Monthly Archives: July, 2014

FCC looks to generate more than $10B from AWS-3 spectrum auction

The Federal Communications Commission rounded out rules for the upcoming AWS-3 spectrum auction, with reserved pricing for the 65 megahertz of total spectrum up...

Ericsson on the future of standardization

Ulf Ewaldsson, SVP & CTO of Ericsson, spoke with RCR Wireless News recently about the role of standards such as those established by 3GPP, TM Forum and...

CCI's small cell growth; Alcatel-Lucent's AT&T win (RCR Mobile Minute)

The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. Crown Castle sees strong carrier spending, adds small cells Tower giant Crown Castle International (CCI) reported second quarter...

Broadcom to cut 2,500 jobs

With no buyer in sight for its cellular baseband unit, Broadcom (BRCM) has decided to wind down the business and lay off 2,500 people....

Facebook's Q2 shows major move toward mobile

Facebook and its millions of users love mobile devices. The social media giant's second quarter results showed a huge increase in mobile users —...

LatAm: América Móvil earnings hit by reform; Brazil, Argentina move 700 MHz auctions forward

América Móvil is suffering the consequences of new Mexican anti-trust rules that forbid telecom companies from controlling more than 50% of the market. The Financial Times noted...

#TBT: Fallout from DT’s $50B VoiceStream bid; Qualcomm sheds handset biz … 14 years ago this week

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire...

Juniper sees customer spending delays

Juniper (JNPR) says its biggest customers are spending less than expected on routers, and the company is trimming its forecast for third quarter sales...

AT&T shows strong postpaid growth, finances impacted by Next, Mobile Share

AT&T reported solid customer growth for the second quarter, boosted by strong postpaid subscriber additions, through it saw its financial performance impacted by the...

Sprint bundles Google Apps into enterprise service

You can forgive the enterprise space for getting a big head as it seems a day has not gone by in which some new...

Bluegrass Cellular touts LTE roll out progress as part of Verizon Wireless rural program

Regional wireless provider Bluegrass Cellular touted significant progress in its LTE deployment plans, noting that at the end of the second quarter it covered...

Cell towers and the 'silent majority'

Tower company executives are seeing a shift in public opinion when it comes to new cell towers. Even those who might not want new...

Microsoft ends fiscal year strong, boasts new focus moving forward

Less than one week after announcing plans to cut 18,000 jobs, software giant Microsoft announced financial results for its fourth fiscal quarter showing robust...

Ericsson wins LTE contract, Microsoft aims low (RCR Mobile Minute)

Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. Microsoft launches low-end Lumia Windows may be the language of corporate America, but Microsoft clearly wants to...

IBM set for serious run into mobile enterprise space

IBM has been a stalwart in the computing and software industry for as long as there has been a computing and software industry. This...

iPhone helps Apple ring in $7.7 billion profit

International demand for the iPhone led to another strong quarter for Apple. The company posted $37.4 billion in revenue and a net profit of...

NEC, Meru Networks tap SDN to target enterprise Wi-Fi

Software-defined networking solutions continue to push across the wireless telecommunications space, with the latest push targeting wireless local area networks. NEC’s American operations announced...

Analyst Angle: Changing consumer views on wearables … or not?

Between August 2013 and April 2014, consumer familiarity with both fitness devices and smart watches was unchanged. In fact, the responses to these questions were almost identical.

Matrixx on the growth and unpredictability of LTE sessions

Jennifer Kyriakakis, founder and VP of marketing for Matrixx Software, talks about what her customers are seeing in LTE and LTE-Advanced session growth and...

Policy: Open Internet proceeding draws more than 1M comments

The Federal Communications Commission’s ongoing Open Internet proceedings have drawn considerable interest from all sides. As of late last week, the FCC claimed it...

Small cell chip update

Qualcomm got a lot of attention at Small Cells World Summit 2014 with its talk about "inside out" connectivity enabled by small cells. The...

Winners: Nokia's Silicon Valley Open Innovation Challenge

Nokia Networks recently announced the winners of its Silicon Valley Open Innovation Challenge, a contest designed to connect the infrastructure giant with new ideas...

Reverb claims tier-one carrier contract in heated SON market

The increased focus on software to enhance network performance continues as Reverb Networks said it had installed its InteliSON centralized self-optimizing network platform with...

Verizon Wireless reports strong Q2 growth

Following up on comments earlier this month, Verizon Wireless said it added 1.427 million direct customers during the recently completed second quarter, made up...

Hacker finds suspicious programs in Apple's iOS

The hacker nicknamed “NerveGas,” also known as the forensic scientist Jonathan Zdziarski, claims to have identified back doors, attack points and surveillance mechanisms running...
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