Big shows are all about emerging industry trends and CommunicAsia in Singapore this week is no exception, with a number of mobile and wireless fads and fashions on the horizon. Of all the hype, however, no trend is so great or prevalent as the mobile video phenomenon, taking Asia and the world by storm.
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,...
Mobile entertainment company Thumbplay and Cellular South signed a deal that allows Cellular South customers to access the new cloud-based Thumbplay Music service. The service gives customers unlimited, on-demand access to a portfolio of songs directly from their handset and allows them to download...
Sprint Nextel financing update. Spring Nextel Corp. said it entered a new $2.1 billion unsecured revolving credit facility, which expires in October 2013 and replaces an existing $4.5 billion revolving credit facility that would have expired this year. The new credit facility will provide supplemental...
Russian WiMAX operator Yota said it will now deploy LTE technology as it continues its wireless broadband rollout. The operator had been an early WiMAX proponent and recently rolled out WiMAX service in Nicaragua and Peru.“Scartel’s Yota announcement that it will drop WiMAX in...
Cisco has been making some odd acquisitions over the past couple of years, and the latest of those is the MOTO Development Group, a design firm which has helped produce the likes of Microsoft’s much admired Zune 2.0 and the LiveScribe Pulse.
It's a good time to be a niche chip maker and Cavium Networks is spring boarding off its recent major growth spurt by releasing a new line of embedded multi core processors – the OCTEON II CN68XX line - for the next generation of...
On Wednesday, the mobile world was rocked with news flailing phone maker Palm had been snapped up by the world's premiere computer maker Hewlett-Packard for a cool $1.2 billion. Palm had been officially up for sale for a couple of weeks, with suitors including...
Research In Motion Ltd. unveiled updated versions of a pair of its devices this morning that should bring increased functionality to its devices that are seeing a dramatic increase in competition in the smartphone market.
RIM said it’s set to launch a CDMA version of...
After several postponements, months of very public inter-ministerial bickering that required the intervention of a special task force of senior ministers (the so-called Empowered Group of Ministers) headed by the finance minister, and a few lawsuits, it's finally on. India finally begins today the...
LAS VEGAS—AT&T Mobility is on a roll—and it used its annual press event at CTIA Wireless 2010 Wednesday to tout its dominance in the smartphone market, and to show industry press and analysts its blueprint to continue to drive sales in wireless with feature-rich...
LAS VEGAS—AT&T Mobility is on a roll—and it used its annual press event at CTIA Wireless 2010 Wednesday to tout its dominance in the smartphone market, and to show industry press and analysts its blueprint to continue to drive sales in wireless with feature-rich...
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,...
LAS VEGAS – AT&T Inc. bum rushed the opening keynote at the 2010 CTIA event with president and CEO of its mobile division, Ralph de la Vega and chairman, CEO and president Randall Stephenson holding stage for the events opening remarks. De la Vega,...
LAS VEGAS – AT&T Inc. bum rushed the opening keynote at the 2010 CTIA event with president and CEO of its mobile division, Ralph de la Vega and chairman, CEO and president Randall Stephenson holding stage for the events opening remarks. De la Vega,...
Wireless carriers and equipment companies should benefit from the Federal Communications Commission’s National Broadband Plan while smaller local exchange carriers and TV broadcasters may be vulnerable, according to consultants Global Medley Advisors L.L.C.However, the details of the plan – how it is implemented and...
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in RCR Wireless News' January Special Edition Wireless Infrastructure: The Engine for Economic Recovery. Look for our March Special Edition, coming soon.Wireless networks are the cornerstone of the wireless industry. These capital-intensive investments are a key building...
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in RCR Wireless News' January Special Edition Wireless Infrastructure: The Engine for Economic Recovery. Look for our March Special Edition, coming soon. Wireless carriers are moving at ever-increasing speeds to roll out ever-increasingly speedy data services in...
Intel Corp. pledged $3.5 million to help create jobs for college graduates in high-growth industry sectors, including wireless infrastructure. The company is leading a new group called The Invest in America Alliance, which aims to “further anchor the nation's competitiveness on the global stage....
BARCELONA– With all the hype surrounding LTE technology, you would think it was pre-ordained to take over the telecom industry. However, until today there was no set standard for how carriers could transport plain old voice services – you remember voice don’t you? –...
CommScope said it plans to lay off 110 people at its Omaha, Neb., facility, beginning in March, as the communications network infrastructure manufacturer considers options for the future of the facility. After the layoffs, fewer than 400 people will be employed at the center.“A...
Too bad Canada’s ultra strict Telecommunications Act forbids foreign ownership to non-Egyptian companies, otherwise we might be getting some of the hundreds of millions of dollars that Telefonica and Vivendi are putting into Brazil, and benefit from the fact that Telefonica beat out Microsoft...
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.Season's greetings to the Reality Check faithful. It's been a trendful year, and while the pundits regurgitate...
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.Happy holidays from Reality Check. Below are the three of the top trends that shaped our...
