A faster, denser network of wireless infrastructure is rapidly approaching. Many of the world’s telecommunications giants are already conducting tests of 5G networks, with some preparing to deploy 5G as soon as 2018. In this report, we’ll delve deeper into the backhaul needs of a 5G world — and how the wireless and telecom industries are…

Report: T-Mobile, Dish in Merger Talks  Dish and the Un-Carrier are reportedly in the process of crafting a deal according to a report from the Wall Street Journal. The talks are in a preliminary phase and may not come to fruition.  AT&T’s De la Vega: 2-Year Contracts Slowly Going Away Ralph de la Vega, the…

Today Alcatel-Lucent launched the new 9764 Compact Metrocell Outdoor (CMCO). The 9764 CMCO is 50 percent smaller than existing metrocells, providing operators with more options for building HetNets and to improve coverage and capacity, including integrating the device into street furniture, such as the digital advertising signage in bus shelters being developed by partners. The…

Aptilo Networks, a provider of systems to manage data services with functions for authentication, policy control and charging, announces Aptilo SMP Wi-Fi Calling, a 3GPP AAA application for the Aptilo Service Management Platform (SMP) to enable Wi-Fi Calling. Nuage Networks, the Alcatel-Lucent start-up venture focused on SDN (software-defined networking) solutions announced that CTCC, the Cloud…

ip.access has today announced a global collaboration with Amdocs to accelerate the operator and enterprise roll-out of small cells. The partnership combines ip.access’ portfolio of indoor small cells, access points and range of performance optimization tools with Amdocs’ Radio-Access-Network (RAN), backhaul deployment orchestration tool and Amdocs’ Network Rollout Solution (ANRS). nTelos Wireless today announced that…

Centina Systems, a provider in service assurance analytics and network performance management solutions for communications service providers (CSPs) worldwide, announced today that C Spire will deploy its NetOmnia suite of solutions for service assurance. This will include real-time end-to-end network visibility for improved troubleshooting and problem resolution. Shazam and Gimbal, Inc. today announced a partnership…

Today, Cricket Wireless announced an exclusive wireless agreement with Deezer, a music streaming service. On January 31, Cricket customers will have access to 35 million songs and more than 30,000 Internet radio stations from around the world. HTC today announced live streaming from its new RE camera to YouTube. Available for Android devices beginning tomorrow,…

Verizon Communications today announced a program to provide its small shareowners with a way either to round their Verizon holdings up to 100 shares or to sell all their shares. Eligible registered shareowners will be informed of the program by mail starting today (Dec. 15) and will have through Jan. 16, 2015, to participate. Ericsson…

Qualcomm Incorporated today announced that it and its subsidiaries have committed to invest an aggregate of $40M into four Chinese companies and the China Walden Venture Investments, L.P. fund, which is primarily focused on investing in semiconductor or semiconductor-related companies with business in China. Qualcomm announced that 7Invensun, an eye-tracking solution provider; Chukong Technologies, a…

As the week winds down join Wireless Week as we take a look back at the biggest stories in wireless from the past seven days. Sprint Hacking Up AT&T, Verizon Wireless Bills Today marks the start of Sprint’s outlandish offer to charge AT&T and Verizon customers half of what they are currently paying. Sprint CFO…

Qualcomm Incorporated today announced that its subsidiary, Qualcomm Atheros, Inc., is introducing a new enterprise connectivity platform. To support the expanding number of devices and high volume of traffic traveling across enterprise networks, Qualcomm Atheros is delivering technology that enables access points (APs) to take advantage of Wi-Fi connectivity and improve network security, capacity and…

AT&T has received approval from Mexico’s Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT) for the Company’s proposed acquisition of DIRECTV. It was previously announced that the deal received approval in Brazil and Trinidad and Tobago. All required approvals are now complete in these three countries. In July, the merger review process was completed among regulators at the U.S.…

China Telecom, China Unicom and China Mobile – the three biggest telecommunications service providers in China – have each chosen the 7950 XRS (Extensible Routing System) from Alcatel-Lucent for their IP-based core networking needs in order to meet accelerating demand for fixed and mobile broadband access in the nation of almost 1.4 billion people. The…

Cisco and Sensity Systems, a provider of Light Sensory Networks (LSN), today announced that the two companies have entered into a strategic relationship that utilizes Sensity’s NetSense platform as a foundation for Cisco’s City Infrastructure Management (CIM) software. As part of the agreement, Cisco joins Sensity’s NetSense Partner Program to create a joint solution that…

NetScout Systems, Inc., a provider of performance analytics and operational intelligence solutions, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Communications business of Danaher Corporation, comprising Tektronix Communications, Arbor Networks, and certain parts of Fluke Networks. Under the terms of the transaction, Danaher shareholders will receive approximately 62.5 million shares…

Alcatel-Lucent has today opened a facility, Alcatel-Lucent Customer Network Center (CNC), in Tokyo designed to give service providers and enterprise customers hands-on experience in the co-creation of new ultra-broadband and cloud-based services and applications. Itron, Inc. today announced the launch of Itron Riva, its new edge intelligence platform that supports sensing technologies and dynamic applications…

IBM today announced it is working with Bancroft, a major provider of specialized services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, to manage a cloud-based educational program. Staff and students can now access a library of more than 300 educational and clinical apps via an iPad more securely. Micronet Enertec Technologies, Inc. announced that its…

Here are some notable dates in Apple’s history as it relates to the iPhone. (This is a updated version of the timeline that originally ran in the official CTIA Show Daily earlier this spring.) 2007 Jan. 9, 2007: Apple introduces the iPhone, described as a combination phone, widescreen iPod with touch controls and an Internet…

Wireless Week asked industry leaders for their thoughts going into 2010, and they responded on some hot topics, like net neutrality, M2M, backhaul, carrier billing and competition. Here are their visions for the year ahead. PREPAID & DATAFor Sprint and the wireless industry as a whole, 2010 will be about growth in two key areas:…

Fast Leaders & Fast Followers Talk about on the move. Accelerometers are expected to appear in one-third of mobile phones shipped next year, according to iSuppli. That means one out of three mobile phones shipped worldwide will include an accelerometer – up from one out of five in 2009 and one out of 11 in…

Americans trust their credit card company more than their cell phone operator when it comes to getting bills, according to a survey commissioned by Billing Revolution and conducted by Harris Interactive. Nearly four out of five U.S. adults receive bills from cell phone and credit card companies, and of those adults, 57 percent trust credit…

Sprint says it is the only wireless carrier to be awarded a $7.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding earmarked for fuel cell technology. It is the largest single grant awarded by the Department of Energy for this round of grant funding, which…

Apple CEO Steve Jobs remains closely involved in key aspects of running the company despite being on medical leave, The Wall Street Journal reported over the weekend, citing people familiar with the matter. COO Tim Cook runs the day-to-day operations, but Jobs continues to work on strategies and products from his home. He was particularly…

An ABI Research survey on mobile phone users’ age-related feature and price assumptions found nearly half of the respondents in the 40-59 age bracket expected a touchscreen on a $50 mobile device. The survey, conducted in February, aimed to discover what features people have on their phones, which are actually being used, and what features…

Qualcomm is offering its endorsement for the Third Generation Partnership Project’s (3GPP’s) recent approval of the eCall in-band modem specification, which supports the European Union’s eCall road safety initiative. The 3GPP standardization group has approved the final specs of the eCall in-band modem standard. The specification work was undertaken by 3GPP at the request of…