Monthly Archives: November, 2014

Mobile Martyr: Talking to Siri and myself

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...

Worst of the Week: Neutral on net neutrality?

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: Supreme Court hears T-Mobile US tower case

T-Mobile US goes to the Supreme Court You've heard of someone not taking no for an answer, but T-Mobile US took a city's refusal to the highest...

Anritsu Webinar: Mobile Interference Hunting – A Unique Approach

Interference from both illegal and unintentional signals is a significant problem for mobile service providers, security services and government regulators. For wireless network operators,...

Sprint offers lease program for Apple tablets; promises to stay aggressive

Sprint quickly followed up on comments made by CEO Marcelo Claure by rolling out new promotions heading into the holiday shopping season. The new...

M2M offerings expand with Kore acquisition of Raco Wireless

Machine-to-machine provider Kore Wireless Group, fueled by a majority interest purchase by investment firm Abry Partners, announced an all-cash acquisition of M2M and "Internet...

Conrad Wolfram: overhauling mathematical education

Conrad Wolfram, CEO of Wolfram Cos., is calling for an education overhaul when it comes to teaching mathematics to students. While speaking at the...

Spirent, Ofcom test 4G customer experience in U.K.

Spirent Communications released the latest results from its ongoing analysis of customer experience on LTE networks in the United Kingdom, including new data from...

Global Carrier News: SK Telecom 2G/3G over LTE

A quick wrap-up of global carrier news. • SK Telecom has developed and commercialized new technology that makes 2G and 3G services possible through the LTE network....

Auction 97 generates $1.8B in opening-round bids

In just the first round, the Federal Communications Commission quickly garnered nearly 20% of what it was hoping to generate from Auction 97, with more...

Fiber network from Wilcon to connect SoCal in early 2015

Wilcon, a Southern California network infrastructure provider, announced on Nov. 12 plans to bring live a new fiber optic network connecting about 1,000 locations...

Ericsson’s $1.2B cost reduction plan to include job cuts

Telecom infrastructure giant Ericsson announced plans to cut $1.2 billion in costs by 2017 in a move that is also expected to include an...

Mavenir to buy Stoke for LTE network security (RCR Mobile Minute)

Mavenir Systems is looking to secure its position in the LTE network with the purchase of Stoke, a leading provider of LTE security gateways....

Big data and analytics: NetScout launches enterprise UC monitoring solution

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...

Cloud-based Wi-Fi boosts capacity at Durham baseball field

Fans of the Durham, N.C., Bulls Minor League Baseball team can now access fast, free cloud-based Wi-Fi in the park and the surrounding American...

Infrastructure news from Cisco, Alcatel-Lucent and Nokia

In this week's infrastructure news, Cisco blames service providers for its lower forecast, Hewlett-Packard partners with Nokia Networks, and Alcatel-Lucent affirms its commitment to router...

LatAm: Analysis — AT&T’s acquisition of Iusacell spurs Mexican market transformation

The transformation of the Mexican telecom market has begun, following the passage of reform legislation. AT&T's $2.5 billion acquisition of the Mexican operator Iusacell has...

EMEA: Telenor Connexion connects business, electronics and livestock

Telenor Connexion was at Telematics Munich this week showcasing their "Internet of Things" (IoT) solution. In addition to connecting vehicles, they are also connecting...

#TBT: Verizon acquires Price; 3G spectrum for sale or share … 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...

Telco cloud coming from HP, Nokia Networks partnership

Nokia Networks and Hewlett-Packard this week announced a partnership to provide a telecommunications-focused cloud with network function virtualization designed to help mobile operators become...

CA Technologies builds software to power the app economy

Andi Mann, VP of strategic solutions for CA Technologies, stressed the importance of DevOps — the confluence of software development and IT operations —...

Editorial Webinar: LTE, DAS and Small Cell field testing best practices

As mobile networks become more heterogeneous in order to support ever-increasing indoor and outdoor capacity needs, testing must take into consideration operators' infrastructure choices....

Global Carriers: SK Telecom partners for LTE, IoT

A quick wrap-up of global carrier news. • SK Telecom and Telecom Italia are teaming up to work on LTE and the "Internet of Things."...

SAP makes deals with Nokia, Samsung

SAP has announced two major deals: one with Nokia, to integrate geo-location data from its Here unit into SAP's HANA in-memory data platform, and...

BlackBerry considers Chinese partnership (RCR Mobile Minute)

BlackBerry thinks Chinese smartphone-makers could benefit from its security expertise, and CEO John Chen has been calling on the leaders of China's biggest handset-makers....
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