2015

The Federal Reserve’s recent decision to leave interest rates unchanged – for now – is a good one for the wireless tower industry. A capital-intensive industry, the three major tower companies earn most of …

The Chinese ICT firm seeks to increase focus on cloud-based services SHANGHAI–Chinese ICT provider Huawei wants to increase investments in human resources for the development of cloud-based technologies. The Asian …

Agreement between the South Korean telco and the European vendor will run until 2020 Swedish telecom equipment vendor Ericsson and South Korean mobile operator LG Uplus, have signed a memorandum …

As part of a sustainability project, two driverless shuttle vehicles called WEpods are slated to begin running a regular route in Holland beginning in November; this marks the first time …

911 service affected A severed fiber line at a construction site left thousands of Verizon Wireless and Time Warner Cable customers in central North Carolina without service on Monday. For about …

UN commission is focused on bridging the digital divide In a report released Sept. 21, the United Nations Broadband Commission for Digital Development found that 4.2 billion people, 57% of …

Bob Metcalfe joins latest edition of RCRatx Speakers Series RCR Wireless News was joined this week for the latest Speakers Series installment by Bob Metcalfe, networking pioneer and Ethernet inventor, …

End of summer greetings from Charlotte and Dallas. This week we will cover comments from two wireless CEOs as well as update the latest iPhone 6S Apple ship dates. Apple …

Bob Metcalfe invented Ethernet in 1973 while working for Xerox in Palo Alto, Calif., and went on to serve in numerous roles with 3Com, InfoWorld and Polaris Venture Partners, among …

Based on recent filings with the Federal Communications Commission, Google plans to follow on the release of its new OnHub router with more Wi-Fi devices. Although very little information can …

Innovation is a key theme in telecom; so key, in fact, it runs the risk of becoming nothing more than a buzzword unless organizations have some substantial proof points behind the …

AT&T is reportedly suing three former employees for accepting money from another company to put unlocking software on its devices. The report names Marc Sapatin, Nguyen Lam and Kyra Evans …

Cloud hosting facility in Ashburn, Va., is source of problem Amazon Web Services was fully functional on Monday following a Sept. 20 issue at a Virginia facility that temporarily impacted popular …

Claure comments on Sprint efforts related to market share, cost and network Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure last week spoke at the Goldman Sachs Communicopia event and highlighted the carrier’s moves …

T-Mobile US’ subscriber base continues to grow. CEO John Legere recently told a crowd at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia Conference in New York that the “uncarrier” gained 2.1 million subscribers …

Consumer protection body levies fines on apps designed to detect skin cancer and improve eyesight WASHINGTON – The Federal Trade Commission has settled charges with an app company, which claimed …

WASHINGTON – The Federal Communications Commission’s Wireline Competition Bureau has announced plans to release data on the Special Access Market for the first time ever. The bureau said in a statement …

Get real time network performance metrics to make the most out of costly infrastructure deployments In the competitive wireless marketplace, customers expect high quality of service everywhere, not just outside. …

Turkish operator seeks to acquire mobile operations in four markets Turkey’s largest mobile telephony operator Turkcell is looking to appoint a strategic and financial adviser to explore the possibility to …

The Chinese firm unveils its OceanStore DJ Solution at the Huawei Cloud Congress 2015 SHANGHAI – Chinese ICT company Huawei has unveiled its OceanStore DJ solution, a data service platform …

With all the challenges facing mobile network operators around the world – increasing competition, diminishing average revenue per user, network management costs, demanding customers who want more bandwidth – it’s …

Just 10 years ago, enterprise technology was tied to a desktop or workstation, iPhones did not exist. Social collaboration meant instant messaging. Can you imagine a world today without mobile …

This week I’m talking to Daniel Buchanan of VARDNet. Daniel’s startup is working with the University of Tennessee football team to develop VR quarterback training. We’ll look at some of …

On this episode of HetNet Happenings, RCR Wireless News Sean Kinney discusses how the telecom industry is working to blur the line between cellular and Wi-Fi with Birdstep Technology CEO …

AT&T updates progress and challenges in move towards SDN and NFV future AT&T is viewed by many as one of the leading telecom operators in terms of its commitment towards …