Monthly Archives: November, 2014

Softbank appoints exec to Sprint board

Softbank furthered its control over subsidiary Sprint with the appointment of Nikesh Arora to Sprint’s board of directors. Arora currently serves as vice chairman...

AT&T deal to buy Iusacell won’t preclude AMX deal

AT&T deal to buy Iusacell for $2.5B won't preclude AMX deal (RCR Mobile Minute) AT&T surprised the wireless industry late Friday with news that it...

AT&T makes Watson deal for advanced ‘interface of things’

AT&T has made a deal with Interactions to transfer ownership of AT&T's Watson technology and research program in exchange for an equity stake, as...

IBM predicts surge in holiday shopping via mobile

Mobile browsing is expected to drive nearly half of online traffic and almost 25% of online sales over the five-day period between Thanksgiving and...

Worst of the Week: Keeping Sprint on track

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...

U.S. lags in home Wi-Fi router penetration (RCR Mobile Minute)

Wi-Fi routers are becoming standard appliances in homes throughout the developed world, but the U.S. does not top the list when it comes to...

Test & Measurement: Ixia on its results, ecosystem shake-up

--Ixia met its revenue guidance but delivered a net loss for the quarter, in the midst of what new CEO Bethany Mayer called a...

Sprint tacks on $105M in additional charges related to job cuts

Sprint’s plans to cut jobs cost the carrier a bit more than originally planned, with additional costs possible through the middle of next year. The...

M2M solutions to expand with Orbcomm acquisition of SkyWave

Orbcomm, a New Jersey-based machine-to-machine network solutions provider announced a public offering designed to raise $72 million toward the company’s planned $130 million acquisition...

Cell Tower News: NATE hosts live safety webinar

NATE hosts live safety webinar NATE (the National Association of Tower Erectors) has announced a new webinar on its website. The title of the webinar...

LatAm: Argentina auctions spectrum; mobile broadband grows in Mexico

Argentina auctioned 10 bands of spectrum and raised about $2.23 billion. The bands auctioned were 850 MHz, 1900 MHz, 1.7/2.1 GHz and 700 MHz. The...

Mobile Martyr: Mindlessly connecting cars

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: AT&T, NTT back SDN ONOS platform; HP, Wind River partner on NFV

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

Anritsu Webinar: Adapting Maintenance Techniques to Current Trends in LTE Installations

Cellular base station installations are changing from the traditional ground or cabinet based radio installations to remote radio head, fiber to the antenna and...

Startups in Stockholm new focus of Northstream AB

Northstream AB, a Stockholm, Sweden-based mobile industry management advising firm, is launching a new business acceleration program to provide industry expertise at a price...

Cell signal boosters vs. DAS

California's Department of Motor Vehicles knew that cellular coverage was inadequate at its Sacramento headquarters. The 500,000-square-foot facility needed to support not only its...

Towercrews.net Featured Jobs for the Week of 11/6

RCR Wireless News’ featured jobs section is powered by Towercrews.net   Tower Technician III Supervise and coordinate work of a crew, coordinates with sub-contractors, can perform Tech 1&2...

IoT solutions from Yanzi Networks and Intel

Yanzi Networks, in partnership with Intel, is preparing to launch a plug-and-play "Internet of Things" product that provides cloud-based monitoring of video cameras, temperature...

Big Data and Analytics: Platfora launches IoT analytics platform

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...

Apple devices targeted by malware (RCR Mobile Minute)

Palo Alto Networks has identified a new virus that it said can attack iPhones and iPads when they are connected to Macintosh computers via USB....

Ovum: Churn remains hurdle for mobile operators worldwide

Customer churn remains a significant issue for mobile operators as a wealth of choices and easing of porting hurdles have clipped consumers' loyalty toward...

Microsoft makes complete Office free for mobile

Microsoft clearly values mind share and market share more than software royalties when it comes to mobile, at least in the short term. The...

#TBT: Verizon buys NextWave, targets AT&T; election set to impact FCC … 10 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, AT&T, T-Mobile US, Sprint: What did we learn?

Domestic mobile operators were busy during the third quarter, as new rate plans seemed to have been launched on a daily basis and Apple’s...

IBM, Bank of China complete first ‘smart branch’

Seeking to leverage big data, mobile and social technologies to impact customers' banking experience, IBM and Bank of China's Tianjin Branch have completed a...
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