Yearly Archives: 2010

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Analyst Angle (Special Edition): Mobile Internet more popular in China than in U.S.

Editor's Note: This article is an excerpt from RCR Wireless News' July Special Edition, "Riding the Wave: The Forces Impacting Carrier Strategy." The 80-page...

Apple stays on pace to control app space

The latest report on app downloads doesn't pack many surprises, but it does shine a brighter light on the runaway hit that mobile apps...

Lightsquared confident in finding place in mobile space

Looking to venture successfully where others have struggled, Harbinger Capital Partners’ Lightsquared venture has many in the industry scratching their head. This has not...

WiMAX Forum still holds out hope for Indian deployments

Despite a setback when Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) won Broadband Wireless Access licenses in India, thereby ensuring that TD-LTE technology would gain a foothold in...

Worst of the Week: Big Brother a Canuck, eh?

Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so...

Bits and Bytes: BlingNation launches payment trial; Airspan markets LightSquared’s network; and more

Bling Nation launched a program in Palo Alto, Calif., that allows PayPal employees and early adopters to fund Bling Nation purchases on their mobile...

Dish Network gets to work on mobile app

It may not be first to the game, but Dish Network Corp. (DISH) is making the inevitable move from the living room to smart...

FCC tightens rules on hearing-aid compatibility, addresses microwave backhaul

The Federal Communications Commission tightened rules for handset makers so that more manufacturers will have to offer at least one device that works for...

MetroPCS shrugs off prepaid competition, posts strong Q2 results

Has all the competitive pressure in the prepaid space been coming from MetroPCS Communications Inc. (PCS)? A glance at second quarter results shows that...
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