Technology
Femto Forum Broadens Focus, Changes Name
February 15, 2012 7:17 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsThe Femto Forum today announced it will no longer answer to that name but rather to the Small Cell Forum.
JAB Broadband Advances Network Upgrade
February 15, 2012 7:15 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsOne of the country's largest wireless Internet service providers is upgrading more than 200 towers with new backhaul equipment as part of a large-scale network upgrade project.
Report: March Launch for Smaller, LTE-Capable iPads
February 14, 2012 7:07 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsA pair of reports, which cite "people familiar with the matter" from The Wall Street Journal today attempted to shed light on the rumored early-March iPad release...
ALU Introduces Wi-Fi Solution
February 14, 2012 7:00 am | by Monica Alleven | News | CommentsOver at Alcatel-Lucent, they're feeling the love for Wi-Fi, which might not have been the case some years back.
U.S. Cellular Inks 700 MHz Deals
February 13, 2012 7:14 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsU.S. Cellular is adding to its 700 MHz reserves with spectrum purchases in North Carolina and Nebraska.
Dead Zones? The FCC Has a Map For That
February 10, 2012 10:58 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsForget the colorful maps wireless operators use to advertise their coverage. The FCC has come out with a map of its own in black, white and grey.
ALU Inks Patent Deal Amid Mixed 4Q Results
February 10, 2012 6:43 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsAlcatel-Lucent moved to cash in on the booming intellectual property market today amid mixed fourth quarter results...
LightSquared Customers Plead with FCC
February 10, 2012 6:41 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsLightSquared has been signing up customers for its planned wholesale LTE network from the beginning despite the fact that it didn't have FCC clearance...
Skype Competitor Rebtel Boasts Milestones
February 10, 2012 6:39 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsMobile VoIP provider Rebtel today released some impressive numbers, announcing that it is growing at a rate of 500,000 users per month.
Stoke Ups Ante on Wi-Fi Offload
February 9, 2012 7:02 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsMobile broadband startup Stoke has come out with a new network gateway designed to make it easier for operators to dump network-clogging data traffic...
DOT Counters LightSquared GPS Standards Plan
February 8, 2012 11:15 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsThe Transportation Department mulls regulations that would ban services that interfere with GPS - services like LightSquared's.
The Value of Independent Policy and Charging Systems
February 7, 2012 5:17 pm | by Doug Suriano, Tekelec | Articles | CommentsThe integration of the policy server (the 3GPP-defined policy and charging rules function, or PCRF) with charging and billing systems is emerging as one of the key considerations in the 3GPP Policy and Charging Control (PCC) architecture.
Addressing Mobile Data Growth & Impending Network Congestion
February 7, 2012 5:07 pm | by Joe Zeto, Ixia | Articles | CommentsHow operators can leverage quality of service (QoS) and policy management to meet growing demands.
LightSquared Pushes FCC on GPS Standards
February 7, 2012 12:17 pm | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsLightSquared is pushing the FCC to force GPS manufacturers to comply with proposed standards that would make receivers less vulnerable to interference from signals in neighboring bands.
Canada Clears Dish, TerreStar Deal
February 7, 2012 6:47 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsIndustry Canada today cleared Dish Network's acquisition of TerreStar's satellite spectrum across the United States' northern border.
Harbinger Value Plummets on LightSquared Bet
February 7, 2012 6:46 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsLightSquared's ongoing failure to get the green light for its LTE network has made it something of a bad luck charm for its main backer...
Alcatel-Lucent Banks on Customer Service
February 7, 2012 6:42 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsAlcatel-Lucent is throwing its weight behind software that allows wireless operators to get a better understanding of what their customers are actually experiencing...
Dish Protests AT & T Rapid LTE Buildout Plan, Affirms Retail Plans
February 6, 2012 7:26 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsDish Network wants the FCC to ignore a proposal from AT&T that it be forced to construct its LTE network faster than it had originally planned.
MetroPCS Revives $40 LTE Plan
February 3, 2012 7:13 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsMetroPCS is making it cheaper for customers to sign up for its LTE service.
U.S. Cellular Plans March LTE Launch
February 2, 2012 7:09 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsU.S. Cellular will light up its LTE network in six states next month, covering about a quarter of its customers in Iowa, Wisconsin, Maine, North Carolina, Texas and Oklahoma.
LightSquared Backer Rebuts Grassley Bribery Charges
February 2, 2012 7:06 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsLightSquared's main financer, Philip Falcone's hedge fund Harbinger Capital Partners, continues to deny allegations that it tried to bribe a senator...
Sprint Gives LightSquared Until Mid-March for FCC Clearance
February 1, 2012 6:55 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsSprint has agreed to give LightSquared until mid-March to resolve GPS interference problems that have delayed the launch of its LTE network.
Cisco Introduces Faster Access Point
January 31, 2012 6:51 am | by Monica Alleven | News | CommentsCisco used its Cisco Live! event in London today to introduce what it calls the fastest Wi-Fi access point on the market...
LightSquared GPS Argument Up for Public Comment
January 30, 2012 6:57 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsThe FCC has opened part of LightSquared's embattled wireless plans for public comment
Alliance: Super Wi-Fi an 'Inaccurate Moniker'
January 30, 2012 6:54 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsLast week, the city of Wilmington, N.C., went live with technology that allowed it to run video surveillance, water monitoring modules and limited broadband service...
