DALLAS, Dec. 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — AT&T’s new Mobile Share Value® plans will make it even easier for customers to share data and save money while enjoying the nation’s fastest and most reliable 4G LTE network.1 Beginning Dec. 8, new and existing wireless consumer and...
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Ciena® Corporation (NASDAQ: CIEN), the network specialist, today announced that Shenandoah Telecommunications Company (“Shentel”) (NASDAQ: SHEN), a leading regional U.S. telecommunications service provider, has deployed Ciena’s packet networking, unified management and Service Level Agreements (SLA) portal solutions to support its expanding Fiber-to-the-Tower (FTTT) and mobile...
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Hays KS –Nex-Tech Wireless has completed its initial deployment of fourth-generation (4G) long-term evolution (LTE) technology across their network. Equipment installation and extensive network testing has concluded. Nex-Tech Wireless customers will now be able to take advantage of this cutting-edge network with two brand-new devices,...
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There’s been a lot of public debate about whether limits should be placed on Verizon and AT&T as the government makes plans to auction TV broadcast spectrum in the 600 MHz band. But considerably less attention has been paid to some other equally important decisions...
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DALLAS, Nov. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — NetAmerica Alliance, LLC, announced today the deployment of TrueCall® for RAN monitoring and optimization as part of its continued focus on arming Alliance Members with the services, tools, infrastructure, programs, and capabilities needed to successfully and profitably deploy 4G...
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A “source familiar with the matter” told Reuters yesterday that T-Mobile was considering the purchase of Verizon Wireless’s 700 MHz A-block spectrum. Neither company has confirmed the rumor. But the move would not be surprising. T-Mobile is heavily loaded with high-frequency spectrum in the 1900...
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Dish Network and nTelos believe they can support fixed wireless broadband rates of at least 5 Mbps per customer for the rollout they are planning for rural parts of Virginia, said nTelos CEO and President Jim Hyde at the Wells Fargo Technology, Media & Telecom...
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The November 2013 version of the well-respected Ericsson Mobility Report offers some stark statistics about the challenges facing North American mobile operators. The report forecasts North American mobile data traffic to increase seven-fold between 2013 and 2019, yet subscriber growth will be minimal. That means...
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The cost of cell base station hardware, and its percentage of mobile operator network capex, is falling fast while mobile operators are devoting growing amounts of capital to software and opex, according to a report from Maravedis-Rethink. “The cost of cell site hardware has become...
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A pay-as-you-go mobile data service from startup company Karma should be stronger beginning in mid-2014. According to an announcement made this morning, that’s when the company plans to begin offering service based on LTE from Sprint. Previously the company’s offering was based on Clearwire’s WiMax...
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An FCC order adopted on Friday and released today aims to bring a higher level of interoperability in the lower 700 MHz spectrum band – although it could take at least two to three years for key aspects of the order to be implemented. The...
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DISH and nTelos must like what they see with a fixed wireless trial using LTE, which was first announced in May of this year. Today, both companies announced an expansion of the pilot project that they hope will eventually reach over 500K homes in nTelos’...
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