Rural telecommunications provider Vermont Telephone expanded its LTE-based wireless broadband services across portions of Vermont. The company said the expansion pushes its coverage to more than 20,000 homes and businesses across 24 rural towns.
VTel Wireless had initially launched services earlier this year, offering LTE...
The Federal Communications Commission’s attempt to create the Citizen Broadband Radio Service that would include 150 megahertz of spectrum between the 3550-3700 MHz bands has run into opposition from the WiMAX Forum, which claims some of that spectrum was already populated with thousands of...
T-Mobile US claims to have hit its previously forecast mid-2014 LTE coverage plans, saying its network now covered 230 million potential customers. The growth comes about 18 months after the carrier first launched commercial LTE services.
T-Mobile US had initially announced its LTE plans in...
Editor’s Note: Wireless operators are a busy bunch, and as such RCR Wireless News will attempt to gather some of the important announcements that may slip through the cracks from the world’s largest carriers in a weekly wrap-up. Enjoy!
--The Japanese government is reportedly set...
Russia’s mobile telephone market continues to be a bastion of fierce competition, with Mobile TeleSystems continuing to maintain a leadership position, though strongly challenged by the likes of Megafone and VimpleCom. This battle for supremecy is being waged in a market where mobile penetration...
Neutrality sounds good because it conveys the idea of “fair-play,” and we all like that. But neutrality doesn’t work in any other sphere of commerce or technology – so why would it work for the Internet?
Editor’s Note: Wireless operators are a busy bunch, and as such RCR Wireless News will attempt to gather some of the important announcements that may slip through the cracks from the world’s largest carriers in a weekly wrap-up. Enjoy!
--AT&T signed a deal to acquire...
In connection with a number of announcements earlier this week, Sprint took select analysts on a tour of one of its latest cell sites in the Chicago area, showing off the fruits of its intensive Network Vision and Spark programs.
According to reports from analysts,...
Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio continued to push for freeing up wireless spectrum, announcing the Wi-Fi Innovation Act he introduced in concert with Cory Booker (D-N.J.). The bill calls for the Federal Communications Commission to test the feasibility of using the upper 5 GHz...
The industry is abuzz with the promise that voice over LTE can bring. Carriers are seeing it as an effective means to gain spectrum efficiency and reduce the cost of service delivery.
Sprint’s network challenges have been well known for some time as the carrier has struggled through its Network Vision upgrade program and resulting hit to its customer base and network quality.
In an attempt to at least persuade customers to give its network a try,...
T-Mobile US continues to push its network capabilities, announcing today that it had selected Eden Rock Communications to supply self-organization network technology to the domestic market’s No. 4 operator. Financial terms of the deal were not released.
The deployment will include Eden Rock’s Eden-Net centralized...
Published reports indicate that Verizon Wireless is eyeing a possible acquisition of Dish Network’s spectrum assets in a deal that could be valued as high as $17 billion.
The New York Post reported that a Verizon Communications executive “told a group of insiders” about the...
T-Mobile US’ latest “Un-carrier” marketing moves includes offering a free Apple iPhone 5S to trial the carrier’s network, a dip into the burgeoning mobile music scene, and expansion of its voice over LTE and so-called “wideband” LTE service.
Test Drive
The carrier said that beginning June...
Editor’s Note: Wireless operators are a busy bunch, and as such RCR Wireless News will attempt to gather some of the important announcements that may slip through the cracks from the world’s largest carriers in a weekly wrap-up. Enjoy!
--A new report from Infonetics Research...
T-Mobile US’ future may indeed be tied to an impending takeover attempt by Sprint, but just in case reports indicate that the carrier is also looking to bolster its own spectrum holdings in the sub-1 GHz band.
Citing unnamed sources, the New York Post reported...
Editor’s Note: The RCR Wireless News Time Machine is a way to take advantage of our extensive history in covering the wireless space to fire up the DeLorean and take a trip back in time to re-visit some of the more interesting headlines from...
Mobile operators could begin feeling the squeeze of net neutrality regulations, something that so far has been more the domain of the industry’s wired rivals.
According to a report from Reuters, the Federal Communications Commission is seeking comments as to whether it should include...
The race towards the next evolution of mobile technology received a boost today as the European Commission and South Korea announced plans to work towards a common definition of “5G” technology.
The Joint Declaration on Strategic Cooperation in Information Communications Technology and 5G agreement calls...
While official word is still forthcoming, the rumors surrounding a possible Sprint offer to acquire T-Mobile US continue to swirl.
The latest round from CNBC claims that T-Mobile US has snared a $2 billion break-up fee from Sprint should the proposed deal fall apart. That...
With wireless operators continuing to focus their network building and operating resources towards LTE-based services, the need to free up both financial and spectrum resources by decommissioning legacy operations continues to grow.
Some operators have already plunged head-first into these decommissioning projects, with mixed results,...
The wireless industry’s thirst for spectrum remains a challenge for the federal government, which following years of apparent inactivity, is set to unleash more than 100 megahertz of new spectrum into the commercial space through auctions over an 18-month period.
Those efforts received a further...
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Tower climber injured, but OK
This past week a tower climber was injured while working on a tower in Georgia. The climber was 125 feet up on...
