A newly published road map from the Public Safety Communications Research group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology looks at the potential rewards and challenges associated with the use of location-based services in the public safety realm. It is the first such roadmap...
Qualcomm is helping two of China's biggest companies meet the demand for LTE. Huawei, China Mobile and Qualcomm said they have completed a commercial verification of LTE-TDD inter-band three-component carrier aggregation. Carrier aggregation refers to the combination of different spectrum bands to form a...
Google's highly anticipated wireless service has generated more interest than it can handle right now. The company is telling would-be customers that they will need to wait up to 30 days just to get an invitation to use Google Fi.
Those who sign up early...
Germany’s telecom regulator, the Bundesnetzagentur, this week began the bidding process for spectrum licenses in the 700 MHz band, becoming the first European country to open up the spectrum band deemed ideal for broad LTE deployments. Also on the block are spectrum licenses in the 900...
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LTE unlicensed is expected to use the 5 GHz spectrum more efficiently than Wi-Fi, but does the...
Wi-Fi Master Key connects users to any China Mobile hot spot
Wi-Fi Master Key, a mobile app developed in China that provides users with usernames and passwords to log into public networks, raised $50 million in a series A funding round.
Fortune reports on the funding,...
The network infrastructure is expected to be operational by the end of 2016
Telekom Malaysia has signed an agreement with Thailand-based Symphony Communication and Cambodian broadband Internet wholesaler Telcotech to form a consortium to establish the Malaysia-Cambodia-Thailand submarine cable system.
The Malaysian operator said the new cable system,...
Telecom industry needs to up its game
One of the biggest issues many people have with the government is that it doesn't listen to what the people are saying. It appears telecom has the same problem. The results of a recent survey, conducted by Procera Networks, show...
Update, 9:24 a.m. CST, May 26: Charter Communications today confirmed reports it is making a play to purchase Time Warner Cable, the second-largest cable provider in the U.S. behind Comcast, for $55 billion.
Charter also is working to purchase provider Bright House Networks, which would...
Real-time traffic and passenger information management systems in development for LatAm market
Networking giant Ericsson is partnering with Volvo’s Latin American business unit that sells buses for public transit to bring electronic intelligence to traffic and passenger management systems.
Ericsson will develop, deploy, support and maintain...
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Bear climbs tower for eggs
We're all doomed. The large hairy killing machines known as bears are now bringing their endless appetites off the ground and into the skies. O.F. Mossberg & Sons captured this surprising video of a bear that managed to climb an electrical tower to...
Operator speeds up the process to implement its GiGatopia strategy with 5G
South Korean telecom provider KT and France's Alcatel-Lucent have signed a memorandum of understanding under which the companies will collaborate to test technologies for the eventual introduction of 5G mobile networks.
The collaboration will initially...
Partners deploying IoT, M2M trial network using T-Mobile base stations
Mobile operator T-Mobile, along with Blue Cell Network and Sigfox, are conducting a three-month pilot project that will build out an "Internet of Things" network in Prague.
Results from the trial are set to be analyzed this...
Three-year investment aims to increase connections and speed while cutting service costs
China’s State Council this week announced plans to boost Internet speeds nationwide, while also cutting costs, in a three-year program reportedly worth a staggering $182 billion.
In a policy statement, the State Council noted...
Call it the fourth utility: wireless Internet is becoming as essential to building owners and occupants as water, gas and electricity. But unlike the other utilities, wireless Internet does not come from a single, regulated provider. IT managers have choices, and whether they work...
Largest private wireless company in the country deployed new revenue management platform
Mississippi-based communications service provider C Spire this week went live with a new billing platform designed by NetCracker Technology.
C Spire offers pre- and postpaid 2G, 3G and LTE service, along with 1 gigabit...
It appears Sprint is pretty comfortable with its outlook for the foreseeable future. Addressing an audience at the J.P. Morgan Global Technology, Media and Telecom Conference, Sprint CFO Joe Euteneuer, had some strong words about the company's need for new spectrum. He said while Sprint...
Nokia LTE network in a box
First responders and workers in the energy industry are the target users for Nokia's LTE network in a box, a compact macro cell for remote locations. The device combines the core network and the RAN in one box, creating...
Dallas, Houston, Denver and Los Angeles get more metro fiber
Atlanta-based Birch Communications is steadily expanding its metro fiber assets, most recently in major markets of Dallas and Houston, Texas; Denver and Los Angeles.
The additional fiber connects 46 buildings to metro fiber rings. Birch presently connects...
Customers get free talk, text and data on Wi-Fi from MVNO
Sprint-backed mobile virtual network operator Scratch Wireless on May 19 unveiled a new smartphone, the $99 Coolpad Arise; users buy the phone and never have to pay for service.
The Android-based smartphone takes a Wi-Fi-first...
Unlicensed spectrum is hugely valuable, and mobile operators are increasingly eager to leverage that spectrum. They started with Wi-Fi offload, and are now moving to LTE-Unlicensed and new ways to integrate Wi-Fi in their networks (carrier Wi-Fi, LWA). The Senza Fili report, “LTE unlicensed and...
CANCUN, Mexico—Having a superior customer experience is believed to be a key source of sustainable competitive advantage. According to Amdocs Customer Experience Spotlight, while 59% of Latin American customers would recommend their telecom service provider, 56% have been with their service provider for less...
Some tower crews are idle now, but the FCC is looking ahead
The timing of the next spectrum auction may partially depend on the availability of tower crews, according to the Federal Communication Commission's Michael O'Rielly. The commissioner said he wants carriers and tower companies...
