Yearly Archives: 2013

Smartphone shipments vs. subscribers

LG, Huawei and ZTE are the up-and-comers in the smartphone market, but they have a long way to go. The latest report on the...

Clearwire ‘special committee’ favors Sprint Nextel offer

Clearwire looks to have officially endorsed its pending acquisition by Sprint Nextel, with a “special committee” set up by the carrier sending a letter...

Reader Forum: CPRI and DAS

One of the enduring challenges in matching up a distributed antenna system with a mobile base station has been the need to use RF as the method of interface. Using RF as the interface adds complexity and

Reader Forum: Beyond the ‘connected home’ to ‘connected lives’

Most consumers are now familiar with the concept of the connected home, and some are even utilizing it today through services like Verizon’s Home Monitoring and Control offering.

LatAm Wrap-Up: Brazil’s carriers meet LTE goals for Confederations Cup

April 30 was the final day to deploy LTE networks in the Brazilian host cities of the FIFA Confederations Cup, and the largest four...

Aspire R7 could be a game changer (video)

This could signal the future of corporate computing: the newest Windows 8 notebook released by Acer today is a $1,000 laptop that includes the...

U.S. Cellular to offer Apple ‘products’ this year

Regional operator U.S. Cellular looks set to join the dark side, announcing plans to offer Apple products by the end of the year. The...

Test & Measurement: New flagship tester from R&S; Agilent automates VoLTE tests for Verizon

Rohde & Schwarz has launched  a new flagship test product, the R&S SMW200A high-end vector signal generator. The box combines a baseband generator, RF generator...

National Technical Systems reports record quarter; Ixia has ‘solid start’

National Technical Systems, which provides testing and engineering services to the telecom industry among others, had a record quarter of growth. Revenues were up...

Verizon hints at no Verizon Wireless dividend in 2013, confident no premium needed for control

The power play over control of Verizon Wireless could be set to take another turn as an industry analyst noted that the wireless carrier...

GenBand consortium spans wireless ecosystem

The blistering pace of innovation in wireless has many companies evaluating build versus buy decisions as they look for ways to enter new markets....

Worst of the Week: A billion laughs

Who knew billionaires were so petty, sensitive and funny? And, more importantly, how awesome is it that billionaires are so petty, sensitive and funny?

Telecom Analytics: Cloud, social, big data, ‘Internet of things’ can bring carriers more revenue

The combination of mobile, cloud, social, big data and the "Internet of things" is driving company efforts from many different industries, and telecom operators...

Mobile Minute: T-Mobile USA and MetroPCS complete merger; Intel names new CEO

Intel has picked its new CEO, and T-Mobile USA has completed its merger with MetroPCS. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m7bfkP29KU Today's Mobile Minute: T-Mobile USA and MetroPCS are now one company....

Analysts say Facebook is succeeding in move to mobile

Shares of Facebook (FB) are higher today after the company reported progress in its move to mobile. Mobile advertising revenue represented 30% of total...

HTC fights to stay profitable, offers cash back to HTC One buyers

If anyone is still wondering whether the HTC One is a make-or-break launch for the Taiwanese company, this week's news should make it clear....

Carrier Wrap: M&A intrigue; regulatory changes ahead

The past week was again littered with quarterly financial releases, merger and acquisition intrigue and regulatory uncertainty, or basically just another week for the wireless industry.

American Tower revenues up 15%, driven by LTE rollout

American Tower had a strong first quarter, driven by LTE rollouts and continued network investment from the four major U.S. carriers. The company's total...

Tower climber resumes, news and jobs available on Towercrews.net

With over 5,000 qualified tower climber resumes, Towercrews.net will connect employers with mobile, wireless, wind, and utility tower climber professionals and crews. AUSTIN, Texas (May 2,...

Wheeler tapped to head FCC; industry put on notice

President Obama followed through on expectations today in nominating wireless industry veteran and former lobbyist Tom Wheeler as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission....

Cisco is ‘all in on small cells’

Cisco has been boosting its portfolio in the heterogeneous networks arena with a series of recent acquisitions, aiming to become a star player in...

Is Wheeler on tap to head FCC?

The Federal Communications Commission is set for a leadership change in the coming weeks, with current chairman Julius Genachowski set to leave the regulatory...

Analyst Angle: Offloading the costs of Wi-Fi deployments

As discussed in part one of this article series, Wi-Fi offload has emerged as an attractive alternative to more expensive solutions for adding much needed mobile bandwidth capacity as operators seek to meet surging data demands.

Time Trippin’: iPhone invades Canada; Carriers gorge on spectrum … 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...

Leap continues to struggle, though better than expected

Leap Wireless surprised some by posting first quarter results that were not as bad as anticipated. Sure, that’s faint praise, but when you are...
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