May 2013

While a select group of app developers and early adopters are paying $1,500 for prototypes of Google Glass, a competing set of digital eyewear is already making inroads with businesses …

There is nothing like desperation to make someone sweat. And there is nothing like the smell of sweat to tell when someone is desperate. Some may call it sweet, but I prefer to refer

Third-generation and “4G” wireless networks are facing a severe capacity crunch caused by massive data demand created by smart phones and tablet devices. Deployment of macrocells will not solve the problem …

Google Wallet is coming to three new smartphones, and to Gmail. The search engine giant says it will be rolling out Gmail payments over the next few months, and that …

Agilent Technologies (A) reported flat net revenues and a 35% year-over-year drop in net income for its second fiscal quarter ending April 30, and announced a restructuring program that will …

Is Clearwire getting nervous about the pending shareholder vote on its potential acquisition by Sprint Nextel? Clearwire today sent out a “reminder” letter to shareholders to vote with the “white …

Telecom operators are looking at telecom analytics solutions to better understand their customers and develop more sophisticated and personalized offerings. Although more in-depth adoption of these tools has not yet …

Telecom analytics is one of the most exciting areas in the wireless business. In a very competitive environment, carriers have to give a deeper look at how they manage all …

Verizon Wireless’ recent dividend payments to parent companies Verizon Communications and Vodafone Group could begin to slow as the wireless carrier turns to paying down its own debt and prepares …

AT&T has said that software skill sets are increasingly important for its workforce, and now the carrier is partnering with the Georgia Institute of Technology for online education. Today’s Mobile …

Between April 24 and April 26, the GSMA LA Plenary Meeting No. 39 was held in Bogota, Colombia, with more than 400 attendees from 19 countries including representatives from mobile operators, telecommunications suppliers,

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 …

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 marketplace. A new trinity is on …

Three infrastructure giants are looking to further the reach of operating support systems through an interoperability agreement designed to simplify the deployment and management process. Nokia Siemens Networks, Ericsson and …

Dish Network appears undaunted in its bid to out-bid Softbank for a stake in Sprint Nextel, announcing today plans to offer $2.5 billion in senior notes to help fund its …

The explosive growth in smartphones and the proliferating demand for mobile Internet and mobile video threatens to overwhelm current network infrastructure and leaves the industry at the cusp of a …

BlackBerry is bringing the popular BBM message service to iOS and Android devices this summer, and will add Skype to the operating system for its Z10 smartphone. Scroll down for …

Verizon Wireless remains the gift that keeps on giving, or at least to its parent companies. The wireless carrier is set to pay out $7 billion in dividends to its …

Tonight thousands of New Yorkers will be able to tune in to “Dancing with the Stars” on their iPads and iPhones, as ABC launches its Watch ABC app to stream …