Yearly Archives: 2013

Carrier aggregation comes to small cells

Carrier aggregation is creating new opportunities for carriers to make better use of their spectrum, and now the technology has made its way onto...

Worst of the Week: The warm comfort of a keyboard

While the wireless world begins its annual migration to the Iberian Peninsula for the Mobile World Congress event, I took a bit of a step back in time and found some unexpected comfort.

Time Trippin’: PCS spectrum auction heats up; Sprint squabbles with cable … 17 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...

BlackBerry 10 sales to begin in Latam, starting with Venezuela on March 12

BlackBerry will start sales of its recently launched z10 touchscreen smartphone and the BlackBerry Q10 (BB10), a hybrid smartphone that includes a touchscreen and...

FCC boosts signal boosters; proposes more 5 GHz unlicensed spectrum

The government’s push to increase the reach and depth of wireless services received a boost from the Federal Communications Commission, which this week adopted...

Telefónica integrates M2M, metering infrastructure management into platform

Telefónica aims to help utilities meet the challenges of monitoring and supervision. The company has developed an integrated solution, called the Connected Metering Platform,...

Spotlight: Truphone to the rescue of roamers

With the annual Mobile World Congress event just around the corner, attendees are set to invade Barcelona, taxing both the cities physical infrastructure and...

UK ‘4G’ auction generates $3.5B, well below expectations

The United Kingdom moved one step closer to broad “4G” deployments, with government regulator Ofcom announcing the winning bids for spectrum licenses in the...

Leap adds another LTE roaming deal; prepping for alternative future?

With the need for wireless spectrum at a seeming all time high, the future of Leap Wireless is on the minds of many. The...

Nokia Brazil president: ‘Be careful Samsung and Apple because we are now extremely competitive’

Finnish cell phone maker Nokia is optimistic about Brazil, currently its fifth largest market behind China, India, the United States and Japan. During the...

Mobile operators help enterprise cut CapEx with small cells (Video)

Coverage and capacity are the key words most operators think of when the topic of small cells comes up, but there is another pair...

Broadcom, Nvidia join Qualcomm in LTE modem space

The LTE modem market is about to get a bit more crowded. Broadcom (BRCM) and Nvidia (NVDA) have both announced LTE modem solutions to...

Netgear and Ruckus Wireless report results, partnerships

Wi-Fi provider Ruckus Wireless Inc. (RKUS) reported record revenue for the fourth quarter of 2012, with its full-year revenue up 79% to $214.7 million....

Prepaid update: Leap reports slower growth; T-Mobile USA rolls out GoSmart Mobile

Leap Wireless (LEAP) reported a dip in service revenues for the fourth quarter, and although the carrier added customers, the rate of customer additions...

Citrix makes mobile a strategic priority, announces enterprise MDM solution

Citrix has been moving into the mobile space, making mobility a critical part of its strategy. Indeed, Citrix sees itself as a cloud computing...

Virgin Mobile secures an additional $20 million to launch Colombian MVNO

Virgin Mobile Latin America is closer to launching its operations in Colombia, since it has raised an additional U.S.$20 million in funding. In December,...

Analyst Angle: Banks and interoperability delay NFC mass adoption in Brazil

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot...

HTC One raises the bar

HTC was not shy about using words like "reinvent" and "new standard" when introducing its new HTC One smartphone. "Although smartphones are one of...

Pioneer Cellular expands LTE coverage

Oklahoma-based rural operator Pioneer Cellular said it has expanded LTE coverage to five new markets across the state. Those new markets include Alva, Canton,...

Small cells in an evolving mobile data world (video)

The small cell market has established a beach head in the 3G world thanks to the deployment of femtocells, distributed antenna systems and Wi-Fi...

Analyst Angle: MWC 2013 preview – small cells, a little LTE-A and big data

In thinking about what I expect from this year’s edition of Mobile World Congress, I don’t really have to look much further than my previous experience. I will eat lots of ham sandwiches

Centri looks to maximize network ROI with management tool

Network optimization is a hot topic among wireless carriers looking to maximize the return on their network investments. This is becoming especially true as...

Brazil signs tax relief measure for telecom network construction

Brazil's president, Dilma Rousseff, has signed a decree (7291) establishing a special tax regime for telecom networks. Part of the National Broadband Plan (PNBL for...

Reality Check: Designing for the multi-platform, mobile consumer

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the...

SAP: Mobile snapshot of an industry in transition

Mobile technology is at a transition point even larger than the shift to 2G or 3G, according to SAP AG, and the company has...
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