AT&T said it has closed on its acquisition of Leap Wireless, bolstering the carrier’s already ample stable of no-contract offerings. The deal closed just one day ahead of the Federal …
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If compliments are the sincerest form of flattery, and if in turn flattery is way to get something you want, then Softbank Chairman Masayoshi Son may need some help in trying to convince regulators
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Redknee Solutions joined ETIS to boost its service footprint in this week’s telecom software wrap-up.
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Gogo, which provides in-flight Wi-Fi, said its revenue was up 46% year-over-year to $92.6 million in the fourth quarter, although the company still posted a net loss of $22.1 million. …
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Spectrum Economics – Fueling Innovation and Growth Across the Wireless Industry
by Jarad Matulaby Jarad MatulaWireless industry analysts and carrier regulatory personnel noted the growing need for new spectrum to feed consumer appetite for data-hungry services in the RCR Wireless News Wireless Feature Report,“Spectrum Economics: …
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Welcome to this week’s edition of cell tower industry news, brought to you by Towercrews.net. Help a fallen climber We lead this week’s cell tower news with a plea to help …
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Alcatel-Lucent announced its role in two new LTE deployments this week as well as supporting VoLTE and optical networking upgrades. In Taiwan, the vendor is working with telecom provider Asia Pacific …
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T-Mobile’s disruptive pricing plans highlighted a recent U.S. mobile market study.
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RootMetrics took its road show to the United Kingdom during the second half of last year, returning with network quality data claiming a solid win for operator EE, and excuses …
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Virginia-based Global Wireless Solutions specializes in benchmarking for wireless operators and equipment manufacturers, and this week the company launched an Android application to provide basic network diagnostic data from smartphones in …
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Carrier Wrap: Carrier execs take the stage at investor conference; AT&T prices Audi LTE service
by Dan Meyerby Dan MeyerExecutives from the nation’s largest carriers took to the stage this week at the Deutsche Bank Annual Media, Internet & Telecom Conference, each highlighting trends they are seeing across their operations.
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The Mexican Federal Telecommunications Institute (Ifetel) has declared that América Móvil units Telmex and Telcel are prevailing economic operators in the telecommunications sector. Ifetel had already named Televisa the dominant …
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AT&T reaffirmed its dedication to SDN in a recent keynote address.
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Qualcomm, CW Solutions, Samsung, SoftBank and TNCI welcomed new employees this week.
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Spirent Communications recently worked with Qascom, which specializes in Global Nativation Satellite System (GNSS) signal security and authentication, to develop a solution that can both test for and emulate hoax …
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Spectrum is the lifeblood of the wireless telecommunications space, and with a finite resource straining to serve an increasingly data-hungry consumer base, the pressure is on to free up new …
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Following a week of build up, Sprint and Softbank Chairman Masayoshi Son took to the stage in front of the Washington D.C. Chamber of Commerce in a presentation detailing where …
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Small cells, software-defined networking, cloud networking and the move toward 100G networks are among the major trends in telecom right now, and RCR Wireless News spoke with a series of companies …
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AUSTIN, Texas – This year’s South by Southwest Gaming Expo hosted several panels about the world of mobile gaming. One of the aspects of this is the push to offer …
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European Carrier News: British, Germans partner on ‘5G,’ ‘Internet of things’
by Sara Zaskeby Sara ZaskeSpeaking at the CeBIT conference in Hanover, Germany this week, British Prime Minister David Cameron announced a collaboration with Germany to drive research on so-called “5G” technology and the “Internet …
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Telecom Exchange West 2014: Net neutrality, Comcast/Netflix hot topic on CEO panel
by Dan Meyerby Dan MeyerDENVER – Net neutrality has been a hot topic among telecommunication providers for years, increasing in importance in the Internet age. A recent court decision on the matter that found …
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The potential for mergers and acquisitions in telecom continues to be high, agreed company leaders at the recent Telecom Exchange event in Denver. With big-name companies such as Google and …
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Spectrum is the lifeblood of the wireless telecommunications space, and with a finite resource straining to serve an increasingly data-hungry consumer base, the pressure is on to free up new …
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Time Trippin’: Vodafone to focus on Verizon Wireless; AT&T re-born … 8 years ago this week
by Dan Meyerby Dan MeyerEditor’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 …
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When I first became a wireless analyst, Japan was portrayed as an almost mythical wireless wonderland where everything was perfect and so much better than the unenlightened and backward countries