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Tag: LTE
Driverless Car Forecast Calls for 3 Million 5G Subscriptions by 2025
Widespread availability of 5G wireless network access will be the key that enables and fuels growth in autonomous vehicle adoption, according to a new driverless car forecast from ABI Research. Autonomous, or driverless, cars will…
IHS: Sharp Drop in LTE Infrastructure Revenue Signals Post-LTE Peak Era
Global macrocell mobile infrastructure market revenue dropped a sharp 18% quarterly in 1Q’16 to total $10 billion, according to data about LTE infrastructure revenue published by IHS Technology. North America, Mexico and Japan numbered among…
Global 4G Revenues Forecast to Surpass 3G This Year
A global 4G revenues forecast from Strategy Analytics calls for the technology to breach a market tipping point and surpass 3G revenues this year. Revenues generated from 4G user subscriptions will rise from 25% to…
IoT Connections Forecast to Exceed Mobile Phones in 2018
In a telling sign of the times, an IoT connections forecast from Ericsson calls for the number of Internet of Things connections to surpass that for mobile phones in 2018, Ericsson highlights in a news…
Verizon CFO on SDN Economics: Software Won’t Reduce Capex
While some advocates tout the ability of software defined networking to reduce telco capital and operational expenditures, at least one major carrier expects SDN economics to have little impact on capex. Verizon capex consistently runs…
Sprint Bundles Amazon Prime
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (BUSINESS WIRE), May 13, 2016 – Beginning today, Sprint is including a 12-month Amazon Prime membership with the Amazon Better Choice XXL plan. Customers get 40GB of high-speed data to share and…
Rise Broadband Fixed LTE to Expand to Over 20 More Markets
Rise Broadband fixed LTE will be expanded to at least 20 more small- to mid-size markets, the company said yesterday. That move will enable the company to raise Internet speeds to as high as 50…
Telecom IPX is Hot Topic at International Telecoms Week
Telecom IPX is a hot topic, as the results of a survey presented at International Telecoms Week in Chicago yesterday revealed. In a survey of global telecom wholesalers conducted by Capacity Media, 69% cited IP exchange (IPX)…
Shentel Completes nTelos Acquisition
Shenandoah Telecommunications Company (Shentel) today announced it has completed its acquisition of nTelos Holdings Corporation (nTelos), a provider of wireless communications services in portions of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Kentucky.…
Verizon LTE in Rural America Carrier Deploys XLTE, Exec Says More to Come
When Verizon made its XLTE spectrum and technology available to participants in the Verizon LTE in Rural America (LRA) program, it wasn’t clear how popular the offering would be with the rural carriers. But Verizon…
Bell Canada to Acquire MTS
MONTRÉAL and WINNIPEG, May 2, 2016 /CNW Telbec/ – BCE Inc. (Bell) (TSX: BCE) (NYSE: BCE) today announced that it will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Manitoba Telecom Services Inc.…
Rise Broadband Exec: Broadband Wireless Economics Are Better Than Ever
Broadband wireless economics are poised for a boost thanks to impending technology advances and the availability of new spectrum, said Rise Broadband Co-founder Jeff Kohler in an interview with Telecompetitor this week. And if you’re…