Obama talks tech, globalization and tacos on Texas trip AUSTIN–President Barack Obama kicked off the South by Southwest Interactive on March 11 with a keynote talk calling on technology leaders …
Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst
Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst
Sean focuses on multiple subject areas including 5G, 6G, Open RAN, hybrid cloud, edge computing, and Industry 4.0. Prior to his work at RCR, Sean studied journalism and literature at the University of Mississippi then spent six years based in Key West, Florida, working as a reporter for the Miami Herald Media Company. He currently lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
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Facebook’s newest data center in Forth Worth, Texas, announced last July under the Project Ernst moniker, is well under way with construction costs passing $200 million, according to BuildZoom. The …
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Sprint CFO Tarek Robbiati says the struggling U.S. carrier is looking to the future and “5G” with its as-yet unspecified network improvement plans, which revolve around a densification strategy. Robbiati made …
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Facebook CEO calls addition of Google a ‘strong symbolic move’ SAN JOSE, California – The Open Compute Project, started by Facebook in 2011, has grown to encompass some of the biggest …
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AT&T AVP says openness is a ‘matter of survival’ SAN JOSE, California – After developing its niche in the hyperscale community, the Open Compute Project is now being embraced by …
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SAN JOSE, California – During the Open Compute Project Summit, Peter Winzer of Nokia Bell Labs discussed the research organization’s near 100-year history of open innovation, including a look at …
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Facebook VP of infrastructure discusses Open Compute Project adoption by telecommunications industry SAN JOSE, California – Jason Taylor, Facebook VP of infrastructure and Open Compute Project Foundation chairman and and …
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New entrants into the home broadband market – think Google Fiber, as well as various government-driven initiatives – are putting the pressure on cable and multiple-system operators. One new avenue …
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Radisys also announced DCEngine for hyperscale data centers SAN JOSE, California – In conjunction with the March 8 kick off of the Open Compute Project Summit 2016, Radisys announced it …
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Verizon Wireless has been bullish on “5G” with plans to trial the unstandardized technology this year. Ever since Verizon Wireless announced those plans late last year, T-Mobile US executives, who …
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The Google concept of providing rural cellular connectivity from specially designed balloons, dubbed Project Loon, could be tested on the vast Indian subcontinent, according to reports. According to The Economic …
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DigiCell and Huawei plan to launch 4G LTE by year end Belize is set to soon be covered by a LTE network being deployed by DigiCell, a subsidiary of Belize …
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Advanced ‘5G’ use cases will require global interoperability and scalability; International Telecommunication Union is working away on ultimate standard The tactile Internet, autonomous vehicles and smart cities; all these things …
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Initiatives like Germany’s Industrie 4.0 and Made in China 2025 seed regional IoT economy The “Internet of Things” promises to connect 20 billion previously unconnected objects by 2020. As the …
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We’ve all been there. The agonizing moment as you fumble your phone and it lands squarely in the pool or a pitcher of margaritas. In fact, according to a new …
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On this episode of HetNet Happenings, RCR Wireless News Managing Editor Sean Kinney takes you inside Mobile World Congress 2016 to dissect the big themes of “5G” and the “Internet …
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Baicells, using Radisys software, is testing LTE-LAA small cell with China Mobile Chinese tech company Baicells has been making moves in the small cells space as of late, most recently …
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Open Compute Project becoming ‘de facto’ data center standard Ericsson is partnering with data center players Quanta and Amazon Web Services to extend the reach of its HDS8000 product; the …
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Ericsson CEO: Goal is to drive growth, innovation, speed Nearly four months into a hyped partnership, Ericsson and Cisco executives report a “huge amount of progress in a very short …
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Affirmed Networks, Procera, ACG Research, Vasona weigh-in on NFV Network functions virtualization has come a long way in the last year, according to experts, who have noted movement from discussion …
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IBMer: ‘It’s bad, it’s really bad. It is a sad day for IBM.’ Reports began hitting the Internet this morning that IBM began a wave of firings that could impact …
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AT&T, Telit, ARM, F-Secure talk IoT during Mobile World Congress The “Internet of Things” promises to change the way we all live and work, according to myriad discussions during the …
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Lurie talked 5G and IoT with Ericsson CEO Hans Vestberg during Mobile World Congress 2016 AT&T Mobility CEO Glenn Lurie told Ericsson CEO Hans Vestberg the really exciting thing, to …
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Boingo transforming from infrastructure provider to managed services provider Mobile World Congress was decidedly a “5G”-oriented show, but Boingo Wireless CTO Derek Peterson was on hand to emphasize the long-term …
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RCR Wireless News editors recap the highlights of Mobile World Congress 2016 Mobile World Congress 2016 was a jam-packed show with a huge emphasis on the future of “5G” and …
