Monthly Archives: September, 2012

Worst of the Week: ‘3’ is the mystical number

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,

RIM surprises Wall Street, thanks to emerging markets

While investors and consumers in North America have been busy bashing Research in Motion, customers in emerging markets have been busy buying its products....

BYOD grows, stirs privacy concerns

Business users are increasingly bringing their own wireless devices for enterprise use – but even as that practice grows, employees are uneasy about employers’...

Crown Castle ponies up $2.4B for T-Mobile USA towers

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...

Time Trippin’: 700 MHz, C-Block debate rages; WiMAX vs. LTE in The Octagon … 5 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...

Movistar Mexico launches first phase of LTE deployment

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...

4G Americas notes benefits for ‘digital dividend’

Technology trade association 4G Americas has publicly stated that the 700 MHz 'digital dividend' plan is an excellent spectrum band opportunity for countries throughout...

CCA 2012: Regulatory challenges need to unite rural carriers

LAS VEGAS – If one thing was evident coming out of this week’s Competitive Carriers Association event in Las Vegas – besides a strong...

Infonetics: Small cell market battle ahead

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...

iPhone 5 for $150

With Apple touting the sale of 5 million iPhone 5 devices over its opening weekend, the hype surrounding the iconic device takes on a...

Mobile marketing firms sprint ahead of ad agencies

"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.

White Paper: Manage the Apps, Manage Your Network – Enabling Operators to Control App Signaling Traffic and Reduce Network Costs

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

Google Brazil’s president detained for failing to remove YouTube videos

The president of Google Brazil, Fabio Coelho, was arrested and later released on September 26, for not removing two videos from YouTube that allegedly...

Nextel launches 3G network in Mexico, covering 34 cities

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...

Embratel invests $50 million in new data center to offer cloud services

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...

CCA 2012: ESPN offers insight into mobile behavior

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...

RIM shows off BlackBerry 10

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

Analyst Angle: Excluding Claro from Colombia’s LTE auction is counterproductive

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...

What to expect from Futurecom 2012

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...

Smartphones sales up in emerging countries; China alone accounts for 66%

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...

CCA 2012: Competitive carriers show teeth

LAS VEGAS – The hotly competitive nature of the mobile space was clearly evident at this week’s Competitive Carrier Association Annual Convention in Las...

CCA 2012: Boingo partners with CCA to offer white label Wi-Fi

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...

LTE networks fall back to 3G for voice

Those lucky enough to be carrying the iPhone 5 this week may not be able to resist the urge to call friends to share...

Reality Check: Certified programs – Speeding product development and instilling consumer confidence

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.

Reality Check: Faster phones, faster networks – Who wins and loses this holiday season?

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.”
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