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Network software set to take center stage at MWC

Mobile network operators know that managing the data deluge requires a suite of tools, from new infrastructure like DAS and small cells to new technologies like carrier aggregation to software that can squeeze more performance out of existing assets. Software that makes the network...

Report: iPhone great for data connectivity, BlackBerry for voice

A new report from Actix found that different devices interact with wireless networks in different ways, resulting in the customers experience varying across a carrier’s handset portfolio. The report, which included information from more than 4.2 million data sessions, 85,452 voice sessions and 56,712 combined...

Telecom Software: Partnerships – AT&T & Amdocs, Verizon & Oracle

Welcome to our weekly wrap-up of telecom software news. Partnerships abound this week as it seems like everybody's shaking hands with everybody to create some great deals. AT&T was especially busy on this front, furthering its partnership with Amdocs for its connected car program,...

Time Trippin’: Wireless industry struggles with privacy; Apple tips its mobile hand … 8 years ago this week

Editor’s Note: The RCR Wireless News Time Machine is a way to take advantage of our extensive history in covering the wireless space to fire up the DeLorean and take a trip back in time to re-visit some of the more interesting headlines from...

Telecom Software: Oracle acquires Corente; Apple App Store tops $10B

Welcome to our weekly wrap-up of telecom software news. CES 2014 may be dominating headlines this week, but some of the biggest stories in software came from companies not participating in CES, like Oracle announcing its acquisition of Corente or Apple announcing the $10...

Telecom Software: Carrier focus on software; Redknee’s $10M contract

Welcome to our weekly wrap-up of everything in the world of telecom software. There's no real common thread in the week's news, but there's definitely a sense of gearing up for 2014 with new acquisitions, new software deployments and new partnerships. Redknee landed an impressive $10...

Telecom Software: AT&T’s Dual Billing; Amdocs’ SmartNet

Welcome to our weekly wrap-up of everything in the world of telecom software. With winter in the air and the year winding down, it seems like everybody's either wrapping up unfinished business for 2013 or building out new opportunities to start 2014 with a...

Telecom Software: T-Mobile’s Software Issues, Ixia’s New Partnership

Welcome to our weekly wrap-up of everything in the world of telecom software. Due to the shortened holiday week last week, this week's collection of stories includes information from both last week and this week, so if you were busy with turkey and family...

Carrier Wrap: Consumer Cellular set to offer iPhone line; TeliaSonera fires 4 executives

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! --Rural wireless operator Nex-Tech Wireless commercially...

HetNet News: Amdocs launches new small cell, Wi-Fi products

Amdocs is moving into network-based solutions for small cells and Wi-Fi with the goal of helping service providers better monetize heterogeneous networks. The company has launched its Amdocs Small Cell Solution, which provides automated technical design using network technology-specific building blocks, according to Amdocs, and...

Telecom Software Weekly Wrap-Up: U.S. Cellular fixes billing glitch; Skype costs operators $100M per day

Welcome to the inaugural edition of the Telecom Software weekly wrap-up where we gather top telecom software news stories for the week: U.S. Cellular is working with its billing company Amdocs to fix glitches that caused multiple inaccurate bills for customers and other errors. Actix rolled...

Telecom Analytics: Beijing Mobile taps NSN to improve QoE; Amdocs buys Actix

Nokia Solutions and Networks (NSN) announced that Beijing Mobile, a branch of the Chinese operator China Mobile, will implement NSN's extensive quality of experience (QoE) solution, aiming to improve its customer experience by linking network performance with subscriber satisfaction and application behavior. The carrier...

LatAm Wrap-Up: Live TIM to enter fixed telephony; Telefónica’s IT consolidation

SINGAPORE — Live TIM, the fiber optic broadband Internet service of Brazilian operator TIM, is set to launch fixed-telephony services by the beginning of next year. According to TIM chief marketing officer, Flavio Lang, the service will focus initially on residential clients and will be...

Amdocs InTouch: 10 social media trends; telco in next 5 years; importance of customer experience; videos

SINGAPORE—During this year''s Amdocs InTouch event  in Singapore, several speakers presented their predictions for the near future of telecommunications and social media. RCR Wireless News attended Amdocs In Touch, and here are some videos from the event. Social media trends During a speech at Amdocs InTouch, Randi...

Telecom Analytics: Amdocs InTouch raises issue of data becoming a new currency

SINGAPORE–Can data become a new currency? This question was raised by Alastair Hanlon, Amdocs vice president of market strategy, during media sessions at this year’s InTouch event. “The new economy is driven by big data, and there are new ways to monetize it,” he...

Reality Check: Bringing benefits of cloud-based BSS to Brazilian service providers

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace. Brazil is a vast country, occupying more than 8.5 million square kilometers—and dominating the map of South America. Brazil’s sheer...

Reader Forum: Proactive notifications can help LatAm service providers boost ‘NPS’

There’s no denying that the mobile revolution has transformed life throughout Latin America in countless ways. According to a 2012 World Bank report

Reality Check: For CALA CSPs, ‘VPO’ means lower costs, happier customers

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace. Has this happened to you? You order something in a restaurant, but your waiter flubs the order and your appetizers...

Reality Check: Social media takes off in Brazil—what that means for service providers’ NPS

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace. We all know that Brazilians are very sociable people who love mobile devices in all their variety. But now, no...

Reader Forum: Who’s paying for free Wi-Fi?

Announcing another free Wi-Fi service for a New York neighborhood this week, Mayor Michael Bloomberg made an interesting point: “Keep in mind. Somebody’s got to pay for the Wi-Fi,” the mayor said.

Reality Check: How to unlock Brazil’s 4G profits

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace. There’s no denying it: 4G LTE deployments are underway in Brazil—and across the Caribbean and Latin American region. Brazil's communication...

Reality Check: 2013 telecom trends in Latin America

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace. For Brazil, 2012 marked another year of amazingly rapid change for both consumers and service providers as the full force...

Reality Check: Cloud-based e-health solutions could care for Brazil’s aging population

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace. Ah, Brazil! The legendary sun-drenched beaches of Copacabana and Ipanema in Rio de Janeiro are full of young people sunning...

Reality Check: A challenge partnership among service providers, OTT players and device manufactures

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace. It’s true in Brazil, across Latin America, in fact everywhere in the world: Everyone wants a good partner. Just look...