Mobile testing keys for better performance
Every year, the number of mobile personal devices continues to grow steadily. Various mobile brands struggle for annual leadership. It is a common belief that mobile applications testing is simple, and therefore mobile testers do not need to have...
iPad crashes, union demands and another Cisco acquisition
5 things to know today ...
1. Cisco is buying a video conferencing software company. Acano is a London-based company with a video conferencing platform deeply integrated with Microsoft's Skype for Business. Cisco, of course, has its own...
The motivation for Ericsson's new partnership with Cisco was crystal clear today at the company's annual capital markets day in Sweden. Ericsson is telling investors that it expects the total network equipment market to grow at a compound annual rate of just 1-3% during...
1. Ericsson is teaming up with Cisco in a move that should make it a stronger competitor to Huawei and to the combined Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent. The partners said the deal will yield $1 billion in incremental revenue for each company by 2018. Ericsson...
Who dares follow the Google MVNO path?
Earlier this year there was a great deal of buzz going around that Apple would unveil its own mobile service offering through a mobile virtual network operator approach. The buzz followed the Google MVNO launch of its Project...
Sprint offers 1 year of Prime, lease deals on select Samsung devices ahead of holiday rush
In a move to goose interest ahead of the upcoming holiday shopping season, Sprint is now including a year subscription to Amazon’s Prime service for all customers activating an...
WASHINGTON – The Russian-made YotaPhone, which that country's president, Vladimir Putin, has called his nation’s answer to the Apple iPhone, has stalled in its sales, but the company behind it is hopping to find more fertile ground in China.
Despite an optimistic target of 1 million...
Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....
Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories!
Sprint Nextel expands...
Apple's campaign to convert Android users into iPhone customers is picking up steam. The company estimates that during the third quarter of this year, more than 14 million iPhones were purchased by "Android switchers." Overall, Apple sold 48 million iPhones during the quarter.
Apple's revenue...
Huawei expects to sell 100 million smartphones this year, making the Chinese wireless giant a solid No. 3 in the smartphone market behind Samsung and Apple. The company said it sold 27.4 million smartphones during the third quarter, and that one-third of those were...
Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories!
Sprint Nextel scrambles...
Windstream and TierPoint include ongoing partnership as part of transaction
Telecommunication services provider Windstream said it plans to sell its data center business to TierPoint for $575 million. The deal, which is structured as an all-cash transaction, is set to boost TierPoint’s current operations in...
Early indications show Apple's iPhone 6s and 6s Plus are not selling as well as its predecessors in India. Retailers in key cities such as New Delhi, Kolkata, Bengaluru and Chennai are reporting lukewarm response for the new iPhones compared to last year.
"I was...
1. Nokia appears to have cleared the last major hurdle in its $17.6 billion purchase of Alcatel-Lucent. Today, China's Ministry of Commerce gave conditional approval to the merger, which has already been approved in the U.S. and Europe. China gave Nokia a to-do list...
Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....
1. Sprint said that roughly 750 of its Educational Broadband Services licensees have moved their customers to LTE ahead of the scheduled shutdown of Sprint's WiMAX network. EBS licensees hold valuable 2.5 gigahertz spectrum that has been set aside for accredited educational institutions and nonprofit entities....
Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories!
T-Mobile US adds...
Apple's custom processors that power the iPhone and iPad include patented technology that the company used without permission, according to a Wisconsin court. The patent licensing arm of the University of Wisconsin prevailed in a lawsuit brought against Apple and decided by a jury...
Research from an investment bank says Apple iPhone 6s sales have been “disappointing” thus far. Pacific Crest Securities expects sales to reach 67 million units, which is well below many analyst expectations of 76 million units through the fourth quarter of 2015.
Apple refutes the claim,...
This week, we’ll turn our attention to the world of smart devices and the companies that make and distribute them. Before we do, however, a quick note on the Federal Communications Commission’s first net neutrality test.
CNS denied peering status by the FCC
At the end of...
1. Dell has agreed to buy EMC in what could be the biggest tech takeover in history. The size of the buyout will depend on the value of EMC's interest in VMWare, but Dell and EMC estimate that the deal will be worth $67...
1. Google searches on mobile devices now exceed those performed on personal computers, according to the company. This poses new challenges for the search engine giant, since many of these searches are not performed by typing a keyword into a box. The company said...
The Wi-Fi calling feature comes on the heels of FCC waiver grant
On the heels of gaining a waiver from the Federal Communications Commission regarding teletypewriter functionality, AT&T Mobility announced the availability of Wi-Fi calling on select devices starting Oct. 8.
The Wi-Fi calling feature looks...
