Monthly Archives: March, 2013

Galaxy Note II LTE update hints at T-Mobile USA network plans

T-Mobile USA appears to be inching toward the launch of its LTE service, announcing this week that its Samsung Galaxy Note II device would...

Reality Check: Why low PIM is critical for high-performance DAS

Distributed antenna systems are one of the fastest-growing types of cellular infrastructure. Global annual DAS sales will top $1 billion this year, ABI Research predicts. And by 2017, more than 2.5 million

Reality Check: Semiconductor company supply chains unprepared to meet mobile device demand

Mobile devices such as smartphone and tablets require powerful and innovative semiconductor chips far superior to those found in typical consumer electronics products. These chips are now in high demand because

Reality Check: M2M will be the next revolution

Spend a week in Barcelona, Spain, at the Mobile World Congress event, and you will come back home with a lot of intriguing ideas. You can be overwhelmed by the plethora of new, elegant, sleek tablets, smartphones and the like,

Galaxy S4’s ‘octo-core’ processor tries to offer ‘best of both worlds’ (video)

The Samsung Galaxy S4 is the first smartphone to boast an "octo-core" processor. The chip is based on ARM's big.LITTLE architecture - four ARM...

HetNet News: Ruckus gains market share

Ruckus Wireless has had strong market share growth, according to a new report from Dell’Oro Group, and has the No. 2 market position in...

Featured Report: The Smarter Telco: Exploring Service and Network Intelligence

Three major trends are converging to offer service providers the opportunity to better understand their networks and their opportunities to monetize them and reduce...

Report: AT&T looks at potential tower sale

AT&T could be looking to generate some short-term cash with a possible sale of its more than 10,000 cell sites, according to published reports...

ST-Ericsson shutdown to cost 1,600 jobs

Ericsson (ERIC) and STMicroelectronics (STM) have agreed to dissolve their ST-Ericsson joint venture, calling it quits on the effort to establish a competitive European...

Reader Forum: Prepaid marketing – tips for keeping your customers (Pt. 1)

Every operator knows that customer loyalty and retention are critical to bottom-line performance. But, to implement proactive loyalty and retention initiatives, operators must be able to

Latin America Wrap Up: Uruguay’s Claro, Movistar pay $64M for LTE spectrum; cloud rises in Brazil

Uruguay is the latest Latin American country to move forward with LTE. After Colombia announced it had set an LTE auction date for June 26,...

Anritsu Webinar: PIM testing: Which frequency band test set should I use to test a site?

Modern tracking generators deliver a convenient way to test the performance of two port components. In this webinar you will discover when you need...

Editorial Webinar: The smarter telco: Exploring service and network intelligence to improve customer loyalty and profit

How will increasingly detailed service intelligence and network data change the game for wireless service providers? Of late, it seems like everyone from traditional...

Test & Measurement: NTS expands RF safety testing at Silicon Valley lab

The network test and measurement space is busily supporting wireless operators as they transition to LTE networks and advanced wireless services. RCR Wireless News'...

Verizon taps Hughes acquisition for fleet management solution

Verizon Communications is set to take advantage of its $612 million acquisition of Hughes Telematics with the rollout of its Networkfleet solution. The offering...

Carriers challenged to compete in cloud services market

Cloud computing is gaining momentum, and telecom operators are battling for cloud computing customers. Carriers face fierce competition in this emerging market and many have to...

Time Trippin’: Tower siting; quest for smallest phone … 16 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...

Colombia sets LTE auction date; Claro banned from AWS band

Colombia’s LTE auction has a date. The Ministry of Information Technology and Communications (Mintic) set the auction for June 26, hoping to generate up...

Worst of the Week: Has Samsung finally lost it?

I think it might be time for Samsung to have an intervention. This week, the consumer electronics giant unveiled its latest Galaxy smartphone, which according to my memory is the 39th iteration of that device in the past three weeks.

Samsung unveils feature-packed Galaxy S4; pressure now on rivals to respond

Samsung upped its game in the smartphone space with the unveiling of its latest Galaxy S model, the S4, which will supersede the S3...

Tablets continue market, enterprise momentum

The tablet market is growing even more quickly than some estimates had predicted, and the devices are being widely adopted by enterprises and driving...

Expenses, competition impact China Mobile’s financials

China Mobile saw net profits inch up only slightly in 2012, with financial growth stymied by increased expenses. The carrier did maintain its position...

Lack of bandwidth, interoperability slow video collaboration adoption

Video collaboration has not yet taken off around the globe, with the lack of bandwidth and interoperability holding back adoption, according to Damian Artt,...

BlackBerry, LG look for piece of Samsung’s spotlight

Looking perhaps to ride the buzz being generated by Samsung’s expected unveiling of a new smartphone, BlackBerry and Verizon Wireless announced that the carrier...

Q&A with Steve Nicley, South Wireless Summit 2013 Chairperson

State wireless associations have increasingly become the focus of larger wireless industry trade groups looking to bring more hands-on experience to their causes. This...
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