Monthly Archives: September, 2012

Nokia, coffee house offer energy for people and their phones

Mobile phone users feeling low on power will soon be able to slip into a café and order a cup of coffee with a wireless phone charge on the side, thanks to a new agreement between Nokia and The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf®.

All eyes on Amazon

The world's largest online retailer has the wireless industry's attention today

Survey finds smartphone users spend more; iPhone most satisfying

On the heels of a bevy of smartphone launches, J.D. Power and Associates this morning reported that its latest customer survey found that customers...

Mhealth: Smart wireless accessories to reach 110 million units in 2017

A new class of smart devices that wirelessly link to smartphones and tablets will begin to gain traction over the next few years, with...

Skype inks deal for direct carrier billing

Skype, the voice-over-IP service that carriers once viewed as a major threat, is emerging as a possible source of incremental revenue for operators.

Time Trippin’: Wiretap loophole; IPR disputes … 14 years ago this week

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 a trip back in time to re-visit some of the more interesting headlines from this week in history.

Latam carriers look to LTE to create new revenues

CARTAGENA, Colombia – The LTE roll out across Latin America will be driven by telecom operators looking to create new revenues, to increase their...

Argentina cancels wireless auction; gives spectrum to state-owned satellite operator

The Argentinian government has canceled its plans to auction wireless spectrum and instead allocated 25% of 3G spectrum to the state-owned satellite operator, Arsat....

Colombia to have more LTE providers by end of year, says ICT minister

CARTAGENA, Colombia—"Before the end of this year, we hope to have more operators to offer LTE services,” said Colombian ICT Minister Diego Molano Vega,...

Webinar: Connected Cities Series: Public Safety LTE Trends

The public safety space has for years been tasked with attempting to accomplish an increasingly complex job using antiquated equipment. That challenge appears to...

FCC plans to measure mobile broadband performance

The Federal Communications Commission today announced plans to measure mobile broadband service performance in an attempt to provide consumers with information regarding wireless data...

Nokia and Microsoft launch Lumia 920

Microsoft's marketing muscle is of course Nokia's ace in the hole as the Finnish company struggles to regain a foothold in the mobile phone market that it dominated until recently.

Analyst Angle: The Apple vs. Samsung lawsuit – Good news: Intellectual property is alive and well

By now, just about anyone who follows technology knows that on Aug. 24, nine jurors in California voted in favor of Apple with the largest patent lawsuit victory

Brazil market shakeup: Lenovo to acquire CCE; Positivo to produce cellphones

Two events shook up the Brazilian computer manufacturing market on Tuesday. The Brazil's personal-computer maker Positivo Informática announced that it will start producing mobile...

Telefónica launches $376M venture capital network to find, finance new digital businesses

The Spanish group Telefónica announced the launch of an international network of technology venture capital funds, starting with a capital base of about U.S.$376.1...

RadioShack partners with Leap for wireless service

RadioShack (RSH) announced that it will begin selling its own brand of wireless phones and service in its retail stores nationwide, using Leap Wireless'...

Reports of screen delays plague iPhone 5

Reports that Sharp has failed to start shipping screens for the new iPhone are just the tip of what could be a very sharp iceberg for Apple.

Reality Check: The blurring of voice and data revenues – How mobile operators can win

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...
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