After the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) proposal to fine AT&T $100 million for misleading customers about its unlimited wireless data plan, the company has increased the amount of data that users on ‘unlimited’ plans can use before throttling the speed. Under the new policy, AT&T will slow the speed, if … Read More
Following the 29th annual Telecoms Summit in Santander, which was a resounding 5G wake up call for Europe, service providers are in a hurry to set their deadlines for 5G launch in Europe. Most of them are targeting the major sports events for the launch. According to a blog by … Read More
Vodafone has launched its first voice over Wi-FI – or VoWLAN – services in the UK, allowing users to place and receive calls over a wireless connection from locations where they cannot access its 2G and 3G networks. Customers using Vodafone Wi-Fi Calling will be able to call any other … Read More
Parallel Wireless, Inc., a pioneer in making cellular network deployments and maintenance has partnered with PeerApp and Saguna Networks to enhance PeerApp’s Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) solution. PeerApp is a global leader in Mobile-Edge based content delivery acceleration and optimization, and Saguna’s technology is incorporated in PeerApp’s previously announced MEC … Read More
There are a number of apps that let smartphone users make video calls today, including Skype, Facebook Messenger, Google Hangouts and more, as well as built-in apps like Apple’s FaceTime, for example. But this morning, mobile carrier T-Mobile announced plans to make video calls a native feature on select T-Mobile smartphones. … Read More
Russian mobile broadband service provider Yota has planned to deliver SIM cards to its Moscow clients using drone, reports RBC news. The company has arranged six drones from Copter Express Company for the purpose. According to Vladimir Dobrynin, the operational director of the Skartel company, which owns the Yota brand, … Read More
Finnish vendor Nokia Networks and Nordic telecom group TeliaSonera have conducted a live demonstration of LTE-Advanced three-band Carrier Aggregation (3x CA) using Category 9 (CAT 9) devices. In the demonstration, data rates of 375Mbps on a commercial network was achieved, which is an industry-first in Nordic region. The end-to-end demo … Read More
Free Mobile, a French Mobile, part of Iliad group has added 820,000 customers in the first half of 2015, increasing its share of French mobile market to 16 percent. By 30 June 2015, the group registered 11 million mobile subscribers and 5.99 million fixed broadband customers. During 2014, the company … Read More
Verizon, the largest telecom operator in USA by subscriber base, is rebuilding its approach towards telecom operations. It is trying to build up a new strategy for customer acquisitions and for retaining customers from the ground up. Earlier, telecom operators like AT&T and Sprint used to follow the standard policy … Read More
American telecom operator T-Mobile has found network abusers among its customers, who hack its network to steal unlimited tethered data, causing the company huge loss. According to John Legere, President and Chief Executive Officer of the company, T-Mobile has started ways to curb the practice by ‘going after every thief’. … Read More
Russian telecommunications provider Mobile TeleSystems PJSC (MTS) and Google has signed a mutual agreement to promote mobile internet technologies and Google search services in Russia. Under the agreement, MTS will popularize Google OK, the voice search facility of Google in its advertising campaigns and stores. The Google Voice search will … Read More
Huawei has partnered with BT to launch UK’s first large scale customer trial of G.Fast, announces the company. In the partnership, the technology is built upon BT’s existing FTTC infrastructure, whereas the equipment installed is that of Huawei’s, a latest multi-port G.FAST temperature-hardened and waterproof equipment. Besides, Huawei also provided … Read More
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