Yearly Archives: 2012

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.

Webinar: LTE Network Deployment Strategies for Rural Carriers Webinar

LTE Network Deployment Strategies for Rural Carriers Webinar Rural carriers are the backbone of wireless telecommunications services for a significant portion of the country’s...

While seeking investments, Hondutel to give $4.5 million to Honduran government

The story of the financially troubled, Honduran government-owned telecommunications company, Hondutel (also known as Empresa Hondureña de Telecomunicaciones), is not finished. While seeking new...

Nextel expected to launch 3G network in Brazil by December

Nextel Communications' 3G network launch in Brazil, which has been expected for some time, may happen before the end of this year. The company...

Digicel to complete Voilà integration Oct. 15

After acquiring Haiti’s Voilà last April, Digicel released it plans to complete the integration of the network by Oct. 15, which will include the...

Small cell backhaul in the spotlight

As carriers work furiously to expand their LTE networks, backhaul providers are jostling to get operators the capacity they need to handle heavy data...

T-Mobile USA names Legere new CEO

T-Mobile USA received new leadership today as parent company Deutsche Telekom announced that John Legere will head up its U.S. operations effective Sept. 22....

Samsung, LG, HTC look to counter Apple juggernaut

On the heels of Apple’s unveiling of its latest iPhone 5, which is set to hit consumers this week, a trio of rivals announced...

Changes at top for Colombia’s CRC, Telefónica

Major leadership changes were announced this week at the Colombian telecommunications regulator (CRC) and the Spanish telecom operator Telefónica. CRC's executive director, Carlos Andrés Rebellón,...

Analyst Angle: Hybrid pricing as a postpaid strategy for emerging markets

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...

Oracle continues cloud-based spree, acquires SelectMinds

Oracle announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire SelectMinds, a provider of cloud-based social talent sourcing and corporate alumni management applications....

Analyst Angle: Mobile termination rate cuts had little impact on Latin American market dynamics

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...

Industry applauds Brazil’s new tax incentive law for telecom sector

Brazil's president, Dilma Rousseff, signed a law that creates incentives for technological innovation, establishes programs to support broadband network installation and restores digital inclusion...
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