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Mobile drives need for better security, says Wedge Networks

Wedge Networks has a new software-based security solution that it says delivers on the promises of software-defined networking (SDN): cheaper infrastructure costs, easy scalability, and performance similar to hardware-based offerings. Wedge recently participated in an network function virtualization(NFV) testing demonstration with Spirent at Interop that...

Carrier Wrap: Sprint signs WiMAX death warrant: 2015

Editor’s Note: Wireless operators are a busy bunch, and as such RCR Wireless News will attempt to gather some of the important announcements that may slip through the cracks from the world’s largest carriers in a weekly wrap-up. Enjoy! --Sprint announced in a recent Securities...

LatAm News: UNE-Tigo merger approved in Colombia; TIM to bid in 700 MHz auction

The merger between Colombian state telco UNE and Millicom's Colombian unit Tigo has received approval from the country’s regulator for industry and commerce, the SIC. Once merged, they will account for 135 megahertz of spectrum, and the SIC has determined that the companies should...

Cell Tower News: OSHA Cites Pinpoint; 150ft Climber Rescue

Welcome to this week’s edition of cell tower industry news, created by Jarad Matula and brought to you by Towercrews.net. A flurry of cell tower related news has swept across the internet since last we reported. The top story this week involves what could have been...

Workforce: Ericsson, Mobetize, Brightstar, others see executive changes

Workforce: Ericsson, Mobetize, Vdopia see executive changes. 

Chipmakers focus on MU-MIMO for Wi-Fi

Quantenna's 10G Wi-Fi chip Hot on the heels of Qualcomm's MU-MIMO announcement, Quantenna Communications says it is at work on the next generation of Wi-Fi chipsets, the world’s first 10G Wi-Fi chip. The company says the first 10G Wi-Fi chipsets will be available in 2015,...

VoLTE: Progress and problems

Voice over LTE has been one of the most highly anticipated network features to come along in recent years. As it stands, LTE is only used for data services, with voice being routed over legacy circuit-switched networks.The ability to offer voice over IP service...

Telecom network expansion: tw, Lighthouse, Unite Private Networks expand service footprints

Lighthouse, Unite Private Networks and tw telecom expand their networks. 

Reality Check: T-Mobile US’ three days of change

To recap a couple of themes that we have discussed since the beginning of the year, first quarter earnings are going to highlight a) the disruptor role of T-Mobile US in the wireless marketplace

Reality Check: Managing strategic LTE partners

U.S. wireless carriers have spent billions of dollars on the design, construction and operation of their legacy networks and with the ongoing development and implementation of LTE,

Colorado officials approve measure for public telecom network

Colorado officials recently approved a measure to allow for the establishment of a public telecommunications network. 

LTE Innovation Summit: Lessons learned from legacy networks

As fourth-generation wireless technology has been rolled out, lessons learned during previous deployments have been invaluable. Lou LaMedica, former director of Verizon Wireless' device evaluation lab in New Jersey, told attendees at last week's LTE Innovation Summit that customers are primarily concerned about performance, despite...

HetNet News: Comcast claims 1M hotspots

--Comcast said its Xfinity Wi-Fi network now contains one million hotspots around the country, including its outdoor hotspots, hotspots for patrons at enterprises that Comcast includes for free with its business Internet service, and neighborhood hotspots where Comcast enables residential customers to have a second...

Cisco and Juniper detail Heartbleed responses

Network equipment vendors Cisco and Juniper are sharing information about their vulnerability to Heartbleed, the software security flaw that could enable hackers to steal passwords and other encrypted data from many of the servers on the Internet. Cisco says that many of its products...

NetCracker clears the clouds

Wireless industry professionals may often feel they're swimming in an alphabet soup of acronyms: NFV (network functions virtualization) and SDN (software defined networking) are enabling PCRFs (policy and charging rules functions) to run on COTS (commercial off-the-shelf) hardware in order to reduce TOC (total...

ZTE shifting from low margin strategy

ZTE is signaling a shift in strategy that could be good news for its competitors. The Chinese maker of network infrastructure and smartphones said today that it has boosted profits by turning down low-margin contracts. ZTE was referring to infrastructure projects outside China. For years...

LTE Innovation Summit: The promise, challenges of LTE

Long Term Evolution is indeed turning out to be a technology with a long lifespan, and the telecom industry is only in the early stages of mining the benefits of LTE -- but there are hefty challenges that must still be dealt with, according...

Report: Infrastructure, including telecom, shapes real estate investment

A new report from the Urban Land Institute and EY says that telecommunications infrastructure is one of the top factors that influence decisions on real estate investment and development around the world. The Infrastructure 2014 report was released this week at ULI's spring meeting and is...

Cell Tower News: Airport climber falls; struggle for towers continues

Welcome to this week’s edition of cell tower industry news, brought to you by Towercrews.net. Our top story this week comes from Corpus Christi, Texas, where an airport worker was injured while climbing a communications tower for repairs. The tower collapsed, causing the man to fall...

Editorial Webinar: Policy Control & Charging

Swimming in a sea of SDN, NFV, PCC, PCRF, PCEF, EPC, DPI virtual alphabet soup? You are not alone. RCR Wireless News attempts to make sense of it all as we explore the evolution of policy control and the implications of virtualizing policy control...

U.S. Cellular to add 1,200 LTE markets

The fifth-largest carrier in the U.S. is expanding its LTE reach with plans to add more than 1,200 new sites this year in partnership with King Street Wireless. In addition, U.S. Cellular says it will expand its existing LTE service, which already covers roughly...

Gogo to deploy in-flight Wi-Fi for Air Canada’s fleet

Gogo Inc. said today that it will begin rolling out Wi-Fi service on Air Canada's entire North American fleet next month. The airline already has two Wi-Fi equipped aircraft, Airbus 319 models, which are operating in Canada and the U.S. Gogo expects to outfit an...

AT&T to expand NYC subway coverage

AT&T has expanded its contract with Transit Wireless to bring wireless voice and data coverage to more New York City subway stations. The two companies have already worked together on coverage in six stations from an initial build in Chelsea and 30 other stations in...

Time Trippin’: Nextel dominates SMR auction; Qualcomm defends CDMA … 18 years ago this week

Editor’s Note: The RCR Wireless News Time Machine is a way to take advantage of our extensive history in covering the wireless space to fire up the DeLorean and take a trip back in time to re-visit some of the more interesting headlines from...