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...
There’s a seismic shift headed our way in the wireless industry. Many vendors, providers and developers will be caught off-balance as they scramble to adapt to new standards, forge new partnerships
2014 is the year that consumers come to the forefront of every decision and investment made in mobile. Success will be dependent on knowing today’s mobile consumer – what they think is cool,
MasTec (MTZ) has purchased Dynis for an undisclosed amount, bringing together two leading infrastructure services vendors. MasTec executes contracts for all the Tier 1 wireless carriers in the United States. Its biggest customer is AT&T - MasTec is AT&T's primary contractor for wireless infrastructure...
Mobile Minute:
Google has pulled two Chrome extensions from the Internet after they were hijacked by marketers. Chrome extensions are free downloads that add capabilities to Google Chrome. Many extensions are created by developers who want to share useful applications with others. But lately some...
Global Wi-Fi sharing network company Fon has just completed a $14 million round of funding. Qualcomm Ventures, Qualcomm Inc.'s venture capital arm led the round; it is already a significant investor in Fon.
Fon said it is in the process of developing a new router...
Skype users spent an estimated 214 billion minutes on international calls last year, according to the latest data from TeleGeography. The firm estimates that international Skype-to-Skype traffic grew 36% last year, while international telecom traffic (wireless and fixed) grew just 7%.
Growth in international Skype...
A new report from Actix found that different devices interact with wireless networks in different ways, resulting in the customers experience varying across a carrier’s handset portfolio.
The report, which included information from more than 4.2 million data sessions, 85,452 voice sessions and 56,712 combined...
Verizon Communications is diving deeper into content delivery with the purchase of Intel Media for an undisclosed amount. Intel Media has been working on set-top box technology and cloud-based content delivery, and initially planned to market products and services under the OnCue brand. But...
Verizon Wireless laid down a significant challenge to its rivals, posting strong fourth quarter results that could be difficult to match.
The carrier said it added 1.653 million direct customer additions during the final three months of 2013, dominated by the carrier’s high-margin postpaid services...
Let’s face it: when it comes to getting something done, most of us choose the path of least resistance, opting for the easiest route to an end goal rather than a more complicated,
It’s the time of year when we reflect and prognosticate. 2013 was a fantastic year for the “Internet of things,” and 2014 will be better. What’s hot and what’s not for IoT in 2014:
African technology brand Altron recently underwent some considerable organizational changes. In addition to its overall corporate makeover, the enterprise also sold its stake in another telecommunications provider.
Resilience Capital Partners recently announced the acquisition of Mill City TEC, a provider of construction and technical services for the wireless sector and other industries.
With mobile data use once again continuing on an upswing, averaging more than 60% annual growth, I predict that we are going to see mobile network operators worldwide looking even deeper
In the past few years the iOS and Android device revolution has firmly and irreversibly shifted consumer online activity to a mobile-first experience. The majority of consumer traffic growth,
The Federal Communications Commission is set this week to begin auctioning off 176, 10-megahertz spectrum licenses in the upper 1.9 GHz band known as the H-Block. The auction is scheduled to start on Jan. 22, with 23 bidders qualified to participate.
Qualified bidders include a...
Mobile Minute:
Sprint could be the next major carrier to offer free calling over Wi-Fi. T-Mobile US has offered Wi-Fi calling for several years on certain phones, and now Android Central is reporting that Sprint is preparing to launch Wi-Fi calling on the Samsung Galaxy...
Connecting us to one another may still be the most important thing that smartphones do, but their reach is steadily extending into other parts of our lives. Smartphones are poised to control the smart home, to pay for goods and services, and to collect...
JDSU's CellAdvisor JD780A Base Station Analyzer series now supports LTE-Advanced with the ability to analyze up to five
component carriers for carrier aggregation, and MIMO with up to four transmitting branches.
JDSU has also added basic PIM detection, so that a tech can tell whether interference is...
The Federal Communications Commission has put the finishing touches on ensuring interoperability across the lower 700 MHz spectrum band, announcing a modification to AT&T’s lower B- and C-Block licenses to require interoperability with the adjacent A-Block. The modification call for the inclusion of AT&T’s...
Update 1/18: Softbank and Deutsche Telekom are reportedly in talks about a potential Sprint takeover of T-Mobile, but a deal is not expected in the immediate future.
Sprint (S) and its aggressive new parent company Softbank appear to be moving forward with plans to try...
Finding a successful niche in the wireless space is no easy task, especially for a company providing wireless services. With four nationwide operators spending billions each year on advertising and serving more than 90% of the nation’s wireless needs, dozens of smaller players are...
Get this: At this moment there is a spectrum auction happening not too far from where you are probably reading this. That is if you are reading this somewhere that is not “too far” from Canada, which is where that auction is happening.
