Monthly Archives: April, 2014

T-Mobile US taps tablets, capped data plans, overage challenges in latest marketing push

T-Mobile US’ latest attempts to “shake up” the wireless industry continued into early this week as the carrier unveiled the third initiative as part...

Sprint Spotify report highlights new roles of policy and charging

Sprint is reportedly preparing to offer its customers music from Spotify. Pending approval from the music labels that license to Spotify, the deal is...

Devices: Amazon Fire TV, Samsung worldwide releases, Bluetooth tracking tag

Devices: Amazon unveils Fire TV while Samsung launches devices in worldwide markets. 

Reader Forum: Wearable tech is here – are you ready?

The other week I was skiing at Vail with three of my best mates, and we were using smart badges from the resort to track our runs. We’re all very competitive people, and we were all trying to go faster, longer, higher and catch more lifts.

Telecom specialist gives insight into spectrum auction

Telecom expert Angela Giancarlo offers some insight into the FCC's spectrum auction process.

Capital news: AT&T plans repurchase of 300 million shares

AT&T OKs the repurchase of its shares in this week's capital news round-up.

Galaxy S5 and HTC One (M8) hit carrier store shelves (RCR Mobile Minute)

This could be a big weekend for carrier smartphone sales, with both the Samsung Galaxy S5 and the HTC One (M8) now in stores....

Test & Measurement: Anite launches 4×4 MIMO device testing

The ability to test network and device features and functions is an important piece of technology development and deployment. RCR Wireless looks weekly at...

Telecom Software: AT&T’s security solution, industry first VoLTE control solution

Telecom Software: AT&T unveils a new security solution, Amdocs' industry first VoLTE policy control system. 

Cisco and Juniper detail Heartbleed responses

Network equipment vendors Cisco and Juniper are sharing information about their vulnerability to Heartbleed, the software security flaw that could enable hackers to steal...

Towercrews.net Featured Jobs of the Week of 4/9

RCR Wireless News’ featured jobs section is powered by Towercrews.net   Tower Climber Seeking applicants with one year of experience in tower climbing and RF installation. Wyckoff, NJ   Communications Tower...

NetCracker clears the clouds

Wireless industry professionals may often feel they're swimming in an alphabet soup of acronyms: NFV (network functions virtualization) and SDN (software defined networking) are...

Alcatel-Lucent announces SDN-enabling tech

SDN took another step forward with Alcatel-Lucent's recent innovations.

SevOne strengthens log data analytics offering with acquisition

After closing on a $150 million round of financing from Bain Capital last year, SevOne is putting some of its cash to use. The...

Facebook to disable messaging, redirect users (RCR Mobile Minute)

Mobile Minute: Facebook is following up on its decision to pay $19 billion for WhatsApp with a plan to sunset its own messaging feature. The...

ZTE shifting from low margin strategy

ZTE is signaling a shift in strategy that could be good news for its competitors. The Chinese maker of network infrastructure and smartphones said...

LTE Innovation Summit: The promise, challenges of LTE

Long Term Evolution is indeed turning out to be a technology with a long lifespan, and the telecom industry is only in the early...

LatAm Wrap-Up: OECD says Colombia should empower regulator; Brazil’s 700 MHz auction

The Colombian regulator needs more power to increase competition in the telecommunications sector,  according to a new report from the OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation...

Report: Infrastructure, including telecom, shapes real estate investment

A new report from the Urban Land Institute and EY says that telecommunications infrastructure is one of the top factors that influence decisions on real...

Cell Tower News: Airport climber falls; struggle for towers continues

Welcome to this week’s edition of cell tower industry news, brought to you by Towercrews.net. Our top story this week comes from Corpus Christi, Texas, where...

Editorial Webinar: Policy Control & Charging

Swimming in a sea of SDN, NFV, PCC, PCRF, PCEF, EPC, DPI virtual alphabet soup? You are not alone. RCR Wireless News attempts to...

Jury hears that Apple should get $2.2 billion from Samsung

Mobile Minute: The jury in the latest Apple/Samsung patent lawsuit has heard from an economist who says Samsung should pay Apple $2.2 billion for infringing...

U.S. Cellular to add 1,200 LTE markets

The fifth-largest carrier in the U.S. is expanding its LTE reach with plans to add more than 1,200 new sites this year in partnership...

Gogo to deploy in-flight Wi-Fi for Air Canada’s fleet

Gogo Inc. said today that it will begin rolling out Wi-Fi service on Air Canada's entire North American fleet next month. The airline already has...

Informa to merge its Ovum unit with Informa Telecoms and Media

Informa plc is merging its Ovum and Informa Telecoms and Media units into a single company. Steve Hotham, currently a managing director at Ovum,...
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