BT may be considering a major acquisition of UK mobile networks, but in the meantime it’s worth examining how the country’s operators are performing as the market transitions from 3G to 4G. Two recent, independent pieces of research offer useful, complementary perspectives: P3 Benchmark, which conducts tests using specially equipped vans, and Global Wireless Solutions … Read more

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has opened a formal review to determine whether China Telecom (Americas) Corporation should retain its authorization to provide telecommunications services in the United States. The FCC said the review will “determine whether to end China Telecom (Americas) Corporation’s authority to provide domestic interstate and international telecommunications services within the United … Read more

By Rajeev Tankha, Sr. Director Solutions Marketing at Oracle Communications The rapid expansion of the mobile device market has brought consumers closer than ever to their smartphones and tablets. A recent Gartner study projects tablet sales to rise by 70 percent over the next year, and forecasts that more than 2 billion smartphones will be … Read more

(c)iStock.com/CGInspiration A Research and Markets report shows that Argentina’s telecommunications revenue fell sharply in 2014, dropping 17.1% in US dollar terms as the peso was devalued. Overall telecom service revenue is projected to see only modest growth, rising from $9.36 billion in 2014 to $9.96 billion by 2018. In 2014 the mobile segment accounted for … Read more

Airline industry leaders have intensified warnings that the introduction of a specific 5G service could interfere with aircraft radio altimeters. Radio altimeters determine an aircraft’s height above the ground by measuring the time it takes for a radio wave to travel from the aircraft to the surface, reflect, and return. They are critical safety instruments, … Read more

The Smart City revolution may be arriving within a few years, but Amazon is already shaping the future of package delivery with a bold new concept: drone-based shipping. Announced by CEO Jeff Bezos on a 60 Minutes segment, “Amazon Prime Air” is designed to deliver small packages in roughly 30 minutes, promising to transform expectations … Read more

A Princeton study found that five major U.S. wireless carriers are vulnerable to SIM swapping attacks. SIM swapping is a growing form of fraud in which an attacker convinces a mobile operator to transfer a victim’s phone number to a new SIM card controlled by the attacker. Once the number is ported, the attacker can … Read more

(c)iStock.com/ismagilov As a new leadership team prepares to take office in Washington in January, the telecom industry is poised for significant change in 2017. At the top of the agenda is the fate of the AT&T–Time Warner mega-merger, which increasingly looks likely to clear potential antitrust and net neutrality hurdles. These developments will shape the … Read more

Dish, in collaboration with Samsung and Qualcomm, has demonstrated simultaneous 5G 2x uplink and 4x downlink carrier aggregation (CA) over FDD spectrum, marking a major technical milestone for FDD-based 5G networks. Using just 35 MHz of 5G spectrum, the partners achieved an uplink peak speed of 200 Mbps. On the downlink, Dish’s 5G network reached … Read more

A MATRIXX Software survey conducted in the United States and the United Kingdom found that many mobile users are prepared to change carriers if a new provider delivers a superior experience. Nearly three quarters (73%) of respondents said they want their mobile provider to operate more like digital-first companies such as Amazon, PayPal, Netflix, and … Read more