Fresh off its agreement to buy Motorola Inc.'s networks business, Nokia Siemens Networks said it will build Harbinger Capital Partners' LTE network in an eight-year deal valued at $7 billion, marking NSN's biggest North American contract and the largest outsourcing deal in the United...
The Federal Communications Commission is moving forward with plans to remove barriers in wireless backhaul, announcing it plans to address the issue at its Aug. 5 meeting. The commission is issuing a Notice of Proposed Ruling and a Notice of Inquiry regarding backhaul. Previously,...
LOS ANGELES — As more services collide on mobile networks, the business models that support the entire wireless ecosystem are being strained like never before.Services and business models are all colliding while the development of a new ecosystem from the likes of Google Inc.,...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.I am taking a brief respite from my start-up focus to weigh in on the AT&T announcement...
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....
NextG Networks Inc. named Steven Moskowitz its new chief executive officer of the company.In his new role, Moskowitz will be tasked with helping the company grow in the distributed antenna systems market. Moskowitz most recently was executive vice president of American Tower Corp. and...
The Federal Communications Commission’s attempts to make utility pole regulations uniform will not only help with broadband deployments in rural areas, but should help wireless carriers as they build out more Distributed Antenna Systems to help improve coverage in urban and suburban areas. “Currently,...
AT&T – Michael Antieri has been named president of the newly formed Advanced Enterprise Solutions group within the company’s Business Solutions unit. Antieri has worked at AT&T for 31 years.Hands-On Mobile – Judy Wade has been appointed president and CEO. Previously, Wade served as...
AT&T – Michael Antieri has been named president of the newly formed Advanced Enterprise Solutions group within the company’s Business Solutions unit. Antieri has worked at AT&T for 31 years.Hands-On Mobile – Judy Wade has been appointed president and CEO. Previously, Wade served as...
Alvarion Ltd. said its revenues dropped to $51.9 million during the first quarter, from $60.2 million during the same period last year. Net loss for the quarter was $4.9 million, or 8 cents per share, compared with a net loss of $852,000, or 1...
Alvarion Ltd. said its revenues dropped to $51.9 million during the first quarter, from $60.2 million during the same period last year. Net loss for the quarter was $4.9 million, or 8 cents per share, compared with a net loss of $852,000, or 1...
Editor's Note:This article is an excerpt from RCR Wireless News' March Special Edition, "The Perfect Storm – A Focus on Mobile Messaging, Marketing, Content and Apps." The 80-page special edition is available here. Although the National Venture Capital Association says it expects to see...
Atlantic Tele-Network Inc. completed its purchase of certain Alltel wireless assets from Verizon Wireless. The purchase price was $223 million and the deal was completed through ATN’s subsidiary, Allied Wireless Communications Corp. The company said it also has acquired a license to continue using...
Ericsson reported it has entered into an agreement to purchase Nortel's majority shareholding in LG-Nortel, renaming the venture LG-Ericsson. Terms of the deal were not released. Ericsson had previously acquired Nortel's GSM assets in North America. Ericsson said the joint venture will include contracts...
Adtran Inc. reported first-quarter results, including a 15% increase in sales to $127 million from $110 million during the first quarter of 2009. Net income increased 20% to $18.2 million, or 29 cents per share, compared with net income of $15.2 million, or 24...
Editor's Note: The following is a list of financial news and notes from the telecommunications industry announced over the past two weeks. Please send along financial news for inclusion in this feature to: dmeyer@ardenmedia.com.AT&T Inc. declared a quarterly dividend of 42 cents per share...
Editor's Note: The following is a list of financial news and notes from the telecommunications industry announced over the past two weeks. Please send along financial news for inclusion in this feature to: dmeyer@ardenmedia.com.AT&T Inc. declared a quarterly dividend of 42 cents per share...
A small company based in Reno, Nev., is hoping to revolutionize antenna technology with the first commercially viable Compound PxM Loop antenna, which is designed to increase radiation efficiency, intensity, gain and radiated power in a small package.Dockon said the reference design for the...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, 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.During the recent capacity crisis suffered by AT&T Wireless it was expected the carrier would...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...
DENVER--LTE and WiMAX buildouts, as well as an increased attention on distributed antenna systems, should keep equipment manufacturers, site acquisition companies and others in the tower-siting business busy in the next few years, according to panelists at the Colorado Wireless Association educational and social...
Over the past 10 years the wireless industry has witnessed dozens of mergers or acquisitions that has whittled down a number of industry segments and opened up others. This consolidation is most telling in the mobile carrier space where at one time there were...
Exalt Communications said the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection deployed microwave backhaul systems from Exalt to support video surveillance in its unsupervised lookout towers in El Dorado County.The system of tower-mounted cameras and backhaul allows CAL FIRE dispatchers to gather information...
