Vertical Bridge and Mexico Tower Partners. Along with Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners, Digital Bridge is set to buy out...
Analysts say Sprint could bring on a network partner, air concern over vendors keeping pace with operator small cell needs
The much-hyped Sprint network upgrade, which is expected to favor small cells with some estimates predicting 70,000 being deployed, apparently has financial investors and analysts...
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 5G trial system.
The partners said...
Highest growth rates recorded in India and Malaysia
Norway-based telecom group Telenor reported that its Asian operations accounted for 52.4% of the company’s overall revenue in the second quarter of the year, up compared to 46.2% in the year-ago period.
For Q2 2015, Telenor generated revenue...
Recapitalization to Fuel Long-Term Growth in Rapidly Expanding Small Cell Market
Marc Ganzi, former CEO of Global Tower Partners, which sold to American Tower for $4.8 billion in 2013, assumes role of chairman as part of Extenet Systems' restructuring.
Below is press release announcing the Extenet...
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 at the first half...
Smartphones increasingly replacing cellphones on Indian subcontinent
WASHINGTON – A new Deloitte India report paints the subcontinent’s wireless tower market as primed for a transformative period.
“India is at the cusp of a data revolution,” wrote Hermant Joshi, author of the report. “With the increasing proliferation...
Telefónica said the transfer of redundant infrastructure will allow the telco to focus on LTE deployments
Telefónica Deutschland, the local subsidiary of Spanish telecom operator Telefónica, is transferring 7,700 mobile telephone sites to Deutsche Telekom.
The sites selected by the two operators will be taken over...
The four markets represent 10% to 12% of Bharti Airtel’s subscribers in Africa
Orange and Bharti Airtel have entered into an exclusive agreement to explore the possible acquisition by Orange of Airtel’s subsidiaries in Africa's Burkina Faso, Chad, Congo Brazzaville and Sierra Leone, the companies said...
Small cells, ranging from femtocells in consumer applications, through pico, metro and micro cells in enterprise, and urban applications, are revolutionizing the coverage, capacity and availability of wireless data services. The insatiable demand for more and faster data is driving increasingly rapid deployment of...
The Sports & Entertainment Alliance in Technology hosts an annual convention for CIOs, CTOs and digital marketing experts from the sports and entertainment world. Most of these executives cannot do their jobs in venues that are not well-connected, and more to the point, many...
SHANGHAI – The acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent will give Nokia Networks a stronger position in the wireless business, but also will enable the Finnish networking powerhouse to have a stronger position in North America, said Nokia CEO Rajeev Suri during a keynote presentation at the...
The use of the 60-GHz (V-Band) goes back to 2001, when the US regulator (FCC) adopted rules for unlicensed operations in the 57 to 64GHz band for commercial and public use. This very wide frequency band, with over a 7-GHz of continuous spectrum, makes...
A new blog post from the Huffington Post is calling out Verizon Communications and AT&T for their push to eliminate legacy copper networks. The post from Bruce Kushnick, executive director of the New Networks Institute, says the the two carrier giants are pushing to...
U.S. Cellular has been struggling for growth in recent years. However, like the childhood story of Rip Van Winkle, they seem to be waking up after a very long nap and targeting AT&T Mobility and Verizon Wireless. The question is, will 2015 be the...
Huawei continues to grow faster than its European rivals, boosted by China's investment in LTE and strong enterprise demand for its network equipment. The company said today that revenue surged 30% during the first half of the year to $28 billion, driven by growth...
President Obama: 'If we don’t get these young people the access to what they need to achieve their potential, then it’s our loss; it’s not just their loss'
President Barak Obama joined the growing chorus of lawmakers who want it to be easier and cheaper...
This week on HetNet Happenings, RCR Wireless News Managing Editor Sean Kinney takes a look at the booming wireless ecosystem developing in New York City.
https://youtu.be/9D9Vvu-zQzU
Former Federal Communications Commission member Jonathan Adelstein, the current president and CEO of PCIA, the Wireless Infrastructure Association, called New...
Huawei unveiled 5G prototype during the MWC Shanghai 2015 event
SHANGHAI – Chinese telecommunications equipment manufacturer Huawei estimates that each country will need to allocate between 300 megahertz and 500 megahertz of spectrum for the future provisioning of “5G” services, according to the company’s deputy...
Intel’s solid second quarter results topped analysts’ estimates and led to at least two upgrades and a price target increase.
Late Wednesday, the Santa Clara, Calif.,-based chipmaker notched stronger revenue for its data center, "Internet of Things" and flash memory businesses. Those results offset sluggish...
Initial testbeds in Chicago, Atlanta, Houston and Detroit; carrier aggregation expanded to almost 40 more markets
A photo of Sprint promotional material, leaked onto Reddit by an apparent Sprint employee, details the carrier’s U.S. trial of 2x20 megahertz 2.5 GHz carrier aggregation, which promises to offer...
