June 2014

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, which does tower site work for …

–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 panel that includes millions of subscribers …

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 device — and it is making …

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 into a verb. Now, …

It seems as though this is something you would never hear from a car maker, especially a luxury brand like BMW, but this is exactly what they said at the …

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

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 will provide insight into what …

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 has purchased Austin’s Black …

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

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 Supreme Court ruling. The Justices voted …

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 to work with networking testing company …

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 to be agile in NFV …

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 goals over the next two years, …

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 about the carrier’s $48 billion bid …

In connection with a number of announcements earlier this week, Sprint took select analysts on a tour of one of its latest cell sites in the Chicago area, showing off …

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 TV innovation: a set-top …

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 fire up the DeLorean and take …

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

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 Booker (D-N.J.). The bill calls for …

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.