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Sprint continued to see operations impacted by ownership uncertainty, while Dish looked to be eyeing a T-Mobile acquisition … 3 years ago this week Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to …

Software is becoming an increasingly important part of telecommunication networks and deployments as both wired and wireless carriers look to add functionality to operations while increasing simplicity and reducing costs. RCR Wireless News is keeping an eye on recent developments …

Huawei has successfully completed an LTE-A Category 6 connectivity test with download speeds reaching 300 megabits per second. The Chinese infrastructure, device and chip manufacturer worked with Qualcomm, and used the Qualcomm Gobi 9×35 LTE modem. Huawei said that during …

Nokia (NOK) named Rajeev Suri as its new CEO, elevating the leader of Nokia Solutions and Networks now that it has completed the sale of its device business to Microsoft. Suri replaces Stephen Elop, a former Microsoft executive who oversaw …

Ericsson restructures networks unit The world’s largest maker of telecom equipment is splitting its networks unit into two groups. One group will concentrate on radio technologies while the other will focus on IP and cloud initiatives. Johan Wibergh, head of …

Normally, I use this space to rant about a single topic and then sprinkle in a few extras at the end. Not this week! There was just too many WOTW-worthy items that came across my desk

Today “5G” is not yet a newborn; and we, as its parents, are still trying to define its genetic makeup. As it is impossible to predict all the use cases of the future, we need to ensure that the DNA …

Nokia, the world’s leading maker of mobile phones until two years ago, is set to close on the sale of its device unit to Microsoft on April 25. The company first aligned itself with Microsoft in 2011, abandoning its Symbian …

ZTE is signaling a shift in strategy that could be good news for its competitors. The Chinese maker of network infrastructure and smartphones said today that it has boosted profits by turning down low-margin contracts. ZTE was referring to infrastructure …

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 …

Huawei looks set to expand its software portfolio, with reports indicating the Chinese-based telecom equipment giant is in the process of acquiring Australia-based Fastwire, which specializes in operating support services. In a story this week, LightReading reported that the deal …

NSN base station supports 300 Mbps LTE-A speeds Using NSN’s Flexi Multiradio 10 base station in combination with Broadcom Category 6 LTE-A user equipment, Finnish carrier Elisa has demonstrated speeds of up to 300Mbps on a live commercial network. That’s …

Huawei and NSN have signed a cross-licensing agreement for OSS (Operations Systems Support), following up on the plan the two infrastructure giants announced last spring. Ericsson is also expected to cross license its OSS system with Huawei and NSN, according …

Mobile network operators know that managing the data deluge requires a suite of tools, from new infrastructure like DAS and small cells to new technologies like carrier aggregation to software that can squeeze more performance out of existing assets. Software …

Nokia Solutions and Networks recently completed a series of test cases for Voice over LTE on China Mobile’s TD-LTE network, including the world’s first live video call over this kind of network.

For the last year the telecom industry has largely been in a holding pattern, with incremental developments slowly building toward a larger, mainstream transition to new technologies.

Nokia Solutions and Networks is set to lose its executive chairman as Jesper Ovesen following the sale of Nokia’s handset business to Microsoft that is expected to close during the first quarter of 2014. Ovesen joined NSN in September 2011 …

The European Commission and the 5G PPP Association have signed a contract to create a public-private partnership to support the development and standardization of technologies that are expected to be deployed in the next decade. “This is an important milestone …

Nokia Solutions and Networks has been chosen as a supplier for the roll-out of LTE by Taiwanese operator Chunghwa Telecom. Chunghwa is the largest telcom operator in Taiwan, with more than 10 million mobile subscribers, and provides fixed line and …

Sprint CEO Dan Hesse told investors yesterday that the carrier’s decision to “rip and replace” its entire network had led to “dust issues” which have elevated churn in some markets. “As we are building out Network Vision … it is …