RCR Mobile Minute
Verizon job cuts reported
About 1,000 Verizon Communications employees will get buyout offers for the holidays, according to a report from Bloomberg. The report cites an unnamed source who said Verizon wants to complete the job cuts by the end of year, and...
Yanzi Networks, in partnership with Intel, is preparing to launch a plug-and-play "Internet of Things" product that provides cloud-based monitoring of video cameras, temperature and humidity sensors, energy monitors and other data points.
Yanzi is located in Stockholm, Sweden, as is one of Intel’s IoT...
NFV Laying the foundation for a new way to run mobile networks
Virtualization will change the way mobile operators run their networks and the way the mobile ecosystem works. In this webinar we will explore how the transition to virtualized networks with NFV will happen...
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column where C-level executives and advisory firms from across the mobile industry share unique insights and experiences.
There are different ways to implement edge clouds, depending on the access technology. Macro cells vendors embed secured computing and...
Two corporate earnings reports are indicating softer demand in the mobile and wireless sector. Juniper said late yesterday that third quarter earnings will come in below expectations, and blamed weaker orders from service providers.
"The release identified weakness from service providers, particularly in the U.S....
The Wi-Fi Alliance has enhanced Passpoint, the multivendor standard designed for seamless identification and authentication of Wi-Fi hot spots. Service providers can now distribute their specific subscriber policies, such as which networks to join and in what order of preference. In addition, users can...
IoT gateways are of interest to wireless service providers who are looking to the "Internet of Things" for new revenue.
What is an IoT gateway?
An IoT gateway is a device that enables machine-to-machine communication by connecting appliances in the home, workplace or smart city to...
Download the complete report featuring Juniper Networks, Intel, AT&T, Telefonica, JDSU, KDDI, SpiderCloud Wireless, Ruckus Wireless, Metaswitch Networks, Hitachi and Mavenir Systems.
The transition to virtualized mobile networks is going to be a watershed in the way operators deploy, operate and financially benefit from their networks....
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) has the potential to bring the same benefits attained in the data center to the network. Today NFV is being incorporated into wireless access infrastructure, from large macro cells to small indoor femtocells. This is unlocking new revenue opportunities for...
Intel will invest roughly $1.5 billion in a holding company that will own Spreadtrum Communications and RDA Microelectronics. The California chip giant will own about 20% of the company, a joint venture with China's Tsinghua Unigroup. Tsinghua Unigroup is a state-owned limited liability corporation...
Intel has struggled to find its footing with mobile processors, but the chip giant is determined to make headway in the mobile connectivity market. Its modem family has a new member in the XMM6255, which Intel calls the world's smallest standalone 3G modem. Rather...
IoT, SDN, NFV central to deal
The move toward network virtualization continues to break out across the globe, with Taiwanese telecom provider Chunghwa Telecom announcing a partnership with Intel to further its “Internet of Things” and software-defined networking plans.
According to published reports, Chunghwa and Intel...
National Instruments' NIWeek conference is two decades old, and NI's Ray Almgren, VP of corporate marketing, spoke with RCR's Kelly Hill to recap the event and talk about the industry trends reflected there.
This year's event focused in particular on some of the industry's most...
Software is becoming an increasingly important part of telecommunication networks and deployments as both wired and wireless carriers look to add functionality to operations while increasing simplicity and reducing costs. RCR Wireless News is keeping an eye on recent developments through its weekly “Software”...
Within six years, the number of connected devices that are NOT smartphones, tablets or PCs will skyrocket to 26 billion, according to Gartner. The means that the Internet of Things will include more than three times as many devices as the traditional mobile ecosystem....
The class-action included more than 64,000 engineers, which, according to my excellent skills at long division, means that each engineer will be able to retire with a hefty $5,000 each.
Qualcomm in the hood
The mobile chip giant wants to be part of your neighborhood, or your small business if you have one. At Small Cells World Summit 2014 Qualcomm introduced the FSM90xx, a small cell chipset that targets homes, neighborhoods, and small-to-medium businesses. The...
LTE broadcast
The race to supply chipsets for Verizon's LTE Multicast demo at last weekend's Indy 500 was won by Qualcomm and Sequans. Qualcomm made the Multicast-capable chips inside the Galaxy 3 smartphones used to watch the race in real-time from multiple angles, while Sequans...
Intel's new CMO: from razors to chips
Intel has a very strong history of promoting from within, but the chip giant has looked beyond its Santa Clara, Calif., campus for its new chief marketing officer. Steve Fund comes most recently from Staples, where he led...
Altera FPGA solution speeds up test and measurement
Altera (ALTR) says its Stratix 10 FPGAs (field-programmable gate arrays) and SoCs are delivering 2X core performance gain in their designs compared to previous generation high-performance programmable devices. Built on Intel’s 14 nanometer Tri-Gate process, the chips...
Aricent is taking advantage of an Intel reference design in rolling out software-defined network and network functions virtualization software that runs on the chip maker’s Open Network Platform Switch Reference Design.
Aricent explained that the design, which is now available for trials, is designed to...
Sequans wins contracts for LTE-only modems
LTE-only modems are gaining traction on both sides of the Pacific, with China Telecom announcing today that its upcoming LTE launch will include devices powered by Sequans' single-mode TD-LTE CPE units. The devices will be made by Chinese manufacturers...
Five major players in telecom and industry are joining forces to accelerate interoperability in the development of the Internet of Things through industrial Internet applications.
AT&T, Cisco, GE, IBM and Intel have formed the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC), which is an open membership, not-for-profit group...
Several mobile and wireless companies have made this year's list of the world's most ethical companies, chosen by Ethisphere. Companies are ranked based on their internal ethics and compliance programs, their corporate citizenship and responsibility, and accepted norms of ethical conduct within the company....
