A new 5G research partnership involving China Mobile Research Institute and Nutaq Innovation will start work on testing and fine-tuning massive MIMO (Multiple In, Multiple Out) antenna applications. The 5G Development Center opened at Nazarbayev University in Kazakhstan will start out testing hybrid beam-forming algorithms and Nutaq’s Titan MIMO, a 5G testbed that can […]
AT&T tees up LTE broadcast trial at championship game
AT&T announced it will trial LTE Broadcast at the College Football Championship at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on Monday. The carrier will use the technology to give customers with compatible devices access to additional feeds, alternate camera angles or bonus footage. The hope is that by offering extra content via one data stream over […]
C Spire extends rollover data to shared plans
C Spire Wireless, the Tier 2 carrier that essentially kickstarted the current rollover data frenzy, announced it will extend its own program to cover shared data family plans. Starting Jan. 19, C Spire customers on 10GB, 15GB and 30GB shared data plans will start seeing their unused data roll over to the next month. The […]
AT&T Digital Life Partners with Samsung, LG, Qualcomm
AT&T today announced new partnerships with Samsung, LG, Qualcomm and Lutron Electronics for its Digital Life smart home platform. New services and third-party product integrations will allow Digital Life subscribers to control connected home features with their smartwatches, as well as expand the platform’s notification and monitoring functionality. Samsung will now integrate the Digital Life […]
T-Mobile announces data stash rollover program
T-Mobile today announced it will begin offering Data Stash, letting customers rollover their unused data from month to month. Starting in January 2015, T-Mobile will rollover data for Simple Choice customers who buy 3GB or more for smartphones and 1GB or more for tablets. To kick off the deal, T-Mobile is putting 10GB of free […]
Report: SoftBank downsizing U.S. operations, giving up on T-Mobile bid
SoftBank is scaling down its Silicon Valley operations in a move that could signal the end of the company’s quest to acquire T-Mobile, according to Reuters. After SoftBank-owned Sprint encountered strong resistance from U.S. regulators, the carrier in August abandoned its bid to acquire T-Mobile. At the time, newly appointed Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure said […]
FCC, T-Mobile come to terms on speed tests
The FCC announced it has worked out an agreement with T-Mobile to ensure the carrier’s customers get accurate mobile broadband speed test readings even after they’ve been throttled. T-Mobile last summer began exempting data speed tests from impacting customers’ data caps—similar to what the carrier does with streaming music—but speed tests under that program displayed […]
AT&T starts Ohio upgrade of Alltel subs
More than a year after acquiring Alltel’s wireless operations, AT&T is ready to launch its upgraded coverage for more than 50,000 Alltel customers in Ohio. Former Alltel subscribers can now access AT&T’s LTE network. The carrier says its existing cell towers can now provide better indoor coverage and wider coverage areas in general. AT&T says […]
Small mobile providers voice concerns over Title II
Cellcom, Bluegrass Cellular and three other regional wireless providers are warning the FCC of the potential havoc Title II reclassification could wreak in the smaller markets they serve. “Applying an outdated and backward-looking Title II common-carriage regime to our services would also stifle innovation and investment and would do a disservice to rural America,” the […]
Shazam exec says second-screen not happening
Shazam CPO Daniel Danker said second-screen viewing is not going to catch—at least not in terms of engaging with a mobile device throughout the viewing experience. Speaking Monday at the Open Mobile Summit in San Francisco, Danker said “in most cases people are quite passive” and that behavior relies on a more “lightweight” experience to […]