Monthly Archives: June, 2011

Dish Network bids $1.375B for bankrupt TerreStar Networks

Dish Network Corp. (DISH) has submitted a $1.375 billion cash bid for TerreStar Networks Inc. in a bankruptcy auction, according to Reuters. Among other...

Capital Markets: Google bets on Admeld; Qualcomm acquires Rapid Bridge; and more

Qualcomm announced it has agreed to acquire substantially all of the assets of Rapid Bridge LLC, a San Diego-based inventor of advanced techniques for...

Pandora rakes in $235M on IPO

Pandora Media Inc. (P) debuted on the New York Stock Exchange today at a per-stock price of $20.32 before immediately jumping to a peak...

RCR Wireless News MBB Philadelphia: Despite uncertainty, T-Mobile USA stays the course

PHILADELPHIA – With the cloud of uncertainty hanging ominously over its operations, you have to hand it to the folks at T-Mobile USA Inc....

Analyst Angle: Blue skies ahead for Apple’s iCloud

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...

SPONSORED: Neutral-host tower companies can help Latin American operators speed time to market

Cellular service throughout Latin America is about to get a jolt as wireless operators deploy advanced-generation networks capable of carrying all kinds of content...

S.Korea announces major push to pay-by-phone services

Reuters | June 13, 2011 | Miyoung Kim (Reuters) - South Korea plans to install or upgrade 300,000 mobile payment checkouts at major retailers and transport services...

Cable cutters plague Vietnamese owned Haitian telco

When the Vietnamese state owned telco Viettel officially became the majority owner of Haitian national telecommunication company TELECO, it likely had no idea what kind of trouble it was in for.

LEADING RUSSIAN TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATOR MTS BUILDS MOBILE TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TOGETHER WITH ALCATEL-LUCENT

Alcatel-Lucent | June 9, 2011  | Press Release Moscow, June 9, 2011 -OJSC Mobile TeleSystems (“MTS” – NYSE: MBT), the leading telecommunications operator in Russia...

Rumor: ZTE, Huawei, ASB Win China Telecom IMS Contracts

Marbridge Consulting | June 12, 2011 Chinese telecom equipment manufacturers ZTE (0763.HK; 000063.SZ), Huawei, and Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell (ASB) have won major IMS tenders in...

SPONSORED: Neutral-host tower companies can help Latin American operators speed time to market

Cellular service throughout Latin America is about to get a jolt as wireless operators deploy advanced-generation networks capable of carrying all kinds of content...

RCR Wireless News MBB Philadelphia: Speed test showdown in the city of brotherly love

PHILADELPHIA – Is there anything more exciting than a network speed test? We here at RCR Wireless News think not and to prove that...

Contracts: Alcatel-Lucent with MTS; Huawei & Telus with Carlton Univ; and more

Alcatel-LucentRussia: With Mobile TeleSystems, telecommunications operator in Russia and the CIS, for the modernization of MTS transport infrastructure by deploying a mobile IP network....

RCR Wireless News MBB Philadelphia: Speed test showdown in the city of brotherly love

PHILADELPHIA – Is there anything more exciting than a network speed test? We here at RCR Wireless News think not and to prove that we decided to conduct such a test during our recent visit to Philadelphia as part of the RCR Wireless News Global Tour.

Google releases slew of search updates

This morning Google Inc. hosted an "inside search" event to lift the lid on some more improvements the firm is making to its ubiquitous engine. There were additions on both desktop and mobile clients, all aimed at making the search experience more accessible, usable and above all speedy.

Fiber to the Antenna

Today's wireless operators face ongoing challenges to supply the coverage and capacity that their customers want, especially for data. This means deployment of 3G...

Don’t be a nerd, get reproductive and go dual core says Samsung

A new Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. ad has tipped up on YouTube for the Galaxy S II dual-core smartphone, with the clear message that single core is for loser nerds, while the cool suave kids go for dual core.

Mobility and electronic health records take root at Trinity Health

NOVI, Mich. — Healthcare and wireless technology are colliding more than ever today and the points of convergence are being driven in large part...

RCR Wireless News MBB Philadelphia: Small tower owners see benefits, challenges in current climate

PHILADELPHIA – The tower industry has seen its fair share of ups and downs, a trend that seems set to continue as new entrants...

Skype teams up with Comcast, bringing VoIP to a TV near you

Skype Ltd. has teamed up with Comcast Corp. in a move aimed to bring high-definition video calling to the television.A press release today said...

Ericsson pays $1.15B for Telcordia in all-cash deal

L.M. Ericsson (ERIC) announced it plans to acquire privately held Telcordia for $1.15 billion in an all-cash transaction, strengthening Ericsson's portfolio of operations support...

Verizon Wireless tops, AT&T Mobility flops on data speeds in Los Angeles

In the Los Angeles metro area Verizon Wireless (VZ) gets the top nod in a new report that sought out to test wireless data...

Nokia troubles reminiscent of Moto’s a few years ago

All of the news and speculation that surrounds Nokia Corp. (NOK) brings to mind shades of Motorola Inc. (MOT) a few years back. Motorola...

Video shows Apple iPad 3 prototype with 3D display

RCR Unplugged has long reported the rumor that the iPad 3 will sport a 3D display, but our friends over at Netbook News seem to be one step closer to furnishing proof, offering an eye opening video from a recent Taiwan tech show

RCR Wireless News MBB Philadelphia: Data off load a hot topic for wireless carriers

PHILADELPHIA – With the explosion in data services beginning to take its toll on traditional cellular networks, companies that specialize in solutions designed to...
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