Monthly Archives: September, 2014

RF engineering jobs: DAS skills open the door (RCR Mobile Minute)

RF engineers are learning that experience with DAS can open doors when it comes to finding a new position. Twenty-seven percent of the RF...

Test and Measurement: Wi-Fi offload expected to boost test market

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

Worst of the Week: Straightening out this iPhone mess

Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so...

Cell Tower News: OSHA makes injuries and fatalities report available

OSHA fatalities, safety report available on web Big changes in OSHA's transparency and reporting are underway. For a variety of reasons, people want access to...

EMEA: Telekom Austria talks LTE and NFV

Claudia Bacco, Managing Director – EMEA for RCR Wireless News, has spent her entire career the telecom, IT and security. Having experience at an...

Mobile Martyr: The retail bounceback

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News has made many questionable decisions over the years. One of which is agreeing to let a long-time industry observer...

Software: IBM supplies mobile management platform for special-needs education

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

T-Mobile US declared share gainer with iPhone 6 launch

While wireless operators have been somewhat muted in touting opening week sales of Apple’s latest iPhone 6 and 6 Plus models, a new report...

Voice-over-Wi-Fi leader lands at Accuris Networks

Voice-over-Wi-Fi has strong support from Apple, T-Mobile US and Sprint, and that's been good news already for several wireless infrastructure companies. Taqua was one...

Feature Report: HetNet Review – Small Cells, DAS, & Integrated Wi-Fi

As mobile operators focus on the need for network densification, the companies that supply and service the carriers are exploring the business models and...

Report: Verizon taps investment bank for tower sale

Verizon Communications has hired the same investment bank that helped AT&T and T-Mobile US sell their towers to Crown Castle, according to Bloomberg. New...

Job openings abound across telecom operators; Sprint layoffs expected

Job openings across the wireless space look to remain ample, with mobile operator appearing to be aggressively targeting new applicants across their operations. According to...

Editorial Webinar: HetNet Review – Small Cells, DAS & Integrated Wi-Fi

As mobile operators focus on the need for network densification, the companies that supply and service the carriers are exploring the business models and...

Top Wi-Fi trends from SCTE’s Cable-Tec Expo 2014

DENVER – Even though no cable operators have emerged over the years as mobile operators in the sense of building out licensed-spectrum wireless networks,...

SPONSORED: KDDI – NFV, a flexible tool to manage increase in traffic volume and complexity

A conversation with Masashi Usami, PhD, Executive Director, KDDI Download a transcript of the complete interview now and be the first to receive the complete report...

Cisco’s CTO of connected devices on the connected home

DENVER — Cisco's booth was one of the busiest on the floor at the SCTE Cable-Tec Expo this week. In addition to set-top boxes...

LatAm: Oi drops out of Brazil’s 700 MHz auction

In the wake of Telefónica’s acquisition of GVT in Brazil, mobile operator Oi said it won't bid in the country's upcoming 700 MHz frequency band auction. Brazilian carriers had...

#TBT: Support for AT&T, T-Mobile USA deal; RIM looks for a buyer … 3 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...

World’s largest mobile operators

Editor’s Note: Wireless industry trade group GSMA and its GSMA Intelligence division recently released its rankings of the world’s 30 largest mobile operators based on...

BlackBerry Passport hits the market (RCR Mobile Minute)

Mobile Minute Presidents and professionals were addicted to their BlackBerries for years, until most of them gave up BlackBerry for a different kind of fruit....

Small cell backhaul gets a boost

In infrastructure news this week, Alcatel-Lucent boosts small cell backhaul and NATE issues a warning to tower climbers. Infrastructure News Alcatel-Lucent adds wireless backhaul solutions for...

Dish launches Sprint-powered fixed-broadband service

Sprint and Dish Network’s “interesting” relationship got a bit closer today as the two companies announced Dish would offer LTE-based wireless broadband services in...

EMEA: EU may deregulate voice markets, delay end of roaming fees

The European Union appears to be taking a couple of regulatory steps that will please Europe's biggest carriers. First, EU member states voted this week...

Comptel on big data and IoT

Matti Aksela, VP of analytics and technology for Comptel, spoke with RCR Wireless News' Kelly Hill about trends in big data, including the impact...

Infosys expands partnerships for cloud, analytics, data center offerings

Indian IT company Infosys has gained or expanded a number of partnerships recently, including infrastructure vendor Huawei and Microsoft, and is increasing its focus on...
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