Wireless infrastructure services providers see distributed antenna systems (DAS) as logical extensions of their businesses. Like a cell tower, a DAS can be designed to support one carrier's spectrum, or it can support several carriers and create multiple revenue streams for the system owner.
The...
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That didn’t take long. Just hours after Sprint countered AT&T Mobility’s “double data” move, Verizon Wireless threw its hat in the ring with a data bucket increase of its own.
The carrier said beginning Oct. 2, and running through the end of the month, customers...
Sprint is not letting grass grow beneath its feet, announcing this morning larger data buckets as part of its pledge to offer “double the data” compared with larger rivals Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility. The move comes days after AT&T Mobility announced it was...
Carrier service revenue is not keeping pace with customer data usage, and that could mean that operators will not continue current levels of infrastructure spending. In addition, the two biggest spenders in the North American market — Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility — are...
Although Europe lags other regions in LTE adoption, the region is pushing hard to develop "5G." Of all the countries involved, it seems the United Kingdom is pushing the hardest.
The country recently hosted the "5G Huddle" conference, following a pledge by flamboyant London mayor Boris Johnson that...
For PCIA President Jonathan Adelstein, this year's State of the Union address was something of an epiphany. The former FCC commissioner realized that the White House was hard at work on an issue that is near and dear to the wireless industry: skills-based technical...
LTE has been quietly growing in the Middle East. The lack of big announcements and headlines does not mean there's been a lack of deployments — at least in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries.
Every single carrier in the GCC, which is made up of...
Intel will invest roughly $1.5 billion in a holding company that will own Spreadtrum Communications and RDA Microelectronics. The California chip giant will own about 20% of the company, a joint venture with China's Tsinghua Unigroup. Tsinghua Unigroup is a state-owned limited liability corporation...
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....
Voice-over-Wi-Fi has strong support from Apple, T-Mobile US and Sprint, and that's been good news already for several wireless infrastructure companies. Taqua was one of the first to react, buying longtime partner Kineto after learning that Apple would include support for voice-over-Wi-Fi in the...
In the wake of Telefónica’s acquisition of GVT in Brazil, mobile operator Oi said it won't bid in the country's upcoming 700 MHz frequency band auction. Brazilian carriers had until Sept. 23 to present their proposals for the auction, which is set to begin Sept. 30. The 700 MHz...
The Federal Communications Commission’s planned 600 MHz incentive auction has been tipped as the template for all future spectrum auctions, especially those that are to include spectrum already occupied by users. That template includes the promise of financial compensation for those entities that agree...
U.K.-based retailer Phones 4U continued its slow demise this week, with published reports indicating that more than 2,400 employees were set to lose their jobs with the closing of 362 retail locations. The job losses are to include nearly 1,700 employees immediately, with another...
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A flurry of potential acquisitions in Brazil has resulted in two competing operators, Oi and TIM Brasil, each considering bids to buy the other.
First, there is the ongoing battle for Vivendi's Brazilian unit, GVT. Telefónica raised its offer for GVT to U.S.$9.83 billion in cash...
Explosive mobile traffic growth, largely driven by the proliferation of LTE mobile devices, new broadband technologies and Internet video content, have caused a tremendous increase in network messaging volume that can overwhelm critical LTE network elements and degrade services for a large number of...
Editor’s Note: Welcome to Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.
Pardon the pun in the title, but I could not resist. By now — unless you have been living...
SHANGHAI — Germany came out on top in a new ranking of national information and communications technology competitiveness, according to a report released by Huawei at this week's Cloud Congress in Shanghai. The report pointed to Germany's strong commitment and ongoing investment in ICT...
AT&T’s pending $48 billion acquisition of DirecTV received a boost from the Communications Workers of America, which filed comments in support of the proposed deal.
CWA, which claims to represent 110,000 AT&T employees across its wireline, wireless and broadband operations, said that in addition to...
RCR Wireless releases a new feature report that explores recent developments and advances in the collection and analysis of data across the telecom operator's broad horizontal view: from business systems, the network, and devices. Distilling data from those sources into actionable intelligence remains a...
A distribution tussle between U.K.-based wireless operators and retailer Phones 4U is set to cost nearly 5,600 people their jobs.
The retailer, which included 720 retail outlets, noted on its website that it was forced “offline” following “the unexpected decision of EE and Vodafone to...
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 and enjoy the memories!
Verizon Wireless to join Vodafone in upgrade to...
LAS VEGAS — Cricket Wireless has been busy since relaunching the brand earlier this year under the scope of new parent company AT&T Mobility. At this week's CTIA event, the carrier announced a number of new initiatives, including a new distribution partnership, its first...
