Monthly Archives: April, 2015

LatAm: Brazil passes antenna law

New antenna law expected to speed network deployments Brazil President Dilma Rousseff approved a new antenna bill (law nº11.116) laying down new rules for the installation of antennas...

#TBT: Sprint posts strong Q1 growth, losses; FCC plans for 3G … 16 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...

Editorial Webinar: Investing in HetNets: Network planning, optimization and ROI

Carriers are planning their investments in HetNets carefully as they balance the need for more coverage and capacity with pressure on the top line...

Man jumps to his death from cell tower

Police reports indicate that early this morning a man in Fontana, Calif., jumped from a cell tower off of Highway 210, ending his own...

Google Project Fi taps Sprint, T-Mobile US, Wi-Fi

Google launched its Project Fi MVNO service, tapping Sprint, T-Mobile US and Wi-Fi Following recent rumors, Google today unveiled the commercial launch of its Project...

LTE-Unlicensed: 3 things to know

The use of LTE over unlicensed spectrum has gained significant interest within the industry, with multiple wireless operators interested in boosting their network capacity...

Study: Carrier aggregation driving mobile operators to LTE Advanced

Paving the way for 5G, LTE Advanced is the next advancement in the long-term evolution of cellular technology. With a rapidly maturing device ecosystem,...

Procera Networks to go private in $240M deal

Shares of Procera Networks surged 20% this morning on news that private-equity group Francisco Partners will buy the company. Francisco Partners is paying $240...

Top 10 most-connected countries

Huawei ranks connected and developing nations in new report The United States is the most connected country in the world, according to Huawei’s Global Connectivity...

Nokia, China Mobile deploy unique small cell

TD-LTE Advanced small cell supports carrier aggregation Nokia Networks, in partnership with leading global carrier China Mobile, deployed a first-of-its-kind small cell this month for...

Control social media history with new app

Former Bush aide derailed career with questionable tweets; creates app for that WASHINGTON – Ethan Czahor, a former aide for politician Jeb Bush, wants to...

Microsoft 8.1 update having issues, user finds fix

Microsoft 8.1 is experiencing updating errors. When users try to install the update, many are getting an error message for patch KB 3022345, an...

Sponsored: Downlink Near-Far and the Impact on Non-users in DAS Coverage Zones

In previous issues of RCR, we discussed Near-Far and its “Effect on In-Building DAS Performance” and “Uplink Near-Far: Causing Degraded DAS Performance”. Near-Far is...

Verizon, AT&T lag behind T-Mobile US in customer growth

WASHINGTON – AT&T Mobility and Verizon Wireless are expected to continue trailing T-Mobile US in customer growth metrics for the first quarter of 2015,...

EMEA: Vodafone and MTN partner on mobile money

Vodafone and MTN, two of the largest mobile money providers in Africa, announced plans to interconnect their services in seven East African countries. The...

Report: Google MVNO announcement imminent

WSJ reports the Google MVNO could be announced this week Google’s plans to launch a commercial mobile service could begin as early as this Wednesday,...

Feature Report: Investing in hetnets: network planning, optimization, and ROI

Carriers are planning their investments in HetNets carefully as they balance the need for more coverage and capacity with pressure on the top line...

CenturyLink boosts cloud platform with Orchestrate purchase

Orchestrate brings DaaS capabilities to CenturyLink Cloud Regional telecommunications provider CenturyLink bolstered its cloud platform with the acquisition of Orchestrate, which focuses on managed database...

Telit Webinar: Connecting Edge Devices to the Enterprise, Cloud and the Internet of Things

Creating your own IoT solutions – from connection, to management and integration – has become plug-and-play easy.  At the core, delivering this simplification sits...

Update: AT&T, union still negotiating; strike threat lingers

AT&T has contingency plan if work stoppage materializes A week after contracts for 17,500 unionized AT&T workers expired, contract talks are still ongoing despite an...

Mobilegeddon coming from Google search change

Google starts favoring mobile optimized websites in search algorithms Today Google made a major change in how its proprietary search algorithms rank Web search results;...

Verizon Wireless Q1 growth impacted by Sprint, T-Mobile US pressure

Tablets up, smartphones and prepaid down for Verizon Wireless Competition, smartphone saturation and consumer infatuation with tablet devices continues to alter Verizon Wireless' quarterly results,...

DAS: three streamlined approaches

Distributed antenna systems are increasingly common in large public venues, and many locations are already upgrading or replacing their original systems. To control costs,...

Defense consultant thinks IoT will shape cybersecurity

More connected devices equates to more cybersecurity exposure, more risk WASHINGTON – Booz Allen Hamilton, one of the nation's largest management consulting firms that is...

Verizon is off to the races for Kentucky Derby

Small cells, COWs and COLTs saddled up by Verizon as part of Churchill Downs hetnet upgrade In the run-up to the May 2 post, Verizon Communications...
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