Logicalis Group, the international IT and Communications solutions integrator, has acquired Netarx, Michigan-based solution provider. Netarx provides IT professional services including managed services, data center, collaboration, and infrastructure design solutions to customers throughout the Great Lakes and Arizona. Read full press release here....
As the mobile platform war turns, Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM), Motorola Inc. (MOT) and Palm (HPQ) all lost smartphone market share in the United States over the last three months while Google Inc. (GOOG) and Apple Inc. (<a href=http://stocks.rcrnews.com/rcrwireless./quote?Symbol=AAPL) made gains.The BlackBerry maker...
Satellite communications provider Inmarsat plc reported that current CEO and wireless industry veteran Andrew Sukawaty will relinquish his position to Rupert Pearce effective Jan. 1, 2012, at which time Sukawaty will move to his new position as executive chairman of the company. Pearce, who...
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.
This week marks the start of the second half of 2011 – a perfect time...
RCR Wireless News has named Roberta Prescott editor in chief of RCR Wireless News Latin America, as the news group expands its global coverage of the mobile and wireless industry.Prescott will be responsible for reporting news and analysis coming out the region, interviewing key...
iPass Inc. (IPAS) introduced its Open Mobile Exchange (iPass OMX) platform, designed to offer operators the ability to integrate Wi-Fi with 3G and 4G networks, enabling end users to seamlessly connect with preferred Wi-Fi networks. In addition, the company said it hired Steven...
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.
Recently, Google Inc. announced Google Wallet, a virtual wallet and set of services to allow...
TellabsFrance: With French broadband Internet service provider CELESTE to exclusively provide the nationwide optical transport network in order to expand its high performance and high bandwidth fiber optic network to all major cities in France.Value: UndisclosedNokia Siemens Networks China: With China Mobile has successfully...
Following rumors that implied HTC Corp.'s June sales would be down or flat, the Taiwanese smartphone maker has released record monthly sales a few days earlier than planned.Consolidated sales in June were up 87.8% from the same period a year ago. While the company's...
Korean telecommunications provider SK Telecom Co. SKM) launched the country's first LTE service on July 1, providing initial service to the Seoul market. The carrier said it expects to attract 300,000 LTE customers by the end of the year and 10 million subscribers by...
KDDI Corp. (KDDIY) said it plans to use Ruckus Wireless's equipment to offload cellular traffic to Wi-Fi network in a deal that starts with 10,000 wireless hotspots with plans to grow the network to 100,000 access points by March. Ruckus said KDDI's offloading initiative...
Considering how frequent new projections come out for the mobile payments space, at least one conclusion can be drawn: expectations for mobile finance is high. The latest study from Juniper Research predicts the total value of mobile payments will reach $670 billion by 2015.Marking...
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.Hello from the nation's heartland and home of Google Broadband – Kansas City. The last week of...
LightSquared managed to rustle up $265 million in new capital, pushing its total funds raised to more than $2.3 billion, or around one-third the $7 billion it had originally announced it would need to launch its hybrid terrestrial/satellite network. LightSquared has since noted that...
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.
Mobile 2D barcodes are rapidly becoming a mainstay of major brand marketing campaigns worldwide. But, if you’re...
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,...
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,...
AT&T Inc. (T) has launched a pilot to help employees manage diabetes. In partnership with WellDoc Inc., AT&T mHealth Solutions is going to pilot DiabetesManager for up to six months among a select group of employees at AT&T and Health Care Services Corp.,...
Two published reports claim that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating communications between Twitter and Ubermedia, a company that develops applications to help users commiserate and follow each other using the online messaging service. The question at hand is whether or not...
Nortel Networks Corp. (NRTLQ) announced that its subsidiaries including Nortel Networks Limited (NNL), Nortel Networks Inc. and Nortel Networks U.K. Limited have completed a successful and final auction of all of Nortel's remaining patents and patent applications. After an auction that spanned days, a...
Editor's Note:John Williams is a human resource consultant to RCR Wireless News and TelecomCareers who is blogging on HR matters that impact the wireless industry, including hiring and retaining employees as the economy improves.
In a tight labor market, will your employees jump ship? May's...
Orange Business Services is introducing Business Together as a Service, a unified communication solution designed to enable an innovative way of working and collaborating. Business Together as a Service allows Unified Communications solutions to be offered via the cloud, using an “as a service”...
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....
Norwegian software firm Opera believes apps and the browser can live comfortably side by side without necessarily encroaching on each other.Speaking to RCR in Asia, recently, Phillip Gr
