September 2012

This week reinforced to me that a real competition is not really real unless there are more than two involved. Sure, a boxing match is usually just between two combatants, and many sporting events take place between two teams,

While investors and consumers in North America have been busy bashing Research in Motion, customers in emerging markets have been busy buying its products. The Canadian company that was a …

Business users are increasingly bringing their own wireless devices for enterprise use – but even as that practice grows, employees are uneasy about employers’ access to the private information on …

Validating previous rumors, Crown Castle International reported today that it has agreed to lease 7,200 towers from T-Mobile USA for $2.4 billion. The deal will provide Crown Castle with exclusive …

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 fire up the DeLorean and take …

The LTE journey has begun in Mexico. Telefónica’s Movistar brand has begun deploying LTE across the country, with initial launch plans to cover the areas of Polanco, Ciudad de México; …

Technology trade association 4G Americas has publicly stated that the 700 MHz ‘digital dividend’ plan is an excellent spectrum band opportunity for countries throughout Latin America.  Be sure to follow …

LAS VEGAS – If one thing was evident coming out of this week’s Competitive Carriers Association event in Las Vegas – besides a strong distaste for Verizon Wireless and AT&T …

Not so fast, small cell market. A new small cell equipment report from Infonetics Research warns that despite a quickly growing market, the small cell space will be – well, …

With Apple touting the sale of 5 million iPhone 5 devices over its opening weekend, the hype surrounding the iconic device takes on a broader appearance this weekend as a …

“What are we doing about mobile?” – That’s the question marketing managers all over the world are hearing from their bosses, and some say that traditional ad agencies are not helping them find the answer.

As all operators are only too painfully aware, meeting demand for mobile bandwidth costs money. Operators are constantly looking for effective ways to optimize bandwidth while ensuring that customers are …

The president of Google Brazil, Fabio Coelho, was arrested and later released on September 26, for not removing two videos from YouTube that allegedly contain slander and defamed a mayoral …

The Nextel‘s 3G network has come to Mexico. Nextel, which is the NII Holdings brand in Latin America, announced the launch of its new 3G network yesterday, Sept. 26. Initially, it will …

Offering cloud computing services is a logical step for telecom operators, since they own network connections, which is the most crucial part of the cloud ecosystem. Yesterday, Sept. 26, Brazil’s Embratel, …

ESPN’s Michael Bayle spends as much time looking at Nielsen ratings as some of his customers spend looking at sports scores. Bayle is the general manager of ESPN Mobile, and …

Troubled Research in Motion (RIMM) is playing to its strengths with the launch of the upcoming BlackBerry 10 smartphone and operating system. The company is billing its newest device as …

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 topics in the wireless industry. Despite …

Held for the first time in the city of Rio de Janeiro, the largest Latin American telecom event, Futurecom, aims to promote the discussion of several important topics. People who attend …

Smartphones shipped globally will hit 1.7 billion in 2017 with emerging markets seeing particularly strong growth, Ovum has predicted. According to the independent telecom analysis firm, application stores are also gaining …

LAS VEGAS – The hotly competitive nature of the mobile space was clearly evident at this week’s Competitive Carrier Association Annual Convention in Las Vegas where few attending carriers passed …

The Competitive Carriers Association kicked off its annual convention in Las Vegas by announcing a partnership with Boingo Wireless to offer Wi-Fi offload services to carriers. For CCA’s regional carriers, …

Those lucky enough to be carrying the iPhone 5 this week may not be able to resist the urge to call friends to share the news, but they won’t be …

For companies deploying wireless communications technology, there are many decisions they are faced with when determining the type of products to purchase and deploy. The same is also true for consumers.

This week, we focus on our twice-yearly handset lineup graph. In previous assessments, we had focused on the stock keeping unit (SKU) imbalance between Apple and Android, which led to what we called the “Android World.”