November 2013

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 …

Spectrum is the foundational element of the wireless industry. For those who have tracked the industry for a while, carriers are constantly on the hunt for more spectrum to fill in order to

With T-Mobile US reporting third quarter results this week, all of the market’s nationwide operators have now laid on the table how they performed during that three-month stretch. Overall, the …

Apple is bringing up to 2,000 jobs to Arizona – the company is building a new manufacturing facility in the town of Mesa, near Phoenix. The plant will employ at …

T-Mobile US continued to punch above its weight during the third quarter, with the nation’s No. 4 carrier posting overall customer growth on par – or better – than its …

What if, when you walked in to Walmart – the world’s largest retailer – and inquired about refrigerators, their “greeter” directed you across the street to Sears? What if

This past week we had had earnings releases from Comcast, Time Warner Cable, U.S. Cellular and Sprint (as well as Facebook, Apple and Amazon). On top of this, we had the “what can happen” announcement of Sprint Spark,

Traditional mobile devices are quickly making way for new form factors looking to take advantage of advancements in various mobile components and a growing acceptance of new ideas from consumers. …

AT&T seems pretty happy with sales of Apple’s recently refreshed iPad lineup, announcing that sales over the past weekend increased 200% compared with the opening weekend launch last year. The …

SpiderCloud Wireless has launched an enterprise small cell that simultaneously offers both UMTS and LTE service. One of the limitations on small cells thus far has been that most offerings …

BlackBerry (BBRY) has abandoned its plan to go private and is calling in a new leader in a last-ditch effort to turn around the troubled company. John Chen, formerly of …

Qualcomm has emerged as a reported 11th-hour bidder for BlackBerry, which has abandoned its plan to go private in a $4.7 billion deal with Fairfax Financial. Qualcomm is reportedly considering …

Weekly Tower Wrap brought to you by Towercrews.net: The FCC is taking a fresh look at its rules for local governments as they regulate wireless infrastructure siting, including existing wireless towers and …

U.S. Cellular continued to lose customers during its most recent quarter, though its rate of losses did slow. However, a combination of a smaller customer base and flat revenues caused …

Alcatel-Lucent continued its struggle with profitability during the third quarter, even with encouraging results on revenue growth. The company’s revenues were up 7% year-over-year at constant exchange rates, but it …

Sprint and T-Mobile US plan to sell Google’s Nexus 5, a first for Google which has never before sold a phone directly through a carrier. Google’s new flagship Android 4.4-equipped …

Rumors continue to swirl regarding AT&T’s interest in purchasing European-based telecom giant Vodafone in a deal that would result in a super-carrier with a market capitalization in excess of $250 …

Rural wireless subscribers are high value customers. Those of us working within the competitive carrier ecosystem already know this, but a recent survey commissioned by the Competitive Carriers Association shows it …

Of course … Spark! What else would Sprint name its plan to roll out high-speed wireless broadband services to customers using the deep spectrum pool

When NII Holdings reported its third quarter results. The carrier, which is also known as Nextel in Latin America, also announced plans to deploy LTE in select cities in 2014. According …