2015

Your mobile carrier has made it very expensive for you to leave the country with your mobile phone. Whether you live in the U.S., France or Uganda, the cost of …

T-Mobile US’ ‘to-do’ list Last week, the new No. 3 carrier, T-Mobile US, held its quarterly earnings session – it’s hard to classify it as an earnings call since there are …

Just ahead of releasing its latest quarterly results, Sprint revamps its leadership In a strange move just hours ahead of its latest quarterly results, Sprint announced a major revamp of …

Reports claim Apple MVNO plans could include U.S. and Europe Apple is reportedly testing a mobile virtual network operator service in the U.S. and is in talks for a similar …

Tech company is testing voicemail transcription feature Many smartphone users, particularly those that fall in the millennial age range, find the whole receiving-then-listening-to a voicemail process tiresome. Taking that cue, …

AT&T bundles discount on DirecTV or U-verse TV package when combined with mobile AT&T wasted little time putting together a package of services tying together its wireless and recently acquired …

Apple is no longer the leading smartphone maker in China. On the back of more affordable devices, Chinese device maker, Xiaomi took back the top spot from Apple, reporting a …

German communications service provider Deutsche Telekom has partnered with Boingo Wireless to provide global roaming tailored for business customers. Deutsche Telekom has more than 151 million mobile customers and also …

Cricket Wireless prepaid service now offers unlimited voice, texting to and from Mexico on select plans AT&T Mobility is looking to maintain the competitive position of its Cricket Wireless prepaid …

South Korean telco plans to launch the world’s first pilot of LTE-M technology South Korea’s largest mobile telephony operator, SK Telecom, ended the second quarter of 2015 with 17.93 million …

Boingo is a global provider of Wi-Fi, distributed antenna systems and small cell services with access to more than 1 million Wi-Fi hot spots in more than 90 countries connecting …

I met with Steve Brumer of 151 Advisors about the upcoming CTIA Super Mobility 2015. He invited me to speak at their APP-SOLUTELY Enterprise event scheduled for this year’s CTIA …

Employees will continue to work as negotiations continue after Aug. 1 contract expiration Despite the lingering threat of a work stoppage, some 38,000 unionized Verizon Communications employees did not move …

The buzz has finally come to fruition with the announcement of the sale of Nokia’s Here to an automotive industry consortium made up of Audi AG, BMW Group and Daimler …

What is the real promise of mobility in the enterprise? Is it the ability to read and respond to e-mails on the road? To dial into a conference call? To …

More millennials enter the consumer marketplace each year and their effect is drastically influencing a multitude of industries. Millennial consumers are mobile driven and hate not being able to engage …

On this week’s NFV/SDN Reality Check we talked with Andre Fuetsch, SVP of architecture and design at AT&T, to get an update on the telecom operators expansive network virtualization, NFV …

This week I’m talking to Haseeb Qureshi, CEO and co-founder of Audiohand. Audiohand is a mobile app that records audio on your iPhone, then mixes it with other live recordings …

This week on HetNet Happenings, RCR Wireless News Managing Editor Sean Kinney discusses network densification with former FCC commissioner Jonathan Adelstein, the current president of PCIA, the Wireless Infrastructure Association. …

Telefónica Spanish business showing signs of recovery Spanish telecom giant Telefónica reported revenue of 11.87 billion euro ($13.14 billion) in the second quarter of 2015, climbing 12.4% vs. the year-ago …

With merger pending, analysts see Nokia turning up the heat on Ericsson Nokia on July 30 reported impressive gains in net sales, gross profit and other key performance indicators ahead …

Google expands Android’s enterprise reach through carrier partnerships Google has enlisted all four of the major U.S. carriers to support Android for Work, security software that enables companies to separate …

Deadline for strike is Aug. 1 Midnight on Aug. 1 is the deadline for Verizon Communications and 38,000 of its union workers in New England to come to terms on a …

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 …

 Auto accident claims climber lives, memorial fund set up Five tower climbers from Wingate Communications were driving in a pickup truck in Brooksville, Fla., this week when a box truck ran …