Could the battle between Wi-Fi and LTE-U turn some members of the mobile-first generation against the cellular industry? Google, cable providers and Wi-Fi equipment makers are targeting millennials in a video called "Wi-Fi Killer on the Loose" which claims wireless carriers are threatening free...
Latest deal between AT&T and Intel set to bolster Integrated Cloud platform, has AT&T joining Intel’s 'Super 7' club
AT&T announced plans to partner with Intel to work on the telecom giant’s cloud network initiatives.
The partnership calls for work on optimizing network functions virtualization packet...
IIoT security: critical importance, under-addressed
The industrial internet of things presents a cybersecurity concern of a scale we have never before seen. Its premise alone – making every "thing" around us connected to a network – is enough to spur the imagination of entire environments...
Just about everyone is familiar with Bitcoin, or at least knows of its controversial history. Behind the most popular and polarizing cryptocurrency in existence is blockchain, a framework that could revolutionize the internet of things. Blockchain differs from most IoT solutions in that it...
Latest round of job cuts builds on 1,850 layoffs Microsoft announced in May
Continuing to tighten its belt, Microsoft plans to get rid of some 2,850 employees this year, according to a new filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
This is an expansion of...
In reporting financials from its second fiscal quarter, Microsoft got a big boost from its cloud computing business as its Azure platform and service revenue grew 140% year-over-year.
“Businesses everywhere are using the Microsoft Cloud as their digital platform to drive their ambitious transformation agendas,”...
The need for an oil and gas solution
Oil and gas producers are doing everything they can to grind through a period of historically low per barrel oil prices. The period has stretched on for more than a year now, with per barrel prices getting...
The need for an oil and gas solution
Oil and gas producers are doing everything they can to grind through a period of historically low per barrel oil prices. The period has stretched on for more than a year now, with per barrel prices getting...
IoT developers are now able to create solutions using the collaboration of services between AT&T's "internet of things" platform and Microsoft's Azure cloud, analytics and visualization tools. The collaboration is said to link AT&T’s M2X data storage tool and Flow Designer application management solution...
IoT developers are now able to create solutions using the collaboration of services between AT&T's "internet of things" platform and Microsoft's Azure cloud, analytics and visualization tools. The collaboration is said to link AT&T’s M2X data storage tool and Flow Designer application management solution...
So Microsoft is changing direction. It has thrown in the smartphone towel by saying goodbye to Nokia and is now acquiring LinkedIn instead. Will LinkedIn provide growth or will they too struggle going forward? And this is not the real Microsoft problem. Let me explain how...
Nokia has had a long and twisted history in the mobile device space, with its recent reincarnate set to continue that story
The Nokia brand has lived a very colorful, but sometimes confusing, life as one of the most successful companies manufacturing and selling cellphones....
FutureMobile expects robust participation in the 600 MHz auction, forecasts up to $100 billion in total bids
The reverse-auction phase of the 600 megahertz auction (Auction 1001) begins on May 31, 2016. The Federal Communications Commission seeks to clear 126 megahertz of spectrum so that it...
In a notice to investors sent out on Wednesday, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said the company will cut 1,850 jobs as the company rethinks its smartphone hardware business unit.
The move will results in $200 million in severance payments, which will be recorded as part...
Microsoft bought brand in 2013, now Nokia licensing owned by HMD with Foxconn acquiring manufacturing/distribution rights
After the Nokia smartphone unit was purchased by Microsoft in 2013, the brand slowly faded away, a big departure from the days when the brand dominated the market. But,...
Google and Fiat Chrysler self-driving car partnership to double Google's self-driving car fleet.
Fiat Chrysler Automobile announced it was teaming with Google on self-driving technology. It is the first time Google has worked directly with a car maker to integrate its technology into a passenger vehicle....
Google and Fiat Chrysler self-driving car partnership to double Google's self-driving car fleet.
Fiat Chrysler Automobile (FCA) has announced it was teaming up with Google on self-driving technology. It is the first time Google has worked directly with a car maker to integrate its technology into...
Michigan, home of the traditional automotive industry, is hoping to take the lead on autonomous driving regulation. In the meantime, Microsoft opens its Azure IoT Gateway SDK to public beta; and IPass launches its developer program, with the promises of scale and shorter time-to-market,...
Michigan, home of the traditional automotive industry, is hoping to take the lead on autonomous driving regulation. In the meantime, Microsoft opens its Azure IoT Gateway SDK to public beta and iPass launches its developer program with the promises of scale and shorter time-to-market.
Michigan...
VIENNA, Va.—The tension between Wi-Fi dreams and reality was in play at Wi-Fi Now, as speakers addressed both the rosiest views of the technology and its toughest realities – and some innovations that are bridging them.
Edgar Figueroa, president and CEO of the Wi-Fi Alliance,...
America needs to 'up its game,' Bill Gates writes in op-ed piece
In an opinion piece published April 18 by Reuters, Microsoft Co-founder and all around tech luminary Bill Gates called on The U.S. government to increase spending and other initiatives associated with driving research,...
Verizon Wireless edged T-Mobile in customer care, while questions swirled around T-Mobile’s long-term viability as a lone entity … 11 years ago this week
Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from...
Device specifications show continued support for Sprint and T-Mobile LTE networks across 2.5 GHz and 700 MHz bands, respectively; AT&T 2.3 GHz left out
Apple’s launch this week of its iPhone SE device is sure to excite the faithful, as well as continue to boost...
Jim Patterson looks at a trio of headlines set to impact Q1 wireless results
This week, we’ll look at three key headlines that will drive first quarter momentum in the wireless world. Next week, we’ll look at the three most important events for the wired...
