To follow up on last month’s diversity in the telecommunications industry article, it’s time for the third and final article in this series, which will highlight the innovation grant program GSMA is running in order to help women advance in the world of connectivity.
The Connected Women...
As a follow-up to last month’s article related to connected women, or the lack thereof in emerging markets, we now move to the second in this series of topics from the GSMA Connected Women program – diversity in the telecommunications industry. Although the statistics were...
I recently sat down with the GSMA to discuss connected women, or the lack thereof, in emerging markets. The statistics were more challenging than I expected. This is the first of a series of three articles that will highlight the work the GSMA is...
BARCELONA, Spain — Latin America's upcoming 700 MHz spectrum auction and the expected expansion of LTE deployments and coverage is set to drive discussion about the region. With operators having invested almost $8 billion in spectrum licenses over the past three years, mostly tied to...
Need for #MWC15 Speed
Each year, RCR Wireless News sends members of our team to Barcelona, Spain, to cover the proverbial "Super Bowl" of the mobile industry – GSMA's Mobile World Congress. Last year, our team met with over 125 companies, posted dozens of articles and...
Small cell advancements coming at Mobile World Congress
San Jose, Calif.-based SpiderCloud Wireless today announced a new line of small cell products that feature carrier aggregation, low-energy Bluetooth beacons and virtualized functions, among other upgrades.
SpiderCloud rolled out the new features ahead of Mobile World Congress,...
Four industry groups issued a statement on Jan. 26 that the European Union's proposed net neutrality rules shouldn't force them to treat traffic on their networks equally. The statement was backed by ETNO, GSMA, Cable Europe and Make the Net Work – groups that represent a number of carriers...
Editor’s Note: Wireless industry trade group GSMA and its GSMA Intelligence division recently released its rankings of the world’s 30 largest mobile operators based on an equal weighting of total connections at mid-year and total revenues over the past 12 months. Below is the complete...
A new report from industry trade association GSMA looked to rank the world’s mobile operators based on their total revenues over the past 12 months and connections to their networks at the end of the second quarter, with both values ranked equally. The results...
Claudia Bacco, Managing Director – EMEA, has spent her entire career in telecom, IT and security. Having experience at an operator, software and hardware vendors and as a well-known industry analyst, she has many opinions on the market. She’ll be sharing those opinions along...
The Wireless History Foundation announced four individuals set to be inducted into the Wireless Hall of Fame at an event scheduled for Sept. 9. The inductees were selected by a committee composed of an anonymous panel of Hall of Fame members.
This year’s inductees include...
The use of the AWS spectrum band (1700/2100 MHz) for LTE mobile services in Latin America is expected to have a huge positive economic impact, according to a recently released study by GSMA. The report also found that the spectrum band is key to extending existing "4G" deployments,...
The well-documented onslaught of mobile data traffic is driving the viability of Wi-Fi networks as a way to improve mobile network capacity and improve coverage for mobile carriers.
Editor’s Note: The RCR Wireless News Time Machine is a way to take advantage of our extensive history in covering the wireless space to fire up the DeLorean and take a trip back in time to re-visit some of the more interesting headlines from...
In 2012, despite gains made in voice over LTE viability as a carrier option for delivering data and voice over 4G LTE networks through IMS cores, several industry pundits pointed out the elephant in the room:
Women in Wireless Infrastructure: Small Cell Forum CEO Sue Monahan
Sue Monahan is all about the network. She says the network is what she loves best about both her current jobs: She is director of GSMA North America and she has recently added the role...
In an overwhelming vote, the European Parliament passed a package of telecom reforms that includes ending roaming charges in the region by Dec. 2015 and adopting strong — and controversial — net neutrality rules.
“Today is an excellent day for Europeans,” said Natalie Kroes, the...
Norwegian telecom giant Telenor had a busy day today. The company announced the sale of its subsidiary Conax to the Swiss company Kudelski for 1.5 billion crowns ($248 million), and on the same day the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Surveillance Authority opened formal antitrust...
A group of wireless carriers currently serving more than 550 million customers announced plans for a network sharing initiative targeting the Middle East and Africa. The partnership is designed to speed the delivery of mobile broadband services in those regions.
The initial partners include Bharti...
The Spanish group Telefónica announced a major reorganization in its operations, ending the Telefónica Digital unit, created in 2011 with the objective of bolstering Telefónica’s place in the digital world and leveraging any growth opportunities arising in this environment. To replace its digital unit,...
Mobile is booming in Latin America. The region now accounts for 10% of the global mobile market in terms of revenues and is the second fastest growing region globally. With 500 million
In the middle of discussions over TIM’s future, Telecom Italia CEO Marco Patuano visited Brazil and announced investments of around $1.68 billion per year through 2016. Patuano also used his visit and meeting with communications minister Paulo Bernardo to send a message for those...
A new study from the GSMA and Deloitte examined the impacts of sharing licensed spectrum and concluded that shared spectrum can complement exclusive spectrum licenses, but doesn't replace the need for sole access to provide mobile broadband.
The report concluded that requiring the sharing of...
Unified communication (UC) is increasingly important to enterprises as employees bring a widening array of mobile devices into the workplace. “Businesses have been implementing more mobility into their UC architectures over the past year and now are looking toward videoconferencing to help drive further...
