Cisco readies the IT workforce for wireless, Oi finds a bidder from the cable space and IHS raises billions for African towers.
RCR Mobile Minute 11/3/14
Cisco creates new certifications
Cisco is adapting its certifications to help IT professionals increase their wireless skill sets. The networking giant...
The Wi-Fi Alliance has enhanced Passpoint, the multivendor standard designed for seamless identification and authentication of Wi-Fi hot spots. Service providers can now distribute their specific subscriber policies, such as which networks to join and in what order of preference. In addition, users can...
DENVER — Cisco's booth was one of the busiest on the floor at the SCTE Cable-Tec Expo this week. In addition to set-top boxes with integrated Wi-Fi that it has been providing to the cable industry, the company is touting the Wi-Fi gateway that already exists...
Mobile Minute
Cisco launched a new line of servers today that it says will facilitate data analytics and will prepare customers to meet the ever-changing demands of cloud computing. It calls its new UCS servers the M-Series because the series includes modular servers for cloud...
Stadium DAS deployments continue
Infrastructure providers say the DAS RFPs keep coming from public venues, especially sports arenas. This week JMA Wireless said that Crown Castle will deploy JMA's Teko distributed antenna system at Rutgers University's High Point Solutions Stadium.
The Rutgers DAS will be ready...
Networking pays, especially if you're looking for a job as a software engineer.
Job sites for makers of core network gear show increase in software hiring
Many of the routers and switches in wireless networks are set to eventually be replaced by software, and that means...
Cisco says it will end the year with roughly the same headcount it started with, but the mix will be different.
Cisco continues to realign workforce
Cisco wants to become more of a software company, and that means employees in some legacy businesses will lose their...
As part of its effort to increase mobile broadband access across the country, the Federal Communications Commission is budgeting $5 billion for increasing Wi-Fi access in schools through the federal E-Rate program. The move is good news for makers of Wi-Fi access points and...
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...
Within six years, the number of connected devices that are NOT smartphones, tablets or PCs will skyrocket to 26 billion, according to Gartner. The means that the Internet of Things will include more than three times as many devices as the traditional mobile ecosystem....
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”...
Vendors focus on signaling
The explosion in mobile data traffic has led to an even bigger increase in signaling traffic within the networks, and infrastructure vendors are focused on helping operators recognize and address the issue. There are different types of "signaling storms," - those...
Cisco continues its wireless shopping spree, this time with the $175 million acquisition of Tail-f, a developer of multi-vendor service orchestration solutions. The purchase is part of Cisco's drive to dominate service provider and enterprise cloud services.
Tail-f works with network operators and enterprise IT...
Small Cell Industry Awards
The Small Cell Forum announced the Small Cell Industry Awards for 2014 as part of last week's Small Cells World Summit in London. For small cell innovoation leadership, Alcatel-Lucent won for its site certification program. Cisco won the vendor award for...
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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”...
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...
With wireless carriers looking to extract more revenues from their networks through the implementation of more dynamic pricing models, the deep packet inspection market is set to remain robust, according to a new report from Infonetics Research.
Citing potential in the mobile space, Infonetics reports...
Network equipment vendors Cisco and Juniper are sharing information about their vulnerability to Heartbleed, the software security flaw that could enable hackers to steal passwords and other encrypted data from many of the servers on the Internet.
Cisco says that many of its products...
ZTE is signaling a shift in strategy that could be good news for its competitors. The Chinese maker of network infrastructure and smartphones said today that it has boosted profits by turning down low-margin contracts. ZTE was referring to infrastructure projects outside China.
For years...
Cisco is opening up its IP Cameras platform for safety and security applications in order to allow customers to create their own applications that integrate the company's security cameras and analytics.
In an Internet roundtable on Tuesday, Cisco and some customer representatives discussed the new...
