Test and Measurement News: JDSU revenue impacted in Q2
JDSU reported a net loss of $25 million for its most recent quarter, with its revenue impacted by less carrier spending, according to a statement by CEO Tom Waechter. Revenue was $437.1 million, down from $447.6 million...
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 us at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....
Defining the industry connected car landscape was challenging.
It started with the very first question for the interview participants: What category would you describe yourself as within the connected car landscape? Thinking this would be an easy question, many respondents considered it to be a difficult one...
Sky set to add mobile to platform beginning in 2016
U.K.-based satellite television provider Sky said it plans to add mobile services to its portfolio through a mobile virtual network operator agreement with Telefónica UK, which offers wireless services under the O2 brand.
The multiyear deal...
Two big moves by large carriers within a single week will bring big changes to Latin American wireless markets.
AT&T’s announcement that it will acquire Nextel Mexico showed how the U.S.-based carrier plans to expand its operations further in the country after its purchase of Iusacell.
“AT&T announced its intention to implement a 'one...
2015 was supposed to be the year that EU roaming charges went away. It’s been delayed again – say it isn’t so. As a mobile operator I can see them jumping for joy, but as a consumer and business traveler I can’t say I agree.
In...
Auction 97 bidding activity slow, but continues
The Federal Communications Commission’s ongoing spectrum auction continues to defy predictions of its demise as bidders continue to put up at least a handful of new bids per round. Through round 320 this morning, Auction 97 was sitting...
SK Telecom and Nokia Networks claim first commercialization of EICIC
SK Telecom announced Wednesday that it, along with Nokia Networks, has commercialized "enhanced inter-cell interference coordination," as part of the LTE-Advanced technology standard.
EICIC is designed to control signal interference between macro and micro base stations. SK...
Telekom Austria has announced a partnership with Porsche Holding Salzburg in order to provide a broader solution set in the telematics arena. The machine-to-machine space isn’t new for Telekom Austria, which created a separate division to focus on M2M more than four years ago.
Early last fall I...
Bharti Airtel partners with Nokia Networks to launch 4G services in India's first FDD-LTE on 1800 MHz
Bharti Airtel has announced that it is partnering with Nokia Networks to expand its 4G presence using Nokia Networks' radio network. The deal marks the first FDD-LTE deployment...
The data-threat landscape continues to gain sophistication. With every solution launched to protect our data, there seems to be a new tactic in play to undermine that protection. F-Secure is working hard to stay ahead of the criminals, hackers and espionage activities as they become...
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 is said to be an expansion of Huawei’s move to work with customers, partners and...
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 us at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....
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 Forum approval for more than 80% of radio frequency and radio resource management conformance test...
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 spectrum to oxygen and water, and questioned if there is any need for the government...
Even though the use of white space is not regulated in Brazil, the WhiteSpace Alliance is conducting a pilot test to check its availability for potential broadband use. White space is frequency that is assigned for television broadcasting but not fully utilized. According to the WhiteSpace Alliance,...
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 up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories!
Wheeler got $500,000...
AOptix uses lasers for wireless communications
Michael Klayko, former CEO of Brocade Communications Systems, was tapped as new CEO of California-based AOptix Technologies.
AOptix uses laser radio technology to support high-capacity wireless data transport.
“AOptix’s highly differentiated product offerings have positioned the company to revolutionize the wireless...
End-users expect to be able to access their desired content – fully personalized social media such as Facebook, YouTube videos or Netflix – on whatever device they happen to be using, wherever they are, whenever they want. Increasingly, those devices are smartphones and tablets.
According to Adobe’s...
SDN and NFV service-provider solutions
Having announced a joint venture with Avion Systems, India-based digital transformation firm Tech Mahindra is looking to help telecom service providers move onto telco cloud-computing platforms and take advantage of network function virtualization and software-defined network solutions.
Tech Mahindra is a...
Network security is big business for Cisco, and each year the company provides updates on potential new threats and the evolution of existing security loopholes. Cisco's annual security report this year highlights three trends, and also offers insight on the changing nature of countermeasures.
Snowshoe...
Virgin Galactic, Qualcomm, Elon Musk in the mix
In the past week, OneWeb, with support from the Virgin Group and chipmaker Qualcomm, and tech entrepreneur Elon Musk have announced plans to launch constellations capable of bringing high-speed satellite Internet connectivity to the more than 3...
Hutchison Whampoa in talks to acquire Telefónica's O2
Hutchison Whampoa is reportedly weighing the purchase of Telfónica SA's United Kingdom unit, O2. Hutchison is reportedly considering paying as much as $13.6 billion for O2. Sources report that the plans are in early stages and that no deal is imminent.
Hutchison,...
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. RCR Wireless News is keeping an eye on recent developments through its weekly “Software”...
