Monthly Archives: October, 2014

Credit card fraud: geolocation cuts the risk

Credit cards make business and personal travel easier, but international transactions pose a major risk for credit card issuers.  A purchase is more likely...

NetScout makes $2.6 billion network monitoring, security purchase from Danaher

Network performance monitoring company NetScout is making a major purchase of communications test and measurement assets, buying Tektronix Communications and some parts of Fluke...

AT&T Mobility taps Labs for SQM network service assurance platform

AT&T Mobility is seen by many as one of the most aggressive on the software front among domestic operators, bolstered by its history and...

Sonus bolsters SBC platform, talks increased virtualization

The ongoing move toward virtualizing network functions is growing to include such services as policy, routing and diameter. This move is seen as ideal...

M&A chatter: Verizon’s towers, T-Mobile US’s suitors

American Tower told analysts last week that it could have an interest in the Verizon Wireless towers if the carrier does decide to sell....

Samsung readies 60 GHz Wi-Fi for 2015 (RCR Mobile Minute)

Samsung is trumpeting a Wi-Fi breakthrough that it says will offer Wi-Fi speeds that could rival the fastest fiber speeds available today. Using the...

EMEA: Orange takes on connected cars

Last week I mentioned the Orange-Tesla partnership announcement and since then have had the opportunity to discuss in more depth with Samuel Loyson, Orange...

Reader Forum: 4 ways to accelerate enterprise adoption of cloud-based UC

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...

Reader Forum: Fast-tracking NFV – beware the emerging bottlenecks

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...

Top 5 2014 #BDA mergers and acquisitions for mobile

Investment in big data and analytics (BDA) is booming, with the large number of vendors and startups in the field creating an environment ripe...

Nokia signs $970M China Mobile contract

Nokia's 20-year history with China Mobile is paying off as the world's largest carrier builds its TD-LTE network. On Friday Nokia Networks said China...

Reality Check: Macro cells and edge cloud

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column where C-level executives and advisory firms from across the mobile industry share unique insights and...

Market signals possible weakness in wireless and mobile (RCR Mobile Minute)

Two corporate earnings reports are indicating softer demand in the mobile and wireless sector. Juniper said late yesterday that third quarter earnings will come...

Test and Measurement: EXFO sales down, bookings up

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: Driven to distraction

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...

HetNet News: The week ahead

Next week the wireless industry converges in Chicago for HetNet Expo. Panelists at the show include leading analysts and executives from the distributed antenna...

Holiday shopping and the role of mobile

With Christmas decorations now cropping up next to Halloween costumes, the holiday shopping season seems to be creeping earlier every year. And so are...

Measuring consumer behavior: social capital

Social capital, as John Feland explains, looks at the strength of the relationship between people and their devices or products. Feland, who founded Argus...

EMEA: Sharpening the radar focus on automobiles

Everyone talks about connected cars today. A very hot topic, but one that is still relatively unclear in its definition. Although it’s fun to...

Software: Nuage Networks scores SDN data center deal with Europe’s OVH

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

Mobile Martyr: What are YOU wearing?

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...

Highest, lowest wireless tax rates

Washington state taxes its citizens the most when it comes to wireless services, with a new report from Tax Foundation showing a combined federal,...

WebRTC vs. VoLTE: Is there room for both?

With voice over LTE technology rapidly being rolled out by a number of mobile operators, the move toward carrier-grade voice traffic running over data...

Cell Tower News: NATE joins FCC safety workshop

NATE joins FCC safety workshop Two months ago the FCC announced that it would host a tower climber safety and injury prevention workshop in Washington,...

Big Data & Analytics: Gartner calls analytics a top trend for 2015

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...
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