AUSTIN, Texas – Edward Snowden, the famed NSA whistle-blower gave his first public appearance since leaking secret information about the NSA’s massive web of surveillance. No, he wasn’t there in person, but was beamed into a Google Hangout with the Austin audience, pinging the...
AUSTIN, Texas – With mobile advertising projected to hit $18 billion this year, service providers are increasingly eyeing mobile devices as a potential source of "second screen" revenue. Nielsen reports that 85% of Americans watch television with a smartphone or tablet in hand, and...
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and Sprint Corp. recently demonstrated phase two of an over-the-air trial of TD-LTE small cells at the Phoenix International Raceway in Phoenix during a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race.
The venue was selected for the trial because of large fan attendance and...
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Display technologies are evolving at an unprecedented rate. They have evolved so much that we can now see the minutest picture details on our devices – be it television sets, tablets or smart phones.
The domestic pricing battle among wireless carriers continues to heat up as just a day after T-Mobile US released adjustments to its plans, AT&T Mobility announced changes of its own.
AT&T Mobility said that beginning this weekend, customers will be able to sign up for...
T-Mobile US tightened up the data offerings on its Simple Choice rate plans, offering entry-level and mid-tier users a bit more to play with while charging heavy users a bigger toll. The announcement came late Friday afternoon, a time when companies typically look to...
With its pending acquisition by AT&T set to close this month, Leap Wireless released what is likely its last report as an independent carrier on its operational performance. And from looking at the results, operations have been running thin for the one-time no-contract leader.
According...
A couple of reports surfaced this week handing out pats-on-the-backs to some wireless operators, and notes of shame to others. Those reports were great in that they named and ranked carriers according to what the surveys founds,
The white-hot tablet market may have peaked, according to the analysts at IDC. The research firm is lowering its projected growth rate for the global tablet market to 19.4% -- still a rate that vendors of other connected devices would love to reach. In...
Agilent Technologies released a series of 30-second demos based on engineers' use of its Advanced Design System 2014 software, which is designed to enable electronic design automation for RF and microwave applications.
The company said it listened to ADS user ideas and feedback to create...
Crown Castle on U.S. carrier investment
Speaking at the Raymond James 35th Annual Institutional Investors Conference, Crown Castle CEO Ben Moreland was optimistic about the prospects for continued carrier investment in wireless networks. "What's important in our business, and one of the first things I...
Network virtualization is creating a growing buzz across the wireless telecommunications space as carriers look for ways to trim network build out costs as well as grasp for ways to rollout services faster to compete against the rising tide of over-the-top applications.
RCR Wireless...
Sprint’s operational transformation has taken a few scalps as a couple of key network executives ere leaving the carrier. Bob Azzi, SVP of networks at Sprint, and president of network operations Steve Elfman are both set to depart.
Fierce Wireless first reported this week that...
Ixia said it has completed a review of its finances after the resignation of former CEO Victor Alston due to falsified credentials. The company said it found that despite the controversy on his resume, there was no evidence of "intentional misconduct" in regards to...
Vodafone is adding Huawei to its roster of primary vendors for Project Spring, its $11 billion network upgrade. Huawei joins Ericsson and NSN in supplying Vodafone, which is upgrading its network in 15 countries in Europe and Africa. During the next two years, the...
Apple suffered a setback today in its ongoing patent dispute with Samsung. Judge Lucy Koh, who has been presiding over most of the patent litigation between the two leading smartphone makers, denied Apple's motion for a permanent injunction against Samsung. Apple was seeking an...
T-Mobile US has been harvesting BlackBerries with an aggressive trade-in program that ended this week. The agile "un-carrier" offered customers $200 to trade in an old BlackBerry for a new device, and $250 if they wanted to trade it in for a BlackBerry Z10...
