Forget about the Colombia you may know from the 1990s. The current scenario is different and much more business friendly than in the past. The government’s plan to boost telecommunications in the country is set to increase competition among operators and expedite the deployment...
The devices we carry in our pockets today have little in common with those of just a few years ago. Incremental upgrades to components and the widespread adoption of touchscreens have prompted significant changes to designs and form factors. While device design and function...
This white paper is an adjunct to a webinar presented by the leadership of ProtectCell on September 29, 2011. This event was hosted by RCR Wireless, and the title of the program was “Customer Value in the Wild, Wild West” ProtectCell, a pioneer in...
While smartphones dominate the market and mobile broadband access is consolidated in developed countries, Brazil is still beginning its 3G experience – from carriers and suppliers as well as consumers. People are just starting to access the Internet through cellphones. In June, Brazil's mobile-phone...
Cell Broadcasting – Proven Technology to Meet Critical Needs. With the upcoming government deadline for Commercial Mobile Alert Service (CMAS) on the horizon, it’s time you took the right steps to make sure you will be prepared. Deliver government emergency and safety alerts and...
The 27,136-square-mile country of Ireland is probably best known for its rolling hills and vibrant culture, but with a population of around 4.4 million and a highly skilled work force, it is also a nation that has seen considerable success in high-tech exports and...
Today's wireless operators face ongoing challenges to supply the coverage and capacity that their customers want, especially for data. This means deployment of 3G and 4G solutions, often in crowded tower and rooftop environments. Fiber-fed remote radio technology offers potential savings through both capital...
Today's telecom operators are facing perhaps the most competitive threats to their business that they ever have. Device manufacturers, operating system companies, over-the- top service providers and large digital content giants are each developing their own relationships with individual end users and enterprises. Faced...
Smart devices that enable wireless connectivity to the Internet are evolving at a pace never realized before in the consumer electronics space. At the heart of this evolution lie smart devices – from smartphones to tablets to connected TVs – to machine-to-machine connected devices...
Every wireless operator has strategies and processes in place to attract and retain enterprise customers. A carrier without a clear vision for every type and size of business is leaving money on the table, essentially letting its competitors gain influence and power. However unchecked...
Mobile networks are evolving on almost every level – devices, bandwidth, services and underlying technology. As service providers leverage the mobile broadband opportunity, the strengths and weaknesses of their legacy network infrastructure are coming under the spotlight. Depending on each carrier's upgrade path and...
Security is a moving target. Society at large has accepted the tenuous nature of security on personal computers as a virtually unavoidable consequence or side effect of the modern age. But mobile is still a relatively new and uncharted battlefield. Never before has malicious...
The oil and gas industry is among the oldest in our modern era. It not only made way for the industrial revolution, it literally fueled it. The industry also makes for some of the harshest and most desolate working envi ronments, which makes mobile...
Vertical markets present wireless carriers with a host of new opportunities and challenges. Just because wireless technology and enterprise infrastructure should work together doesn't mean they do. As carriers target these new customers and encourage them to move from a wired to a wireless...
An in-depth look at prepaid trends in the United States and globally. The hottest word in the wireless industry nowadays is prepaid with just about every operator turning their attention to a market segment that was neglected for years. This year has seen financial...
In this Special Report RCR delves into mobile marketing's promise to connect brands with users on a one-to-one basis, providing customers with information that is relevant to them. Sponsored by Mobile Marketing Association
Wireless carriers are deploying more Distributed Antenna System networks as they increase coverage and capacity in urban corridors and along suburban communities, where next-generation network technology rollouts are occurring and where community planners are more amenable to the concealed networks, which passersby typically don't...
Every carrier wants to hang its hat on a reputation for a high-quality, reliable network. But actually accomplishing that task on a daily basis requires immense effort and expense. As networks are evolving from 2G architecture to widespread deployment of 3G, and as carriers...
RCR Wireless News is pleased to announce its Special Edition, “Wireless Infrastructure – The Engine for Economic Recovery,” is now available. This 72-page, four-color special edition includes feature articles on employment in the wireless infrastructure sector, what 4G rollouts mean to the large and...
One of the fastest growing wireless chip and system companies, NextWave Wireless Inc.(San Diego, California), has received a commitment from Avenue Capital Management II, L.P. and Sola for $100 million of much needed new financing. A major restructuring will follow
As if things didn't look bleak enough, two retail groups are predicting that this holiday shopping season could be the most severe since the 1991 recession.
