2012

Verizon Wireless set off a firestorm this week when Fran Shammo, CFO of parent company Verizon Communications, told investors at a conference that the carrier plans to require current customers …

Watch the discussion between Dan Meyer, Editor-in-Chief, RCR Wireless News and his panel of experts, Roger Entner, Lead Analyst, Recon Analytics, and Daryl Schoolar, Principal Analyst – Wireless Infrastructure, Ovum as they discuss the major themes and developments that came out of the CTIA Wireless show in New Orleans.

Most of the costs companies incur by letting employees choose their own devices are not associated with the devices themselves. Companies are spending much more supporting and securing the devices, …

Still reeling from the government’s rejection of its plan to merge with AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile USA says it will cut an additional 900 jobs. In March the company said it …

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 in the wireless industry. …

On the day that Sprint tooted its horn as being the leading U.S. carrier in terms of customer satisfaction, the wireless operator’s service went down covering nearly the entire Austin, …

It’s been a tough year for Nokia (NOK) in the U.S. and Europe, but the Finnish company’s low-end phones are still ubiquitous in the developing world and that’s where Nokia …

MIAMI – The Brazilian unit of Telecom Italia is preparing the launch of its ultra high-speed broadband service using VDSL networks. Branded with an English name, ‘Live TIM’ has been …

WiGig is expected to revolutionize Wi-Fi by offering up to 10 times higher speeds (around 7 gigabits/second) than today’s Wi-Fi devices do. Although products using this technology have already been …

During the last decade, Latin America’s telecom industry has seen the rise and fall of many challengers to the iDEN “push-to-talk” service. The would-be successors used different technologies

Verizon Wireless’ attempt to secure 1.7/2.1 GHz (AWS) spectrum assets hit a snag as the Federal Communications Commission has asked the parties involved to provide more details on the proposed …

Beside hearing the obligatory merger rumors, and seeing an unbelievably massive amount of cell phone bling on display, last week’s CTIA showcased plenty of equipment vendors showing off technologies that …

MIAMI – Telecom Italia has conducted meetings with TIM Brazil team to sooth employee concerns about the telecom operator’s future following a scandal that resulted in its Brazilian CEO resigning. …

An attempt by Voyager Mobile to disrupt the prepaid apple cart took a step backwards this morning as the company’s planned launch of its mobile virtual network operator service was …

According to a new study released by the American Customer Satisfaction Index, customer satisfaction across the wireless industry dropped from last year, despite aggregate gains across all sectors of the …

When the European Parliament voted on May 10 to place new caps on roaming charges, they included data services for the first time. Telefonica was the first major carrier to …

MIAMI – Amdocs has set its sights on transforming the set-top box into a media center controlled by tablets with integrated real-time social media and sharing tools. The 30-year-old customer experience …

Within a couple of years, the exploitation of various infection techniques will make malware as problematic on mobile devices as it is on PCs – and because mobile operators are also subject to Windows-based

Isis, the mobile payments venture formed by Verizon Wireless, AT&T Mobility and T-Mobile USA, today announced its first set of retail partners who will accept contactless payments made with smartphones. …

Telefónica’s Latin American earnings surpassed its earnings from Europe for the first time in the Spanish group’s history. The telecom operator announced first quarter 2012 earnings of 15,511 million euros, …

It’s a delicate (some might say indelicate) question to ask – What is your mobile strategy? But I’ve learned not to make assumptions when companies come to us looking for help with their mobility issues.

LightSquared followed through with weekend rumors by filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection this afternoon, noting the move will give it “breathing room” to work through current regulatory challenges that …

Seven major U.S. carriers covering 97% of American mobile subscribers will participate in the Wireless Emergency Alert system, but not all mobile phones will be able to receive the alerts. …