Monthly Archives: May, 2014

U.S. Cellular Q1: revenues rise, customers churn

Regional wireless operator U.S. Cellular experienced mixed results during the first quarter as a recent billing system change tripped up customer retention, though average...

Apple win may be cold comfort

On paper, Apple has clearly won the latest battle in its ongoing patent war with Samsung. A California jury awarded Apple $119.6 million, saying...

Reader Forum: Will customers become winners or losers in the wireless carrier wars?

Over the last several years we’ve seen the world’s largest cellular carriers obtain a “cold war” mentality, investing millions in both network build out and customer support infrastructure

Reader Forum: The emergence of C-RAN for LTE-A deployments

C-RAN expands upon the growing utility of the RAN, wherein the radio frequency and physical layer/baseband are decoupled, providing more flexibility and efficiency in managing baseband

White House eyes big data (RCR Mobile Minute)

Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. The White House wants to limit the way companies can use big data. Obama Administration advisor...

Gartner sees tipping points for adoption of analytics

According to recent Gartner research, business intelligence and analytics software revenues rose 8% in 2013 -- but that moderate growth is coupled with a...

Sprint prioritizes safety, Foxconn may target service providers

In wireless infrastructure news this week, Sprint is demanding more accountability of its tower crews, and Foxconn will reportedly target service provider networks with...

AT&T's API strategy

When AT&T executives talk about their network, they are more likely to discuss platforms and APIs than they are to mention servers and routers....

Test & Measurement: More CA support from Anritsu; new handhelds

-- Anritsu Corp. has received Global Certification Forum approval for three more carrier aggregation band combinations on its ME7873L. The company achieved approval by validating 80% of the...

Worst of the Week: The wireless ‘good news, bad news’ game

Wireless carriers are a tricky bunch. Sure, they like to promote their transparency, but the small print and “mystery” taxes on every bill reveals their true, evil intentions.

Software: Huawei strikes SDN deal with China Telecom; NSN bolsters security efforts

Software is becoming an increasingly important part of telecommunication networks and deployments as both wired and wireless carriers look to add functionality to operations...

Rohde & Schwarz Webinar: Understanding Common Sources of Interference in LTE Networks

Understanding Common Sources of Interference in LTE Networks Although many types of interference are common to all radio access technologies, the combination of new frequency...

Cell Tower News: Court Mulls Tower Data; Towers No Health Risk

Welcome to this week’s edition of cell tower industry news, created by Jarad Matula and brought to you by Towercrews.net. Police have used data culled from...

Galtronics Webinar: Antenna Evolution – Meeting the Demand for LTE, Small Cell, & DAS Networks

Antenna Evolution - Meeting the Demand for LTE, Small Cell, & DAS Networks Implementations of Small Cell and DAS systems have many challenges; not the...

Editorial Webinar: Video Optimization & Monetization for Carriers

Even as carriers rush to add more LTE coverage and capacity to their networks, the download speeds experienced by the end users are declining....

JDSU impacted by late orders

JDSU recorded a net loss of $1.5 million for the quarter, which the company said was due to later-than-expected carrier orders. Revenues, however, were...

Report: AT&T exploring possible DirecTV purchase (RCR Mobile Minute)

Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. AT&T may be taking a direct approach to video with a plan to purchase DirecTV. The...

Video: Aruba Networks' new WLAN education training

Aruba Networks announced this week that it has a new training program for building and maintaining wireless local area networks, and the curriculum is already...

Huawei and Qualcomm hit 300 Mbps with LTE-A

Huawei has successfully completed an LTE-A Category 6 connectivity test with download speeds reaching 300 megabits per second. The Chinese infrastructure, device and chip...

T-Mobile US posts industry leading Q1 customer growth, at a price

Being the “Un-carrier” in the eyes of consumers is apparently a successful, if not expensive proposition, as T-Mobile US continues to realize. During the recently...

LatAm: Brazil drives América Móvil revenues; TIM taps Huawei for small cells

América Móvil finished the first quarter with revenues up 1.3% year-on-year to $14.93 billion, pushed by growth in Brazil. The carrier's Brazilian unit posted an 8.5% increase in total...

Carrier Wrap: Verizon focused on AWS-3; Sprint, T-Mobile US tap music

Editor’s Note: Wireless operators are a busy bunch, and as such RCR Wireless News will attempt to gather some of the important announcements that...
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