Orlando, Fla. – Dish Networks’ plans for the cellular space continued to solidify this week as company co-founder and chairman Charlie Ergen spoke during a keynote session at the PCIA Wireless Infrastructure Show. Those plans are likely to involve a partnership with an established...
ORLANDO, Fla. – Echoing sentiment from last week’s Competitive Carriers Association event in Las Vegas, infrastructure players are looking for clarity and certainty when it comes to policy decisions from government regulators.
During an educational session at this week’s PCIA Wireless Infrastructure Show in Orlando,...
The Federal Communications Commission has put U.S. spectrum policy on a path to the world’s first incentive spectrum auction to repurpose broadcast television spectrum for mobile broadband use. But broadcasters appear determined to hold onto their spectrum.
Carriers are supporting the FCC's auction proposals, eager...
Brazil has not yet adopted a regulation for the use of femtocells across the country, but both the minister of communications, Paulo Bernardo, and the president of telecom regulator Anatel, João Rezende, have recognized the importance of small cells to improve telecommunications services.
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LAS VEGAS – If one thing was evident coming out of this week’s Competitive Carriers Association event in Las Vegas – besides a strong distaste for Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility – it’s that carriers outside the “big 2” have a lot riding on...
LAS VEGAS – The hotly competitive nature of the mobile space was clearly evident at this week’s Competitive Carrier Association Annual Convention in Las Vegas where few attending carriers passed on the chance to throw a barb or two at rivals AT&T Mobility and...
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.
In a world where close to 2 billion people (and rising) use the Internet and spend an average of 70...
Anatel validates spectrum tender: LTE commercialization to begin. Nextel expected to launch 3G network in Brazil by December. Foxconn announcement of U.S.$ 500 million in a new industry plant; and Brazilian government release of new taxes incentives.
These were big themes discussed during this week's...
Mexico’s Federal Commission of Telecommunications (Cofetel) has voted to adopt the Asia Pacific Telecommunity (APT) band plan for the 700 MHz band for mobile services.
Cofetel noted that APT segmentation generates economies of scale which in turn will form an ecosystem of at least three...
Brazil's president, Dilma Rousseff, signed a law that creates incentives for technological innovation, establishes programs to support broadband network installation and restores digital inclusion projects in the country's public schools. Rousseff did veto Article 34, which would have created tax credits for the telecom...
Scheduled conveniently ahead of next week’s Competitive Carrier Association event, Verizon Wireless this week kicked off its second LTE in Rural America program. The event is designed to bring together smaller wireless operators looking to launch LTE services with the help of the nation’s...
AT&T Mobility’s plans to limit use of Apple’s FaceTime video chat service to either Wi-Fi connections or to cellular connections running through its Mobile Share plans has garnered official ire from a handful of public interest groups.
Free Press, Public Knowledge and the New...
Apple’s expected unveiling of its latest iPhone iteration tomorrow is set to not only throw a new, shiny weapon into the white-hot smartphone wars, but also impact how domestic wireless carriers are positioned heading into the all-important holiday shopping season.
Most analysts expect the new...
Regional wireless operator C Spire launched LTE services in a handful of markets across Mississippi today, with plans to offer service in 37 markets by the end of the year.
C Spire noted that the initial offering covers McComb, Brookhaven, Meridian and Greenville, Miss., which...
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 this week in history.
The Argentinian government has canceled its plans to auction wireless spectrum and instead allocated 25% of 3G spectrum to the state-owned satellite operator, Arsat. To justify the move, the government said it would prevent a monopoly. The announcement was made on Wednesday, startling the...
CARTAGENA, Colombia—"Before the end of this year, we hope to have more operators to offer LTE services,” said Colombian ICT Minister Diego Molano Vega, during the opening session Andicom (read all pieces), the largest Colombian ICT event. Colombia has already assigned all of its 3G...
Brazilian wireless carriers want the 700 MHz band for deploying LTE. And the government might auction this spectrum band ahead of schedule, sometime next year. The primary issue is that the 700 MHz band is used for analog television signal—and the digital TV transition plan states that all...
The auction that will allow the deployment of LTE telecom networks in Peru is expected to take place during the first half of next year. The Agency for Promotion of Private Investment (ProInversión) will grant the allocation of two blocks in the bands of...
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.
Puerto Rico’s telecommunications market exhibits the dichotomy characteristic of most liberalized markets: hyper-competition on the mobile service...
United Kingdom regulatory body Ofcom today approved Everything Everywhere’s request to use its existing 1.8 GHz spectrum holdings to offer LTE or WiMAX services. That spectrum band was initially required to house GSM-based 2G and 3G services.
In its decision, Ofcom noted that by...
The Chilean government announced that it will soon accept bids for the installation of 1,000 Wi-Fi hotspots in locations across Arica and Punta Arenas. It is part of a program named the Digital Agenda under which the government is working to build a public...
The Brazilian government has great ambitions for its information technology (IT) sector. Yesterday, the government unveiled a vast investment program totaling U.S.$247.65 million (R$500 million) over the 2012-2015 period, which aims to improve and increase software development, boosting both the software and IT service...
AT&T late last week reiterated its opposition to a government mandate that the carrier include lower A-Block support to its 700 MHz plans, citing continued interference concerns and currently available devices and equipment already supporting that spectrum band.
A number of regional operators and trade...
