IBM has been a stalwart in the computing and software industry for as long as there has been a computing and software industry. This leadership has greatly profited the company, but at the same time left it with a stale reputation as an old-school...
Software-defined networking solutions continue to push across the wireless telecommunications space, with the latest push targeting wireless local area networks. NEC’s American operations announced an agreement with Meru Networks to work on integrating SDN-enabled wired and wireless enterprise access networking solutions.
The deal calls for...
The increased focus on software to enhance network performance continues as Reverb Networks said it had installed its InteliSON centralized self-optimizing network platform with a North American tier-one mobile operator. To further tease the deployment, Reverb noted the offering was launched in “one of...
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OSHA cites for free climbing
One would think that after all of the terrible and tragic climber deaths we've had this year, companies would be much more...
--Telecommunication software equipment remains a hot seller, with a new report from Infonetics Research claiming the market was on track to grow each year through 2018, with 2015 cited as being set for especially strong growth. The research firm noted this growth was on...
SAP reported that its cloud business grew 32% during the second quarter and said that it is the fastest-growing enterprise cloud company "at scale," which it considers to be an annual cloud revenue run rate of more than $1.3 billion (roughly a billion Euros).
SAP's annual revenue...
Editor's Note: The ecosystem of big data and analytics, and its intersection with mobile networks and cloud computing has increasing relevance to wireless in areas that include service assurance, customer experience management, mobile marketing, location-based services and more. Here is a look at the week's news...
With the 2014 FIFA World Cup concluded and Germany victorious, data continues to reveal just how entwined mobile engagement was with the experience of the games.
SAP, which says it processes 1.8 billion messages daily from more than 1,000 operators, analyzed how text messaging traffic fluctuated...
Ulf Ewaldsson, SVP and CTO at Ericsson, talked with RCR Wireless News about the distinction between "mediacoms" and telecoms.
Ewaldsson notes that media was one of the first verticals to be digitized, and as a result it has changed radically in the past decade or...
Vikas Trehan, SVP of Infovista, spoke with RCR Wireless News about key trends that the company sees in the market – in particular, how mobile operators are grappling with the continuing surge in data growth, and the fact that revenues are not growing at...
Software is becoming an increasingly important part of telecommunication networks and deployments as both wired and wireless carriers look to add functionality to operations while increasing simplicity and reducing costs. RCR Wireless News is keeping an eye on recent developments through its weekly “Software”...
Sites that sell are interested in paying for access to AT&T's customers, according to the company that is helping the carrier launch its sponsored data program. Syntonic is acting as the middle man between AT&T and the content providers.
"We did the deals with the...
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Negative Impact on Real Estate
Certainly you've heard in your own experience and through various news stories here in this weekly recap about how people don't want...
Virtualization is set to take the telecommunications space by storm as operators search for ways to more cost efficiently run their network operations in the face of growing consumer demand for mobile broadband services.
One company that has been keeping track of that demand is...
Connected Car Trends
Google recently announced its entry into the connected car market with Android Auto, a new competitor to Apple's CarPlay solution. Many auto makers have already committed to one or both of the companies for head unit systems – but will auto makers have...
Essence has been around for 20 years providing professional-graded security solutions. While not the first type of company that comes to mind when thinking about home care solutions, they have over 10 million products deployed and are focusing on bringing machine-to-machine functionality into the...
Flash Networks released its annual LTE study conducted at the LTE World Summit event regarding operator and subscriber views on the topic of net neutrality.
Not surprisingly 69% of operators thought there should be a so-called "fast lane" for Internet traffic geared towards premium content...
Jane Rygaard, Head of CEM, Core and OSS Marketing for Nokia, spoke with RCR Wireless about the role her company's OSS efforts play in the LTE rollout for mobile operators in North America, including T-Mobile US, and in Voice over LTE.
"Because of the pure size of...
Enterprises are increasingly focused on the mobile environment, with many verticals dedicating a vast majority of their IT spending on ensuring a more complete environment for employees and customers. In fact, Gartner last year predicted that the number of mobile customer retention management applications...
MBlox, a global provider of application-to-person messaging, just completed a capital-raising round of $43.5 million.
Investors included Comerica and Horizon Technology Finance Corp., as well as some of MBlox's existing investors such as Norwest Venture Partners, Scale Ventures, Avanti, Trident, Saints Capital and Stratem. The...
The virtualization movement continues to gain steam as the mobile space looks for ways to increase efficiency while reducing costs.
The latest push comes from the Small Cell Forum, which announced plans to address network function virtualization as part of its on-going “release program.” The...
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Tragedy in Kentucky
It was supposed to be a quiet, easy holiday week. A short work week. But, unfortunately those dreams of a quiet week without incident...
Ivan Mishanin, managing director at Bright Box, gave RCR Wireless News a demonstration of the company's connected car platform that allows users to control aspects of an automobile via smartphones and tablets.
Aspects that users can control include opening the car's trunk, opening the vehicle's doors...
Software is becoming an increasingly important part of telecommunication networks and deployments as both wired and wireless carriers look to add functionality to operations while increasing simplicity and reducing costs. RCR Wireless News is keeping an eye on recent developments through its weekly “Software”...
