German telecom giant Deutsche Telekom is reportedly still looking to offload its U.S. operations, though reports indicate that the company is looking for a specific price.
Bloomberg reports that DT’s management recently met to discuss the future of T-Mobile US, with discussions coming away with...
Rackspace is managing the cloud and managing to grow, despite competition and price cuts from the mobile Internet's heaviest hitters. Google slashed prices of its cloud services this spring, but despite that the much smaller Rackspace sold $441 million worth of cloud services, a 17%...
There’s no doubt that the television landscape today is very different than just a few years ago. The rapid adoption of mobile devices is driving a media revolution, completely changing the content consumption experience and skyrocketing the opportunity for revenue generation. To this end,...
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...
T-Mobile US played a large role in driving parent company Deutsche Telekom's profits this quarter, even as bids from Sprint and Iliad to buy the U.S. unit failed — and new interest from Dish Network emerged.
On August 7, the Bonn, Germany-based DT reported that its net...
The greater the number of competitors, the better for the user, said Brazil's minister of communications, Paulo Bernardo, to members of the press this week. Those comments came on the heels of Telefónica's bid to buy Vivendi's Brazilian unit GVT. Telefónica hopes to combine its Vivo operations, which...
Nokia Networks announces two acquisitions
Nokia Networks said today that it will buy Nice Systems' 3D geolocation business to enhance the planning and optimization of mobile networks. "The evolution of small cells and LTE necessitates more accurate 3-D geolocation capabilities," Nokia said.
Israel will be the...
Numericable Group to buy Virgin Mobile in France
French cable company Numericable has agreed to buy Virgin Mobile in France for roughly $450 million. Numericable, which has a significant fiber footprint, also bought French wireless carrier SFR this year for $23 billion.
Virgin Mobile France is...
Amdocs showcased its offering for small cell network planning that leverages recent acquisitions, including Actix and Celcite, at the recent LTE World Summit.
Neil Coleman, director of marketing at Amdocs, discussed the Smart Cell Placement solution with RCR Wireless News. Smart Cell Placement identifies experience...
Editor’s Note: Wireless operators are a busy bunch, and as such RCR Wireless News will attempt to gather some of the important announcements that may slip through the cracks from the world’s largest carriers in a weekly wrap-up. Enjoy!
--AT&T signed a deal to acquire...
SBA Communications (SBAC) said today that it is acquiring 1,641 more wireless sites in Brazil from Oi. Oi will lease space on the towers from SBA after the transaction closes, but SBA will have the right to lease space to other carriers as well....
Opera has acquired three-year-old mobile video advertising platform company AdColony for $75 million plus up to another $275 million tied to "ambitious" platform revenue goals over the next two years, and raised its guidance as a result of the purchase.
Opera said with the acquisition,...
Here, Nokia's navigation and mapping company, announced plans to acquire real-time predictive analytics company Medio Systems to extend its location-based services capabilities. Here plans to share Medio's relevant capabilities across Nokia's Networks and Technologies companies as well.
Here expects to be able to create contexual maps and LBSÂ "that change according to the...
 Editor's Note: The ability to test network and device features and functions is an important piece of technology development and deployment. RCR Wireless News looks weekly at the test and measurement space to see what's afoot.
--EXFO has acquired Aito Technologies, which provides customer experience...
Cobham announced plans to acquire Aeroflex Holding, which produces test and measurement equipment as well as microelectronic components, for $1.46 billion.
Cobham and Aeroflex have signed an agreement in which Cobham will buy Aeroflex for $10.50 per share in cash. The total transaction figure includes...
Syniverse has agreed to purchase Aicent for $290 million, which is expected to increase Syniverse's network and its analytics capabilities.
Aicent is the largest multi-service IPX provider for data network services and serves the world's 10 largest carriers and more than 200 mobile operators globally, as well...
AT&T’s quest for growth reportedly has the telecommunications giant eyeing a potential acquisition of DirecTV in a deal that could reach $50 billion.
According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, AT&T could be looking to make an offer on the satellite television provider...
Extreme Networks reported a net loss on its first full quarter of results that include its acquisition of Enterasys. However, the company reported that combined revenues grew three percent on a pro-forma basis, when compared to the prior year.
GAAP net loss for the quarter...
Managed mobility services provider WidePoint Corporation has purchased Soft-ex Communications to strengthen its offerings for analytics for global service providers.
Soft-ex specializes in telecom data intelligence (TDI) in Europe and the Middle East, offerings its analytics as a software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution for service providers and...
Less than a year after having its hand slapped over such a proposal, Canadian telecommunications giant Telus is again set to acquire smaller rival Mobilicity.
Mobilicity, which is controlled by Data & Audio-Visual Enterprise Holdings, announced that the proposed $350 million deal was made under...
After closing on a $150 million round of financing from Bain Capital last year, SevOne is putting some of its cash to use. The company said today that it has bought log analytics software specialist RapidEngines for an undisclosed amount. SevOne's customers, which include...
EXFO Inc. has purchased the assets of privately-held software company ByteSphere LLC, which focuses on global IT management and network monitoring.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed. According to EXFO, ByteSphere's portfolio includes "advanced patented techniques for infrastructure performance management, including network element polling...
TE Connectivity has agreed to buy Seacon Group, which provides underwater connector technology and systems, for $490 million in cash.
The Seacon Group serves verticals that do sub-sea work including remotely operated vehicles, such as oil and gas, environmental and oceanographic applications and the military...
