Monthly Archives: September, 2012

ETB to issue $600 million in bonds abroad for fiber optic network expansion

ETB (Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Bogota), a Colombian state-owned telecommunication company,  plans to issue U.S.$600 million in bonds in international capital markets to fund the expansion...

Movistar obtains 20MHz in Venezuela; increases investments to $535 million

The Venezuelan wireless company Movistar, a unit of the Spanish group Telefónica, announced it is increasing its infrastructure investment in 2012 to U.S.$535 million...

Reality Check: The end of traffic shaping in Brazil?

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...

Worker riot in China could impact iPhone 5

A Foxconn plant that reportedly makes components for the iPhone 5 is idle today after a worker riot that involved two thousand people and...

Apple sells 5 million 5’s; T-Mobile grabs a piece of the action

5 million people in at least 9 countries took home a new iPhone 5 this weekend, breaking the weekend launch record set last year...

Q&A with PCIA CEO Jonathan Adelstein

Wireless infrastructure trade association PCIA recently named Jonathan Adelstein CEO and president, replacing outgoing CEO and President Michael Fitch who announced plans to step...

Reader Forum: Enabling the new global mobile ecosystem

In the face of unprecedented worldwide growth in the use of mobile devices, mobile network operators are severely challenged to deliver the applications and performance users are demanding.

Reader Forum: New business models to maximize M2M revenues for carriers

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum...

Feature Report: Time to improve, expand wireless infrastructure in LatAm

Even as LTE deployments begin in earnest, Latin American and Caribbean wireless carriers continue to focus investments on the expansion and improvement of 3G...

Employee demand for connectivity boosts WLAN market

New employees’ need for connectivity has increased demand for wireless Internet infrastructure, and it is a global phenomenon. According to Infonetics Research, wireless local...

Apple iPhone 5 hits the streets; new orders delayed weeks

The unofficial national holiday that is the launch of a new Apple iPhone is upon us, and as can be seen via most news...

China’s Foxconn dominates tablet manufacturing

IHS iSuppli says Foxconn made 62% of the tablets shipped last year.

Worst of the Week: Dirty money

I am going to go ahead and assume that a solid majority of people reading this are doing so because they have been waiting in line in front of their favorite Apple product outlet for at least 3 days

Feature Report: Mobile Broadband Rush Propels Latin American Infrastructure Market

Even as LTE deployments begin in earnest, Latin American and Caribbean wireless carriers continue to focus investments on the expansion and improvement of 3G...

Latin America video wrap-up: Anatel validates LTE tender; Nextel launch; Foxconn

Anatel validates spectrum tender: LTE commercialization to begin. Nextel expected to launch 3G network in Brazil by December. Foxconn announcement of U.S.$ 500 million...

Time Trippin’: 3G specs get a date; Verizon Wireless’ conception? … 13 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...

WiMAX is still alive: Peru’s Olo launches services

WiMAX is not dead. At least in Peru, where the national firm Olo has launched mobile Internet services using WiMAX. It is offering prepaid mobile...

Mexico adopts APT plan for 700 MHz band

Mexico’s Federal Commission of Telecommunications (Cofetel)  has voted to adopt the Asia Pacific Telecommunity (APT) band plan for the 700 MHz band for mobile...

Foxconn to invest $500M in new Brazilian plant, add 10,000 jobs

Foxconn, which manufactures products for Apple as well as other vendors, is investing $500 million (R$1 billion) to open a new plant in the state of...

Feature Report: LTE options for rural carriers

The push to LTE is having a marked impact on rural carriers that have to this point been able to remain relatively competitive in...

Webinar: Green Initiatives for Fleet Management

Green initiatives have become prevalent across multiple industries, in municipalities and public fleets. Vecima’s NEW FleetLynx solutions family provides Fleet Managers and drivers the tools...

iPhone user survey: Most will upgrade to iPhone 5

A survey of nearly 2,000 U.S. and U.K. iPhone users showed that the majority of them plan to upgrade to the iPhone 5, particularly...

MetroPCS continues LTE push

MetroPCS’ push into LTE continued today as the carrier announced plans to launch a new smartphone compatible with the carrier’s high-speed data network. The...

Inside story: Public safety and the D Block

How do LTE networks behave in a real emergency? Answers come from tests that were part of the process that led Congress to allocate the D Block spectrum to a nationwide public safety network.

ZTE looks beyond Android with new smartphone launches

China's ZTE Corp. says that by the first quarter of 2013 it will be shipping smartphones based on an operating system it developed with Mozilla.
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