More wireless news from across the Web:
> Former Cisco CTO Padmasree Warrior was named U.S. CEO of NextEV, a China-based electric vehicle company and possible competitor to Tesla. Re/code article
> A Brazilian judge lifted a temporary ban on WhatsApp in Brazil on Thursday, a day after a different judge ordered the messaging service be blocked for 48 hours because the company had refused to cooperate in a criminal investigation. WSJ article (sub. req.)
> Qualcomm renamed two 600 series Snapdragon processors -- the Snapdragon 620 and Snapdragon 618 will now be called the Snapdragon 652 and Snapdragon 650. Phonescoop article
> AT&T and Sprint will use a DAS network from Cox Business and InSite Wireless Group to improve wireless coverage at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Multichannel News article
> The GSMA announced the 3GPP and the mobile industry have aligned on tech standards for Narrow Band IoT (NB-IoT), Extended Coverage GPRS (EC-GPRS) and LTE Machine Type Communication (LTE-MTC). Release
> Minnesota-based US Internet plans to add 2.5 and 5 Gbps service options to its FTTH Internet service portfolio beginning in the first quarter of 2016. Article
> Verizon says Florida Power and Light's recent request to the FCC for a Motion for Leave to File is nothing more than a stalling tactic to deny the telco from providing reasonable rates to attach its wires to the utility company's poles. Article
> Bell Labs conducted a study that reveals that carriers can reduce their operating costs by up to 40 percent by virtualizing complex functions currently deployed on residential gateways into the network cloud. Article
> AT&T wants to make sure everyone is aware that it signed more than 300 IoT deals in 2015 -- and it's now powering some 25 million connected devices to boot. Article
> A Comcast call center in Colorado Springs, Colo., was evacuated Wednesday following a bomb threat. And this appears to not be an isolated incident. Article
> While the media and telecommunications industries have generally come to an agreement that cord-cutting is a significant threat to their businesses, cable industry titans are not as sure. Article
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