Netflix is appealing to the Federal Communications Commission to eliminate paid prioritization of Internet traffic. In a 28-page filing submitted this week, the on-demand video provider argues that the FCC's current stance on net neutrality is at odds with the concept of an open...
AT&T's second quarter slowdown in spending hit some contractors hard, but the carrier itself has also felt the pain. Sources tell RCR Wireless News that AT&T has had to cut jobs, delay site builds and pay vendors for incomplete work. They say that one...
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 spectrum build-up will aid EV-DO development
With a...
Rohde and Schwarz has a long legacy of providing test and measurement solutions in all fields of wireless communications. So why not cars? They recently announced a fully automated standard-compliant testing system for the components of car-to-car connectivity utilizing the IEEE 802.11p standard.
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LTE technology looks set to surge in customer acceptance, with Juniper Research forecasting one billion users in 2017, nearly doubling to 1.8 billion users by 2019. The research firm claims that growth will push LTE towards 22% of the global mobile market by the...
With the 2014 FIFA World Cup concluded and Germany victorious, data continues to reveal just how entwined mobile engagement was with the experience of the games.
SAP, which says it processes 1.8 billion messages daily from more than 1,000 operators, analyzed how text messaging traffic fluctuated...
Operators are securing enterprise small cell contracts with promises of faster and more reliable connectivity. Putting those promises into practice requires close cooperation with vendors like Alcatel-Lucent and SpiderCloud Wireless, who discussed the challenges on a recent RCR Insights panel along with Peter Jarich...
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AT&T and América Móvil may not be parting ways after all. The U.S. carrier is still planning to sell its 8.2% stake in América Móvil to the company's majority owner Carlos Slim, but now AT&T may...
A new report on mobile charging trends shows that mobile operators are collaborating with over-the-top providers and exploring new plan options that revolve around OTT apps, and they see higher ARPU and lower churn when they offer such plans.
"It seems the tide is beginning...
Enterprise small cells have been of interest to mobile operators for some time, but only recently have the end users of these solutions started to appreciate their potential value.
"I think we're just starting to see a legitimate enterprise demand for in-building cellular, and I...
As part of its effort to increase mobile broadband access across the country, the Federal Communications Commission is budgeting $5 billion for increasing Wi-Fi access in schools through the federal E-Rate program. The move is good news for makers of Wi-Fi access points and...
Amdocs recently released a study on the State of the RAN as of the end of 2013 in comparison to the end of 2012. Sure, we all know that data continues to grow, video usage continues to grow and the customer experience challenges continue...
We live in a digital world where consumers and business alike are looking to improve the end-user experience. This can often mean breaking the status quo by finding new ways to achieve the end goal.
Editor's Note: The ecosystem of big data and analytics, and its intersection with mobile networks and cloud computing has increasing relevance to wireless in areas that include service assurance, customer experience management, mobile marketing, location-based services and more. Here is a look at the week's news...
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Negative Impact on Real Estate
Certainly you've heard in your own experience and through various news stories here in this weekly recap about how people don't want...
In infrastructure news this week, Target Field gets a DAS upgrade' New York's underground DAS shows its weak spots' and Sonus upgrades its SBC portfolio.
Sonus 'Lyncs' customers to UC
Sonus says demand for Microsoft Lync is a big driver of its recent upgrades to its...
Facebook says that 88 million users generated 280 million likes, posts and comments related to the final match of the FIFA World Cup. Meanwhile Twitter says its users were tweeting at the rate of 618,725 tweets per minute.
Allot Communications has been monitoring mobile application traffic...
Connected Car Trends
Google recently announced its entry into the connected car market with Android Auto, a new competitor to Apple's CarPlay solution. Many auto makers have already committed to one or both of the companies for head unit systems – but will auto makers have...
AT&T and Verizon Communications will almost certainly be keeping a close eye on XG-FAST developments at Alcatel-Lucent's Bell Labs, following last week's announcement that the lab has achieved speeds of 10 gigabits per second over a distance of 30 meters, using two bonded pairs...
Working for a Fortune 500 company has done nothing to dampen the entrepreneurial spirit of Edgecast founders James Segil and Alex Kazerani. The two partners, who jointly won Ernst & Young's 2014 Entrepreneur of the Year award for the greater Los Angeles region, have...
América Móvil has decided sell some of its assets to comply with Mexico’s new anti-trust telecom rules that forbid companies from controlling more than 50% of the market.
On July 8, América Móvil issued a statement announcing that its board has analyzed several alternatives and recommendations, and resolved to reduce...
Flash Networks released its annual LTE study conducted at the LTE World Summit event regarding operator and subscriber views on the topic of net neutrality.
Not surprisingly 69% of operators thought there should be a so-called "fast lane" for Internet traffic geared towards premium content...
Jane Rygaard, Head of CEM, Core and OSS Marketing for Nokia, spoke with RCR Wireless about the role her company's OSS efforts play in the LTE rollout for mobile operators in North America, including T-Mobile US, and in Voice over LTE.
"Because of the pure size of...
As operators build heterogeneous networks to expand coverage and capacity, they want best-in-breed solutions and are ready to work with multiple vendors. Vodafone has shown that equipment from more than one vendor can interoperate within a single location by integrating Alcatel-Lucent's small cells with...
