Monthly Archives: April, 2014

French carrier market shakeup―SFR sold, Bouygues may be next

After losing its bid to buy SFR, Bouygues Telecom might just be bought itself. According to the French newspaper Le Parisien, the number three...

AT&T to expand NYC subway coverage

AT&T has expanded its contract with Transit Wireless to bring wireless voice and data coverage to more New York City subway stations. The two companies...

Time Trippin’: Nextel dominates SMR auction; Qualcomm defends CDMA … 18 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...

Google reportedly looking at MVNO model (RCR Mobile Minute)

Mobile Minute: Google has reportedly talked with both Verizon and Sprint about reselling their wireless service under its own brand. The so-called MVNO (mobile virtual...

Samsung squeeze continues, profits fall

The world's largest smartphone maker continues to feel the squeeze as Apple keeps the pressure on the high end, and Chinese competitors push from...

EXFO acquires software company ByteSphere

EXFO Inc. has purchased the assets of privately-held software company ByteSphere LLC, which focuses on global IT management and network monitoring. Terms of the deal...

Radisys, Broadcom collaborate on small cells

Radisys Corp. and Broadcom have worked together on an integrated software and chip solution FDD and TDD-LTE small cells, and the technology will be tested...

Qualcomm raises the bar with new Snapdragon chipsets

In mobile chip news this week, Qualcomm has unveiled its newest Snapdragon chipset, Broadcom has teamed up with Amazon, and Freescale has agreed to...

Ixia to qualify mobile devices for use with Microsoft’s Lync

Microsoft has selected testing company Ixia as its official testing house for ensuring that mobile devices meet quality expectations when running the software company's Lync application. Microsoft...

Policy news: FCC authorizes use of additional spectrum

Policy news: The FCC makes a ruling that could affect LTE backhaul.

Nokia, T-Mobile expand customer choices, smartphone savings, iPhone 6 screen production

Device news: Nokia, T-Mobile expand offerings, smartphone kill switch savings and plans for iPhone 6 screen production. 

U.S. Cellular jumps into no-contract space (RCR Mobile Minute)

Mobile Minute: U.S. Cellular is the latest carrier to offer its customers contract-free pricing, as well as incentives to abandon their current contracts. The Chicago-based...

Freescale to buy Mindspeed’s ARM processor unit

Freescale has agreed to purchase Mindspeed's communications processor unit for an undisclosed amount. Mindspeed was acquired by MACOM last year, and at the time...

HetNet News: Mobile Experts predicts $10B small cell market by 2018

--Mobile Experts expects that the small cell market will reach $10 billion in 2018. Joe Madden, principal analyst at the firm, said that the deployment...

Verizon Wireless to buy Cincinnati Bell’s AWS spectrum

Verizon Wireless will pay $210 million to acquire spectrum licenses and related assets from Cincinnati Bell. The nation's largest wireless carrier will assign the...

Reader Forum: From mash-ups to sponsored data: why operators must collaborate with OTTs

Across the world, mobile customers are enthusiastically embracing over-the-top applications. The value of these apps has been firmly established – witness the $19 billion paid for WhatsApp by Facebook.

Reader Forum: WhatsApp deal shows the power embedded in wireless networks

WhatsApp has been all over the news after signing a $19 billion deal with Facebook. It has a lot of people speculating what it means for the telecom industry.

Sprint matches T-Mobile trade-in offer (RCR Mobile Minute)

Top stories: AT&T, T-Mobile tussle over incentive auction rules AT&T laid out its argument for large-carrier participation without limits, and T-Mobile quickly took a combative position...

Test & Measurement: Spirent demos virtual lab for testing SDN/NFV

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

Infrastructure News: DAS drives demand for RF engineers

Systems integrators who specialize in DAS deployments are working overtime to meet demand, and scrambling to find enough qualified RF engineers. "I have guys...

Small Cell Forum focuses on carrier engagement

Women in Wireless Infrastructure: Small Cell Forum CEO Sue Monahan Sue Monahan is all about the network. She says the network is what she loves...

Worst of the Week: No one’s happy? Well done FCC

The Federal Communications Commission this week released some of the rules it plans to use for the AWS-3 spectrum auction planned for later this year. And, judging from the negative response from many, I say those rules just about hit the spot.

Verizon, cVidya, Allot and Procera announce software advancements

Software news: Verizon, cVidya, Allot and Procera announce advancements. 

AT&T, T-Mobile US tussle over potential 600 MHz auction rules

AT&T and T-Mobile US continued their position battle ahead of the Federal Communications Commission’s planned release of rules for the highly anticipated 600 MHz...

HP looks to improve mobile user experience with SDN

HP recently unveiled new SDN solutions with applications for telcos.
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