Monthly Archives: July, 2013

C Spire updates PTT service

Regional wireless carrier C Spire is looking to tap into the wide-open push-to-talk market, offering up an enhanced PTT service targeting enterprise, government agencies...

AT&T Mobility bolsters Mobile Share plans; to offer Windows Phone for GoPhone

AT&T Mobility is set to further enhance its Mobile Share plans, announcing it was set to unveil a 300 megabyte and two gigabyte option...

SIM card upgrade should prevent hacking

Not all hackers are bad guys. Germany's Karsten Nohl is the coder who prompted the wireless industry to improve security for GSM networks after...

HetNet News: ABI sees small cell market rebound

ABI Research says that business and residential femtocells will increase in unit volumes this year and next, due to demand driven by operators such...

FCC boosts Wi-Fi in schools as students use more mobile devices

The Federal Communications Commission won praise from the White House and educators alike with its vote to pursue high speed broadband access for the...

LatAm Wrap-Up: Peru to auction AWS spectrum; Mexico to invest $55B in telecom

The advanced wireless services (1.7/2.1 GHz) spectrum band auction in Peru is scheduled for July 22. ProInversión announced that four carriers have qualified to...

Reader Forum: Advances in wireless technology enhance site design and deployment

In recent years, national wireless carriers have been racing to keep up with the public's voracious appetite for data consumption. Despite advancements in technology that provides the public with more

Reader Forum: Mobile fronthaul – mobile’s new kid on the transport network block

The world of mobile communications is a rapidly moving one. Apps, smartphones, “4G,” small cells, heterogeneous networks and many more drivers have helped shape the mobile communications market in recent years and this

Test & Measurement: LTE testing and deployment continues growth

Testing for LTE devices continues to evolve, with Spirent Communications' announcement of the availability of validated LTE location conformance tests for GCF certification for...

Worst of the Week: Eyes on your own paper!

Good ideas always attract imitation. (Heck, just look at all the different toilet paper brands and types we have to choose from.) The same plays out in the wireless space, where every good idea will

Smartphone processor market may have peaked for now

Slowing sales of smartphones and lower selling prices for low-end processors will depress growth rates for the makers of mobile processors during the remainder...

Can NSN save Nokia?

Nokia (NOK) sold 7.4 million Lumia smartphones during the second quarter, with all but a fraction of those sales occurring outside North America. Average...

Roll call: Players in the microwave backhaul space

There are dozens of players involved in the many facets of the microwave backhaul market, so many in fact that analysts predict consolidation at...

American Tower claims investor report accusation of fraud ‘ill-informed’

It wasn’t an easy week for U.S.-based American Tower, as a report from Muddy Waters accused the company of a $250 million discrepancy between...

Xilinx posts strong results

Programmable technologies company Xilinx reported an "exceptional" quarter in which its gross margin was 69%, a new record for the company. About 44% of Xilinx'...

Verizon Wireless adds 1M subscribers, customer base tops 100M; unveils Edge device upgrade plan

Verizon Wireless set the results bar high for its rivals, announcing second quarter numbers showing continued strong growth in the lucrative postpaid space as...

Carrier Wrap: AT&T to power Nissan telematics; Leap updates Muve Music service

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: Analytics solutions to face OTT threat; new launches this week

Carriers today are facing the problem of managing over-the-top players and transforming this threat into opportunity. It will not be easy, but by using...

Leap updates device financing offer

Having hinted at plans earlier this year, Leap Wireless jumped into the device financing space announcing its aptly named Phone Payment Plan set to...

NEC reportedly exiting smartphone business

NEC appears ready to hang up on its smartphone business after its PC partner Lenovo declined the chance to invest, according to Japan's Nikkei...

In The Chat using social media to address customer experience, sales

A Twitter user bemoans AT&T service. A Facebook user mentions wanting to switch from Sprint to Verizon Wireless. A forum poster asks for recommendations...

Dish stays disruptive

Dish Network may have failed in its recent attempts to buy a wireless carrier, but the satellite TV provider appears poised to continue disrupting...

RACO Wireless to buy Position Logic

RACO Wireless is buying GPS software developer Position Logic, adding asset tracking applications to its M2M connectivity solution. Both RACO and Position Logic offer...

Analyst Angle: Mobile operators and OTT services – Is there aspirin for the upcoming headaches?

Over-the-top messaging players are capturing new users at high speed, benefiting from network effects and thus eroding SMS revenues, once a very relevant money stream for mobile players. OTT services are

Time Trippin’: Are developers leaving Google?; Sprint/Clearwire alliance questioned … 5 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...
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