Monthly Archives: April, 2015

Geek culture geek Victor Agreda Jr. joins RCR

Agreda brings experience in software, coding, mobile gaming and more Please join us in welcoming tech aficionado Victor Agreda Jr. as the newest contributing member...

SEC, FBI question iPad-in-schools program

The Securities and Exchange Commission and the FBI are both investigating the ambitious plan to provide an iPad to every child in the Los Angeles Unified School...

Worst of the Week: Sprint driving for relevance

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...

Verizon taps ESPN, CBS Sports, others to power mobile OTT platform

Verizon targeting millennials with mobile-focused OTT service Verizon Communications is tapping college sports in a move to drive customers to its mobile entertainment services and...

Nokia AlcaLu deal puts pressure on Ericsson

Merger puts pressure on Ericsson to step up its wired and optical portfolio With the recent $16.5 billion merger of Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent, telecom industry...

Cell Tower News: Give OSHA tower climber safety feedback

OSHA seeks public comment Earlier this week the Occupational Safety and Health Administration released a statement asking for public comment on best practices for tower climbers...

Network outage slows global finance, Twitter reacts

Bloomberg network stops trading, stays billion-dollar deals Financial giant Bloomberg on Friday morning was hit by a network failure that crippled the global trading terminal...

Generation Wireless: On privacy, they doth protest too much

It has been said to let he who is without sin cast the first stone. If applied to privacy and snooping in the digital...

EU makes antitrust case against Google

Fines against Google could hit $6B; EU also probes Android OS WASHINGTON – The European Union Commissioner for Competition, Margrethe Vestager, officially filed a "statement...

Driving connected car profits for telecom and automotive

There’s no denying the fact that the connected car is one of the hottest topics in the telecommunications and automotive industries. Although within the...

Feature Report: Driving profits through the intersection of telecom and automotive

How can carriers monetize the connected car? What role will telecom vendors play and what's in it for the end user? There's a lot of...

Boost targets Cuba with new rate plan

Miami-focused plan provides calling, text messaging to Cuba for Boost customers U.S.-based mobile operators are quickly taking advantage of the recent thaw in the relationship...

T-Mobile US closes on Ntelos spectrum deal

T-Mobile US bolsters 1.9 GHz license portfolio, as Ntelos moves to close eastern markets T-Mobile US closed on its $56 million acquisition of 1.9 GHz...

Videos: 5G Trends in Testing

Network testing and telecom experts will be gathering in Del Mar, Calif., next week at the LTE Innovation Summit to discuss the impact of a...

Ikea rolls out wireless charging

Furniture has wireless charging stations and adapter cases built-in This month Swedish furniture-maker Ikea is launching a line of home furnishings – lamps, side tables,...

IBM to release 20 years worth of cyberthreat data

In an apparent attempt to help fight cyber attacks, IBM has announced it will make its 700 TB database filled with raw cyberthreat data...

FCC Chairman Wheeler tempts broadcasters with simplified 600 MHz auction rules

Wheeler speech at NAB show touts 600 MHz auction benefits for broadcasters Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler took to the stage at this week’s...

Small cells: 4 reasons the outlook is changing

Small cells have been "set to take off" for several years, but many projects and deployments remain grounded. Now as carriers start to explore...

Ahead of Super Bowl, Wi-Fi upgrades for Houston

But who will pay for upgrades, which include better Wi-Fi for luxury boxes? Houston, Texas, is poised to host the Super Bowl in 2017 but,...

Planes could be vulnerable to cyber attack via Wi-Fi

In-flight Wi-Fi could potentially open up avionics controls to hackers The U.S. Government Accountability Office on April 14 released a report detailing the potential for...

#TBT: Ericsson, Nortel slash jobs; Sprint cautious on near term … 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...

Vodafone network failure affects voice, text, data

A network failure this week left Vodafone New Zealand customers on both the north and south islands without voice, text and data services for...

LatAm: Brazil telco revenue tops $77B; Chile Internet access grows

The Brazilian telco market had total revenue of $77.24 billion in 2014, an equivalent of 4.2% of the country's GDP. All together, telco operators invested...

LatAm: Telefónica building end-to-end customer experience

Argentina first to experience Telefónica's end-to-end customer experience solution Telefónica has tapped Accenture and Alcatel-Lucent to implement an end-to-end customer experience solution for a range of services...

EMEA: Mercedes mobility – maybe without a Mercedes?

At the simplest level, "Internet of Things," connected car, M2M and telematics have all been buzzwords synonymous with the integration of telecommunications and automotive....
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