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...
The GSMA is the global trade association for the mobile industry, and it has a vital role to play in communicating to governments and the public. As mobile takes on a greater impact in consumers’ lives,
A recent report from the GSMA predicts an increasingly tough few years ahead for mobile carriers, with global revenues dropping 16% by 2017. With subscriber penetration
In 2012, the mobile industry generated more than 3.7% of Latin America's GDP, contributing U.S.$211 billion to the region's economy. Latin America now accounts for 10% of the global mobile market in terms of revenue, more than double the percentage from ten years ago....
Google and Apple are investing in RF technology to support multiple carrier bands on one device, meaning that users will be able to take their smartphones and tablets from one service provider to another without swapping SIM cards or voiding warranties. Google's Nexus 5...
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...
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...
Welcome to our weekly wrap-up of everything in the world of telecom software. It was a week of reflection on past victories and financials, as well as looking toward to the future with new codec standards and IPOs. The top story this week was...
China Telecom, the country’s No. 3 operator, said it added just over six million net customers during the third quarter, which was down considerably from the 8.5 million customers the carrier added during the same quarter in 2013. The carrier ended the quarter with...
The role of communications service providers and the world in which they operate have changed a lot in the last decade. Ten years ago, CSPs were primarily operating large, proprietary networks to deliver
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...
The European mobile industry has been accustomed to being at the forefront of developing and deploying mobile technologies, but the recent realization that operators in the United States have established
PRESS RELEASE: GSA confirms 200 LTE networks are commercially launched in 76 countries
August 7, 2013: GSA, the Global mobile Suppliers Association, confirms that 200 LTE networks in 76 countries were commercially launched by 31 July 2013.
146 commercial LTE networks were in service at the...
To the surprise of few on this side of the pond, the GSMA released a report today stating the current superiority of the United States in deploying and monetizing mobile broadband markets in relation to operators across Europe.
The report, “Mobile Wireless Performance in...
Between April 24 and April 26, the GSMA LA Plenary Meeting No. 39 was held in Bogota, Colombia, with more than 400 attendees from 19 countries including representatives from mobile operators, telecommunications suppliers,
Latin American mobile users are concerned about data privacy when they are using applications. GSMA, which represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide, surveyed 4,500 mobile users in Brazil, Colombia and Mexico about mobile privacy issues. Pat Walsh, who is responsible for privacy at...
Regional mobile operator SouthernLINC Wireless said it has signed an agreement with mobile virtual network enabler Prepaid Wireless Wholesale to sell “nationwide high-speed data, voice and messaging services” within its current footprint across portions of the Southeast.
The services will run across GSM...
The Latin American mobile industry contributed an estimated U.S.$177 billion to the economies of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Peru and Uruguay, representing 3.5% of the region’s GDP, according to two reports released by GSMA and AHCIET, both undertaken by Deloitte. However,...
The doubling of mobile data use led to an increase of .5 percentage points in the GDP per-capita growth rate in 14 countries, according to a report from the GSMA and Deloitte. The report found that countries that had a higher level of data...
RIO DE JANEIRO – The Latin America region is expected to grow from 130 million mobile broadband connections today to 300 million by 2015, according to GSMA Chairman Franco Bernarbè. During a speech at this week's Futurecom event, Bernarbè highlighted the importance of mobile...
