Monthly Archives: June, 2012

Oracle announces second cloud purchase within a month

Less than a month after Oracle's purchase of the cloud-based social marketing and engagement platform Vitrue, the company announced on June 5 that it...

Reports: Verizon to cut 1,700 wireline jobs

Published reports indicate that Verizon Communications is looking to cut up to 1,700 jobs across its wireline operations as business for traditional telecom services...

GridSense launch shows intersection of smart grid and telecom analytics

GridSense's launch of its Grid InSite software tool highlights the increasing intersection between the network analytics and optimization capabilities required by smart grid energy...

RIM courts software developers with BlackBerry 10 Jam

AUSTIN, Texas – Amidst reports of layoffs and lawsuits, BlackBerry-maker Research-In-Motion is reaching out the people who could represent its best hope for survival:...

Alaskan wireless space in for a shake up; GCI, Alaska Communications to merge operations

Alaska’s wireless landscape is in for a shake up as former rivals General Communications and Alaska Communications Systems Group said they will combine their...

Apple enters new territory; maps app could replace Google Maps on iPhone

Google Maps is one of the most popular smartphone apps and one of the most lucrative, as advertisers are quick to see the value...

Clearwire pads WiMAX network, adds Jolt Mobile

Clearwire nabbed another wholesale partner announcing a deal to host Jolt Mobile’s prepaid wireless service. The current agreement calls for Jolt to add Clearwire’s...

Reality Check: Where are we headed with smartphones? The semi-annual view

Holiday weekends are usually quiet ones overall for business, and especially in the telecom world. Not this year. Between Leap’s iPhone announcement, Randall Stephenson’s wide-ranging discussion at the Sanford C. Bernstein conference,

HP Discover 2012: EMC responds to HP’s ‘leapfrogged’ comment

LAS VEGAS – “It is too early to evaluate HP’s new product. And it has still to be proven by clients. What I can...

TIM Brasil taps PromonLogicalis, Cisco to deploy 10,000 Wi-Fi hotspots

Brazil's No. 2 carrier, TIM Brasil, announced it has chosen Cisco and its partner PromonLogicalis to manage the implementation of 10,000 Wi-Fi hotspots throughout...

HP Discover 2012: HP targets rival EMC in big data management solutions

LAS VEGAS – How to manage big data has been a challenge for companies of all sizes and sectors. Companies need to develop strategies...

Reality Check: BYOD demands mobile security improvements

Two big IT events happened in Las Vegas last month: Interop and Symantec Vision. Both events made a very good impression on me when I downloaded the apps and found out I could do my check-in,

Reality Check: Real emergencies show the need for better 911 location performance

Today, most people think that the 911 system in the United States works well. In an emergency situation, a person can dial 911 on any type of phone, and first responders arrive

Exclusive Analysis: Nokia looks to consolidate on its early lead in MEA

Editor's Note: This analysis was taken from an article that Ovum will be publishing in its subscriber newsletter in June, 2012. Summary Ovum recently...

AT&T counters claims against Band Class 17; FCC awash in comments

AT&T came to the rescue of the proposed Band Class 17 proposal that would see a 3GPP standard for LTE interoperability across the lower...

U.S. carriers gear up for a Samsung summer

Summer is here and with it a hot new smartphone - but this June it's not an iPhone that will have consumers lining up...

Clearwire joins RCA

The Rural Cellular Association continued to bolster its lineup by adding wireless broadband provider Clearwire to its list of member carriers. Clearwire’s management has...

Windstream to cut up to 400 management positions

Telecom service provider Windstream announced a corporate restructuring last week that will result in the elimination of up to 400 management positions, or about...

White Paper: Securing LTE Backhaul with IPsec

Securing LTE Backhaul with IPsec: Are you doing all you can to keep your LTE backhaul network secure? Tellabs’ white paper explains how IPsec...

Colombian Uff Móvil sees fast MVNO growth

One of the first mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) in Latin America, Colombian Uff Móvil launched its services back in November 2010 and ended...

Reader Forum: Selecting the right wireless technology for small cell backhaul

Most operators and market analysts agree that cost effective backhaul is the greatest challenge for wide scale small cell network deployments. The high cost, arduous city approval process and

Reader Forum: Wi-Fi vs. small cell – friends or foes?

There is a lot of buzz around the term “heterogeneous networks,” but a big reason for the attraction are centered around Wi-Fi and small-cell technologies and their business implication for major stakeholders

RCR Wireless News Time Machine: 17 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...

Worst of the Week: All in

News this week that Leap Wireless would begin offering Apple’s iPhone devices was a significant escalation in the competitive landscapes across the already red-hot smartphone and prepaid markets.

Austin works to recruit tech talent

Austin is one of the bright spots in the national employment picture. While US unemployment ticked up to 8.2% last month and the economy...
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