A new report on mobile video quality of experience examined the causes of stalls during mobile viewing, as well as the strain that video puts on the mobile network.
The study from Allot Communications was based on 300,000 video detail records randomly selected from hundreds...
Network policy control solutions provider Sandvine announced that hosted infrastructure and managed services provider ClearSky Technologies will tap into Sandvine’s virtualized Policy Traffic Switch platform. Let’s just call it “hosted squared.”
The agreement calls for ClearSky to use Sandvine’s products to enable carrier customers to...
Orange, France's largest carrier, is looking to take over the triple play provider Jazztel, sources told Bloomberg News. The mobile operator Yoigo, currently owned by Stokholm-based TeliaSonera is also a potential target. The moves by Orange follow earlier reports that U.K.-based Vodafone had bid for...
Softbank, majority owner of Sprint, is moving $3 billion in annual revenue into Brightstar, its other major American holding. Brighstar is a leading distributor of mobile devices and components, and last year Softbank agreed to buy 57% of Brightstar for $1.26 billion. Now Softbank...
HTC says it will challenge industry standards by launching HTC Advantage, a program that allows customers in the United States to receive bonus assets after a smartphone purchase.
Benefits of the HTC Advantage program will include one free cracked-screen replacement, a commitment to Android updates,...
Given the ever-changing conditions of the telecom industry, it's wise to stop and take a look at the sector's capital markets activity, as stock fluctuations can provide a good indication of which way a particular company is trending. Here are a few of the most noteworthy events to occur recently within telecom capital markets.
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...
Following a long weekend and with an increase in the number of bidding rounds per day, the Federal Communications Commission’s Auction 96 continued to generate wild fluctuations in bids per round and roll up funds for the country’s treasury.
Before the day began, the FCC...
Telecoms and government institutions frequently find their paths crossing one another, as a bevy of networking issues often requires the oversight or intervention of a federal institution. This week saw many such instances, ranging from federal officials investigating complaints lodged against one of the nation's largest telecoms to the U.S. government flexing its muscle on the use of Chinese equipment overseas.
Samsung hopes to steal the show on Monday with the launch of its newest flagship smartphone at Mobile World Congress on Feb. 24. The company plans an event called "Unpacked 5" for 8 p.m., at which it is expected to launch the Galaxy S5....
Telecommunications giant Vodafone said it plans to expand LTE roaming into 18 countries later this year at the same roaming rate it charges for current 3G roaming services. The carrier noted it already offers LTE roaming across its own networks in Greece, Italy, Portugal,...
The rise of virtualization across the wireless telecommunications space is becoming a growing trend as operators look to trim the cost of operating next-generation networks.
Looking to feed that desire, Cisco said it has expanded its telecom-focused virtualization platform with the launch of its Evolved...
In-building wireless solutions continue to attract significant investment from operators and neutral host providers, with the $4.4 billion market projected to almost double by 2019. Alcatel-Lucent and TE Connectivity have joined forces in an effort to help operators cut costs on distributed antenna system...
T-Mobile US expanded its international offering with a new SIM card product targeting the machine-to-machine space. The carrier said the product will eliminate roaming costs for M2M products in the United States and Canada.
T-Mobile noted the product includes both a physical SIM card that...
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column where C-level executives and advisory firms from across the mobile industry share unique insights and experiences.
It’s been one of those milestone weeks in telecom that challenges our commitment to keep this column brief. First, Sprint...
Several years ago, when smartphones were beginning to gain popularity, major carriers like AT&T Mobility, Verizon Wireless and Sprint were actively promoting unlimited data plans to
ABI Research projects a 14% compound annual growth rate for the in-building wireless market in the next few years, increasing from a forecast $4.4 billion market in 2014 to more than $8 billion by 2019.
North America will dominate distributed antenna system investments. ABI pegged...
Motorola Mobility CEO Dennis Woodside told employees last week that he will leave the company March 31 to take a position as chief operating officer at Dropbox. His announcement comes on the heels of Google's decision to sell Motorola Mobility's device business to China's...
Aerohive Networks, which provides controller-less, cloud-based Wi-Fi, has filed for an initial public offering with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The proposed number of shares and the price range have not been determined yet. Aerohive provides hardware that includes access points, routers, gateways and switches,...
The move to make your smartphone the key to all your other connected devices continues with Google's purchase of a security solution that allows the smartphone to authenticate a user as they log in to a website. SlickLogin uses high frequency sound waves to...
T-Mobile US is set to counter recent rate plan moves by rivals through an update of its JUMP device payment plan, according to published reports. The changes, which are set to take effect Feb. 23, will see the carrier allow for more frequent device...
Cooperation with a competitor – even going so far as to share network resources – is not a scenario that typically would be used to describe the hotly competitive mobile network operator world.
