Monthly Archives: September, 2014

Reader Forum: Data overload — one problem, many solutions

Editor’s Note: In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this Reader Forum for those with something meaningful to...

Ericsson buys Apcera for PaaS

Let the disruption begin — this is how Silicon Valley's Apcera is announcing its new platform-as-a-service (PaaS). Continuum is a policy-driven platform that has attracted...

Oracle’s Larry Ellison moves from CEO to executive chairman and CTO

Oracle's co-founder and CEO Larry Ellison is stepping down and moving to fill the roles of executive chairman and CTO of the company, and...

Telefónica wins GVT with $9 billion bid

Telefónica has inked a deal to buy Brazil's GVT for roughly $9 billion. GVT's current owner, France's Vivendi SA, fielded competing bids from Telefónica...

Test & Measurement: Agilent board approves Keysight separation

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...

Examining Wi-Fi analytics

The use of network analytics in Wi-Fi is an area with great potential for network optimization as well as improving customer experience, according to...

iPhone 6 hits stores (RCR Mobile Minute)

Mobile Minute The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus are in Apple stores today, although supplies are limited and lines stretch for blocks in some areas....

Cell Tower News: Verizon considers divesting towers; tower fire still a mystery

Verizon considers divesting tower assets Last year we reported on Crown Castle's huge deal with AT&T; the tower giant bought almost 10,000 towers for $4.85B....

Freitag: Connecting cars new and old

Every day there are new announcements related to connected car functionality. This topic continues to be hot. Announcements come from the auto OEMs, aftermarket players working...

Mobile Martyr: Eyes on the road

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: Cisco goes cloud, IP shopping; Meru taps SDN to target Microsoft’s Lync

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: Sprint draws Legere’s spark, dims its own

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...

HCC 2014: Enterprise can boost Huawei sales in the U.S.

Shanghai — The U.S. market remains a focus for Huawei, although the U.S. government has labeled the Chinese giant IT and telecommunications company as...

Towercrews.net Featured Jobs for the Week of 9/18

RCR Wireless News’ featured jobs section is powered by Towercrews.net   General Manager Provide leadership and vision to organization by assisting board and staff with development of plans. Totowa,...

Workforce notes: Google’s wireless experts, IBM’s pay cuts

Google's wireless experts take on Google Fiber Google has promoted a former Qualcomm executive to lead Google Fiber, according to The Wall Street Journal. Dennis...

Big Data & Analytics: IBM’s big splash with Watson Analytics

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

Sprint spending, Verizon towers top infrastructure news this week

In infrastructure news this week, Sprint's spending is in the spotlight, Verizon's towers may be for sale, Alcatel-Lucent has a major new contract, and...

EMEA: On-demand SIMs

Things move. Sounds like a simple statement that doesn’t surprise anyone. But as you start to think about supporting "Internet of Things" and connected...

LatAm: Brazil telecom rivals Oi and TIM each look to buy the other

A flurry of potential acquisitions in Brazil has resulted in two competing operators, Oi and TIM Brasil, each considering bids to buy the other. First, there...

#TBT: DT to buy Sprint Nextel?; FCC net neutrality plans draw comment … 5 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...

Verizon Wireless rolls out VoLTE service ahead of iPhone 6 launch

Verizon Wireless has slowly begun to roll out voice over LTE services, announcing this week its Advanced Calling 1.0 offering. The service comes just...

AT&T rolls out SDN-based self-provisioning platform for enterprise customers

AT&T has tapped its ongoing push into software-defined networking solutions to launch an on-demand service designed to allow enterprise customers to provision services in...

Sonus Webinar: Essential Diameter Capabilities to Support LTE On-Ramp

Explosive mobile traffic growth, largely driven by the proliferation of LTE mobile devices, new broadband technologies and Internet video content, have caused a tremendous...

EMEA: Netflix rolls out red carpets and carrier deals in France, Germany

Netflix is making a splash in Europe with red carpet parties and announcements with major carriers in France and Germany. The streaming video service started...

Range Networks’ shift towards enterprise

Ed Kozel, CEO of Range Networks, talked with RCR Wireless about the company's recent addition of an enterprise focus along with its approach of...
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