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Transformation of service assurance into virtualized environments being led by aggressive telecom operators While far from perfect, mobile operators have come to an understanding on how service assurance worked in …

John Stephens, AT&T CFO, updates progress on virtualization of network functions and details ‘very comfortable’ spectrum position Speaking at the Oppenheimer 19th Annual Technology, Internet and Communications Conference, AT&T’s chief …

FCC says private providers are not delivering acceptable service AT&T, Verizon Communications and other broadband service providers have won a court victory in a case that has been closely watched …

Sprint laid out arguments as to why WiMAX is a new business model and raised text fees, while MySpace topped Facebook in social media … 9 years ago this week …

T-Mobile posted yet another robust quarter of operational and improving financial results, but how did it fare against rivals Verizon, Sprint and AT&T? On this week’s Carrier Wrap, we spoke …

Network and service assurance remain a top priority for telecom operators, though views on what those assurance levels need to be in environments for virtualized networks remains in flux. This webinar …

AT&T, SBAC, EXFO and Kathrein share perspective Modifications to cell towers and cell tower equipment are known as tower amendments. Although new tower builds have declined somewhat in recent years, …

According to a Speedtest Market Report, mobile internet has seen performance gains, improving by more than 30% since last year with an average download speed of 19.27 Mbps in the …

Story updated to include claimed geographic coverage from T-Mobile US Verizon’s latest ad has spokesman Jamie Foxx using coverage maps to compare geographic reach of Verizon and Sprint LTE networks …

DEA-led investigation leads to $6.8M in refunds, nearly $1M in fines for AT&T tied to bill cramming by ‘unscrupulous’ third parties AT&T said it will provide $6.8 million in refunds …

5 things to know today… 1. AT&T’s IoT business has won a high profile healthcare customer. Biotricity, a publicly traded maker of wearable technology for medical diagnostics, has chosen AT&T …

5 things to know today… 1. Verizon Wireless’ Go90 will not be the company’s only mobile video service. Yahoo, which Verizon Communications is buying for $4.83 billion, has launched Yahoo …

The London-based Small Cell Forum has appointed AT&T’s director of RAN product information, David Orloff, as the new chairman of the industry group. Small Cell Forum advocates for adoption of …

RootMetrics released their wireless study of the top 125 U.S. metro areas looking at the best and worst for wireless coverage. As always, there are some big surprises. They found …

This week’s NFV/SDN Reality Check looks at some top headlines, including an AT&T deal with Radcom, and speak with Genband on NFV challenges For our featured interview this week we …

WOTW applauds Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile US and Sprint for using the vaunted Chewbacca defense in explaining network performance Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There’s …

The ONOS Project’s CORD initiative continues to gain momentum with the release of its first open reference and addition of new members The Open Network Operating System’s central office re-architected …

OpenSignal’s latest tests showed T-Mobile remained the nation’s speed king ahead of Verizon, and its expanded reach surpassing AT&T T-Mobile US continues to be the nation’s wireless speed king, while …

Verizon continued to dominate rivals AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile, while a report tied a half-million new jobs to broadcast spectrum … 5 years ago this week Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless …

What impact will a now expected prolonged 600 MHz spectrum auction have on 5G deployment plans and will millimeter wave bands help bridge the gap? On this week’s Carrier Wrap, …

Canadian telecom operator Bell said the 5G technology trial with Nokia produced speeds six-times faster than current 4G technology Canadian telecom operator Bell has jumped into the “5G” technology trial …

Labor union CWA said the tentative agreement, focused on health care and other benefits, covers 42,000 AT&T Mobility workers Three weeks after negotiations stalled on a new contract, the Communications …

Electronics retailer GameStop closed on acquisition of trio of AT&T authorized retailers, pushing footprint to more than 1,400 locations The relationship between telecom giant AT&T and electronics retailer GameStop grew tighter this …

Deal calls for Radcom’s MaveriQ software to deploy virtual probes as VNFs running on cloud environment to monitor service assurance AT&T said it plans to migrate network probe functions to …

AT&T said its recent trials of drones as surrogate tower climbers have been highly successful, and that it plans to be using drones in its tower operations by the end …