Big data analytics lets carriers identify and solve network issues
ATLANTA — In the crowded and competitive carrier space, network operators are looking for the best ways to leverage big data analytics to keep up with consumer demand.
According to a 2014 Cisco report, U.S. consumers...
Research report projects 13.3 million public Wi-Fi hot spots by 2020
A new report from market analysis firm ABI Research tallies a total of 5.69 million public Wi-Fi hot spots currently deployed worldwide by mobile and fixed-line carriers, as well as third-party service providers.
Looking at...
Nokia radio access equipment covered by 7-year agreement
Russian carrier MegaFon will expand its LTE footprint through a 7-year deal with Nokia Networks, which will provide the mobile network operator with radio access equipment.
Nokia and MegaFon announced the agreement on March 11. MegaFon subscribers in...
Some 75 mobile network operators have deployed small cells
As carriers race to create true heterogeneous networks for consumers, the Small Cell Forum reported that some 10 million small cells have been shipped to mobile network operators.
Specifically, a market report commissioned by the industry group...
WASHINGTON – MegaFon, the second-largest mobile carrier in Russia, is forecasting a decline in sales and revenue for 2015, according to a report from Bloomberg Business.
The report follows a 5.9% increase in revenue in 2014 with a profit margin forecasted at 40% for 2015,...
Boingo Wi-Fi hot spots to connect 40 million handsets
Wi-Fi and distributed antenna systems provider Boingo signed a deal with a "tier one" American carrier that includes shipment of 40 million handsets enabled with Wi-Fi offload onto Boingo’s network of hot spots.
Boingo apprised investors of...
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Vodafone plan to include 16 weeks of fully paid leave
Telecommunications giant Vodafone Group said by the end of this year it plans to implement a mandatory minimum global maternity policy across the organization that will include at least 16 weeks of fully paid maternity...
Carriers eyeing spectrum, IoT and 5G; devices diversifying in price
BARCELONA, Spain – Jeff Wang, senior partner at IBB Consulting, attended Mobile World Congress 2015 to take a look at major trends playing out in the carrier and device spaces.
Wang took a moment to share...
Telefónica to tap HP’s OpenNFV platform to drive NFV, SDN, cloud transformation
Spain-based telecommunications giant Telefónica reported a partnership with Hewlett-Packard to act as the technology provider and systems integrator for Telefónica’s virtualization infrastructure, which is dubbed UNICA. That program will see the telecom operator...
DoCoMo announces partnerships with Ericsson, Fujitsu, NEC
Japanese telecom giant NTT DoCoMo announced plans for a commercial network function virtualization deployment on its network beginning next year, on its way toward tapping NFV to power virtualized services across its mobile network.
As part of this push,...
Lenovo Q3 revenue climbs 31% as device sales more than double
Hong Kong-based Lenovo Group beat analysts’ estimates for its third fiscal quarter ended Dec. 31, 2014, notching $14.1 billion in revenue on net income of $253 million.
The company said in a statement that, striving for...
Last year was one of dynamic change and investment in the telecom sector as a whole as operators across the world launched LTE services. Meanwhile, over-the-top providers and mobile virtual network operators stepped up their game for the hearts and minds of customers through...
C Spire looks towards CRM to remain competitive
Reducing churn is always a goal for mobile operators. This task has become more important as many mobile markets are seeing increased competition from both inside and outside the traditional telecom space.
In a recent RCR Wireless...
Before we turn the page on 2014, we thought we would take a look back at the past 12 months by highlighting what we felt were the top 100 stories across the mobile space. Since it would be foolish to rank these in order...
Regional carrier sees additional CRM opportunities with move toward LTE
Customer relationship management has always been a serious subject for mobile operators as in most markets around the world the wireless communications space often has more competitors than other communication segments. This has forced mobile...
Policy Shift: United States telecom companies allowed in Cuba
President Barack Obama made a historic announcement Wednesday by declaring that his administration is making a major shift in United States policy toward Cuba. The move will allow U.S. telecommunications companies to rollout infrastructure and provide...
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Since 2012, carriers have seen a steady decline in revenue and traffic from traditional telecom offerings given the popularity and...
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As the wireless industry moves toward a different economic model of no-contract plans, companies are exploring the use of financial...
Some of Europe's biggest carriers, including Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom, Telefónica, Orange and Telecom Italia, reported quarterly earnings that beat expectations, leading to renewed optimism about a market recovery in Europe.
“You have further weight to the theme that European wireless is recovering,” Guy Peddy, an analyst with Macquarie...
Patrik Jakobson, Ericsson's head of Network Sharing, joined Jeff Mucci, RCR Wireless News editorial director, to discuss Ericsson's recently announced contract with Ozone Networks to provide small cell as a service across India. Ozone Networks is one of India's leading public neutral Wi-Fi providers,
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Today's announcement...
Bill Huang, head of research and development and GM of China Mobile Research Institute, reflected at the recent Telecom Council Carrier Connections conference on the company’s rapid expansion and looked ahead to the Chinese telecom giant’s plans for creating a "5G" network.
Huang sat down...
