WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) and senior Democrats on the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation are asking the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission to investigate Verizon’s use of supercookies to track cellphone user activity.
Supercookies are an...
Mobile network investment as a driver of economic development
Society types, international development experts and diplomats are always quick to point out how mobile technology has revolutionized global development.
Around the world, from South Africa to Singapore, mobile phones are being used to transmit public health...
DAS will improve data, cellular by 2016
The city of Santa Clara, Calif., is looking to enhance cellular and Wi-Fi services by installing an outdoor distributed antenna system in busy parts of town.
Projected for completion early in 2016, the DAS is owned by the city...
Wi-Fi router comes in three-pack and covers whole home
The new Eero router seeks to create small-scale Wi-Fi mesh networks by foregoing the traditional one-router home setup for a base kit of three routers available on pre-order for $309.
The easy-to-install network is run from a...
Italian Embassy hosts Digital Diplomacy panel discussions
WASHINGTON – Since late 2012, diplomats at the Italian Embassy in Washington, D.C., have hosted a series of events called Digital Diplomacy.
The goal of the series is to engage, in an academic setting across multiple schools of thought, about the...
Rotten Wi-Fi asks users to run speed tests
Free, public Wi-Fi access is often a big draw for businesses like restaurants and cafes looking to keep customers busy browsing the Web and buying products.
Starbucks is no exception with business travelers often going out of their...
As the debate regarding net neutrality heats up ahead of a Federal Communications Commission vote later this month, corporations and federal lawmakers are engaged in a tug-of-war that seeks to balance private interests with public policy.
RCR Wireless News contributor Jeff Hawn spoke to George...
SpaceX satellite Internet could challenge grounded telcos
Its official: SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, also co-founder of PayPal and carmaker Tesla, has joined forces with Google to bring Internet access to everyone. Traditional cellphone companies should take note and prepare to adjust their business models accordingly. Google...
Global mobile networks will see a tenfold increase in data over the next five years, according to Cisco's mobile visual networking index for 2015. Traffic is expected to reach an annual rate of 292 exabytes by 2019, compared to 30 exabytes in 2014. For...
First in Europe to auction 700 MHz band
Germany’s Federal Network Agency, which regulates the telecommunications, utilities, postal and railway industries, announced it would conduct a spectrum auction in the 700 MHz range in May and June. The news came on the heels of...
Telefónica SA considers using O2 proceeds to pay for GVT
Telefónica SA is reportedly considering using proceeds from the sale of O2 UK to pay for Brazilian broadband operator GVT. Bloomberg reports that the $8.7 billion deal to purchase GVT from Vivendi SA was agreed...
Senior Democratic members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation on Jan. 20 asked Verizon Communications' CEO Lowell McAdam whether the wireless division would continue to use “supercookie” software, which is easy for third parties to exploit.
Supercookies are an identification number used to...
China Mobile developing 5G technology
China Mobile has started developing "5G" technologies. A senior executive of the company made the announcement during a development forum over the weekend. China Mobile beat rivals China Unicom and China Telecom in 4G by launching TD-LTE services more than...
Hotel fined $600,000 for jamming Wi-Fi hot spots
After being fined $600,000 for jamming a guest’s personal Wi-Fi hot spot, Marriott Hotel Services will not press a petition against the Federal Communications Commission, which took a firm position on the issue.
Following an investigation, the FCC...
FCC ups minimum speeds required for broadband standard
The Federal Communications Commission redefined broadband speeds in a statement that also detailed the failure of broadband development in rural America to keep pace with the rest of the country.
A report that studies whether “broadband is being...
I had the opportunity to speak with Todd Greene, founder and CEO of PubNub about real-time data streams. The company is about 5 years old and offers almost instant access to data for social applications, gaming, home automation and automotive customers.
Let’s start with what...
Nokia, Apple, AT&T and others reported earnings in excess of quarterly projections. In fact, holiday season sales of Apple's iPhone 6 and 6 Plus propelled the company to the biggest quarterly profit – $18 billion – ever recorded by a public company.
Nokia’s Networks unit...
Uber’s locating technology cited by FCC commissioner
The Federal Communications Commission this week adopted new rules to help first responders better locate people who dialed 911 from indoor locations using a wireless device.
The FCC ruling is in response to an increase in 911 calls from...
Defining the industry connected car landscape was challenging.
It started with the very first question for the interview participants: What category would you describe yourself as within the connected car landscape? Thinking this would be an easy question, many respondents considered it to be a difficult one...
Idea Cellular subscriber base growing faster than competition's
India's Idea Cellular added more subscribers than rivals last quarter, for a 64% profit increase. Idea Cellular earned more than $125 million in the third quarter, a dramatic increase from profits the previous year. Reuters reports that...
The latest research on mobile device market share shows Android solidifying its dominant position, despite a fourth-quarter flurry of iPhone purchases. Strategy Analytics said that 1 billion Android smartphones shipped last year, vs. 192 million iPhones and roughly 100 million smartphones running other operating...
Sprint and T-Mobile US helped boost Nokia Networks' financial results last quarter. Nokia said today that its fourth-quarter North American sales increased 95% over last year. Nokia is an LTE vendor to both Sprint and T-Mobile US, and both carriers are in the process of...
FCC vote on net neutrality set for Feb. 26
Net neutrality is gaining traction in Washington, D.C., as both a policy and political issue.
Congressmen Fred Upton (R-Mich.) and Greg Walden (R-Ore.), who are the Chairman of the House Commerce Committee and the Subcommittee on Communication...
FCC enforcement advisory follows $600,000 Marriott fine
Hotel operators cannot block guests from using Wi-Fi hot spots rather than the hotel’s network, according to a strongly worded “enforcement advisory” published by the Federal Communications Commission.
The advisory comes following an Oct. 3 FCC order that fined Marriott...
