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Jury selection is underway in the latest court battle between Apple and Samsung. This time the two leading smartphone makers are arguing about patents related to the iPhone 5 and the Galaxy S3. Apple says Samsung...
Unlicensed wireless services, including Wi-Fi, is set to receive a spectrum boost as the Federal Communications Commission has moved forward with plans to free up 100 megahertz of spectrum in the 5 GHz band for unlicensed use.
The FCC adopted a Report and Order that...
To the cheers and jeers of an industry, the Federal Communications Commission announced licensing rules for its highly anticipated AWS-3 spectrum auction that appears to cater to concerns of smaller carriers and consternation of larger operators.
In its notice of proposed rulemaking, the FCC has...
The First Responders Network Authority is on the path of a strategic roadmap to build a national wireless network for first responders.
FirstNet's board met earlier this month and has voted to proceed on its preliminary strategic roadmap for that network, which is aimed at...
The cost of a large scale small cell deployment is out of reach for most regional carriers in the United States, but the need to offload traffic and increase capacity can be just as urgent as it is for their larger rivals. One possible...
Aerohive Networks (HIVE) stock began trading Friday.
The company priced its initial public offering of 7.5 million shares at $10 per share, and it dropped 9% in the first day of trading but rebounded to close at $10. In its pre-IPO filing with the Securities...
SAN ANTONIO – The Competitive Carriers Association has seen its prominence across the mobile space grow in recent years thanks to its ability to attract larger carrier members and significant wins in lobbying efforts for its traditional carrier members. CCA President and CEO Steve...
Alcatel-Lucent's Nuage Networks has won a data center contract with Numergy, a French cloud services firm created by SFR, Bull and the French government. Numergy plans to open two data centers this year and ten more over the next three years. The company will...
The fun and flurry of retail discounts during the high-volume holiday shopping season were marred last year by the much-publicized breach of customer data at popular retailer Target.
Following on the heels of increasingly common, albeit still fairly new “freemium” service offerings, AT&T’s recently announced sponsored data service launch has been unusually controversial.
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Two Los Angeles television stations have been sharing the same broadcast frequency as part of a test. Broadcasters are interested in so-called channel sharing because it may enable them to free up some spectrum that could then be sold to wireless operators, with...
SAN ANTONIO - Sprint VP of technology Ron Marquardt told an audience at CCA Global Expo 2014 that the carrier's current CDMA network's voice delivery is comparable to VoLTE (voice-over-LTE) in terms of spectral efficiency, and that in the near term Sprint is more...
Five major players in telecom and industry are joining forces to accelerate interoperability in the development of the Internet of Things through industrial Internet applications.
AT&T, Cisco, GE, IBM and Intel have formed the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC), which is an open membership, not-for-profit group...
The ability to test network and device features and functions is an important piece of technology development and deployment. RCR Wireless looks weekly at the test and measurement space to see what's afoot.
--Agilent Technologies says it now has the industry's first LTE-Advanced uplink...
SAN ANTONIO – If wireless carriers are involved, there is a good chance network infrastructure giant Ericsson is somewhere nearby, as was the case at this week’s Competitive Carriers Association event in San Antonio, where the Swedish company looked to expand its presence in...
SAN ANTONIO – Only months into its launch, Scratch Wireless said it has found a strong response to its “free” wireless service offering.
The carrier, which announced its formation last October and officially launched in December, said that a majority of its customers are indeed...
Microsoft is abandoning its exclusive commitment to Windows, making its ubiquitous Office software available for the iPad. iPad users can now download Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, and those who subscribe to Office 365 can save their iPad-for-Windows documents in the cloud through Microsoft...
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CCA 2014: Sprint, CCA, and NetAmerica partner on LTE expansion plans
Sprint is looking to expand its LTE footprint with the help of the Competitive Carriers Association membership and an alliance with NetAmerica. ... Read More
CCA 2014: Sprint/Softbank's Son offers financial assistance for rural...
CommScope Inc. recently posted on its blog an infographic capturing some of the on-going trends in in-building wireless.
Among the findings:
- Close to 80% of mobile data use occurs indoors, with usage dominated by smartphones.
- About 30 billion square meters of indoor commercial real estate...
