Connected cars are already driving the machine-to-machine space, research firm Infonetics has concluded. Gartner predicts there will be a quarter-billion connected vehicles on the road by 2020, with new vehicles dramatically increasing the proportions of connected cars – and added that “the proliferation of vehicle connectivity...
Swedish telecom equipment vendor Ericsson has signed onto the GMSA Humanitarian Connectivity Charter, which aims to use technology to bolster crisis response in afflicted areas.
The GSMA established the program in March. According to the trade group, the goal is "to support mobile network operators...
Smart traffic systems could save commuters two to four days per year of time spent in traffic
In a new report, the GSMA projects the city of Bangkok could save some $1 billion per year by implementing intelligent transport systems common in so-called smart cities.
Researchers...
The way mobile operators market devices and design service plans could change dramatically if a reported collaboration between carriers and device makers comes to fruition. According to the Financial Times, AT&T, Apple, Samsung and several European carriers are close to announcing an agreement to...
The Asia-Pacific region represented 22% of the firm’s overall revenues last year
SHANGHAI – Digital security provider Gemalto is seeing increasing opportunities in several verticals in the Asia-Pacific region including banking, telecommunications and government, the company’s marketing communications VP for Asia-Pacific Pierre Lelievre told RCR...
The APAC region currently has half of the world’s mobile connections
SHANGHAI – The Asia-Pacific mobile industry contributes more than $1 trillion per year to the area economy, mainly due to the increasing penetration of mobile broadband and smartphones, according to a GSMA report.
The report...
According to the study, the Asian nation will reach 1B 4G connections by 2020
SHANGHAI – China is expected to have 913 million smartphones by the end of the year, up compared to 805 million at the end of the first quarter of 2015, according to GSMA...
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...
