Wi-Fi offloading helps network operators cope with rapidly increasing data traffic from mobile devices,writes Adrian Schumacher from Rohde&Schwarz. Smart devices make it convenient to access the Internet from virtually anywhere because ...
Tags: Wi-Fi, smart devices.MNOs, ANDSF
Board members at Sprint Nextel are expected to discuss whether to pursue a merger with rival mobile carrier MetroPCS during a meeting Friday,according to a news report. Sprint,which considered a merger with MetroPCS earlier this year,may ...
IDG News Service - If $8 billion shows up in Sprint Nextel's wallet as planned in Softbank's proposed takeover, the No. 3 U.S. mobile operator may pay off debt, speed up its rollout of LTE, or even buy its network partner, Clearwire. ...
Softbank will acquire a 70%stake in Sprint Nextel,with the boards of both companies agreeing to the deal,which will be announced Monday,according to CNBC. Japan's third-largest wireless carrier will pay$20 billion for the ...
Tags: Softbank, Sprint, Japan, wireless carrier
While T-Mobile USA announced a deal to merge with MetroPCS Wireless on Wednesday,Dish Network Chairman Charlie Ergen said regulatory delays have prevented his company from securing partners and spectrum it will need to build a viable mobile ...
In an era when wireless data and phone service can cost a U.S.contract customer more than$1,200 annually,some lower-cost pre-paid options are emerging. AT&T Minday unveiled the GoPhone plan,which offers unlimited talk and text with 1GB of ...
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Mobile operator Three has selected South Korean firm Samsung to provide it with LTE radio access network and 3G/LTE core infrastructure solutions to underpin its forthcoming 4G service. The deal marks Samsung's first mobile network ...
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IDG News Service - Federal, state and local law enforcement agencies in the U.S. made more than 1.3 million requests for cellphone records in 2011, according to carriers' responses to a congressman's investigation. Those requests included ...
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Broadband providers have "editorial discretion" to give priority to their own Web content, and the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality rules limiting that discretion is a violation of providers' free speech rights, two ...
Tags: Broadband, free speech rights, net neutrality rules, Verizon, MetroPCS