Monthly Archives: August, 2014

Software: Openet virtualizes BSS platform; Genband joins Intel’s SDN, NFV program

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

Infrastructure news: LTE in China, wireless backhaul in the U.S.

In infrastructure news this week, LTE tower technology advances in China, wireless backhaul innovations in the U.S., and another acquisition in the infrastructure services space. Huawei's...

Where do Sprint, T-Mobile US go from here?

Sprint this week unveiled a bomb shell when it announced it was replacing long-time CEO Dan Hesse with board member and former CEO and...

CCA/Mosaik Webinar: M2M & Connected Cars: How can Rural America prepare for a "connected" evolution?

Finding connected cars on the road today are not common, but GSMA Connected Car Forum reports 20% of global vehicle sales will have "embedded...

Towercrews.net Featured Tower Jobs for the Week of 8/7

RCR Wireless News’ featured jobs section is powered by Towercrews.net Experienced Tower Climber Installing coaxial cable and fiber/power cable, antennas and piping, rigging grounding and testing. Muskegon, MI Ranger...

White Paper: Demystifying NFV in Mobile Networks

In the new authoritative guide, wireless and virtualization experts at Ixia reveal the latest strategies for ensuring successful migration. Demystifying NFV helps in understanding: What NFV is,...

White Paper: Global Messaging Threat Report

Messaging security threats to your network are advancing at an alarming rate. Protecting your network and subscribers from attacks requires staying one step ahead of cyber...

Big data & analytics: Syniverse completes acquisition of Aicent

Editor's Note: The ecosystem of big data and analytics, and its intersection with mobile networks and cloud computing has increasing relevance to wireless in areas...

Google makes two mobile deals (RCR Mobile Minute)

Mobile Minute: Google has bought two more mobile startups for undisclosed amounts. Directr, which helps businesses create video ads, will become part of Google's YouTube...

T-Mobile US claims prepaid crown, Legere predicts No. 3 by year end

T-Mobile US has laid claim to being the domestic market’s largest prepaid wireless provider, stating that during the second quarter it surpassed the prepaid...

OSHA's new tower hoist rules

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently published new regulations on the use of hoists to place workers on communications towers. The new regulation...

Amid acquisition offers, T-Mobile US boosts Deutsche Telekom's profits

T-Mobile US played a large role in driving parent company Deutsche Telekom's profits this quarter, even as bids from Sprint and Iliad to buy the...

LatAm: Brazilian minister warns Telefónica's bid for GVT could be bad for consumers

The greater the number of competitors, the better for the user, said Brazil's minister of communications, Paulo Bernardo, to members of the press this...

#TBT: Cellular, PCS set to square off; interconnect all the rage … 18 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...

Top 12 Big Data & Analytics Job Titles

Big data and analytics are an expanding area within telecom, and with global job potential. IBM, for example, recently announced that it has committed...

EMEA: The next wearable – your car

Claudia Bacco, Managing Director – EMEA, has spent her entire career in telecom, IT and Security. Having experience at an operator, software and hardware...

ETSI NFV initiative gains new leadership, set sights on ‘phase two’

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute continued to push development of a common standard for network function virtualization deployments, recently releasing nine NFV-related draft documents...

BlueStream doubles down on DAS with Tempest deal

BlueStream Professional Services has purchased parts of Tempest Telecom's DAS business, and will bring one of the industry's most experienced distributed antenna system professionals...

ComScore: Revenues up, privacy lawsuit to be settled

ComScore, which provides multi-platform measurement analytics for advertising, saw its second quarter revenues rise 14% from a year ago and announced a new acquisition. The...

Ixia to cut up to 6% of workforce in restructuring plan

Ixia has yet to regain its footing after the ousting of top executives last year, and the company announced a restructuring that includes cutting...

Microsoft hires Qualcomm exec (RCR Mobile MInute)

Mobile Minute: Sprint is not the only company making executive changes this week as Microsoft said yesterday that is has hired Qualcomm's Peggy Johnson to...

Claure to replace Hesse as CEO at Sprint, consolidation stance softened

Following a late afternoon flurry of rumors, Sprint this morning announced it was replacing current CEO Dan Hesse with Brightstar CEO and founder Marcelo...

EMEA: Italy takes wind out of Vimpelcom earnings; Telecom Italia also down

Amsterdam-based Vimpelcom reported an 83% drop in profits for its second quarter. The group's recent debt refinancing of its Wind unit in Italy is partly...

EMEA: Driving your smartphone to work

Claudia Bacco, Managing Director – EMEA, has spent her entire career in telecom, IT and security. Having experience at an operator, software and hardware...

Sprint and T-Mobile US: three other reasons it might not have worked

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the...
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