2013

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 in devices (controllers and operational …

Walmart may be kicking off an iPhone price war. The retailer is getting ready to offer deep discounts on the 5s and the 5c. Starting on Friday the 13th, the …

BlackBerry (previously called Research In Motion), created the smartphone market segment. Early BlackBerry devices had no phones, cameras, multimedia capabilities, or real apps, they just did email and later contacts …

More than half of mobile users first check notifications when they pick up their phones, and among women, the percentage is even higher — 57%. So says a recent survey …

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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 week’s news brings the sad news …

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 phones. Schneidermann wants to know why …

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 have elevated churn in some markets. …

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 smartphone is reportedly slated for release …

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 …

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),

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

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 Devices:  Real life case study …

ZTE is supporting the recent launch of Voice over LTE in Hong Kong, in partnership with CSL Limited and two of its brands: 1010 and one2free. The full commercial VoLTE …

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 messages last night. AT&T says service …

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 the speed at which data can …

4G Americas says that by the latest reckoning from Informa Telecoms & Media, LTE connections in North America have grown to 78.9 million, or about 21% of the total regional …

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

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

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