Monthly Archives: August, 2010

Net neutrality: A contrarian viewpoint

Have wireless operators been outplayed by device manufacturers and applications developers? Is being a network operator pass

Report: Game makers have a longer runway with mobile

As dedicated gaming device sales decline, video game makers are looking to smart phones for future growth.According to a new report from research firm...

Report: India set for explosive 3G/4G growth

The Indian wireless market is set for strong changes over the next several years as carriers begin deploying 3G and 4G networks that will...

Q2 2010 carrier results wrap up

Editor's Note: The list below is a wrap up of second-quarter 2010 results for the nation's largest facilities-based and public wireless carriers. The results...

Analyst Angle: Why all smart phones & networks should be open

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the...

Capital Markets: CommScope invests in Hydrogenics; Veraz plans merger with Dialogic; and more

Hydrogenics Corp., which develops products based on hydrogen generation and fuel cell technologies, forged a strategic alliance with CommScope Inc. (CTV) that calls for...

Feature Report: Prepaid Lining Up For Growth

An in-depth look at prepaid trends in the United States and globally. The hottest word in the wireless industry nowadays is prepaid with just...

Report: AT&T Mobility to surpass Verizon Wireless as top carrier in Q2 2011

IE Market Research Corp. released a report predicting AT&T Mobility (T) would surpass Verizon Wireless (VZ) in total subscribers during the second quarter of...

Report: AT&T Mobility to surpass Verizon Wireless as top carrier in Q2 2011

IE Market Research Corp. released a report predicting AT&T Mobility (T) would surpass Verizon Wireless (VZ) in total subscribers during the second quarter of...

U.S. consumers double their mobile data traffic consumption in six months

With so much talk these days about uninhibited mobile data growth and the impact it's having on wireless carrier networks, you'd think there was...

Verizon Wireless to begin accepting Droid 2 orders tomorrow

Verizon Wireless said it would begin taking pre-orders on the Motorola Inc. Droid 2 beginning tomorrow ahead of its expected launch later this month....

Rockefeller public safety bill includes funding component

Sen. Jay Rockefeller’s (D-W.V.) bill to try to get first responders interoperable communications equipment is the latest in a long line of attempts to...

Reality Check: Navigating the mobile ecosystem to leverage the ‘iPad effect'

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their...

Reality Check: Where have all the pre-paid subscribers gone? (and other earnings insights)

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their...

iPhone hardware executive and Apple part ways

Talk about an ill-timed departure. Apple Inc.'s (AAPL) executive in charge of iPhone hardware has left the company after 15 months, and not even...

Contracts: Exalt wins ACT deal; NSN and First Comm; and more

Following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past week:Exalt SystemsAntigua and Barbuda: With ACT Telecommunications Ltd. to deploy a microwave backhaul system to link...

Verizon, Google net-neutrality plan exempts new services

Wireless broadband access would remain largely unregulated under a joint policy proposal offered today by Google Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. The net-neutrality “compromise”...

Skype jumps on the IPO bandwagon

With more than 560 million registered users and one of the most disruptive technologies the telecommunications industry has ever faced, Skype Technologies S.A. is...

Telecom unemployment rate stands at 10.1%

Telecom Unemployment Rate The telecommunications sector lost 49,500 jobs from July 2009 to July 2010, including 5,800 jobs lost from June to July of this...

Wireless pioneer James Dwyer dies at 73

James Dwyer Jr., a pioneer in the wireless industry, has died at the age of 73. Described as a visionary and serial entrepreneur, Dwyer...

CEO Compensation: No. 31-40

Editor's Note: Following are the top-paid CEOs of U.S.-based companies in the wireless industry. For the last three weeks, RCR Wireless News has run...

Reader Forum: What will the first LTE phone do?

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum...

Movers and Shakers: Scanbuy taps Wehrs; Envivio strengthens exec team and more

Scanbuy Inc., a mobile barcode solutions provider, named Mike Wehrs its interim chief executive officer and president. He will also join Scanbuy’s board of...

Reader Forum: Backhaul to the future

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum...

Analyst Angle: RIM faces bans, trapped between competing security imperatives : But banning BlackBerry may not be an easy call for most nation-states

It is no small irony that the very feature that has made Research In Motion the darling of the enterprise – its security architecture...
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