T-Mobile agreed to buy airwaves from Verizon for about $2.4 billion in cash as part of a spectrum swap that will give both companies more network capacity in areas where they need it. T-Mobile, the fourth-largest U.S. wireless carrier, will purchase 700-megahertz A-block spectrum licenses from Verizon, according to a statement today. As part of the exchange,… Continue reading T-Mobile to buy $2.4 billion worth of airwaves from Verizon
Category: Telecommunications
Chevrolet to get in-car 4G LTE connectivity and HTML5 apps
Chevrolet has partnered up with AT&T and OnStar to bring in-car 4G LTE connectivity and a collection of HTML5 apps to some of the company’s future cars. The 4G LTE service also features a Wi-Fi access point built into the car that can support up to seven devices. This is just one more move in a growing number… Continue reading Chevrolet to get in-car 4G LTE connectivity and HTML5 apps
Massive wireless network set up in Russia for the Winter Olympics
Russia is setting up a massive wireless network in the city of Sochi in preparation for the influx of visitors that will flood the already sprawling city for the Winter Olympics next month. The new network will be capable of handling up to 54Tbps of traffic once the engineers finish putting the final touches on it. Russia… Continue reading Massive wireless network set up in Russia for the Winter Olympics
5G is expected by 2020, but nobody really knows what it is
Samsung, the European Commission’s Horizon, the South Korean government, and several others are devoting billions of dollars towards researching and developing 5G in the hopes that it can be implemented by 2020. The problem is, nobody is really sure what 5G is, there isn’t a clear definition. Don’t feel bad if you don’t really know… Continue reading 5G is expected by 2020, but nobody really knows what it is
AT&T lays out plans for testing how to upgrade America’s infrastructure
AT&T has laid out plans to test how it can upgrade America’s infrastructure from copper based to fiber-optic based. The company has filed the plans with the Federal Communications Commission and hopes to be able to streamline the effort which is supposed to be complete within the next six years. AT&T has filed with the Federal… Continue reading AT&T lays out plans for testing how to upgrade America’s infrastructure
Alibaba will soon be offering telecom services in China
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has recently issued 11 MVNO licences to private companies, one of which being HiChina, a subsidiary of Alibaba, in an effort to increase the private sector’s involvement in the telecommunication sector and to stimulate competition. Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group is set to diversify into telecom services, having bagged a… Continue reading Alibaba will soon be offering telecom services in China