Monthly Archives: December, 2013

Oracle, Qualcom and Gemalto Webinar: Smarter Connected Technology

Join Qualcomm, Oracle and Gemalto to discuss the direction of Java for connected devices. Connected intelligent machines are a rapidly growing technology that embeds logic...

Mobile Minute: iPhone price cuts

Walmart may be kicking off an iPhone price war. The retailer is getting ready to offer deep discounts on the 5s and the 5c....

Instagram Direct creates alternative to text messaging

Instagram wants to become an instant messaging service, and it hopes that videos and photos will become a key part of mobile messaging. Today...

Reader Forum: Game over for BlackBerry? How to plan your company’s MDM transition

BlackBerry (previously called Research In Motion), created the smartphone market segment. Early BlackBerry devices had no phones, cameras, multimedia capabilities, or real apps, they...

Carrier Wrap: Rural carriers add devices, backhaul; LTE continues to proliferate

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...

Home screen research highlights user behavior

More than half of mobile users first check notifications when they pick up their phones, and among women, the percentage is even higher --...

Towercrews Featured Jobs for the Week of 12/11/13

RCR Wireless News’ featured jobs sections is powered by Towercrews.net   Tower Technician I Assist with installs, maintenance, repairs and retrofitting antenna system equipment and power systems. Maple Lake,...

Cell Tower News: Fall Claims Climber in Wichita, Future of Tall Tower Industry

Welcome to the weekly wrap-up of everything in the world of cell tower companies. We cover top-level industry stories, DAS, and regional/local news. This...

Vodafone launches mobile wallet in Europe

In an aggressive move, telecom giant Vodafone is deploying  its m-payment service throughout Europe. The Vodafone Wallet, which launched is Spain earlier this month,...

Mobile Minute: New York joins “kill switch” debate

New York state attorney general Eric Schneidermann is reportedly asking carriers for information about the anti-theft software that Samsung wants to pre-load on mobile...

Sprint CEO: ‘Dust issues’ elevate churn

Sprint CEO Dan Hesse told investors yesterday that the carrier's decision to "rip and replace" its entire network had led to "dust issues" which...

Orange reportedly eyes Canadian wireless market

Squeezed by a price war in its home country, Paris-based telecom Orange is reportedly eyeing Canada. Orange Horizons, an Orange subsidiary created to look for...

Device Report: Nokia Android phone, Google Play devices

Becoming part of Microsoft apparently will not stop Nokia from creating an Android smartphone. Codenamed Normandy, perhaps to symbolize a turning point, Nokia's Android...

Time Trippin’: AT&T drops T-Mobile USA bid; Cox drops wireless ambitions … 2 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...

Analyst Angle: Automatic service cancelation can change Brazil’s telecom scenario

Brazilian telecom regulator Anatel is looking to implement a new rule that guarantees customers the automatic cancellation of telecom services (fixed telephony, mobile telephony, broadband and pay-TV),

Axell enables Washington transit public safety system upgrades

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) has been undergoing a substantial upgrade of its wireless communications infrastructure, and distributed antenna system supplier Axell...

Ixia Webinar: Guarantee Mobile Device Performance

This hard-hitting webinar will provide insight into: - What Could Possibly Go Wrong? A look at challenging WiFi environments and user expectations - A Tale of Two...

1010 and one2free turn on VoLTE in Hong Kong

ZTE is supporting the recent launch of Voice over LTE in Hong Kong, in partnership with CSL Limited and two of its brands: 1010...

Mobile Minute: AT&T says Aio service restored

AT&T is thanking its Aio customers for their patience this morning after a service outage kept many users from sending and receiving calls and...

G.fast may offer new small cell backhaul solution

This week the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) reached first stage approval of a new broadband standard called G.fast. G.fast is a standard that improves...

4G Americas: LTE, HSPA/HSPA+ continue strong growth in Americas

4G Americas says that by the latest reckoning from Informa Telecoms & Media, LTE connections in North America have grown to 78.9 million, or...

GNSS chip market heats up with focus on Asia

With more than half of all smartphone sales now occurring in Asia, chipmakers are keenly focused on the priorities of Asian users. Location and...

Reality Check: Spectrum auctions take center stage

With a freshly installed chairman and full complement of commissioners now in place at the Federal Communications Commission, the details of upcoming spectrum auctions are now taking center stage

Reality Check: In mobile gaming, own the gamer, not the game

It’s impossible to know what the next “Candy Crush” will be. It is even harder to predict the next five mobile gaming wildcards. In fact, the only future worth doubling down on is that certain games

Black Friday boosted mobile shopping, Mobidia finds

Mobile analytics company Mobidia Technology Inc. says that it analysis of mobile shopping data revealed a 48% jump in mobile shopping applications on Thanksgiving...
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