The Federal Communications Commission is reportedly planning to review its "spectrum screen" rules before it moves forward with a plan to auction spectrum currently used by over-the-air broadcasters.
Brazilian wireless carriers want the 700 MHz band for deploying LTE. And the government might auction this spectrum band ahead of schedule, sometime next year. The...
Looking to offer broadband Internet on cellular mobile devices, Digicel tapped Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) to deploy an Evolved HSPA network in the Republic of...
AT&T Inc. (T) has opened a sleek, new retail store on Chicago’s Michigan Avenue, showcasing the company’s range of mobile services and offering customers...
Colombian municipally owned company Empresas Municipales de Cali (Emcali) is investing U.S.$460,000 to expand public Wi-Fi throughout the city of Cali. According to the...
When negotiating renewal of its licenses in Peru, Spanish-owned Telefónica announced it would investment U.S.$29.50 million (PEN 77 million) in the regions of Lambayeque and...
Cloud computing services have transformed how enterprises buy technology and even how chief information officers (CIOs) deal with corporate demands. In Gartner’s Hype Cycle...
Leap Wireless' Cricket Communications will launch a new pricing plan next month that gives customers more choices, and potentially less data. Cricket is a...
The platform adopted by the Republican party this week describes the telecommunications industry as a vital part of the U.S. economy that is being hamstrung by the federal government.
Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) has signed a partnership agreement with Flextronics to manufacture LTE equipment locally in Brazil. As RCR Wireless News previously reported, NSN...
Paraguay’s telecom regulator Conatel (Comisión Nacional de Telecomunicaciones) has authorized Tigo, owned by Millicom International Cellular, to complete its acquisition of Cablevisión. The binding...
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 hot...
Mobility, cloud computing, big data and social networks are driving telecom growth worldwide. “None of these trends would exist without telecommunications infrastructure and services,”...
AT&T Inc. (T) announced yesterday that a pilot mobile health program using wireless technology to help diabetes patients has shown promising results.
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In some situations using a non-standard solution may have governmental, technical, process based, financial or other commercial competitive advantages. This route works great if...
Mexico’s telecommunications sector grew 14.8% during the second quarter of 2012 over the same period of 2011, according to data from the Telecommunications Sector...
Looking to enhance its social business vertical, IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced the acquisition of Kenexa Corporation (NYSE: KNXA) yesterday. The companies have entered into...
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 insights into the...
Brightstar is buying San Francisco's Let'sTalk in a move to help carriers add value to their device offerings. The wireless distribution and logistics provider...
