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Verizon Wireless has slowly begun to roll out voice over LTE services, announcing this week its Advanced Calling 1.0 offering. The service comes just days ahead of the launch of …

If the past couple of weeks have shown us anything, it’s that recently installed Sprint CEO Marcello Claure is not afraid of change. And, considering a speech he gave at …

Competition in the U.K. telecom market is so fierce that prices changed 1,800 times in one week, according to a recent Sparks Market Intelligence report. The study conducted by ForNova …

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on …

LAS VEGAS — Cricket Wireless has been busy since relaunching the brand earlier this year under the scope of new parent company AT&T Mobility. At this week’s CTIA event, the …

LAS VEGAS — Now that LTE deployments have become nearly ubiquitous among the nation’s larger operators, the next challenge for operators is how to drive more revenues from those deployments. Having …

In announcing its latest iPhone iterations, Apple has yet again shown its unique influence over the competitive landscape for wireless carriers. Apple said the iPhone 6 (4.7-inch screen) and 6 …

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. Apple’s latest products announcement occurs …

LAS VEGAS — Like the pair of telecom policy veterans that they are, Competitive Carriers Association CEO and President Steve Berry and current Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler had …

When President Obama visited Estonia last week to deliver a warning to Russia, he also drew the spotlight to one of the most connected countries in the world. Estonia was freed …

Support continues to roll in for the mobile telecommunications industry’s move toward virtualization, with the latest coming from Radisys. The company said it will begin offering support for Intel’s fourth-generation …

Despite significant regulatory and economic challenges in Africa, several carriers are pushing ahead with LTE deployments and finding ways to reach customers eager for the high-speed mobile technology. In Africa, …

Sprint’s LTE roaming initiative continues to gather steam as the carrier today announced new agreements with 15 rural and regional carriers as part of its Rural Roaming Preferred Provider program. …

As wireless carriers increasingly move their network operations toward an all-IP model, the need to ensure service quality has evolved. In place of a circuit-switch world where “drops and blocks” …

Kris Rinne, SVP of network technology at AT&T Labs, is reportedly set to retire at the end of November, and will be replaced by Tom Keathley, who was recently appointed …

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. …

Nokia Networks announced a wide-reaching set of portfolio enhancements today in support of their Liquid Radio portfolio. As these announcements are touching on many different aspects of the portfolio, I …

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. Successful monetization of the machine-to-machine …

The last couple of weeks I’ve focused primarily on Europe news, so in fairness, it’s time to focus on other parts of EMEA. Today we will focus on Africa. Highlights …

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Editor’s Note: In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this Reader Forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We …

Verizon Wireless is set to launch its voice over LTE service in the coming weeks, according to multiple reports. The offering will take advantage of the carrier’s IP-based data network …

In last week’s note on capital spending, there was a slight to the table shown due to a spreadsheet error. This change raised the capex/average retail customer for T-Mobile US …

T-Mobile US offers $5, 2 GB premium T-Mobile US continued to add fuel to the ongoing pricing war among domestic wireless operators, announcing updates to its Simple Starter plan. The …

European carriers seem to be emphasizing the “Long” in “Long Term Evolution” technology. While the region is home to some of the world’s biggest economies, it continues to trail other …