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This month marks the 20th anniversary of the first SMS text message, and while the mobile industry has been commemorating this game-changing technology, it’s just as important to note the significant role

North American operators are expected to purchase $260 million filter and tower-mounted amplifier products this year, as LTE deployments spur strong sales during the next five years, according to a …

SBA Communications Corp. (SBAC) and Health Care REIT Inc. (HCN) announced an agreement to make available wireless site leasing of new, prime rooftop locations in more than 15 states.Health Care …

The Brazilian National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) set a R$ 9.5 million (US $6 million) price for 2.5 GHz band spectrum so TV Filme Bras

Comcast Corp.’s (CMCSK) Business Services grew a whopping 41.7% year over year to $435 million, driven by its metro Ethernet business and mobile cellular backhaul business. The cable company is …

The rhetoric continues to heat up between proponents of releasing more spectrum for mobile broadband and the concerns of the National Association of Broadcasters, which fear its members will be …

Google has snapped up 1000 patents from IBM ranging from those touching on web based querying to design and production of memory and microprocessing chips, and even some relating to …

The LTE equipment market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 81% during the next five years, according to a new study by Dell’Oro Group. The …

Exalt Communications announced that Will County 911 in Illinois has deployed the company’s microwave backhaul systems to connect its new dispatch center, also known as public safety answering point (PSAP), …

Two published reports claim that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating communications between Twitter and Ubermedia, a company that develops applications to help users commiserate and follow each …

Nokia Corp. (NOK) continues to shed business interests as it shifts its strategy on many fronts. The latest to go is the company’s operator-branded messaging business, which gave carriers in …

PHILADELPHIA – Timing, scale and the long-term sustainability of a business and business model are key factors to betting right in the mobile broadband business, panelists agreed at RCR Wireless …

Editor’s Note: The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation approved the Spectrum Act this morning, a key step in getting more spectrum into the hands of first responders. The …

The telecommunications sector saw a 3,400 bump in jobs from April to May, but was still down 33,400 positions from a year ago, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. …

Tellabs Inc. (TLAB) said ChinaComm chose its SmartCore 9100 platform for its packet core network services in nine Chinese provinces, underscoring what Tellabs calls a trend in choosing an independent …

DUBLIN – After more than 10 years of research, Dublin’s Intune Networks is finally releasing its commercial line of products, Verisma, described by the company as “the world’s first carrier-class …

DUBLIN – On the heels of TM Forum, Minister for Research and Innovation, Sean Sherlock TD announced government funding to the tune of $28 million (€19.5 million) for the Centre …

BROOMFIELD, Colo.—The cloud is changing IT inside out as traditional thinking no longer works in a cloud environment, Paul Goth of Cloudscaping told yesterday’s audience at the Glue Conference here.In …

TEMPE, Ariz. – Native American tribes are spread across the state of Arizona, and Mark Goldstein, president of the International Research Center in Tempe, Ariz., consults with some of the …

DUBLIN – An auditorium full of executives and mobile entrepreneurs came to hear Deutsche Telekom’s secret to “Becoming an Agile Service Provider” in a keynote Monday at the TM Forum. …

Dallas-based Mavenir Systems sees its future in LTE and is poised to make a product offering that it says is unique to its competitors in Voice over LTE (VoLTE) by …

DALLAS – “Telecom is buzzing again,” said Windstream Communications President and CEO Jeff Gardner and Genband President and CEO Charlie Vogt during a keynote address today at the Telecommunications Industry …

DALLAS—The proper regulatory and tax policies need to be in place to drive the next five years of chaos in the wireless sector, AT&T Inc. CEO Randall Stephenson told the …

Taqua LLC, supplier of wireline and wireless switching and backhaul solutions, introduced a new high-capacity IP peering application. The new IP peering application provides low-cost, secure, high-capacity IP peering of …

Clearwire Corp. (CLWR) said L.M. Ericsson (ERIC) will manage its network in a seven-year deal, following in partner Sprint Nextel Corp.’s (S) decision to let Ericsson manage its network in …