Though the calendar may say mid-March, the bounty of new mobile devices hitting the market recently would seem to indicate late December is just around the corner.This week alone has seen T-Mobile USA Inc. officially announce a launch date for the highly anticipated HTC...
InterDigital Inc. updated its financial guidance for the first quarter to reflect a new contract and an audit resolution, which will add between $37.5 million and $38.5 million to its revenues. The company previously predicted it would report revenues of between $78 million and...
The continued evolution of mobile networks in Asia is expected to help propel the adoption of smartphones in the region, according to IMS Research. The research firm said it expects annual smartphone shipments to Asia to more than quadruple by 2015 giving the region...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.During the recent capacity crisis suffered by AT&T Wireless it was expected the carrier would...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.
As I review the new crop of phones being launched, one thing strikes me about...
***Spotify consumes more data than Sweden*** Are you a hipster bandwidth hog? Do you stream ironic YouTube clips to your shiny iPhone, watch Hulu episodes of Battlestar Galactica on your Misfits-decorated Macbook and download gritty Velvet Underground MP3’s? Yeah, we all do it. But not...
It’s not very often that you find one of the world’s largest companies intimately involved in how telecom companies handle something as personal, though important, as customer care calls. But, that is what IBM Corp. is pushing through its SPSS division that is focused...
The National Broadband Plan delivered to Congress today calls for another 500 megahertz of spectrum to be freed up for wireless use by 2020, as well as an auction of D-Block spectrum and greater use of unlicensed spectrum.Federal Communications Chairman Julius Genachowski has been...
Google Inc said that it expects the rates that companies pay for search ads on mobile phones could surpass the rates of its existing PC-based ad business thanks to the growing popularity of powerful smartphones.Reuters
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.Each year the mobile industry starts with a bang as attendees flock to the 2010 International Consumer...
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.Each of us who works in the telecom industry is a manager of assets – whether networks,...
RCR Unplugged: Bits, bytes and buzz from day four @SXSW Interactive***Twitter briefing causes mass exodus***Bored hacks and hyperactive industry reps made a mad dash for the crowded exit shortly after Twitter CEO Evan Williams announced his "@Anywhere" platform. According to the pedantic Williams, new...
Interop Technologies – Eddie DeCurtis has been chosen to assume the newly formed role of vice president of Asia-Pacific sales. DeCurtis has been involved in the telecommunications industry for more than17 years. Before joining Interop, he served as vice president of international technical sales...
Editor's Note:This article is an excerpt from RCR Wireless News' March Special Edition, “The Perfect Storm – A Focus on Mobile Messaging, Marketing, Content and Apps.” The 80-page special edition will be available next week at RCRWireless.com.. To say America's labor force is...
Amid considerable speculation about a potential merger, San Diego’s Leap Wireless (NASDAQ: LEAP) has trimmed about 4 percent of its workforce and closed or transferred 38 of its Cricket Communications storefronts.Leap spokesman Greg Lund confirms that the flat-rate wireless service provider laid off a...
Over the past 12 months any doubt over operator commitment to femtocells has been silenced. There are currently 10 deployments around the world and analyst firm Informa recently found operator commitment to femtocells has increased by 50% in the last three months alone. With...
***Does Yelp suck?***Does it? Well, that is what a room full of foodies, restaurateurs and a posse of indignant "social media" hacks all wanted to know. During a controversial debate, Yelp reviewers were roundly criticized for focusing on specific minutia, rather than fact. Others...
SXSW keynoter slams Google Buzz over privacyDanah Boyd, social media expert at Microsoft Research in New England and a Fellow at Harvard University's Berkman Center for Internet and Society, had some harsh words to say not only about Facebook, but also about Google. ...
Wireless. It's a word that evokes a sense of freedom and infinite possibilities. A word that conveys an unplugged, free flowing attitude without constraints or pre-conceived notions.Wireless. An unrestrained mobile information superhighway that ebbs and flows without pause. It's a term imbued with...
DENVER--LTE and WiMAX buildouts, as well as an increased attention on distributed antenna systems, should keep equipment manufacturers, site acquisition companies and others in the tower-siting business busy in the next few years, according to panelists at the Colorado Wireless Association educational and social...
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....
BEIJING – Lenovo Group expects wireless Internet products to account for up to 80 percent of its sales within five years as it pursues expansion in faster-growing emerging markets, CEO Yang Yuanqing said Friday.Associated Press
