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FCC enforcement advisory follows $600,000 Marriott fine Hotel operators cannot block guests from using Wi-Fi hot spots rather than the hotel’s network, according to a strongly worded “enforcement advisory” published by …

The Microsoft acquisition of Revolution Analytics is preparing the company for “Revolution R.” R refers to the widely used programming language for predictive analytics and statistical computing. According to Microsoft, …

LAS VEGAS – Chinese consumers may be the first to see some of the hottest new smartphones from this year’s Consumer Electronics Show. Motorola’s new owner (Lenovo), and Nokia’s new owner …

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• Rohde & Schwarz announced this morning that it was able to simulate an LTE-Advanced network with three-component-carrier carrier aggregation in the downlink and sustain full protocol stack data rates …

SK Telecom raided State prosecutors and the government descended on SK Telecom headquarters Tuesday. Agents raided the company’s headquarters in Seoul, seizing computer hard drives and documents related to the health …

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News has made many questionable decisions over the years. One of which is agreeing to let a long-time industry observer provide commentary on what is chapping …

Microsoft clearly values mind share and market share more than software royalties when it comes to mobile, at least in the short term. The software giant is making more features …

Microsoft continued its push to slash operating costs, with reports noting the software giant recently moved forward with approximately 3,000 job cuts. ZDNet reported that the cuts were the “third …

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The awkwardly named Hadoop market is set to receive the “as-a-service” boost that is sweeping the wireless telecom space, and it could potentially reap significant rewards. A new report from …

Mobile Minute: Microsoft’s Nokia is apparently taking a high-low strategy when it comes to mobile phones. The company is NOT exiting the basic mobile phone business, despite last month’s announcement …

Mobile Minute: Sprint is not the only company making executive changes this week as Microsoft said yesterday that is has hired Qualcomm’s Peggy Johnson to lead business development. At Qualcomm, …

Microsoft’s attempt to refocus efforts into the mobile space gained some heady momentum this week as the computing software giant added wireless industry pioneer John Stanton to its board of …

Less than one week after announcing plans to cut 18,000 jobs, software giant Microsoft announced financial results for its fourth fiscal quarter showing robust revenue, margins and net income, but …

Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. Microsoft launches low-end Lumia Windows may be the language of corporate America, but Microsoft clearly wants to translate it to …

Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. “Pay-as-you-go” has worked well for T-Mobile US when it comes to its service offerings for customers, and the carrier says …

Well, it looks like Microsoft finally found out what has been ailing Nokia’s handset business over the past several years, and this week took some action.

Microsoft’s latest attempt to turn around its flailing mobile operations is set to cost 18,000 employees their jobs, with most of those cuts coming from its recently acquired Nokia handset …

Microsoft is reportedly preparing to cut thousands of jobs, many of them at its Nokia handset business. The software giant recently bought the Nokia unit for $7.2 billion, and reportedly …

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. …

Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless Microsoft has clearly decided that it needs to make hardware if it wants to be relevant in mobile, and now …