January 2013

Verizon Wireless wrapped up the sale of lower 700 MHz spectrum assets, announcing late last week that it sold off the remaining chunk of licenses to rival AT&T in a …

Enterprise adoption of cloud computing has been a game-changer for those that know how to take advantage of hosting data in the cloud. Now companies are moving beyond cloud experimentation …

You’re a security IT professional, and you think you’ve taken the steps to try to make your network secure. You feel relatively confident, safe even, as you walk the corridors of your organization.

Vietnamese mobile network operator the Viettel Group was set to launch operations on Saturday, January 26, according to the Ministry of Transport and Communications (MTC). However, under the concession, Viettel …

AT&T went on a spectrum buying spree and investors went on an Apple selling spree. Verizon Wireless and AT&T both reported healthy gains in postpaid subscribers and both said that …

It was a record-breaking year for smartphones. Device makers shipped more than 700 million units worldwide in 2012, the largest number to date, according to a recent report from Strategy …

AT&T’s fourth quarter results were marked by record smartphone sales, a healthy increase in average revenue per wireless subscriber, and a quarterly loss due primarily to non-cash losses caused by …

The impact of the growing consumption of video on mobile operators is already being felt—and carriers need to develop business models that address customer demands and company profits at the same …

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 fire up the DeLorean and take …

Colombia’s public telecom operator, UNE EPM, is investing U.S.$ 2.5 million to launch LTE services in the city of Barranquilla. The investment will be used to install radio base stations, fiber …

Chilean watchdog Subtel has set new service quality indicators for Internet, mobile and fixed telephony services that will be used starting this year. According to the minister of transport and …

Record sales of iPhones and iPads were not enough to renew Wall Street’s appetite for Apple. The stock fell 10% in after hours trading following the company’s fiscal first quarter …

Federal Communications Commission approval of the 2012 acquisitions (Softbank acquires Sprint Nextel; Sprint Nextel buying Clearwire; and T-Mobile USA

German enterprise software giant SAP’s revenues were boosted by its key innovation areas: SAP Hana, mobile and cloud computing. When SAP released its full year and fourth quarter results, the company …

Digicel Group has chosen eVolution Networks to provide a smart energy solution (SES) across its network in Jamaica. Digicel aims to slash energy consumption on the cellular tower (base station) …

Editor’s Note: With 2013 now upon us, RCR Wireless News has gathered predictions from leading industry analysts and executives on what they expect to see in the new year. Two …