Yearly Archives: 2011

PCIA 2011: Tower players confident in current financial positions

DALLAS – The current waves impacting the financial markets have not gone unnoticed by the tower industry, though many in the space seem to think their ship is water tight enough to handle whatever investors can throw at it.

PCIA news: Two East Coast acquisitions

The PCIA 2011 Wireless Infrastructure Show has already yielded two acquisition announcements, each linking a Maryland company to a North Carolina company. Network Building &...

BT aims to double its operation in Latin America, reaching $ 1 billion

Over the next three years, the UK-based firm BT Global Services, part of BT Group plc, will double its business in Latin American countries....

Siri: the top iPhone 4S feature

Apple's announcements today were anticipated for two big reasons: new products and features but, mostly, because it was the first time Tim Cook conducted...

3M says its fiber solutions can speed move to 4G

Deployment of 4G networks is a huge theme at this year's PCIA 2011 Wireless Infrastructure Show in Dallas, and 3M (NYSE MMM) is hoping...

Marc Ganzi previews PCIA 2011 Wireless Infrastructure Show

The PCIA 2011 Wireless Infrastructure Show kicks off today in Dallas. PCIA Chairman Marc Ganzi, who is also CEO of Global Tower Partners, outlines...

HD Voice services now supported on 32 mobile networks with 52 mobile phones in the market

According to the latest report by the Global Mobile Suppliers Association (GSA), mobile HD voice based on AMR (Adaptive Multi Rate) wideband technology  (W-AMR),...

World’s cheapest tablet to be unveiled Wednesday in India

The tablet will run on Google's Android platform. It will have WiFi connectivity for accessing the web and cloud storage. The device comes with 256 MB RAM, a 2 GB SD memory card, a 32 GB expandable memory slot, and two USB ports.

Big data still is a new subject in Brazil, says EMC

Big meets cloud has been the EMC slogan this year. during the recent Futurecom event, Marcio Kanamaru, global client solutions director at EMC, talked...

LightSquared sharpens its focus on the consumer

The company that is spending billions to build a business invisible to consumers wants a consumer products heavyweight in its corner. LightSquared has chosen...

T-Mobile to offer new low cost plan at Walmart stores

Executives at T-Mobile are not waiting around to find out whether they'll soon be working for AT&T -- instead they seem to be working...

Indian Telecom minister announces plan for spectrum allocation

India's National Frequency Allocation Plan - 2011 (NAFP), released by Union Minister of Communications and Information Technology Kapil Sibal, came into effect from October 1, 2011.

Chile to get Virgin’s first MVNO in Latin America, others could follow

Virgin Group is planning to begin a mobile virtual network operator service in Chile during the first quarter of next year. “We already have...

RCR Wireless panel discusses major telecoms trends in Brazil

During the recent Futurecom event in São Paulo Sept. 12-14 RCR Wireless News hosted a panel in its booth to discuss major telecom trends...

Reader Forum: Why should you care about your operator’s signaling protocol?

During your average day how many times do you speak or text on your smartphone, browse on your tablet, or work on your laptop? In the evenings you may read e-books, message from your mobile, or check your Facebook. You go on vacation and watch videos while waiting for the plane, take pictures with your phone and send them to friends back home.

Reader Forum: We can’t win the future with yesterday’s technology

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...

Intel, Freescale and others jump in to support smart grid, but will consumers want it?

Pecan Street Inc., Austin's non-profit smart grid and clean energy research organization, today announced the roster of companies that will help it develop and...

Mobile broadband options vast and varied across domestic market

Note:  This article was originally published in The 2011 Official Show Guide of the Wireless Infrastructure Show - click here to view the full...

Chomp will let app developers bid for keywords

App developers who are chomping at the bit to increase search engine hits will soon be able to join the race to buy keywords....

Facebook’s mobile users skyrocket

While Facebook users were busy posting and tweeting about its new look and new features, mobile content developers were absorbing the latest news about...

Hurricane Party hopes to blow users away with Forecast app

If you grew up on the West Coast, you may or may not have heard the term "hurricane party" before – it's a multi-day party...

LTE Asia: An end-to-end LTE network now includes providing a device

SUNTEC, Singapore – Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is better known for its smartphones and is possibly the strongest contender to Apple Inc.’s iPhone. On the mobile networks side, Samsung strongly positioned itself as a WiMAX-focused vendor and is still the No. 1 provider of WiMAX equipment globally.

Swype on track towards install base of a billion devices say CEO

Touchscreen keyboard firm Swype said it’s goal is to be on a billion devices and become ubiquitous across phones, tablets and even TVs, despite...

Verizon expands 4G LTE network

Verizon Wireless subscribers in Austin and 25 other U.S. cities may find themselves working faster today. Verizon is rolling out LTE in 26 additional...

Tablets, texts and tweets bring new dimension to live entertainment

Social networking is expanding the audience for some of Austin's biggest events this fall. During UT's first football game of the season, thousands of...
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