Monthly Archives: June, 2013

Rogers announces LTE network deal with MTS

Network sharing continues to expand across Canada, as regional carrier MTS said it has extended an arrangement with nationwide operator Rogers to share the...

Samsung zooms into smartphone camera race

It seems that even the world's top seller of smartphones is not immune to peer pressure. Samsung has added a built-in zoom lens to...

Chip News: Broadcom, MediaTek and Mindspeed

Broadcom launches new processor for entry-level smartphones Broadcom is targetting the fastest-growing part of the smartphone market with its new HSPA+ mobile processor. The BCM23550...

Telecom Analytics: Carriers expected to increase adoption of real-time analytics

Telecom operators are in the early adoption stages of real-time analytics solutions. Most operators haven't adopted these solutions because they haven't had the technology...

Carrier Wrap: Focus on Wi-Fi, enterprise, Lifeline

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...

Clearwire special committee votes in favor of Dish bid, postpones shareholder vote

Clearwire’s board of directors endorsed Dish Network’s bid to acquire a stake in the company, thumbing its nose at current majority stake holder Sprint...

Galaxy S4 benefitting from ‘Verizon effect’ in consumer surveys

Verizon Wireless was the last of the big four carriers to get the Galaxy S4, but apparently many Verizon customers think the phone was...

Report: Carrier-class Wi-Fi needed to boost offload capabilities

Carriers looking to offload data traffic to Wi-Fi networks will need to improve their efforts in order to provide a compelling alternative for customers....

Republic Wireless cuts device pricing

Republic Wireless has cut the price of its sole device offering designed to run across its flat-rate, unlimited plan, ratcheting up the competitive pressure...

Small cell silicon vendors target enterprise deployments

Silicon vendors from opposite ends of the wireless supply chain are "meeting in the middle" as they compete to power small cells in the...

Analyst Angle: What Microsoft and Nokia should do to succeed in mobile

On Feb. 11, 2011, Nokia CEO Steven Elop announced that the company would abandon the Symbian operating system. At the same time, he also announced a strategic partnership with Microsoft. The two would share

Time Trippin’: Verizon to ditch CDMA?; 3G, Wi-Fi set to explode … 12 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...

Apple launches iOS 7, ad-supported radio

Apple announced the newest version of its iOS operating system yesterday at its Worldwide Developer Conference. iOS 7 will improve battery life for iPhones...

Sprint Nextel shares rise on news of new offer (Mobile Minute)

Sprint Nextel (S) shares are up about 3% this morning, trading slightly below the $7.65 represented by Softbank's new offer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac-oQwzN5u8 Today's Mobile Minute: Sprint shareholders...

Softbank increases Sprint Nextel bid; shareholder vote postponed until June 25

Looking to head off any shareholder doubts, Softbank late yesterday increased its offer to acquire Sprint Nextel in a move that was expected by...

Reality Check: The cloud opportunity for telcos

As the landscape of communications and technology services continues to evolve, and over-the-top technology vendors acquire a growing share of customer spending, telcos’ revenues and profitability are coming

Reality Check: Using profitability to determine churn strategies

The American mobile telecommunications industry has matured from its early days of explosive growth to a saturated and fiercely competitive market where carriers are battling to simply retain existing

iPhone on AT&T gets push-to-talk with Wi-Fi

AT&T Mobility is hoping to pick up some new customers next month after Sprint Nextel turns off its iDEN network at midnight on June...

HetNet News: Small Cell Summit on backhaul and SON

Some interesting news came out of last week's Small Cell Summit 2013: half a dozen companies have formed a small cell wireless backhaul ecosystem...

Apple expected to launch iOS 7 at WWDC

All eyes will be on Apple as it kicks off its Worldwide Developer Conference in San Francisco today. Although iOS is no longer the...

Reader Forum: OTT providers and the future of the telco industry

French electronic communications regulator ARCEP recently asked prosecutors to investigate that question after a failure by Microsoft’s Skype unit to

AT&T Mobility alters upgrade policy ahead of Apple event

AT&T Mobility followed rival Verizon Wireless in altering its device upgrade program, announcing this weekend that customers will now have to wait 24 months...

Reader Forum: Team Telecom, the Softbank/Sprint deal and the impact on CALEA obligations

Bite into a ham sandwich someday soon, and the pork is likely to have originated from Chinese-owned Smithfield. Similarly, if you’re a Sprint Nextel customer, there’s a strong possibility

LatAm Wrap-Up: Chile’s new DTV law; Argentina could ban mobile line sales

After four years of debate, the Chilean Senate has approved a terrestrial digital TV law. The legislation will go next to Chilean House of...

Report: Softbank sees T-Mobile US as an alternative; Sprint Nextel remains on track

Sprint Nextel’s future continues to maintain an air of uncertainty despite its best efforts to stay on course. The latest bump in the road...
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