2015

The trend in the enterprise world to a “bring-your-own-device” environment has reached a tipping point. Up until now, company-owned devices have represented the majority of enterprise mobility, but that will …

Lauding the ability to converse with inanimate objects used to provoke eye-rolls of disbelief or even apathy. Now, it is a comfortable notion for most in the modern world to …

Verizon Communications reported earnings last week. Without going through every detail of their 1.99 million wireless retail postpaid net additions – 1.4 million of which were tablets – let’s focus …

Huawei NFV lab will focus on multivendor interoperability Huawei recently opened a new lab in Xi’an, China, focused on developing multivendor integration verification capabilities for network function virtualization. The lab …

Big data could be in the hands of hackers after Malaysia Airlines’ website was hacked on Monday. Hacker group Lizard Squad is threatening to “dump some loot” after claiming responsibility …

SK Telecom ‘world’s first tri-band LTE-A’ ads banned A South Korean court has banned SK Telecom from advertising claims that it has commercialized the first tri-band LTE-Advanced service. The ruling …

Qualcomm chipsets remained the industry leader in cellular and smartphone apps processors in 2014, according to a new report from research firm Strategy Analytics. Although Qualcomm continues to dominate the …

AT&T is set to expand operations in Mexico, announcing this morning plans to acquire NII Holdings’ Nextel Mexico operations for $1.875 billion. The deal will see AT&T purchase the assets …

A conversation with Renuka Bhalerao, Senior Product Line Manager, Radisys Download a transcript of the complete interview now and be among the first to receive the complete report when finalized. …

The definition of a connected car is not only confusing to the potential end user, it also doesn’t align across the industry players working with connected cars. Earlier in 2014, …

In 2015, voice over LTE will shake up the marketplace in a variety of ways. For example, some mobile operators will use VoLTE-powered unified communication to compete with over-the-top UC …

All around the world, the mobile landscape is changing. Mobile subscriptions are expected to reach nearly 7 billion by the end of 2015, while mobile broadband subscribers will reach 2.3 …

For a long time, it was only in science-fiction literature and movies where you could find mentions of voice recognition systems. But look around. People are talking to machines today, …

In this edition of “Gigs”, RCRtv gives you an inside look at what it is like to be a trainee at Silicon Labs. Max Palumbo, a field applications engineer trainee, …

Sprint offering guarantees $200 trade-in credit Sprint continues to bolster its competitive position, announcing today that it would provide T-Mobile US customers who switch their allegiance to Sprint with $200 …

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 this column is a chance for …

LTE-Advanced testing continues to make progress across the ecosystem. In this week’s test and measurement news: • Anritsu said that its ME7873L RF/RRM conformance test system has received Global Certification …

Progress report from NATE The National Association of Tower Erectors issued an update on the national wireless skills-based training standard discussed last year to be put into place this year. The …

The growth of in-building network deployments is creating exciting new opportunities for women in wireless, and the Women’s Wireless Leadership Forum is ready. The networking group, an affiliate of wireless …

World Economic Forum: Vodafone CEO questions if spectrum should be free Vodafone CEO Vittorio Colao raised questions surrounding spectrum at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, Thursday. Colao reportedly compared …

Fueled by strong market traction and customer adoption, Interana, an industry leader in event-based data analytics, announced $20 million in Series B funding on Jan. 21. The company has been …

Software is becoming an increasingly important part of telecommunication networks and deployments as both wired and wireless carriers look to add functionality to operations while increasing simplicity and reducing costs. …

Chinese manufacturers are six of top 10 In 2014,  smartphone sales totaled some 1.167 billion, an increase of 25.9% from 2013, according to a new report from market research and …

TU Automotive thinks so. This week I spoke with Gareth Ragg, strategic director for TU Automotive on the topic of connected cars. He said not only is this the year of the …