Yearly Archives: 2015

AT&T prepaid brand Cricket Wireless taps Dwyer as president

Dwyer replaces Van Buskirk as head of AT&T prepaid brand Cricket Wireless AT&T Mobility named John Dwyer president of its Cricket Wireless prepaid division, replacing...

Could Yahoo sell its Internet biz to Verizon or AT&T?

Yahoo executives are considering a sale of the company's Internet businesses in a series of meetings ongoing this week, according to a The Wall...

T-Mobile and Verizon bolster holiday marketing moves

T-Mobile taps iPhone, accessories in targeting AT&T; Verizon pre-empts with data bonus T-Mobile US is set to shift its latest marketing focus away from...

Telus launching IoT platform with Affirmed Networks

With an eye on scaling its "Internet of Things" service offerings, Canadian provider Telus partnered with Affirmed Networks to deploy a cloud-based platform optimized...

Will Apple drop headphone jack with iPhone 7?

The Internet is awash in rumors that technology giant Apple, in its next smartphone release perhaps called the iPhone 7, could do away with...

Nokia shareholders OK $16.5B acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent

The transaction is expected to be completed in Q1 2016 Shareholders of Finnish telecom equipment manufacturer Nokia approved the proposed $16.5 billion acquisition of French-based supplier...

Linux Foundation moves OpenStack training online

Accelerated OpenStack adoption cited in move; benefits include lower costs The Linux Foundation continued its push in support of open source standards, announcing an online...

#TBT: Sprint buys CDMA from Ericsson; AT&T Wireless going public? … this week in 1999

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...

Qualcomm strikes deal with Xiaomi

Qualcomm will license cellular patents to Chinese smartphone juggernaut Xiaomi, the rising star that has quintupled its worldwide market share during the last three...

Sprint and T-Mobile battle continues; IoT tips

Topics for this week's Carrier Wrap include dissecting the ongoing Sprint and T-Mobile battle, and tips for IoT On this week's "Carrier Wrap," RCR Wireless...

Internet of Things devices get Verizon LTE coverage

As the "Internet of Things" continues to develop, with industrial applications leading the way, new chipsets are set to allow IoT devices to connect...

Apple stealing Android customers at record rate

Apple is stealing users from rival Android in record numbers, according to a new report from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners. The report found 26%...

Clinton pledges wireless infrastructure investment

Wireless infrastructure is part of Hillary Clinton's $275 billion dollar plan to invest public funds in key sectors of the American economy. The leading...

Samsung shakes up leadership

As part of its annual year-end evaluation, Samsung has chosen a new leader of its handset division. Koh Dong Jin, who had been in...

Information centric networking (ICN): key to 5G, QoE

As demand for video and next-generation services increases, content needs to live one hop from the end user Global telecommunications networks are fundamentally changing to...

Parallel Wireless Reimagines Synchronization (sponsored content)

Synchronization is the “invisible” foundation to any nation’s communications fabric from cell phones, to Internet, to power grids, to networking. With higher-accuracy synchronization, the...

Telefónica Deutschland to integrate O2 and E-Plus networks

The process will integrate GSM and UMTS infrastructure German telecom operator Telefónica Deutschland expects to start the integration of its mobile unit O2 and mobile...

In-depth: LTE-U vs. Wi-Fi; industry players pick sides

Are LTE-Unlicensed and Wi-Fi really pitted against one another from a technological perspective, or has the debate been hijacked by parties protecting business interests?...

Bluegrass completes build on Verizon rural LTE program

Bluegrass claims completion of 5-year build tied to Verizon rural LTE program Regional wireless operator Bluegrass Cellular said it completed the build out of its...

HPE and Microsoft partner on hybrid cloud platform

Computing giants tap respective specialties in powering hybrid cloud offering Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced a deal with Microsoft to use the software giant’s Azure platform...

Ixia White Paper: The Network Through a New Lens – How a Visibility Architecture Sharpens the View

A holistic approach to designing a visibility architecture allows IT to respond to the immediate and long-range demands of growth, management, access, control, and...

AT&T snags government fleet management contract

Purchase agreement includes AT&T provided GPS, vehicle monitoring AT&T picked up an extended contract to provide fleet management services to federal agencies. The five-year “blanket...

Three types of 5G use cases

Qualcomm has been laying out its vision for a "5G" world in recent weeks, including a workshop in San Diego focused on its 5G vision...

New York prepares for surge in small cell deployments

New York City is preparing to solicit bids for new city streetlight poles that can accommodate more small cells, hoping to capture carrier spending...

Montana courting Google, Facebook data centers

Montana officials, with an eye on economic development, have been working with Google and Facebook to convince the technology giants to build data centers...
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