Yearly Archives: 2012

América Móvil to invest $10B in 2013

After releasing positive third quarter results, the giant Latin American telecom group América Móvil released its forecast of U.S.$10 billion in investments during 2013—an...

TIM contracts with Ericsson, Huawei, NSN for LTE

The last carrier to release the names of its LTE providers, TIM, announced that it has chosen Ericsson, Huawei and Nokia Siemens Networks as...

Analyst Angle: Social network integration and pricing innovation

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...

IBM researchers say successor to silicon could revolutionize mobile devices

Intel co-founder Gordon Moore accurately predicted that the number of transistors that could fit onto a silicon wafer would double roughly every two years,...

Google bypasses carriers with Nexus

Google may be giving a new meaning to the phrase "over-the-top" with the launch of its newest line of Nexus devices. The Nexus 4...

Everything Everywhere first in UK with commercial LTE services

United Kingdom wireless operator Everything Everywhere said it has launched commercial LTE services across 11 markets, including the cities of Bristol, Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh,...

MetroPCS posts deep customer losses, strong income growth

MetroPCS posted third quarter results showing a rough period for operations, though a positive return on its financials. The results come just weeks after...

Reality Check: The importance of carrier ‘net promoter’ scores

What's in the hearts and minds of AT&T Mobility, Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA today? Think three letters: NPS – a fast-spreading obsession in the carrier community to foster a brand loyalty index for the industry

Reality Check: Not just small cells, smart cells

In 2002, Billy Beane’s Oakland Athletics set an all-time baseball record winning 20 games in a row. In the process Beane’s “moneyball” concept revolutionized the sport, changing its thinking, its planning and its economics.

Analytics, business intelligence top Latin America CIO priorities

Analytics and business intelligence solutions are back at the top of Latin American CIOs’ list of priorities. Last year, this topic was ranked fifth,...

Gartner Symposium: 2012 Latin American IT spending lower than 2011 prediction

Gartner forecasts that information technology spending in Latin America in 2012 will be a little less than the amount predicted for 2011. Last year, Gartner forecasted that...

Reality Check: A look into arrest of Google’s Brazil CEO

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...

Gartner Symposium: Cloud, social, info and mobile not yet linked

"The future of computing is social, mobile, information and cloud, and companies are doing pieces of it correctly today. But where the real advantages...

Carriers ready for Hurricane Sandy

AT&T and Verizon say they are ready for Sandy. They have deployed mobile cell sites, generators, and even mobile retail stores.

Looking ahead to ‘5G’

Wireless industry visionaries say three key elements of 5G will be network densification, use of higher frequencies, and devices with more antennas.

Reader Forum: Taking enterprise mobility to the next level

It’s no question that enterprise mobility is becoming ubiquitous. Many of the organizations I work with are moving beyond low-hanging mobility fruits like e-mail and calendar management.

Study: More adopting BYOD but few understand concept and its risks

Among the many buzzwords in the IT world,  BYOD was one of the most talked about this year. The phenomenon known as “bring-your-own-device,” which refers...

Oi to launch LTE in Rio de Janeiro this year, deploy beyond obligations

By the first quarter of next year, Brazilian carrier Oi will start to offer LTE services in the state of São Paulo. The state...

Apple by the numbers

For the second quarter in a row, the world's largest company (by market value) disappointed investors with its earnings report. The company earned $8.2...

Worst of the Week: Apple zinger

Apple had historically taken a similar approach to the automotive industry in terms of rolling out new models: introduce a new model every year with enough enhancements to entice, but not revolutionary

Ericsson earnings slide; CFO looks to services business and cost cuts

Ericsson's third quarter profits were up from the second quarter, but down significantly from the year-ago period. Chief financial officer Jan Frykhammer says he's...

Clearwire continues to tread water; LTE plans scaled back

Few companies can’t wait for “tomorrow” as much as Clearwire, which released third quarter results late yesterday highlighting the fact that come this time...

América Móvil posts increased net profit, revenues

Mexican telecommunications giant América Móvil reported good performance for its third fiscal quarter, with net profits up 67% year-over-year thanks to foreign exchange gains....

Nokia CEO excited about Brazil’s smartphone future

Stephen Elop, Nokia’s CEO and president, visited Brazil twice in less than a year—once in November 2011 and again this week. It is unusual for a...

Time Trippin’: Europe hits saturation; Sprint PCS set for data demand … 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...
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