Monthly Archives: May, 2013

Google Glass for the working class (video)

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...

Worst of the Week: The sweet smell of desperation

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

Freescale Webinar: Software Strategies and Solutions for Next Generation Wireless Networks

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...

Google Wallet adds new smartphones, email payments

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

Agilent to cut 450 jobs worldwide

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...

Clearwire continues full-court press on investors

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...

‘Plug-and-play’ equipment cuts time at the tower (video)

As network operators scramble to hire tower crews to keep up with the demand for wireless service, they are learning that every minute counts...

Carrier Wrap: Spectrum auction concludes in Australia; Leap names new CMO

Editor’s Note: Wireless operators are a busy bunch, and as such RCR Wireless News will attempt to gather some of the important announcements that...

Telecom Analytics: Breaking down silos to improve analytics

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...

Feature Report: Telecom Analytics

Telecom analytics is one of the most exciting areas in the wireless business. In a very competitive environment, carriers have to give a deeper...

ABI: Nokia Siemens base stations win out

A competitive assessment by ABI Research ranked Nokia Siemens Networks first in macro base station vendors, with high scores in ABI's innovation and implementation...

Verizon Wireless to bolster coffers ahead of debt payment, spectrum auction

Verizon Wireless’ recent dividend payments to parent companies Verizon Communications and Vodafone Group could begin to slow as the wireless carrier turns to paying...

AT&T partnership offers MS in computer science through MOOC (Mobile Minute)

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...

Analyst Angle: OTT as a revenue source for carriers

Over-the-top content providers may represent a new revenue stream for carriers, if they start paying for access to subscribers. Last week the Wall Street Journal reported that ESPN has

Analyst Angle: The mobile industry plays a fundamental role in developing Latin American economies

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,

Time Trippin’: Test-equipment market reinvents itself; paging satellite crashes … 15 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...

Reality Check: Opportunities and challenges of mobility, cloud computing and social media

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...

Mobile phone sales flat as smartphones support market

Surging smartphone sales kept the mobile phone market growing during the first quarter, but just barely. Worldwide mobile phone sales were up just .7%...

NSN, Ericsson, Huawei look to speed OSS deployments with interoperability initiative

Three infrastructure giants are looking to further the reach of operating support systems through an interoperability agreement designed to simplify the deployment and management...

Dish to offer $2.5B in notes to fund Sprint Nextel bid

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...

Sponsored Content: Corning Crosses New Wireless Frontier with the Power of ONE™

The explosive growth in smartphones and the proliferating demand for mobile Internet and mobile video threatens to overwhelm current network infrastructure and leaves the...

BlackBerry brings BBM to iOS and Android (Mobile Minute 5/14)

BlackBerry is bringing the popular BBM message service to iOS and Android devices this summer, and will add Skype to the operating system for...

Sonus continues to expand session border controller portfolio

Sonus Networks is targeting both service providers and enterprises with two new session border controllers that are designed to simplify network design and add...

Verizon Wireless set for $7B dividend payment to parent companies

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...

Video startup powers mobile app for streaming live TV

Tonight thousands of New Yorkers will be able to tune in to "Dancing with the Stars" on their iPads and iPhones, as ABC launches...
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