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2015 Predictions: Virtual EPC set for 2015

Editor’s Note: With 2015 now upon us, RCR Wireless News has gathered predictions from leading industry analysts and executives on what they expect to see in the new year. There’s no question about why evolved packet core has lived such a fruitful life: mobile networks...

Telecom software growth an opportunity, challenge for workforce

Software QA and testing company A1QA provides workforce insight Software is increasingly becoming an integral part of modern telecom equipment, which has put a greater emphasis on companies finding qualified employees to keep up with this growing demand. Svetlana Pravdina, CEO at software quality assurance and...

Sonim tackles the ruggedized smartphone market

Smartphones are now practically everywhere, having penetrated the consumer and enterprise markets early on and are now taking aim at the ruggedized environments. A handful of such devices have been rolled out by devicemakers big and small, with some providing mere lip service (Samsung), while...

Xiaomi: The world’s most valuable tech startup?

Is Xiaomi the world's most valuable tech startup? Xiaomi, the Chinese hardware company that recently cracked the top five for smartphone vendors, raised $1.1 billion in new funding. Xiaomi co-founder Bin Lin revealed in a Facebook post that the company now has a valuation of...

Hadoop 2015: Going beyond analytics

Hadoop is expected to continue to grow in 2015, with more companies building smart applications that use the data-sifting, open-source software platform. In a report, Forrester predicts Hadoop will become bigger and more versatile as more companies adopt it as a cornerstone of their business...

Ericsson adds to SDN brain trust

Telecom giant reportedly poaches SDN leader Inder Gopal from IBM Ericsson bolstered its support of software-defined networking technology, with reports indicating the infrastructure giant has hired Inder Gopal, OpenDaylight Project founding chairman. SDNCentral reported that Gopal has been brought into Ericsson under current head of technology strategy...

Global Telecom: China Unicom 4G focus in 2015

China Unicom 4G focus in 2015 China Unicom's subscriber base continues to slow. In November, the carrier registered fewer than 1.1 million 3G and 4G users, the lowest number in more than three years. The operator is planning to focus on 4G devices in 2015. Forbes reports...

FCC 2014 scorecard, 2015 challenges

Looking back at 2014 regulatory issues, ahead to 2015 challenges The telecommunications industry has kept the federal government plenty busy over the past year with a pair of spectrum auctions, possible merger and acquisition activity and the connection to the net neutrality debate. While 2014 provided...

Carrier Wrap: AT&T increases dividend; Boost makes Data Boost plan permanent

AT&T announced that its board of directors has approved a 2.2% increase in the company’s quarterly dividend, which means a quarterly increase from 46 cents to 47 cents per share, and an annual increase from $1.84 to $1.88 per share. The dividend is set to...

LatAm: End of Cuban embargo to open door for telcos; Ecuador passes new telecom act

With the anticipated end of the U.S. embargo against Cuba, telecommunication services are expected to increase, bringing the country into the 21st century. The general expectation is that Internet access will grow since the U.S. government will start allowing telecommunication companies to set up the necessary equipment and other...

EMEA: Sierra Wireless adds managed M2M solution

Claudia Bacco, Managing Director – EMEA for RCR Wireless News, has spent her entire career in telecom, IT and security. Having experience as an operator, software and hardware vendor and as a well-known industry analyst, she has many opinions on the market. She’ll be sharing...

Small cell expanding with Vodafone, JCDecaux deal

Mobile giant Vodafone has joined forces with JCDecaux, the largest outdoor advertising company in the world, to increase network connectivity by deploying small cells on billboards, benches and other outdoor installations. This planned large-scale deployment, announced on Dec. 10, is an expansion of a pilot...

4G LTE coming to Peruvian Amazon

Amazon rainforest to join 4G LTE lineup Telecom giant Ericsson is working with Telefonica’s subsidiary in Peru to connect schools, health care centers and other rural parts of the Amazon rainforest to a LTE network. The two companies tout the project as a first-of-its-kind for Latin...

Software: SDN, NFV focus at AT&T changing legacy mindset

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”...

Ovum predicts telco capex at $2T over next five years

Tech research firm Ovum is forecasting telecom capital expenditures over the next five years will top $2 trillion. In the United States, Ovum tallied some $364 billion in capex this year with mobile operators accounting for 59% of that spending and fixed-communications service providers making...

Test and Measurement: Mobile app to provide info on EMF exposure

A new mobile app will be available in 2015 from the International Telecommunications Union outlining the relationship between electromagnetic fields and health, and lays out internationally agreed-upon guidelines and standards for development and assessing EMF exposure. The EMF Guide app was announced at an ITU forum meeting...

EMEA: 2014 LTE ‘first’ highlights

Claudia Bacco, Managing Director – EMEA for RCR Wireless News, has spent her entire career in telecom, IT and security. Having experience as an operator, software and hardware vendor and as a well-known industry analyst, she has many opinions on the market. She’ll be sharing...

Nokia-AlcaLu merger talk gains momentum

Nokia's new CEO said he hopes to grow the company through acquisitions, and now a German media report says Nokia is considering a merger with its direct competitor, Alcatel-Lucent. Germany's Manager Magazin reports that the two companies have been in talks since fall about...

LatAm: Argentina’s congress passes digital law; TIM Brasil denies offer rumors

Argentina's new telecommunications and information services bill has passed the lower house of congress. The digital bill – which defines new information technology as a public service, broadening the concept of Internet access – drew strong criticism from opposing members, who claim it favors monopolies. The measure passed the upper...

NFV and the signaling tsunami

Diameter signaling controllers are like traffic cops for LTE networks, prioritizing and directing traffic to the right network elements at the right time. As more of these network elements move to software, the role of diameter signaling is set to explode. "NFV could create potentially...

Carrier Wrap: China Unicom sinks on investigation

China Unicom stock hits eight-month low China Unicom witnessed its stock price hit an eight-month low following reports that a company official is being investigated for potential discipline violations. According to Bloomberg, a deputy GM of China Unicom’s network division was being investigated by the Central...

Samsung Galaxy S6 coming next month?

Samsung Galaxy S6 coming soon? The Samsung Galaxy S6 is rumored to be unveiled next month at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. South Korea online publication Chosun Biz reports that the Galaxy S6 will be announced on Jan. 6. According to analysts, the new smartphone...

Global Telecom: Xiaomi smartphone sales up 336%

Xiaomi cracks top 5 smartphone vendors Gartner has released its third-quarter report on mobile phones, which reveals that smartphone sales grew 20% in Q3 of 2014. Sales in emerging markets showed the most growth ever, while sales in Western Europe declined. Three of the top five smartphone...

Telco cloud transition ongoing for AT&T

AUSTIN, TEXAS – Alicia Abella, AT&T’s AVP of the cloud technologies and services research organization, discussed the communication giant’s ongoing transition to operating on a telco cloud platform. In an interview with RCR Wireless News at the IEEE GlobeCom show in Austin, Abella called the...