Yearly Archives: 2013

Mexico’s anti-trust regulator fines Telmex

The Mexican Federal Competition Commission (Comisión Federal de Competencia—CFC) has fined América Móvil’s fixed line company Telmex U.S.$51.6 million (657 million pesos) for denying interconnection...

Brazil’s Anatel gets green light to debate 700 MHz for LTE

The Brazilian Ministry of Communications (Minicom) has published its decision in the official gazette (Diário Oficial) to allow the allocation of the 700 MHz spectrum...

Top stories for the week (Feb 4 – Feb. 8)

Sprint Nextel's fourth quarter, a set of positive earnings surprises, and Cisco's Virtual Networking Index. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIxKyZ1cMWY

Test & measurement: AT4 Wireless invests in Anritsu, Aeroflex tests TDD/FDD data handover

Welcome to RCR's weekly wrap-up of news in the network test and measurement space, including trends, analysis and product announcements. Anritsu Co. landed a catch...

Telecom Analytics: Carriers look at big data; network analytics reflect vendor acquisitions

The era of big data and telecom analytics has arrived for operators as they face the challenge of getting value from data, both structured...

Worst of the Week: Camera tricks

For a couple of weeks now I have had a Samsung Galaxy Camera device on my desk eyeballing me with its over-sized lens, a gift from Samsung in order to conduct a product review. Now, traditionally I have

LinkedIn earnings beat expectations

Shares of LinkedIn Corporation (LNKD) are up almost 20% this morning after the company blew through Wall Street's expectations for its fourth quarter earnings....

Opus: Five rules for BYOD survival

How can IT departments quickly support new devices brought in by employees? How can IT teams allow users to adopt these devices within their...

Time Trippin’: AWS auction a windfall for gov’t?; RIM workaround … 7 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...

Telefónica to invest $791 million in Venezuela this year; looks forward to LTE

Telefónica announced that the company will invest approximately U.S.$791 million (Bs3.4 billion) in its Venezuelan unit during 2013—an increase of 47% compared to 2012....

TIM’s new CEO faces many challenges

As RCR Wireless News reported earlier, the Brazilian unit of Telecom Italia, TIM Brasil, recently named Rodrigo Abreu, its new CEO replacing Andrea Mangoni, who...

Mobile phone growth rate flat, Android growth rate surges

As mobile phone users around the world upgrade to smartphones, they are overwhelmingly choosing Android. Google's operating system was installed on more than one-third...

FreedomPop adds cash, new data sharing plan

FreedomPop has raised an additional $4.3 million, and has added new social media features that will allow users of its service to leverage their...

Powerwave files for bankruptcy, continues operations

Wireless infrastructure provider Powerwave Technologies is expected to receive a judge’s approval for the ability to use some of its cash to continue operations...

Alcatel-Lucent CEO steps aside

Noting that execution may not be his "natural strength," Alcatel-Lucent CEO Ben Verwaayen says he will not renew his contract with the company, which...

Sprint Nextel posts rough Q4, $1.3B net loss

Sprint Nextel continued to confound the market, announcing fourth quarter and full-year 2012 results that while disappointing from an absolute perspective, managed to come...

Survey shows BYOD increases IT frustration

A recent survey shows that the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) trend is impacting IT departments worldwide, increasing frustration and the loss of control as well as...

Three ICT trends for LatAm: smart tech, connected society, new biz models

Forget about the convergence of telecommunications, enterprise communications and information technology. We are entering the era of multi-industry convergence according to Fernando Belfort, team...

Cisco cuts forecast for Brazil’s mobile data growth

Cisco reduced the predicted increase in Brazilian mobile data traffic in this year’s Cisco Visual Networking Index: Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast, which gives the...

White Paper: Radio Access Networks – Interference Analysis

Interference Analysis: Signal interference in wireless networks negatively affects transmission coverage and mobile capacity, limiting overall network performance. Unavoidable signal interference is becoming more prevalent in...

White Paper: Drive Testing LTE

In Long Term Evolution (LTE)as with other cellular technologies, drive testing is a part of the network deployment and management life cycle from the...

White Paper: Optimizing Small Cells and the Heterogeneous Network

Small cells have come a long way in recent years. Initially they were used as a way to expand the coverage of a mobile...

Mixed reviews for Surface Pro

Microsoft's Surface Pro is set to go on sale Saturday, and the tablet is getting mixed reviews from the tech community. On the positive...

FCC to scrutinize telecom in wake of Sandy reaction

The Federal Communications Commission yesterday began a “field hearing” looking into the telecommunications break down associated with Superstorm Sandy that lashed the Northeast. The...

Andrea Mangoni to step down as TIM Brasil CEO; net profits surge 16% in Q4

Now two telecom operators in Brazil are looking for new CEOs. Following the announcement of Oi CEO Francisco Valim's departure in January, the No....
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