Many individuals and governments consider Internet access an imperative for economic development. More than half of the world doesn't have reliable access to the Internet. Initiatives like Internet.org are attempting to change that, but not without backlash.
Internet.org is a partnership led by Facebook and...
18th FCC mobile competition report cites broad choices in not drawing conclusion
Despite its stated goal of ensuring a competitive domestic mobile telecom market, the Federal Communications Commission’s latest annual report on the subject did not provide any definitive conclusion as to whether the...
Each carrier will operate 10 megahertz in the 900 MHz band for provisioning 4G LTE services
Thai mobile operators True Move and Jasmine both won licenses to operate spectrum in the 900 MHz band; and each of the winning telcos obtained a block of 10 megahertz,...
The Federal Communications Commission, in the wake of adopting net neutrality rules, wants to better understand services that allow customers to stream certain types of content without detracting from data buckets.
One of the tenants of net neutrality is certain types of traffic do not...
On this episode of HetNet Happenings, RCR Wireless News Managing Editor Sean Kinney takes you inside the recent IEEE Globecom showcase held in San Diego.
In the first segment, Kinney is joined by Ed Tiedemann, IEEE Globecom general chairman and a Qualcomm SVP, to get...
Orange confirmed it will not appeal the ruling of French regulators
French competition regulators fined local operator Orange 350 million euros ($380 million) for abuse of its market dominance as France’s former national telecom monopoly.
The regulator said in its resolution Orange had offered tariff discount...
Brazilian service providers want national courts to rule OTT services like WhatsApp illegal
Beginning at 8 p.m. Central Standard Time on Dec. 16, Facebooks' over-the-top messaging service WhatsApp was shutdown in Brazil on the order of a judge. About 12 hours later, a higher court...
Verizon Wireless is in the process of deploying 400 small cells in San Francisco before the Super Bowl next year, which will be hosted in the bay front metro.
In a recent interview with a local ABC affiliate, Verizon Wireless engineering director Jacob Hamilton said...
Frontier Communications will spend $160 million to settle a dispute with the state of West Virginia regarding allegations of false advertising and poor broadband performance.
In a document produced by the attorney general of West Virginia, styled as an assurance of voluntary compliance, state authorities...
Winning spectrum bidders to be announced in March
The Spanish government postponed plans to award mobile spectrum in the 2.6 GHz and 3.5 GHz bands to January 2016, according to local press reports. The Spanish authorities also said they expect to announce the winning bidders...
FCC grants T-Mobile US permission to sell spectrum to Verizon
The Federal Communications Commission rejected a complaint by SiriusXM claiming T-Mobile US was responsible for solving interference issues near its towers. As part of the ruling, the FCC gave T-Mobile US permission to sell some...
Democrat FCC Commissioner Rosenworcel now awaits full Senate vote on new term
Jessica Rosenworcel won unanimous approval from the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee for reappointment to the Federal Communications Commission. The full Senate will now take up the vote on her reconfirmation.
If reconfirmed...
The UK regulator said spectrum auction will wait for the implications of the Three-O2 merger
U.K. telecommunications regulator Ofcom decided to postpone its planned spectrum auction for licenses in the 2.3 GHz and 3.4 GHz bands until the European Commission reaches a final decision on the merger...
Wireless infrastructure is part of Hillary Clinton's $275 billion dollar plan to invest public funds in key sectors of the American economy.
The leading Democrat in the Presidential race said this week she wants to "build on the Obama Administration’s progress in fostering the...
Are LTE-Unlicensed and Wi-Fi really pitted against one another from a technological perspective, or has the debate been hijacked by parties protecting business interests? Depending on who you ask, LTE-U is either a new system leveraging unlicensed spectrum that will work in conjunction with...
Pakistani government wanted BlackBerry to share data generated by enterprise clients
Canadian company BlackBerry plans on leaving the Pakistan market following a disagreement with the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority regarding access to information stored on BlackBerry Enterprise Services servers.
BlackBerry COO Marty Beard laid out the situation...
AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon expected to make up majority of auction’s $35B haul; wild cards include Google, Softbank
Analysts are still trying to parse out expected bidding plans for participants in the Federal Communications Commission’s upcoming 600 MHz incentive auction, which could be a significant...
FCC looks to change rules governing the Wireless Emergency Alert system
WASHINGTON – The Federal Communications Commission held its monthly open meeting on Nov. 19. The meeting was brief and without controversy, although public safety discussion was colored by recent terror attacks in Paris, Beirut and...
WASHINGTON – Federal Chief Information Officer: "We are facing a crisis ..."
The U.S. government, despite commanding a $3.8 trillion budget, is lagging behind many other developed countries in IT and "Internet of Things" investment.
When most people think of the federal government, they focus...
Japanese telco announced a contract with Smart Communications
Japanese telecom operator NTT DoCoMo announced it will provide mobile network consulting services to overseas mobile operators.
Starting Nov. 23, the Japanese operator said it will provide network consulting services to Philippines-based Smart Communications, focusing on improvement and optimization...
FCC Chairman Wheeler said T-Mobile Binge On service ‘highly innovative and highly competitive'
The T-Mobile Binge On program appears to have received the cautious approval of Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler, who this week indicated the offer was “highly innovative and highly competitive.”
Speaking at...
Washington, Nebraska, New York, Illinois and Missouri have the highest wireless tax rates
Research group the Tax Foundation, in a new report, found that the average wireless consumer in the U.S. pays a combined 18% rate in federal, state and local taxes, plus associated fees.
All told,...
The National Association of Broadcasters is asking the Federal Communications Commission to extend its 39-month spectrum repacking deadline for up to 1,200 TV stations after next year’s TV spectrum incentive auction citing insufficient tower crews to complete the job in the given time frame.
“Commission...
David Cameron announces 'universal service obligation' to push broadband access
As the world becomes increasingly connected, broadband access has evolved from being something that's nice to have to something's that's imperative to live and work in the modern world.
Fostering broadband access is a major priority...
