Yearly Archives: 2013

Carrier Wrap: LTE continues U.S. expansion; Orange shuffles execs

Editor’s Note: Wireless operators are a busy bunch, and as such RCR Wireless News will attempt to gather some of the more important announcements...

McDowell announces plans to leave FCC; is Genachowski next?

Changes appear to be brewing at the Federal Communications Commission, as current Commissioner Robert McDowell announced plans to step down while rumors continue to...

Intel in your living room

Intel is looking to take its Atom processors beyond smartphones and tablets. This week the world's largest chipmaker unveiled a hardward/software toolkit for set...

Telecom Analytics: The path to customer loyalty through analytics

Wireless carriers are concerned about increasing customer loyalty – and they should be – according to a new study released by WDS, a Xerox-owned...

Nvidia graphs a powerful future

Nvidia says the future of mobile lines up perfectly with its core strength in graphics processors. More than half of all mobile data traffic...

Watch this: Samsung, Apple and Pebble race to put a smartphone on your wrist (video)

The smartphone sales boom may have lots of room to run worldwide, but in the developed world the explosive growth of smartphones is slowing...

Wireless industry scores ‘poor’ rating in consumer satisfaction survey

Despite the billions of dollars spent by the wireless industry in advertising its wares to consumers, satisfaction with the sector continues to fall short....

GSA: LTE available through 156 carriers in 67 countries; 1.8 GHz band dominates

LTE networks continue to be unveiled around the world, with the Global mobile Suppliers Association reporting that 156 carriers have launched commercial LTE services...

Inside the Galaxy S4

The Samsung Galaxy S4 is already generating an almost iPhone-like buzz, and the hype is likely to accelerate next month as carriers prepare to...

Analyst Angle: Nextel has to broaden strategy, offer innovative services in 3G market

Nextel’s strategy is to migrate its Latin American operations from iDEN to 3G to become more competitive. Apart from Argentina, the operator has acquired 3G spectrum in all the countries where it operates, investing over $750 million in Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Peru.

APCO, NPSTC to work together on public safety broadband tech issues

Progress continues on clarifying the needs of first responders and the technical standards that will support them, as the board of the future nationwide...

ARM to replace CEO

Warren East is stepping down from the top position at ARM Holdings (ARMH) after leading the British company to become the world's premiere architect...

SK Telecom to host NGMN Alliance group, looks to spur LTE-A

South Korean telecom operator SK Telecom said it will host a meeting of the Next Generation Mobile Network Alliance this week to “discuss measures...

As tablets encourage ‘cord cutting,’ TV networks fight back

Cable and broadcast networks are clearly not planning to be passive couch potatoes while tablets and the Internet steal eyeballs and advertising dollars. Walt...

Galaxy Note II LTE update hints at T-Mobile USA network plans

T-Mobile USA appears to be inching toward the launch of its LTE service, announcing this week that its Samsung Galaxy Note II device would...

Reality Check: Why low PIM is critical for high-performance DAS

Distributed antenna systems are one of the fastest-growing types of cellular infrastructure. Global annual DAS sales will top $1 billion this year, ABI Research predicts. And by 2017, more than 2.5 million

Reality Check: Semiconductor company supply chains unprepared to meet mobile device demand

Mobile devices such as smartphone and tablets require powerful and innovative semiconductor chips far superior to those found in typical consumer electronics products. These chips are now in high demand because

Reality Check: M2M will be the next revolution

Spend a week in Barcelona, Spain, at the Mobile World Congress event, and you will come back home with a lot of intriguing ideas. You can be overwhelmed by the plethora of new, elegant, sleek tablets, smartphones and the like,

Galaxy S4’s ‘octo-core’ processor tries to offer ‘best of both worlds’ (video)

The Samsung Galaxy S4 is the first smartphone to boast an "octo-core" processor. The chip is based on ARM's big.LITTLE architecture - four ARM...

HetNet News: Ruckus gains market share

Ruckus Wireless has had strong market share growth, according to a new report from Dell’Oro Group, and has the No. 2 market position in...

Featured Report: The Smarter Telco: Exploring Service and Network Intelligence

Three major trends are converging to offer service providers the opportunity to better understand their networks and their opportunities to monetize them and reduce...

Report: AT&T looks at potential tower sale

AT&T could be looking to generate some short-term cash with a possible sale of its more than 10,000 cell sites, according to published reports...

ST-Ericsson shutdown to cost 1,600 jobs

Ericsson (ERIC) and STMicroelectronics (STM) have agreed to dissolve their ST-Ericsson joint venture, calling it quits on the effort to establish a competitive European...

Reader Forum: Prepaid marketing – tips for keeping your customers (Pt. 1)

Every operator knows that customer loyalty and retention are critical to bottom-line performance. But, to implement proactive loyalty and retention initiatives, operators must be able to

Latin America Wrap Up: Uruguay’s Claro, Movistar pay $64M for LTE spectrum; cloud rises in Brazil

Uruguay is the latest Latin American country to move forward with LTE. After Colombia announced it had set an LTE auction date for June 26,...
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