Yearly Archives: 2012

Verizon Wireless set to entertain rural carriers

Scheduled conveniently ahead of next week’s Competitive Carrier Association event, Verizon Wireless this week kicked off its second LTE in Rural America program. The...

Wireless History Foundation welcomes 5 new sponsors

The Wireless History Foundation, which is set to induct new members on Oct. 8 into its Wireless Hall of Fame at a dinner in...

Webinar: The Advantages of MPLS for Mobile Backhaul

Mobile backhaul is sometimes seen only as a means for connecting the access network to the core.  But, in a world that demands rich,...

Time Warner Cable to sell Clearwire stake

Time Warner Cable says it will unload its investment in Clearwire by selling its 46.4 million shares, valued at roughly $65 million based on the current market value of Clearwire's stock.

AT&T Mobility’s FaceTime plans stir debate, FCC complaint

AT&T Mobility’s plans to limit use of Apple’s FaceTime video chat service to either Wi-Fi connections or to cellular connections running through its Mobile...

Equipment vendors focus on CEM

Loyal customers may be a carrier's most valuable asset, and network equipment vendors are acknowledging this with an increased focus on customer experience management...

Reality Check: Apple’s remarkable week

I have just finished a second view (the total event was about two hours long), and quite frankly was both amazed and disappointed in the session. Amazed at what Apple has been able to accomplish in the past two years

BYOD pushes deployment of mobile device management

With the proliferation of mobile devices in the workplace, IT teams need to set policies to address employees' use of personal smartphones, tablets and...

Reality Check: The importance of security in the technology world

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...

Ripple effect: iPhone 5 expected to help wireless infrastructure companies

Companies that make equipment for managing traffic on LTE networks stand to benefit from the launch of the iPhone 5.

iPhone 5: Two million sold in first 24 hours

Apple said that customers pre-ordered a staggering two million iPhone5 devices in the first 24 hours that the device was available. The figure was...

SBA signs tower extension with T-Mobile USA

T-Mobile USA’s network upgrade plans continue to roll along as the carrier late last week reached an agreement with tower owner SBA Communications to...

Networks over count video use; customers may pay the price

Researchers at UCLA say U.S. mobile operators are potentially charging customers for data those customers never receive.

Alcatel-Lucent scores Colombia broadband network deal

Azteca Comunicaciones Colombia tapped Alcatel-Lucent to help with the installation and operation of a national fiber optic telecommunications network designed to benefit people in...

Telefónica jumps into augmented reality through partnership with HP’s Aurasma

Following recent investments in the machine-to-machine space, mobile advertising and in a fund to detect and finance new businesses, Spanish mobile phone operator Telefónica...

Reader Forum: Banks now lead the charge in developing markets

The M-PESA mobile money transfer and payments service took the world by surprise in 2007 when it debuted a successful business based on serving a previously underserved population: the rural poor.

Reader Forum: Gaining operational advantages in the intensifying wireless market

Today’s intense wireless market is no place for the uncertain. Many providers know they aren’t ideally equipped for the current market, even if they’ve had long-term success.

Reader Forum: IT as a driver of economic development and innovation in Brazil

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 for those...

Columbus receives green light to acquire TeleBarbados

Columbus International Inc. announced that it has officially obtained approval to acquire TeleBarbados Inc. and enter the Barbados telecommunications market. With this approval, Columbus...

Adelstein tapped as new PCIA president, CEO

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

iPhone 5 a sellout; component shortages and carrier testing may delay shipments

iPhone enthusiasts who awoke in the wee hours this morning were able to pre-order a new iPhone 5 for delivery next Friday. The rest of us may have to wait a little longer

Worst of the Week: The real meaning of life

Well, there you go. Apple did indeed launch a new device worthy of a new number and for the most part seemed to check all the boxes a dire consumer – and media/analyst – base desperate for something more than the 4S were clamoring for.

Time Trippin’: DT remains committed to T-Mobile USA; Sprint Nextel to trial WiBro … 7 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...

Michio Kaku: In the future, computers will disappear; cloud will be everywhere

"By 2020, there will be chips everywhere because chips will cost a penny. After 2020, it will be the post-silicon era, with quantum computing."...

Brazilian smartphone sales increase 77% to 6.8 million in 1H 12

Smartphones are hot in Brazil. While the total mobile phone market dropped 16% in the first half of 2012 compared to the same period...
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