Yearly Archives: 2013

Testing News: Anite accelerates LTE testing in China; JDSU puts test info in the cloud

Anite today announced the validation of the first Global Certification Forum (GCF) TD-LTE/TD-SCDMA Inter-Radio Access Technology (Inter-RAT) test cases. The company said that it...

More than 700 million smartphones shipped in 2012, but growth rate slowed

It was a record-breaking year for smartphones. Device makers shipped more than 700 million units worldwide in 2012, the largest number to date, according...

AT&T reports record smartphone sales; rise in ARPU

AT&T's fourth quarter results were marked by record smartphone sales, a healthy increase in average revenue per wireless subscriber, and a quarterly loss due...

Skyfire CEO interview: Video consumption’s impact on mobile carriers

The impact of the growing consumption of video on mobile operators is already being felt—and carriers need to develop business models that address customer...

Time Trippin’: Merger-mania!; RIM introduces wireless e-mail … 14 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...

Colombia’s UNE invests $2.5 million to expand LTE service coverage

Colombia’s public telecom operator, UNE EPM, is investing U.S.$ 2.5 million to launch LTE services in the city of Barranquilla. The investment will be used...

Nokia returns to profitability

Nokia Corporation (NOK) reported its first quarterly profit in over a year today, earning $270 million on revenue of $10.7 billion. The numbers were...

Infrastructure update: Carrier-grade small cells expected to grow; AT&T beefs up Big Easy network with DAS

Carrier-grade small cells are expected to address wireless operators’ problem of limited capacity, according to three reports by Mobile Experts. Mobile Experts noted that between...

Skyway Towers receives $75 million in new funding for expansion

Skyway Towers has secured an additional $75 million from its investors. Tinicum and Permit Capital Private Equity Fund made the commitment to continue development...

Chile sets new standards for telecom services

Chilean watchdog Subtel has set new service quality indicators for Internet, mobile and fixed telephony services that will be used starting this year. According...

Apple earnings: outlook clouded by lower margins, more competition

Record sales of iPhones and iPads were not enough to renew Wall Street's appetite for Apple. The stock fell 10% in after hours trading...

2013 Predictions: Three points for 2013: Spectrum, smartphones, security

Federal Communications Commission approval of the 2012 acquisitions (Softbank acquires Sprint Nextel; Sprint Nextel buying Clearwire; and T-Mobile USA

Cloud, mobile and Hana push SAP revenues up

German enterprise software giant SAP's revenues were boosted by its key innovation areas: SAP Hana, mobile and cloud computing. When SAP released its full year...

Digicel Group taps eVolution Networks to provide SES in Jamaica

Digicel Group has chosen eVolution Networks to provide a smart energy solution (SES) across its network in Jamaica. Digicel aims to slash energy consumption...

2013 Predictions: Carrier painkillers – MDM, the ‘right’ apps, the decline of device subsidy

Editor’s Note: With 2013 now upon us, RCR Wireless News has gathered predictions from leading industry analysts and executives on what they expect to...

Cisco adds SON technology with Intucell purchase

Cisco (CSCO) is adding network intelligence to its mobile platform with the $475 million acquisition of Israel's Intucell. Intucell makes self-optimizing network (SON) software...

Testing news: JDSU outlines 2013 tech trends; Kaelus named PIM leader

JDS Uniphase Corporation gave its view of tech trends in 2013, outlining emerging applications that are changing how people communicate and interact with technology. Some...

Two deals highlight service provider focus on video calls

A decade after the Skype launched its first public beta, the ability to connect video calls as readily as voice calls is becoming table...

Analyst Angle: NRF 2013 – translating the interactive online experience into the store

NRF 2013 certainly lived up to its “The BIG Show” billing and delivered an extremely well attended tradeshow by both retail technology vendors and...

Report: LTE subscribers to double in 2013, approaching 200 million

The so-called Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology has not taken very long to evolve. Just three years after the first deployment of the 4G...

3,000 jobs at stake as Dish shutters more Blockbuster stores

Dish Networks (DISH) plans to close 300 more Blockbuster stores and could lay off as many as 3,000 people, according to the Wall Street...

2013 Predictions: Wireless location trends for 2013

ABI Research predicts revenues from wireless location-based services to surpass $4 billion in 2012, bolstered by consumer applications, enterprise applications and location solutions for public safety.

2013 Predictions: More LTE, OS options and NFC to come in 2013

The one thing that I’ll say about this industry is it never fails to surprise. 2013 will be no exception. Overall, we’ll see much more emphasis on mobile operators trying to take back the subscriber

Telefónica Peru grudgingly accepts government conditions for license renewal

Peru’s unit of Telefónica has accepted the requirements imposed that the Peruvian government for renewing its operating licenses. Telefónica classified the conditions and terms...

Oi posts preliminary financials after shares fall in wake of CEO’s departure

Brazilian carrier Oi had a difficult day yesterday. Following the resignation of its CEO Francisco Valim, who occupied the position for only a year...
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