In infrastructure news this week, Sprint's spending is in the spotlight, Verizon's towers may be for sale, Alcatel-Lucent has a major new contract, and Rackspace is going it alone.
Infrastructure News
Sprint spending outlook
Sprint will focus the deployment of its 2.5 GHz spectrum assets in urban...
Things move. Sounds like a simple statement that doesn’t surprise anyone. But as you start to think about supporting "Internet of Things" and connected cars the discussion becomes much more complex. In the United States it’s not as difficult as there aren’t as many...
In today's Mobile Minute, Microsoft makes changes, CWA supports AT&T's DirecTV bid, and reviewers praise the new iPhone 6.
Mobile Minute
Microsoft is making leadership changes, proceeding with its planned layoffs, and funneling cash back to shareholders. Today the software giant said that Visa CEO Charles...
SHANGHAI — Germany came out on top in a new ranking of national information and communications technology competitiveness, according to a report released by Huawei at this week's Cloud Congress in Shanghai. The report pointed to Germany's strong commitment and ongoing investment in ICT...
Three weeks ago RCR covered the upcoming Ford Developer conference in Las Vegas. The first event of its kind.
The event has come and gone and the finalists are in. So how did it go?
More than 170 developers from around the world participated to reach...
CTIA made a bet on one giant show in Vegas, and despite some challenges Super Mobility Week delivered some key insights for the industry.
Three strikes and you're in
You could say that Super Mobility Week had three strikes against it last week. On day...
Virtual Reality was one of the hot topics in the Samsung stand at Super Mobility Week. With its announcement prior to the show about its latest wearable, the Samsung Gear VR Innovator Edition there was a great deal of attention on the company. The announcement claims a...
Back from a week at Super Mobility Week in the United States and a whirlwind of meetings with software, hardware, component, antenna and you=name-it vendors. I was amazed at how busy this show was. At a time when it seems shows are having trouble...
The implications of this announcement for the future are wide reaching if you consider the breath of SAPs portfolio along with Ericsson’s installed base and its ability to provide network-aware solutions. The initial offer is focused on SAP’s enterprise mobile management solution. Focusing on...
LAS VEGAS — Like most people at CTIA's Super Mobility Week here, Sprint's team had one eye on the show floor and the other on a smartphone screen today as news about Apple's long-awaited iPhone 6 began to break. The new iPhone will be...
The connected car promises to drive attention at Super Mobility Week, with the two largest wireless operators starting off the week by expanding their programs for automotive-focused connectivity.
Verizon Wireless' Enterprise Solutions group said it will have a connected car program, Verizon Auto Share, available...
Ericsson joined Alcatel-Lucent and Nokia Networks in launching a new small cell solution at Super Mobility Week, describing its tablet-sized RBS6402 as a "plug-and-play" solution that can be live on an operator's network within 10 minutes. The infrastructure giant wants its small cell solution...
Claudia Bacco, RCR Wireless Managing Director, EMEA recently had the opportunity to discuss with Chris Lewis, Managing Director, Chris Lewis Insight, some key topics facing the telco industry in today’s changing technology climate. With new players joining the competition, new technologies creating opportunities and...
JDSU has added the ability to analyze radio frequency characteristics over the Common Public Radio Interface, or CPRI, specification for base stations. The company said it is the first in the industry to introduce integrated CPRI support on a base station analyzer, its CellAdvisor...
Nokia Networks announced what it claims is the first commercial carrier-grade telco cloud set to go live by the end of the year. Although the location and operator involved were not named, the announcement describes a launch that will utilize network function virtualization to...
A new Deloitte spectrum policy report explores the relationship between spectrum and mobile broadband leadership on a global basis, especially as concerns the U.S. market. The report notes the United States is a leader in mobile broadband but warns that unless more spectrum is made available...
America Movil asset sales
America Movil (AMX) has reportedly hired Bank of America to sell some of its assets. The telecommunications giant controlled by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim needs to divest in order to comply with new Mexican regulations. Mexico’s new antitrust rules forbid companies...
In a follow on to today’s earlier announcement, Nokia Networks continued with its pre-Super Mobility Week announcements. The latest focuses on WiMAX to TD-LTE Advanced migration. There are three topics addressed in this latest announcement.
3.5 GHz TD-LTE radio with integrated Wi-Fi
This new radio is...
Nokia Networks announced a wide-reaching set of portfolio enhancements today in support of their Liquid Radio portfolio. As these announcements are touching on many different aspects of the portfolio, I will try to group them into sub-classifications.
Carrier Aggregation
In order to increase density in metro...
Saguna Networks announced today its work with Akamai to deliver content for mobile subscribers from 4G mobile base stations. The solution will be jointly demonstrated at 4GWorld/CTIA next week. The demonstration will show a content delivery network (CDN) operating within a mobile base station. In...
The last couple of weeks I’ve focused primarily on Europe news, so in fairness, it’s time to focus on other parts of EMEA. Today we will focus on Africa. Highlights from last week’s news for the region show new offers and new challenges being...
I was doing some research this week for a connected car piece and came across a great BBC documentary from last summer titled "Das Auto – The Germans, their cars and us." It takes a very enlightening walk through the history of the British...
A new survey from Vasona Networks shows that mobile users' expectations for good mobile data performance are rising, and that operators are most likely to be blamed if they have issues — even with applications, where the carrier's control is limited.
The annual survey showed...
I had the opportunity this week to speak with Ford about its claimed first ever automotive original equipment manufacturer-led developer conference set to take place Sept. 8-11 in Las Vegas. This is an important move as getting into vehicles isn’t easy for application developers.
Today...
