Monthly Archives: June, 2012

KPN moves against América Móvil’s acquisition

Dutch telecom operator KPN has had a busy month attempting to counter a move by Mexico-based operator América Móvil, which is looking to increase...

Telefónica to sell 4.56% stake in China Unicom

Spain telecom giant Telefónica announced it has agreed to sell almost half its stake in China Unicom (4.56%) for about $1.41 billion (€1.13 billion)...

HP Discover 2012: HP’s strategy focuses on cohesion

LAS VEGAS - Like most large multi-nationals, Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) can be challenged to orchestrate its different verticals, which ranges from business-focused products to end...

Report: Microwave backhaul market to ride growth, internal flux

The microwave backhaul market is seeing strong fluctuations as the growing need for wireless networks to support mobile data usage is driving revenue growth...

Huawei launches first LTE smartphone with MetroPCS

China's Huawei is continuing its push into the consumer device market with the introduction of its first LTE handset in the United States, the...

Venture Capital: A week ranging from the bizarre to the sublime

The VC business can be a strange game sometimes. That was typified for me this week courtesy of two lines in my WSJ reader...

RCR Wireless News Time Machine: Nine years ago this week

Editor’s Note: The RCR Wireless News Time Machine is a way to take advantage of our extensive history in covering the wireless space to...

Three reasons smartphones are getting smarter

Do you really need a smarter smartphone? Executives who stake their careers on the answer to that question seem to think it's a resounding...

Worst of the Week: Focused on the task at hand

Very few of us – and by us I mean humans – are advanced enough to handle more than one chore at any one time. Sure, some of us (you) are more advanced in that we (not me) can actually walk and chew gum

Samsung names new CEO

Samsung Electronics has named Kwon Oh-hyun as its new CEO, replacing 61-year-old Choi Gee-sung. Kwon has been running the Korean conglomerate's components business, where...

Telefonica UK, Vodafone UK to share certain network assets

The U.K. wireless market continues its evolution as today rivals Telefonica UK, which operates under the O2 brand, and Vodafone UK announced plans to...

Citrix buys Bytemoble, taps video in support of carrier cloud play

Citrix Systems, Inc. announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire privately-held Bytemobile, Inc. for an undisclosed sum. While not the first...

Dell white labels cloud for service providers

With the PC market in the doldrums, one of the world's biggest computer makers is quietly making money by proving that it's amazing what...

LTE could offer respite from device subsidies

The debate over device subsidies has hit a fever pitch with carriers struggling to make the economies of smartphones jibe with their bottom line....

Virgin Mobile USA to add Apple iPhone; ratchet up price competition

Sprint Nextel prepaid subsidiary Virgin Mobile USA looks set to upset the competitive iPhone balance across the mobile space, announcing plans to begin offering...

Video conferencing helps carriers help their customers

Business travelers are among the heaviest users of mobile communications, and yet some carriers are actually encouraging enterprise customers to cut their business travel...

IPv6 is here, will impact all industry players

The worldwide commercial launch of IPv6 on June 6, an event sponsored and organized by the Internet Society, was called a major milestone by several...

Datora launches M2M unit, sets sights on 15% of Brazilian market

Brazilian Datora Telecom is seeking to get a big share of the machine-to-machine market. The company has just announced a mobile unit dubbed Datora...

Infonetics Research: Cisco, Avaya battling over enterprise voice equipment market

Cisco and Avaya have been battling over market share in the enterprise unified communication, VoIP and TDM equipment market, according to the market research...

Freescale and Texas Instruments go head-to-head in designing base stations-on-a-chip

As the newly appointed president and CEO of Freescale (FSL), Gregg Lowe may be calling on a number of the same customers he visited...

M2M, MIMO, mobile data: Interview with Ericsson CTO Ulf Ewaldsson

Yesterday Ericsson released its annual Traffic and Market report, which is based on the company's internal mobile traffic growth modeling exercises as well as...

Verizon Wireless, automotive manufacturers partner to expand LTE into telematics

Just days after announcing plans to acquire Hughes Telematics for $612 million, Verizon Wireless said it has partnered with a group of automotive companies...

Investors give new Freescale CEO a warm welcome

Shares of Freescale Semiconductor (FSL) are sharply higher for the second straight day on news that the company has hired a top Texas Instruments...

Six bidders to participate in Brazil’s LTE auction

Brazilian telecom agency Anatel said that six telecom groups have submitted bids for Brazil's upcoming frequency tenders in the 2.5 GHz and 450 MHz...

HP Discover 2012: CEO Meg Whitman reinforces infrastructure as HP’s foundation

LAS VEGAS—After HP's turbulent year in 2011, with Léo Apotheker stepping down as CEO just 11 months after being named and the indecision over the...
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