TWC Wi-Fi business remains the cable giant’s wireless broadband offering of choice, and notes long-running competition has made it better
ORLANDO, Florida – The cable industry’s continued struggles with the cellular market was highlighted by comments this week from Mike Roudi, SVP and GM for...
5 things to know today ...
1. Verizon Communications is set to make a bid for Yahoo next week, according to Bloomberg. It's been two months since Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam told CNBC's Jim Cramer he thought "marrying up" Yahoo's assets with Verizon's AOL could...
The T-Mobile Binge On and Music Freedom platforms now claim more than 100 content providers, with the carrier adding a handful of new partners
T-Mobile US added a handful of new streaming video and music services to its Binge On and Music Freedom platforms, which...
Openmind looks at the impact RCS decision from Google could have on messaging fortunes of mobile telecom operators
Until a few weeks ago it was a commonly held belief across the mobile industry – albeit incorrect in our opinion – that there was no palpable...
Virtual reality is being hyped as one of the next big things in tech, and Google has brought VR to the masses with its low-cost, do-it-yourself Google Cardboard headset. Building on that, meet Google Cardboard Plastic.
The new product provides a fully immersive experience in...
Google Project Fi includes T-Mobile US, Sprint and Wi-Fi networks today. This could lead to some amazing new wireless services in the future. Will Apple follow suit?
When my phone drops a call and I have to call back the person to whom...
Building on Google Fiber television and Internet service, meet the Fiber Phone
Building on its growing service provider business lines, Google today announced its Fiber Phone service, which builds on the Google Fiber Internet and TV service to create a triple-play service offering.
The Fiber Phone...
Vint Cerf of Google covers IoT security, galactic Internet, fossil fuels, DNA splicing, more during 2016 Energy Thought Summit
AUSTIN, Texas – The 2016 Energy Thought Summit kicked off Tuesday with a keynote Q&A with Google Chief Internet Evangelist Vint Cerf, who touched on everything from...
Internet pioneer talks smart grid, IoT and artificial intelligence
Austin, Texas – Prior to this week's 2016 Energy Thought Summit, Google Chief Internet Evangelist Vint Cerf previews key topics including smart grid technologies and artificial intelligence.
Cerf is set to participate in ETS16 via a Google...
On this week’s Carrier Wrap we will look at some of the top carrier news from the past week with Bill Ho from 556 Ventures, including promotional activity from Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint
On this week’s Carrier Wrap, RCR Wireless News Editor-in-Chief Dan Meyer...
Smart City Challenge finalists take part in Google initiative
The U.S Department of Transport has partnered with Sidewalk Labs, a subsidiary of Google’s parent company Alphabet, to develop Flow, a data and analytics platform designed to create a management and monitoring system for public transportation.
Flow...
The T-Mobile Binge On video platform now allows for more content provider control, gains Google YouTube and Play Movie options
T-Mobile US updated its popular, but controversial, Binge On service, adding new content providers and more options for customer personalization.
Nine content providers were added to...
Apple and Google manage competing ecosystems in the smartphone world, but when it comes to storing and processing all that smartphone data the two companies appear to be partners. Apple has started using Google Cloud Platform to store some iCloud data, according to multiple...
On the face of it, voice is a disappearing species. According to the Ericsson Mobility Report, in 2010 voice traffic was 50% of data. By 2015, it had dropped to less than 5%. Voice still holds court in many ways, but its role has evolved...
In October, AlphaGo beat three-time European Champion Fan Hui. Go, which reportedly emerged in China around 548 B.C., is a strategy game involving two players putting black and white pieces on a partitioned playing surface.
According to Google, "Go is a game of profound complexity. There...
Jim Patterson looks at a trio of headlines set to impact Q1 wireless results
This week, we’ll look at three key headlines that will drive first quarter momentum in the wireless world. Next week, we’ll look at the three most important events for the wired...
South by Southwest panel gathers urban broadband advocates to discuss bridging the digital divide
AUSTIN, Texas – Broadband deployments serve to open up opportunities to largely underserved groups while stimulating larger economic growth, municipal and policy experts agreed during a South by Southwest panel session.
In...
Facebook CEO calls addition of Google a 'strong symbolic move'
SAN JOSE, California – The Open Compute Project, started by Facebook in 2011, has grown to encompass some of the biggest names in tech hardware including Microsoft, Intel, Ericsson, and now Google.
The announcement came on March...
Google opened its pay-as-you-go mobile service to the entire country and discounted the network's flagship handset, the LG Nexus 5X. Google's Project Fi, which relies on Wi-Fi with cellular backup from the Sprint and T-Mobile US networks, was initially available by invitation only before...
The Google concept of providing rural cellular connectivity from specially designed balloons, dubbed Project Loon, could be tested on the vast Indian subcontinent, according to reports.
According to The Economic Times, Google is having discussions with multiple service providers in India, including BSNL, about piloting...
Google calls it a learning experience; chalks collision with bus up to sandbags in the road
In pursuit of an autonomous driving future, Google has run its self-driving cars through extensive road testing. But, in a first of its kind accident, one of the Google...
Suddenly we are interested in security. Let me ask you a question: who has the most secure wireless phone? The vast majority would say BlackBerry. However, the current FBI vs. Apple case is changing everything we know about security. As a wireless analyst, I...
Sprint posted a nearly $30B loss for Q4, and joined rivals in launching an unlimited everything plan ... 8 years ago this week
Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the...
1. Google will not be a bidder in the Federal Communications Commission's upcoming 600 MHz spectrum auction. The deadline to file applications to bid was last Wednesday, and late last week a Google spokesperson said the company will be watching the auction closely, but...
