The trend today is for everyone to talk about connected cars and it seems as though almost every telecom operator says they are playing here. But at what level are they doing connected cars and how much is aspirational for the future versus having a...
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.
Facebook’s latest acquisition hints at the future of app-based data plans
At the beginning of June, Facebook purchased Finnish startup Pryte,...
SUP46, the self-billed startup people of Sweden, have been in business for just one year and have already brought more than 30 new companies into contact with investors in Stockholm’s booming entrepreneurial scene.
SUP46 CEO Jessica Stark drew on her background in providing entrepreneurs marketing...
Keysight Technologies (KEYS) has officially completed its split from parent company Agilent Technologies. The new electronic test and measurement company began regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol KEYS today.
Stock was distributed on Friday at the close of business, with...
Cisco readies the IT workforce for wireless, Oi finds a bidder from the cable space and IHS raises billions for African towers.
RCR Mobile Minute 11/3/14
Cisco creates new certifications
Cisco is adapting its certifications to help IT professionals increase their wireless skill sets. The networking giant...
AUSTIN, Texas – High-speed broadband takes on a whole new meaning in the world of Formula 1 racing, where data delivered a second too late can mean the difference between life and death, or between winning and losing. When driver Sebastian Vettel experienced a...
Crown Castle
Crown Castle said that third quarter revenue rose 24% to $930 million, while operating profit (EBITDA) increased 21% to $533 million. The company continues to invest in new towers, but is also returning more cash to shareholders. Crown Castle will increase its annual...
The Federal Communications Commission is looking at a new net neutrality plan that would assign common carrier status to broadband providers in some circumstances, according to The Wall Street Journal. The report says that FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler is considering a plan that would...
Like San Francisco Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner, the wireless network at San Francisco's AT&T park put in some major-league overtime during the World Series. The carrier said its customers used an average of 447 gigabytes per game during the three World Series games played...
Bill Huang, head of research and development and GM of China Mobile Research Institute, reflected at the recent Telecom Council Carrier Connections conference on the company’s rapid expansion and looked ahead to the Chinese telecom giant’s plans for creating a "5G" network.
Huang sat down...
American Tower said that third-quarter revenue increased 28% to $1.0 billion, and operating profit rose 26% to $666 million. The company ended the quarter with 69,519 total towers, only 28,394 of which are in the United States.
American Tower has been building and buying towers...
AT&T is hoping that as baby boomers age they will be able to forego many of the assistive devices that their parents needed. The company is finding new opportunities to replace specialized consumer electronics with smartphones and tablets.
"When you walk into a room of...
Alcatel-Lucent wins new router customers
Alcatel-Lucent is winning share in the core router market, which has historically been dominated by Cisco, Juniper and Huawei. CenturyLink has chosen Alcatel-Lucent as its core router vendor, and China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom will all deploy Alcatel-Lucent's...
Insatiable demand for mobile data has prompted wireless carriers to invest heavily in distributed antenna systems (DAS) to add in-building capacity to their networks. DAS equipment vendors say they see no end in sight, but at least one analyst who follows the market thinks...
Printable electronics manufacturing, self-optimizing network products and an end-to-end video processing platform were highlights of a fast-pitch session with wireless carriers at the Telecom Council Carrier Connections conference.
Reps from wireless carriers Deutsche Telekom, Verizon Wireless, AT&T, BT and Smart heard five-minute presentations from companies...
Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry is the largest science museum in the Western hemisphere, with more than 35,000 artifacts. It is the only building that remains from the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, having been rebuilt in the 1930s and re-opened in 1933 as...
Retailers are reportedly pushing back against Apple Pay, the iPhone's new mobile payment app enabled by near field communication. Bloomberg reports that two major pharmacies, CVS and Rite Aid, are opting to not let their customers use Apple Pay.
CVS and Rite Aid are part...
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.
September brought us two of the most anticipated smart watches from the Android and Apple ecosystems: Motorola’s Moto 360 and...
New technology solutions presented during fast-pitch sessions at the recent Telecom Council Carrier Connections conference in Mountain View, Calif., ran the gamut from a voice-activated personal assistant to embedded data harvesting software and small-cell solutions to boost wireless carrier data capacity.
The normally off-the-record pitch...
Infrastructure giants Ericsson and Nokia both said that sales of LTE equipment in China were major contributors to revenue and earnings in the most recent quarter. Ericsson's sales rose 9% year-on-year to $7.9 billion, while operating profit slipped 7% to $538 million. The company...
A new white paper produced by UK-based Juniper Research projects wireless carriers will lose a staggering $14 billion in the next year as consumers give voice and message business to Over The Top (OTT) service providers including Skype, Facebook and WhatsApp.
Compared to paying a...
Amid a solid third quarter, Yahoo for the first time reported “material” contributions from mobile to its overall business, to the tune of $200 million for the period.
Mobile is still a relatively small part of the company’s business — that $200 million is out of $1.148 billion in total revenues for the quarter. But...
Alcatel-Lucent said it is “moving the goal posts” by using a new technology called G.fast to extend high-speed broadband to buildings without taking fiber all the way to the end point. G.fast is a standard that improves the speed at which data can travel...
Verizon Communications told investors this week that 2015 capital expenditures probably won't be "materially changed" from this year's $17 billion. The suggestion that capex will be flat is in line with analyst forecasts for lower overall wireless capital expenditures now that Verizon and AT&T are...
