Yearly Archives: 2013

Analyst Angle: Solutions for smart cities are the next step

The recently held Andicom International ICT Congress held in Cartagena, Colombia, has gained during the past few years, an international reputation in the information and

AT&T (again) reported to be looking at tower sale

AT&T looks to be the latest domestic operator attempting to raise some quick cash by selling off its tower assets. According to a Bloomberg...

CCA Fall 2013: T-Mobile US looks to keep pressure on with ‘un-carrier’ strategy; courts rural partners

LAS VEGAS – T-Mobile US is looking to maintain its remarkable 2013 turnaround with plans to continue attacking what it terms consumer “pain points”...

Public safety, commercial wireless and DAS

Local jurisdictions around the country are increasingly pushing building owners to install in-building wireless coverage for first responders, while those owners are also seeking...

CCA 2013: Curated Wi-Fi offload for carriers

Las Vegas, NV. - The Competitive Carriers Association has struck a deal with Devicescape to make the company's curated network of Wi-Fi hotspots available...

CCA Annual Convention 2013 Livestream

Today RCR Wireless News presents complimentary Livestream broadcasts of the keynote speakers at CCA's 2013 Annual Convention!  Make sure to tune in today, September 17th, and tomorrow, the 18th to...

CCA Annual Convention 2013 Livestream

RCR Wireless News presents complimentary Livestream broadcasts of the keynote speakers at CCA's 2013 Annual Convention! The livestream may be over, but all videos are now...

Reality Check: The next billion users – why India is the next big smartphone play

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column where C-level executives and advisory firms from across the mobile industry share unique insights and...

Reality Check: Will wearable products change product development?

The buzz around wearable technology has been escalating the past several months. In fact, wearable technology has moved beyond product concepts to actual products worn by consumers. These include

Reality Check: Paths to profitable top-line growth

Disruptive change, by definition, is impossible to predict. Merely eight years ago few, if any, industry observers anticipated the rise of social media or the impact that Apple would make

CCA Fall 2013: Incentive auction strong focus of CCA members; bids not expected until 2015

LAS VEGAS – One of the biggest issues facing rural carriers is having continued access to new spectrum resources, which has been a central...

Is the bet on m-payments ready to payoff, or bounce yet again?

Mobile payments have had a long and tortured history, with analysts expecting the market for such services to have hit the upswing, only to...

Sprint reportedly launching early upgrade plan

Sprint is reportedly looking to one up its competition with an early upgrade program of its own. CNET reports that Sprint's offer will be...

HetNet News: Sprint expands LTE markets

Sprint turned on Long Term Evolution service in 34 markets today, mostly in the South and Midwest. The markets included Oklahoma City; Amarillo, Tex.;...

Video: The ins and outs of stadium Wi-Fi coverage

How are operators and teams handling wireless coverage on game day during this football season, with more smartphone subscribers and more advanced devices than...

Cisco targets IoE with new network processor

Cisco has packed 4 billion transistors onto a single chip in an effort to create the world's most scalable and programable network processor. The...

LatAm Wrap-Up: Facebook to open office in Colombia; mobile boosts Chilean Internet

With 250 million active users in the region (about 21% of total users), Facebook is looking at Latin America as a strategic area for...

Reader Forum: VoLTE is opportunity knocking for carriers

The transition away from legacy analog 9-1-1 networks to a nationwide IP-based next-generation 9-1-1 (NextGen 9-1-1) architecture is underway. This is a monumental transformation for public safety,

Survey: Rural customers long for latest devices

A new survey conducted by Current Analysis and commissioned by the Competitive Carriers Association found that rural customers are actively shopping for the latest...

RTG, Union Wireless, partners announce LTE data roaming initiative

Looking to further the contentious issue of LTE roaming, the Rural Telecommunications Group unveiled a program dubbed the LTE Roaming initiative designed to...

Reader Forum: Putting together the customer mosaic

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum...

What is status of LTE public safety network deployments?

Roughly twelve months after RCR Wireless News aired a LTE Public Safety Trends program on RCR TV (RCR Mobilist: LTE Public Safety Trends) and twelve...

FCC to auction H-Block spectrum Jan. 14; lining up potential players

The Federal Communications Commission has set Jan. 14 as the day it plans to begin auctioning off 10 megahertz of spectrum in the upper...

How the iPhone is made

Apple on September 10 announced two updates to its ubiquitous smartphone, the iPhone 5C and 5S, which include more exciting configurations than ever. With everyone's...

iPhone price wars begin

Apple wanted to launch a lower-cost iPhone, but maybe not this low. Walmart has undercut Apple's pricing, offering the 16GB iPhone 5C for $79...
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