Monthly Archives: June, 2014

T-Mobile US invites us to go overboard with Underground (RCR Mobile Minute)

Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. T-Mobile US has won millions of new customers by encouraging mobile subscribers to ditch their...

Reader Forum: So it’s time for an IP core network refresh – now what?

Many service providers come to a point where they could benefit from a rethink and refresh of their IP core network. So why exactly should service providers consider rethinking their IP core network architecture

Reader Forum: Businesses get it – nobody wants to be a 'glasshole'

If you want to understand the future of wearable technology, and the implications for corporate IT, don’t hang around Google Glass developer conferences.

How telecom leadership is changing

The leadership landscape is changing for many mobile operators, driven by escalating customer demands and intensifying competition from over-the-top services. Many vendors and suppliers...

HetNet News: Small cells take center stage this week

Small Cell World Summit The Small Cell World Summit 2014 is set to bring hundreds of carrier representatives and solutions providers together in London this...

Oracle: Key takeaways from TM Forum Live

NICE, France – Much of the telecom and wireless world was focused on software last week, as TM Forum hosted the industry in Nice,...

Cell Tower News: More Tower Accidents; Landowners Underpaid?

Welcome to this week’s edition of cell tower industry news, created by Jarad Matula and brought to you by Towercrews.net. Looks like tower accidents and deaths...

LTE approaches a quarter-billion connections worldwide; HD Voice picks up steam

LTE reached 245 million global connections during the first quarter of 2014, more than doubling in a 12-month period, according to the latest numbers...

SAP supports mobile data monetization for operators

SAP has launched a new big data analytics solution designed to help mobile operators monetize the data in their networks, from collection to processing and...

Vodafone details government spying (RCR Mobile Minute)

Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. Conversations on Vodafone's mobile network are routinely listened to by government agencies, according to a...

Ericsson diversifies leadership team

In infrastructure news this week, Ericsson is diversifying its leadership team, and tower companies appear unfazed by the prospect of carrier consolidation. Ericsson appointments Ericsson has...

Software: NFV, SDN and cloud dominate TM Forum Live agenda

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

Worst of the Week: Do it! Do it! Do it!

Please. Please. Please. Sprint please put in that offer for T-Mobile US. Please.

Test & Measurement: Spirent launches connected car test system

 Editor's Note: The ability to test network and device features and functions is an important piece of technology development and deployment. RCR Wireless News looks...

Big data, analytics at TM Forum

Big data and analytics were top-of-mind at TM Forum's conference in Nice and across the industry this week, with several major platform announcements aimed...

Big data & Analytics: Mojave assesses app risks for BYOD

--Mojave Networks, which provides enterprises with cloud-based mobile security, has introduced a new "application reputation" feature to allow employers to track and analyze the data that...

Reports: Sprint set for $32B T-Mobile US offer

Published reports, citing inside sources, claim Sprint is on the verge of putting in a $32 billion offer to acquire smaller rival T-Mobile US. Several...

Carrier Wrap: Vodafone, Rogers partner; AT&T sets end date for CDMA

International telecommunications giant Vodafone Group announced a “partner market” agreement with Canadian telecom provider Rogers Communications.

LatAm: Chile orders telcos to end free social media promotions

Chile's secretary of telecommunications (Subtel) ordered telecom operators to end promotions that offer free access to social media platforms, such as Twitter and Facebook,...

TM Forum ‘Vibe’: A match made in data?

NICE, France – As operators and over-the-top players start to find ways to work together instead of competing against each other, many new models...

Facebook buys Pryte to get closer to carriers (RCR Mobile Minute)

Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. The price of mobile data has definitely been falling in the U.S., but the amounts...

Time Warner Cable strikes Wi-Fi roaming deal with Boingo

Time Warner Cable has teamed up with Boingo Wireless (WIFI) in a Wi-Fi roaming deal that will give its customers access to some of...

Anite, Elektrobit collaborate on drive-testing Band 14 public safety networks

Test and measurement companies Anite and Elektrobit (EB) have collaborated to develop a drive test system for Band 14 LTE public safety networks.  The First...

AT&T: Next approaching 50% of smartphone sales

AT&T has been aggressively promoting its Next program to smartphone buyers, and that effort appears to be paying off. This week the nation's second...

Policy: FCC adds to spectrum screen; Sprint/T-Mobile US targeted

The Federal Communications Commission this week provided more color on its plans to regulate the wireless industry, updating its controversial spectrum screen policy to...
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