Monthly Archives: June, 2014

AT&T contractor layoffs spread

Another AT&T contractor has been forced to lay off workers, as the carrier takes a break from some of its wireless infrastructure projects. Velocitel,...

Big Data & Analytics: LTE users consume far more data vs. 3G

--Mobile data information company Mobidia says that LTE subscribers are using "dramatically larger amounts of data than 3G subscribers." The company has an LTE user...

Indeed buys mobile job app company, says half of job searches are mobile

Employment web site Indeed says that its job search data shows that nearly half of  job seekers search and apply for jobs through a mobile...

Google extends Android (RCR Mobile Minute)

Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. It's been 15 years since Google launched the search algorithm that would turn its company name...

Mobile users test wireless service for operators

CEM Observer is a a handset-based solution that enables users to test their wireless service on a particular handset, perhaps without even knowing it....

LTEWS Vibe: Selling Mobility Without the Car?

It seems as though this is something you would never hear from a car maker, especially a luxury brand like BMW, but this is...

LatAm: Report ― NII Holdings to sell Nextel Chile, Argentina

NII Holdings is reportedly selling its Nextel operations in Chile and Argentina. According to the Argentinean newspaper La Nación, two Argentinian businessmen, Matías Garfunkel...

Carrier Wrap: AT&T to acquire Plateau Wireless; Globalstar launches hot spot

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...

Anite Webinar: Testing of Indoor Coverage in 3G and 4G LTE Networks

How to ensure fluid indoor 3G/4G LTE data consumption? What are the challenges and how to overcome them with professional indoor coverage measurements? This webinar...

Consolidation hits wireless chip makers

The quest for scale and intellectual property appear to be motivating chip companies to consolidate, with three transactions announced this week. Qualcomm buys RF specialist Qualcomm...

Editorial Webinar: Diameter Signaling in Mobile Networks

In IP networks, diameter signaling replaces SS7, but diameter does more than its predecessor. This webinar discusses current and emerging use cases for diameter...

SBA Communications to acquire more towers from Oi

SBA Communications (SBAC) said today that it is acquiring 1,641 more wireless sites in Brazil from Oi. Oi will lease space on the towers...

Supreme Court rules against Aereo and for cell phone search warrants

Aereo, the New York startup that uses tiny antennas to deliver broadcast TV to mobile devices, may be forced out of business by today's...

China Mobile and Agilent collaborate on 5G

Fledgling explorations into 5G wireless continue to gain momentum, with the world's largest mobile operator joining the effort. China Mobile's research institute has agreed...

Mind the gap: HP on reconciling gaps between carrier needs and specs

The following interview was conducted at TM Forum Live. Jeff Edlund, CTO of HP's Communications and Media Group, explains how his company reconciles the need...

Opera acquires mobile video advertising company AdColony

Opera has acquired three-year-old mobile video advertising platform company AdColony for $75 million plus up to another $275 million tied to "ambitious" platform revenue...

AT&T slows infrastructure spending, and tower crews feel the pain

It's been just over a month since AT&T network operations president Bill Smith told an audience at PCIA's Wireless Infrastructure Show not to worry...

Sprint site tour shows Spark influence, lack of 800 MHz LTE

In connection with a number of announcements earlier this week, Sprint took select analysts on a tour of one of its latest cell sites...

Europe: Telefónica shares network with MVNO ahead of E-Plus decision

Ahead of a key regulatory decision over its plan to acquire E-Plus, Telefónica signed a network sharing agreement on June 25 with Drillisch, which...

Dish Network unplugs the Joey (RCR Mobile Minute)

Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. Dish Network is giving a new meaning to the term "cord cutter" with its latest pay...

Time Trippin’: iPhone 4 sails; Kin, Sidekick fail … 4 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...

Feature Report: Diameter Signaling in Mobile Networks

In IP networks, diameter signaling replaces SS7, but diameter does more than its predecessor. This report discusses current and emerging use cases for diameter...

Toyota selects IBM for connected car platform

Toyota selected IBM to design and build a new application development platform for in-car services as part of its T-Connect telematics service. The two companies...

Policy: Rubio pushes for unlicensed 5 GHz spectrum; Chinese firm fined $34.9M

Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio continued to push for freeing up wireless spectrum, announcing the Wi-Fi Innovation Act he introduced in concert with Cory...

Reality Check: A long horizon in store for VoLTE

The industry is abuzz with the promise that voice over LTE can bring. Carriers are seeing it as an effective means to gain spectrum efficiency and reduce the cost of service delivery.
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