Monthly Archives: July, 2015

Huawei aims to ship 400,000 small cells in 2015

China currently represents one-third of Huawei’s small cell business SHANGHAI – Telecom equipment manufacturer Huawei expects to ship approximately 400,000 small cells this year, the...

LatAm: The future of mobile apps

Latin America is decidedly mobile-first with people younger than 35 comprising 60% of all digital users in the region. This scenario holds significant promise...

#TBT: Celebrating encryption (72 years ago); McCaw expands empire … 17 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...

EMEA: Huawei 5GVIA takes 5G into real life situations

Earlier this year Huawei announced the creation of the 5G Vertical Industry Accelerator testbed in Munich. The experimental system is being developed in partnership...

White House hosts wireless industry summit

Wireless industry leaders gathered at the White House on Wednesday to meet with representatives from the federal Office of Science and Technology Policy, the...

Report predicts tower, small cell outlook through 2025

According to a recent report by media and communications analyst firm, SNL Kagan, active tower sites declined for the first time ever in 2014....

NYC could equip trash cans with Wi-Fi hot spots

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has made improving Internet access in the city a hallmark of his time in office. The latest...

MetroPCS coverage now includes Mexico in battle with Boost, Cricket

MetroPCS coverage expansion taps T-Mobile US' recent North America promotion T-Mobile US is transferring some of its cross-border promotion to prepaid brand MetroPCS as it...

CWA: Verizon ‘hell-bent on destroying this union’

Labor negotiations for 38,000 union employees ongoing; Verizon has prepped for potential strike Contract talks for some 38,000 unionized Verizon employees are not going well,...

Feature Report: Tapping RCS, WebRTC, VoLTE and VoWi-Fi to improve service, battle OTTs

Mobile operators are feeling increased pressure from over-the-top players to provide additional features and services that consumers have come to expect from the application...

Competitive Carriers Association CEO on FCC auction

CCA's Steve Berry discusses competition in the wireless market, rules for the upcoming FCC auction and the duopolistiic nature of the space WASHINGTON – The...

GSMA predicts 913M smartphones in China by year-end

According to the study, the Asian nation will reach 1B 4G connections by 2020 SHANGHAI – China is expected to have 913 million smartphones by the...

NFV study shows quick ROI for deployments

A new NFV study from ACG Research shows investment payback in 3 years One of the bigger hurdles facing mobile operators as they look at...

Sponsored: Open source SDN brings ‘build- it’ culture to life

Automating networks to keep pace with the speed of innovation helps increase enterprise efficiency, profit Software-Defined Networking, or SDN, could be the single- biggest opportunity...

CCA Webinar: Addressing Cyber Threats with Best Practices – A Practical Approach

Cyber threats, secret intrusions and very public data breaches are now part of everyday threats, and the types and vectors of threats are bewildering....

Verizon covers its bases at MLB All-Star Game

Verizon Wireless could not control the weather at this year's MLB All-Star Game, but the carrier did try to plan for every contingency related...

Analyst Angle: NFV-S – next-generation security for enterprises, service providers and the cloud

A new security extension for network functions virtualization aligns businesses and carriers at the forefront of cloud computing What is a network? That question was...

SoftBank to carry out 4.5G tests in Tokyo by year-end

Japanese mobile operator plans to use equipment from multiple vendors SHANGHAI – Japanese mobile operator SoftBank expects to carry out a technical trial of "TDD+"...

Sprint prepaid brand Boost Mobile launches hot spot service

Sprint prepaid brand Boost Mobile service linked exclusively to Sprint LTE network Sprint continues to bolster the capabilities of its prepaid brands, which have been...

SK Telecom leverages Accedian’s monitoring, big data analytics for backhaul

As mobile networks get faster and more complex, potential bottlenecks in the backhaul network become increasingly important in quality of experience. Accedian Networks has reported that its...

Huawei unveils new 4.5G solution

The Chinese company expects the solution to be commercially available in 2016 SHANGHAI – Huawei has launched its new TDD+ solution in collaboration with its...

NetScout closes on Danaher deal

NetScout has officially closed on its $2.3 billion acquisition of Danaher's communications business, which includes Tektronix Communications, security firm Arbor Networks and parts of...

Researchers send data over UHF ‘Super’ Wi-Fi

"Due to the popularity of cable, satellite and Internet TV, the UHF spectrum is one of the most underutilized portions of the wireless spectrum...

Sprint CEO making minority employment a priority

Goal is one-third Hispanic, African-American workforce Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure reportedly wants more diversity at his company. At a Hispanic national convention in Kansas City,...

T-Mobile blasts Verizon, AT&T, Sprint with new multiline data buckets

T-Mobile US is set to boost data buckets for multiline accounts, but is doing away with the unlimited data option T-Mobile US announced a new...
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