Jibe Mobile announced the expansion of its global interconnection showcase for next week's Mobile World Congress event being held in Barcelona, Spain. Although this announcement is focused on a demonstration, the functionality behind the demonstration is the more interesting part.
Deutsche Telekom, Sprint, Vodafone and KPN...
Nokia Networks said it has achieved throughput rates of 330 megabits per second on China Mobile's TD-LTE network using 3-carrier aggregation. Nokia said it used a commercially available chipset from Qualcomm, and plans to demonstrate the solution next week at Mobile World Congress in...
Hewlett-Packard today announced its "Internet of Things" platform, which will enable network operators to manage IoT sensors. This solution will provide vertical applications on M2M devices, have the ability to analyze the collected data regarding the performance of these applications via a secure cloud infrastructure...
Need for #MWC15 Speed
Each year, RCR Wireless News sends members of our team to Barcelona, Spain, to cover the proverbial "Super Bowl" of the mobile industry – GSMA's Mobile World Congress. Last year, our team met with over 125 companies, posted dozens of articles and...
In case you don't know what it is, Cellwize is a self optimizing network software company. With its first SON beta customers in 2013 and five more customers in 2014, they boast seven operator wins at this point. That's impressive for such a young company, and...
RCR Wireless News recently spoke with Christian Stammel, CEO of Wearable Technologies about the state of the wearables industry and the possibilities for the future. The good news is that there are still many opportunities for innovation yet to come. However, the bad news...
Oracle and Ericsson are stepping up their big data analytics games with new product announcements ahead of Mobile World Congress, set for March 2-5 in Barcelona, Spain.
Ericsson announced its Expert Analytics 15.0 platform, a software suite aimed at allowing operators to predict customer satisfaction and automatically...
Public Wi-Fi being tested in buses and subway cell build-out underway
The city of Los Angeles Department of Transportation is looking to help keep riders connected by deploying cellular and public Wi-Fi solutions in city buses and subway tunnels.
The city is currently testing Wi-Fi deployments on...
When it comes to wireless infrastructure, even the sleekest new technology may never get off the ground if it is difficult to deploy. No one knows this better than Ericsson, the world's largest maker of mobile communications equipment. The company says its new radio...
AT&T CEO says legal action imminent
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Federal Communications Commission has yet to release its long-awaited net neutrality recommendations on whether to enact Title II regulations in regard to the Internet.
Yet, the legal wrangling is already beginning. AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said...
Virgin Mobile is teaming up with cloud-based predictive analytics company Razorsight to bring analytics to Virgin Mobile's Latin American operations.
The move sees Virgin Mobile Latin America join Razorsight's client list to power targeted marketing campaigns and help deliver a more personalized customer service experience. VMLA...
P&O Ferries offers satellite/terrestrial Wi-Fi on shuttle boats
U.K.-based P&O Ferries deployed a Wi-Fi solution designed to keep passengers connected as they make the 22-mile crossing of the English Channel from Dover, England, to Calais, France.
The ferry company, which moves more than 9 million passengers...
Millimeter wave radios connect to city’s fiber backbone
Baltimore’s historic Inner Harbor received a touch of modernization with the city’s recent deployment of free public Wi-Fi powered by 60 GHz radios manufactured by Siklu and mounted on lamp posts.
Siklu spokesman Kevin Tanzillo said the installation...
AT&T, Verizon will give us the answer
One hot area for automotive technology these days is the "connected car," a vehicle sold with a built-in cellular radio modem that connects its systems to cloud-based services and can also provide a wide range of safety, Internet...
Investing $4.6B to hook up 4 million new sites to superfast broadband
Dubbed Project Lightning, Virgin Media has announced plans to spend more than $4.6 billion to bring 152 Mbps broadband Internet to some 4 million homes and businesses in the U.K.
Virgin touts its data...
Possible investigation comes on heels of $975M Chinese settlement
Just days after agreeing to a nine-figure settlement with the Chinese government, chipmaker Qualcomm is now under investigation by South Korean commerce authorities, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission...
Accedian Networks’ revenue climbs 38% in 2014
Accedian Networks saw its revenue grow 38% in 2014, thanks in large part to global Long Term Evolution mobile network expansion.
The Montreal-based company also cited North American small cell deployments and increased demand for enterprise-to-data center connectivity as factors...
Deploying network in Arizona for governmental entities
Cergon Networks on Feb. 11 announced it was awarded a $4.6 million contract to set up a high-capacity wireless network in Arizona designed for intergovernmental communications.
Ceragon, based in Paramus, N.J., will provide telecommunications vendor GovNET with the network,...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) has been chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation for less than a month, but is already setting an ambitious telecom policy agenda.
In a speech to the American Enterprise Institute on Jan. 28, Thune...
Unemployment rate in telecommunications sector is a low 3.1%
The telecommunications subsector lost some 400 employees from December to January, according to the most recent tracking figures released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Feb. 6.
The telecommunications subsector covers people working in telephony, voice...
Heddoko was one of the companies demonstrating their solution at the Munich Wearable Technologies conference and also one of the Innovation World Cup finalists in the sports and fitness category. RCR Wireless News had the opportunity to record a video overview of their technology...
Lenovo Q3 revenue climbs 31% as device sales more than double
Hong Kong-based Lenovo Group beat analysts’ estimates for its third fiscal quarter ended Dec. 31, 2014, notching $14.1 billion in revenue on net income of $253 million.
The company said in a statement that, striving for...
$7.99 monthly subscription is 39.7% of average Cuban salary
Over the Top streaming video provider Netflix on Feb. 9 began offering its service in Cuba following a December policy shift to begin loosening trade restrictions against the Communist dictatorship just 90 miles from the southern tip...
The TESSCO ONE Innovation Showcase and Conference brought wireless networking industry leaders from around the world to AT&T Stadium near Dallas, Texas, on Feb. 3 and 4 for the annual infrastructure-focused trade show.
The impressive stadium, known colloquially as Jerry World after Dallas Cowboys owner...
