'Mobile-First Network' Sets the Stage for SMBs to Compete and Win

By Special Guest

The explosion of smartphones and tablets is transforming the way we communicate, work and manage our personal lives. We stay connected everywhere, and collaborate on the go at every opportunity we get. We need the ability to access business applications at the highest speeds and quality possible - r…
09/26/2016

What a bunch of Yahoooooos!

By Carl Ford

There are so many things wrong with this story, that I don't know where to start.
09/23/2016

No Restraints On 5G Hype While LTE Progresses

By Doug Mohney

Between AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon, you might think 5G will be available - as in commercially available, you'll be able to buy a handset - next year. Not happening. The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) standard won't be finalized until 2020, meaning there's going to be an ugly a…
09/22/2016

Gigabit Data Over Power Lines Closer to Reality With AT&T's Airgig

By Steve Anderson

The notion of using power lines-now pretty much ubiquitous over most of the United States and large parts of the world-as a method to transmit high-speed Internet access isn't new, even if it's been stymied several times over the course of its life. AT&T Labs, however, may have found the way to actu…
09/22/2016

Comcast Enters Mobile Phone Service Market

By Alicia Young

With new iPhone releases and exploding Samsung batteries, it seems like mobile phones have been on everyone's minds these days. Comcast showed that they, too, have mobile devices on the brain by announcing that they will launch their own MVNO cellular service. Comcast CEO Brian Roberts revealed duri…
09/21/2016

Altair Semiconductors Certified for Verizon

By Chrissie Cluney

Are you searching for a mobile phone that has the latest chipset within it?
09/20/2016

Is Your Service Provider Messing with your Wi-Fi?

By Carl Ford

Oh Yeah, Wi-Fi. That sad spectrum solution that makes it so your wireless service provider doesn't have to admit their network can't handle user demand.
09/16/2016

DispatchPLUS: Not Your Grandfather's Walkie Talkie

By Chrissie Cluney

Thirty years ago, NEXTEL developed a national "Push-to Talk" mobile network with more than 20 million subscribers, and a subsequent merger with Sprint.
09/13/2016

RCS: The Next Major Step for Mobile Operators Competing with OTT

By Erik Linask

Mobile first has really become the accurate descriptor for a growing number of today's global population. The computing power, connectivity and communications capabilities of our mobile devices make it so we don't even need to slow down to use a desk, home phone, laptop or PC if we don't want to. Ne…
09/13/2016

Do the Carriers Need an AirBNB for Small Cell Installations?

By Ken Briodagh

At CTIA (News - Alert) this weekTeleworld Solutons garnered an E-Tech award for its website SmallCellSite.com.
09/09/2016