Sprint, Nokia, Huawei and Interop cite IoT, 5G, use cases and virtualization as ways rural carriers can overcome coverage challenges.
LAS VEGAS – While the competitive environment for rural carriers continues to escalate and steal already stressed resources, the long-time issue of serving a geographically...
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”...
NEW YORK—Open standards are leading network vendors' efforts as they prepare for the next year, driven by the so-called application economy. “The future will be an application economy,” said John Chambers, chair and CEO of Cisco. “It’s all about applications: business models, consumption models, service models,...
NEW YORK – Software-defined networking is currently a buzzword in the ICT world. The concept of separating the hardware layer from the software layer is expected to change the networking environment and industry drastically. After announcing its HP Virtual Application Networks SDN Controller a...
NEW YORK – As companies end their IT support for BlackBerry devices, Windows Phone 8 has a chance to conquer the mobile enterprise market. During an Interop event session in New York, Philip Clarke, research analyst at Nemertes Research, said that 29.4% of companies...
Though mobile users have embraced traditional messaging services, today’s converging communication environment offers a wide range of alternatives. In many ways, subscriber loyalty is shifting from the mobile network operator
Motorola Solutions and Northwestern University announced the selection of Motorola to deploy a new P25 system to replace a 14-year-old analog trunking system and will provide a standards-based IP system that enables interoperability and greater efficiency for the Northwestern University community. Read more.Corticon, provider...
Upstream, mobile marketing technology and solutions provider, has brought in former Microsoft Partner and General Manager, Simon Negus, as Chief Operating Officer. Negus joins Upstream from Microsoft UK where he served as a Microsoft Partner and UK Board member. Read more.Vibes, a mobile marketing...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...
Building on plans first announced in 2006, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Federal Communications Commission, wireless operators and others formally announced plans for a free service that delivers emergency alerts to people in a targeted geographic area. Federal executives and representatives from the...
Interop TechnologiesUnited States: With Cox Communications, to provide Cox Communicatins with their CDMA OTA solution to automate device activation at the point-of-sale.Value: UndisclosedMIPS Technologies Inc.United States: With Altair Semiconductor, to license MIPS Technologies' multi-threaded synthesizable processor IP for next-generation chipsets targeting mobile broadband...
It used to be that messaging, which gained popularity as simple texting or Short Message Service (SMS), was just for teens—a way for them to interact in real-time via their own shorthand tech-speak. Enter: Multimedia Message Service (MMS), enabling wireless consumers to incorporate images...
As carriers adjust to increased stress on the network from increased data usage, wireless vendors are introducing a variety of products and services designed to manage that increased traffic. Following is a roundup of some of the vendor announcements at the show around advanced...
A new report from The Femto Forum says femtocells improve the operator business case for LTE and WiMAX networks while also improving the user experience and range of services operators can offer. The forum said its research found that the addition of femtocells into...
At a time when many companies are feeling the pinch of the recession with fewer contracts and having to downsize their workforces, Fort Meyers, Fla.-based Interop Technologies is using the downturn to move its operations center to the Dallas area and grow its employee...
Cox Communications Inc. selected Interop Technologies to provide its messaging solutions, including its SMS Center 4 Series, Multimedia Messaging Center , WAP Gateway, and the hosted Common Short Code Gateway.Cox is quietly building out its wireless network and has publicly released little information about...
If this keeps up, "Can you hear me now?" may just become, "Have you gotten this text yet?" And network operators are scrambling to make sure the answer is yes.The average U.S. mobile user now sends and receives more test messages than they do...
A new application created by a San Francisco-based company pledges to give enterprise workers with Apple Inc.'s 3G iPhones mobile access to Microsoft Corp.'s Office Communication Server.CallWave recently announced the launch of its new version of WebMessenger Mobile, an enterprise unified communications solutions for...
Editor's Note: Welcome to Yay or Nay, a feature for RCR Wireless News' new weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. Every week we'll review a new wireless application or service from the user's point of view, with the goal of highlighting what works...
A trio of independent wireless operators have partnered with Interop Technologies to deploy a range of wireless features such as short message service, multimedia messaging, wireless application protocol and over-the-air device management services.Rural Independent Network Alliance, which serves wireless operators in the western United...
ORLANDO, Fla.-In a first for a major, mobile-centered national advertising campaign, The Hershey Co. plans to soon offer one-in-three chances to win a sing-it-yourself ringtone for customers who purchase their Ice Breakers Sours Gum. The Karaoke Tones promotion comes in partnership with Interop Technologies,...
THE SENATE COMMERCE Committee greeted Cyren Call Communications Corp.'s public-safety broadband plan with a non-committal mix of interest, skepticism and outright hostility, a reaction compounded by an industry-funded study that concludes the initiative is a risky business proposition and could actually undermine first-responder communications.Democratic...
While Tier 1 carriers scramble to deploy sexy applications like full-track downloads and on-demand mobile movies, smaller operators are looking in their own backyards to find more practical services for their consumers. In an effort to set themselves apart from their big brothers, regional...
FORT MYERS, Fla.-InterOp Technologies Inc., which provides mobile data solutions, said it signed new wireless messaging contracts with Blue Wireless, CC Communications and Nex-Tech Wireless.Blue Wireless offers local and long-distance wireless services in New York and Pennsylvania. The company will use InterOp's solutions to...
