Taking a page from Apple Inc., Google Inc. today unveiled its most audacious move into the mobile space just a day ahead of this year's Consumer Electronics Show set for Las Vegas. That move is the official unveiling of its Nexus One device that...
If published reports and incessant rumors are to be believed, the first 30 days of 2010 will see the introduction of Google Inc.'s latest attempt to infiltrate the mobile market as well as Apple Inc.'s long-awaited expansion of its device portfolio. Oh, and there...
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.As wireless operators utilize 3G and march toward 3.5G and 4G, collectively they face a...
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.As the end of the year approaches, the question many people are asking is whether 2010 will...
Did you feel it?For a brief moment over the weekend, the wireless world as we know it almost ceased to exist when Google announced on its blog that it was testing a new mobile device running its Android operating system. This was followed by...
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.Wireless service providers and their manufacturing partners are feeling the heat to deliver a wide range of...
Tarpon Towers completes tower acquisitions – Now owns 75 towersFrom: Tarpon TowersBRADENTON, FL- December 1, 2009 – Tarpon Towers, an acquirer and developer of wireless communications sites, today announced it had completed a 37 tower acquisition and now owns over 75 towers. With the...
AT&T Mobility is set to launch the market's first mobile device running a processor in excess of 1 GHz with the impending launch of LG Electronics Co. Ltd.'s Expo. The previous “speed” champ among mobile devices was Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. recently unveiled Android-powered...
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.The global mobile industry is about to reach a major inflection point: Mobile broadband is on the...
It was only a matter of time until it got this ugly, but the network coverage bickering between wireless industry powerhouses Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility got a few degrees warmer this week as Verizon Wireless accused its rival of not being able to...
Emerging mobile broadband networks are being developed to provide users a superior service environment with new value-added services and applications either enabled or optimized by the mobile operator. With the massive traffic growth from smartphones, netbooks and other emerging devices that can leverage...
The wireless industry’s need for additional spectrum to support the growing demand of consumers is set to skyrocket, according to a recent report from investment firm Canaccord Adams entitled: “A bandwidth crisis on the horizon?”Citing a number of recent reports and wireless carrier comments,...
Often overlooked when discussing North American telecom markets, Canada is more than a smaller clone of its southern neighbor. Challenged by a land mass greater than the U.S., but with one-eighth the population, Canada’s wireless operators have still managed to cover more than 99%...
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.High in the Himalayas, if a butterfly beats its wings twice, rather than once, it could spark...
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.Even as we stand on the cusp of the first LTE market launches in a rapidly-expanding era...
Cisco said it will pay $2.9 billion to acquire Starent Networks Corp., a mobile infrastructure provider that targets wireless and converged operators.Tewksbury, Mass.-based Starent has been on a roll recently as the company was selected to build out Verizon Wireless' LTE network, has partnered...
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.High-speed wireless data applications are exploding in popularity. The Wireless Federation noted in late 2008 that “mobile...
SAN DIEGO – Following up on the opening day keynote from AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph de la Vega, AT&T's CTO John Donovan used his day two keynote speech to tout both the quality of the wireless carrier's network as well as provide a...
SAN DIEGO — AT&T Mobility President and CEO Ralph de la Vega took a page, literally, from CTIA during his keynote address at the CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment 2009 event, highlighting ten "facts" that he said were proof of the competitive nature of...
SAN DIEGO — AT&T Mobility President and CEO Ralph de la Vega took a page, literally, from CTIA during his keynote address at the CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment 2009 event, highlighting ten "facts" that he said were proof of the competitive nature of...
AT&T Mobility plans to offer TerreStar Networks Inc.’s dual-mode cellular/satellite Genus smartphone and mobility solution to enterprise, government and small business customers and their corporate liable users beginning in the first quarter of 2010. The partnership follows a recipricol roaming agreement signed between the...
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.As 2010 and the first launches of Long-Term Evolution (LTE) networks approach, the global mobile industry is...
The Federal Communication Commission’s announcement yesterday that it was looking to reinforce existing network neutrality regulations that would include porting wireline requirements to wireless network providers drew mixed reactions from the wireless industry.In part the new regulations would require wireless Internet service providers to...
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 atRCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way. We...
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