Monthly Archives: January, 2015

Reality Check: Fixed wireless myth busting

New Yorkers, rejoice! According to an article in Crain’s New York Business, about 90% of commercial buildings are not wired with enterprise-class broadband, and “a...

Gigs: A day in the life of a product test engineer

With just a simple search of job boards and postings, you can see that product test engineers are in high demand. In this edition of ...

MagnaCom WAM looking to replace QAM

New modulation scheme ups throughput MagnaCom, an Israeli digital communications firm, is looking to replace the long-standing quadrature amplitude modulation with its own wave amplitude...

Satellite Internet plans for unconnected 3 billion people

Virgin Galactic, Qualcomm, Elon Musk in the mix In the past week, OneWeb, with support from the Virgin Group and chipmaker Qualcomm, and tech entrepreneur...

Digs: AT&T IoT Foundry

In this edition of “Digs”, RCRtv got a look inside the AT&T IoT "Internet of Things" Foundry in Plano, Texas. The Plano foundry is one...

Global Telecom: Hutchison Whampoa in talks to acquire Telefónica’s O2

Hutchison Whampoa in talks to acquire Telefónica's O2 Hutchison Whampoa is reportedly weighing the purchase of Telfónica SA's United Kingdom unit, O2. Hutchison is reportedly considering paying as much...

Software: ETSI NFV work completes phase one process

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

AT&T projects $10 billion charge as it abandons some landlines

AT&T late last week filed an 8-K form with the Securities and Exchange Commission stating that it will take a one-time $10 billion charge...

2015 Predictions: The ‘API-fication’ of the mobile network

The mobile industry is constantly evolving. Each new year brings new trends and developments in services, functionality and market dynamics. 2015 will be no...

2015 Predictions: Mobile deposit to save 282M hours in 2015

In 2014, mobile deposit technology became a staple for more than 3,000 banks and 33 million Americans. For U.S. Bank, a mobile banking pioneer,...

NAIAS 2015: Covisint B2B Cloud Platform demonstration

DETROIT – Covisint's B2B Cloud Platform is designed to allow drivers to visualize information from their vehicle, dealership and third-party app providers as well...

NAIAS 2015: Alpine aftermarket head unit demonstration

DETROIT – Alpine Electronics of America has been providing mobile electronics since 1978, specializing in mobile multimedia and working directly with original equipment manufacturers...

Reader Forum: Insights for holistic auditing

With data usage skyrocketing by as much as 8,000% over the past four years and costs per gigabyte rising, saving money wherever possible is...

Reader Forum: Telcos turning to biometrics to stop fraud before it happens

With every week bringing the latest and greatest smartphone offering, the mobile marketplace continues to explode. And those who make their living as fraudsters...

Content Anywhere, Any Time, Any Device

This month, RCR Wireless examines the trends that are shaping content delivery on both wired and wireless networks. As consumer demand access to their content...

AT&T closes Iusacell deal, names Arroyo CEO

$2.5B deal bolsters AT&T’s North America plans AT&T said it has closed on its $2.5 billion acquisition of Mexico wireless operator Iusacell, just over two...

HetNet: Purple Wi-Fi raises $5M to expand free service

Using big data to monetize free Wi-Fi With its recent announcement of a $5 million investment, United Kingdom-based Purple Wi-Fi is poised to expand its...

Test and Measurement: Anritsu launches DAS testing certification

Anritsu this month is introducing a certification course for testing passive distributed antenna systems. The three-day course covers the use of handheld analyzers and...

Nike DAS interference draws FCC attention

Faulty UHF card was quickly replaced Radio interference traced back to appeal manufacturer Nike’s corporate distributed antenna system prompted the Federal Communication Commission’s Enforcement Bureau...

FCC spectrum auction reaches another weekend; analysts weigh in

The Federal Communications Commission’s ongoing spectrum auction somehow made it through this week with only a handful of bids in its most recent rounds....

9 must-read CDN PDFs

Looking for in-depth information on content delivery networks? RCR Wireless News looked at some of the available research and reports on CDNs, and selected...

Worst of the Week: Crazy rumor wrap – Samsung, BlackBerry; Sprint, RadioShack

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 sides with T-Mobile US

Supreme Court rules against Roswell As we reported a few months ago, T-Mobile US headed to the highest court in the land to get a...

HetNet: Cisco, Proximus partner on video and smart cities

Cloud migration and public Wi-Fi included Networking powerhouse Cisco recently announced a renewed partnership with Belgian digital television provider Proximus. The deal includes public Wi-Fi...

Xiaomi targets Apple and Samsung at the high end

Xiaomi has made it crystal clear that it's ready to take on the smartphone establishment. The Chinese devicemaker launched a new smartphone that shares...
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