Monthly Archives: August, 2015

Worst of the Week: AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile, where’s the Twitter-rage?

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...

CTIA asks FCC to conduct mock auctions

As 600 MHz auction approaches, FCC continues to clarify rules and procedures WASHINGTON – Ahead of the 2016 incentive auction, wireless trade association CTIA said...

Apple teams with Pentagon on military wearables

Apple is one of the key partners the Pentagon is calling on to help build the next generation of wearables for the military. The U.S....

Zain CEO: Telco to invest nearly 17% of revenue this year

The telco created new business units to launch services Kuwait-based telecom operator Zain ended June with 46.3 million customers in its global operation, which includes...

Sprint offers free service to DirecTV customers

DirecTV's 20 million U.S. customers are now part of the AT&T family, but that does not mean they have to subscribe to AT&T's wireless...

Adobe’s POV on IoT

https://youtu.be/FG365eqAowI IoT Innovation host Chris Hare speaks with Kevin Lindsay, who heads product marketing at Adobe. Adobe's analytics and data-driven support for the "Internet of...

Cell Tower News: Fatality follows 911 call delayed by cell towers

Fatal fire call to 911 delayed, blamed on cell towers This week a fatal fire broke out in Forestdale, Ala. While deadly fires aren't a...

Oracle cloud platform boosted with Maxymiser acquisition

Oracle deal for Maxymiser comes as Cisco report finds cloud-based revenue expectations Oracle bolstered its cloud-based software platform through the acquisition of U.K.-based Maxymiser in...

Warriors 4 Wireless helps veterans find new careers

Stuck in traffic or video blocked at work? Check out the Inside Telecom Careers podcast: https://soundcloud.com/rcrwirelessnews/inside-telecom-careers-episode-10 The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has reported that there...

T-Mobile joins Sprint in CCA’s Data Services Hub

T-Mobile US move could bolster carrier’s rural coverage, expand LTE opportunities for rural operators T-Mobile US expanded its presence at the Competitive Carriers Association with...

Feature Report: The path to 5G: Smooth sailing or speed bumps along the way – VoLTE, 4.5G

This report will look at the current Global State of the Union of LTE as a baseline for discussion of VoLTE deployments. The topics...

PCTel: Testing airport cellular networks for RFID luggage tracking

PCTel was recently involved in a global project to assess carrier networks at more than 300 airports around the world, in order to help...

NYC vs. Verizon: Where’s the fiber?

The fiber started going in back in 2008 but many areas of the city are still not hooked up Tension has been brewing between New...

Twin Cities piloting Wi-Fi on transport routes

Metro Transit to add express buses to free Wi-Fi program The Twin Cities in Minnesota will soon be a testbed for Wi-Fi on transit routes. Metro Transit in the...

Verizon clarifies contract terms on new rate plans

Verizon Wireless reacts to confusion caused by terms of Verizon Plan options Reaction and confusion to recent rate plan changes resulted in Verizon Wireless coming...

LTE-U fight, plus 4 more things to know today

1. Carriers and equipment makers are taking their fight to Washington as they work to launch LTE in unlicensed spectrum. Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile US,...

Verizon tops Sprint, T-Mobile and AT&T in latest J.D. Power network ranking

Verizon Wireless tops another network performance metric; with Sprint, T-Mobile US and AT&T Mobility fighting for scraps Verizon Wireless continues to accumulate network performance accolades,...

800 MHz ESMR Spectrum Holders Team Up in Puerto Rico (sponsored content)

Preferred Communication Systems, Inc. and North Sight Communications, Inc., have agreed to team up to optimize their spectrum deployment in Puerto Rico and the...

T-Mobile US petition to abolish overages gets 250K signatures

Continuing with its strong “Uncarrier” marketing moves, T-Mobile US CEO John Legere has not only garnered more than 250,000 signatures for a Change.org petition...

India kills mobile Internet for 63M users

Authorities in the Indian state of Gujarat have reportedly shut down mobile Internet service for the 63 million area residents in light of political...

Nokia Networks wins small cell contract with Ooredoo

Contract stipulates deployment of small cells for 3G, 4G services Nokia Networks won a contract from mobile operator Ooredoo Qatar to deploy small cells in...

Verizon scored top SIP trunking provider in North America

IHS report found Verizon No. 1; CenturyLink surged to No. 2 Verizon Communications retained the top spot in the latest ranking of North America’s top...

LatAm: Former Oi CEO assumes role as Nextel Brazil CEO

In the middle of rumors that TIM would make an offer to buy Nextel in Brazil, which was denied by both telecom carriers, NII...

#TBT: Sprint dinged $1.3M by FCC; MetroPCS offers $5.1B for Leap … this week in 2007

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...

Cell Tower News: Concealed towers

Cell Tower News is brought to you by the National Association of Tower Erectors (NATE). In this edition of Cell Tower News, Host Joey Jackson...
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