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Cisco has opened a center of innovation in Rio de Janeiro. The center will integrate Cisco’s portfolio with technology from local players to create solutions that meet the needs of …

Earlier this month, BlackBerry announced that it was considering a number of strategic options including selling the company. My first reaction was sadness – similar to the time when I heard that

Infonetics said this week that Huawei has earned the top spot in its 2012 Telecommunications Equipment Vendor Leadership Scorecard. Ericsson was a very close second, followed by Cisco. Alcatel-Lucent, Nokia …

Cisco (CSCO) is clearly in the process of transforming its business, and the changes are prompting the networking giant to shift its workforce. CEO John Chambers says that in order …

Security consultants at iSEC Partners have demonstrated a security breach in femtocells made by Samsung and sold by Verizon Wireless. Although both companies say the breach has now been fixed, …

Some interesting news came out of last week’s Small Cell Summit 2013: half a dozen companies have formed a small cell wireless backhaul ecosystem around Cisco’s unified RAN backhaul offering, …

Vodafone, SK Telecom and Cisco were among the operators and vendors honored for their small cell innovation efforts by The Small Cell Forum, an industry and operator association. Awards were …

MetroPCS has rescheduled its shareholder vote on the proposed merger with T-Mobile USA. The meeting originally scheduled for today will take place on April 24 in order to give shareholders …

Cisco continued its move into mobility this week with the purchase of Ubiquisys for $310 million. Ubiquisys is a British developer of small cell technologies with several major carrier and …

Clearwire appears to want the best of both worlds. The company says it’s still talking to Dish Networks about a possible buyout, but it can’t resist Sprint Nextel’s cold hard …

RCR Wireless News spoke with Daryl Schoolar, principal infrastructure analyst at Ovum, to get his impressions of the recent Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona, Spain. Schoolar noted that with …

Earnings news, product announcements and the latest from FirstNet. RCR Wireless brings you up to date on the week’s news.

Wi-Fi is increasingly important to mobile operators and their customers, with 50% of smartphone usage already occurring on Wi-Fi networks, according to data from Cisco. Service providers recognize Wi-Fi as …

Sometime between 2015 and 2016, 3G connections will surpass 2G in Latin America. After that point, 3G connections could rise to reach 58% of total accesses by 2017; 2G will …

Sprint Nextel’s fourth quarter, a set of positive earnings surprises, and Cisco’s Virtual Networking Index.

Cisco reduced the predicted increase in Brazilian mobile data traffic in this year’s Cisco Visual Networking Index: Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast, which gives the company’s predictions for the period of …

In the world of mobile forecasts, Cisco’s VNI carries more weight than most. This year’s Visual Networking Index calls for an incresae of 1200% in mobile data traffic over the next 5 years as traffic speeds increase 600%.

Android malware encounters grew 2,577% during 2012, according to Cisco’s 2013 Annual Security Report. Malware, software designed to damage a system or to steal money or information, is tracked by …

Cisco (CSCO) is adding network intelligence to its mobile platform with the $475 million acquisition of Israel’s Intucell. Intucell makes self-optimizing network (SON) software that helps operators manage traffic and …

Mobile devices will become the biggest users of “big data” and business intelligence/analytics by 2015/16 as users increasingly look for information to help them be more productive.