Cisco Systems announced its intent to acquire NDS Group for approximately $5 billion. NDS provides video software and content security solutions designed to enable service providers and media companies to deliver and monetize video entertainment.
The acquisition is expected to close during the second half...
Avaya announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Radvision, a provider of videoconferencing and telepresence technologies over IP and wireless networks for approximately $230 million.
The proposed deal calls for Radvision shareholders to receive $11.85 per share, with the acquisition expected to close within...
YouTube owner Google launched a local version of the video site in Chile, the fifth on the list of Latin American countries that now have a local YouTube address and No. 40 worldwide. The Chile launch follows previous moves in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and Colombia.
According...
Billionaire Carlos Slim Helú is set to launch an Internet TV network that will feature American television host Larry King, who has joined Helú as a co-founder of the network. Named "Ora.TV," the digital television venture will be funded by América Móvil, the leading...
With mobile video projected to be 71% of all mobile data traffic by 2016, coverage is an ever-increasing challenge, said Cisco’s Murali Nemani in an interview with RCR Wireless News ahead of Mobile World Congress. “Cisco is using licensed and unlicensed spectrum to complement...
Over-the-top platforms are becoming more popular among Brazilian consumers. Last September, Netflix, the subscription service for delivering movies through the Internet, launched operations in 43 Latin American countries. Brazil's Globosat also unveiled its video over Internet offer called Muu, through Net Serviços. Today,...
Americans are watching more and more online video, especially on tablets and smartphones. A report released this week by ComScore Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) found that more than half of all Americans watched video online during October, watching at an average rate of about...
RCR Wireless News attended the TM Forum Management World Americas 2011, the industry’s communications management conference, held in Orlando, Fla., earlier this month and interviewed some of attendees and speakers. Check them out:
Interview with Randy Frantz of ESRI
Interview with Tom Wise, VP of OSS...
Modern handheld spectrum analyzers include tools that make them well-suited for tracking down interfering signals. This webinar will discuss the process of interference hunting starting with signal monitoring using a spectrogram, Interference mapping with directional antennas, and finally signal strength mapping both indoors and...
Qualcomm (QCOM) garnered a pair of significant wins this month as the chipmaker not only scored the main CPU for Nokia's new Windows Phone 7 devices, but also supplies the baseband processor for the iPhone 4S. (A baseband processor is a chip or part of...
DALLAS – RCR Wireless News managed to secure exclusive video interviews with a number of key executives and speakers at PCIA’s 2011 Wireless Infrastructure Show this week in Dallas. The insight provided touched on a number of topics impacting the mobile infrastructure space, including current carrier consolidation plans, public safety network plans and the current operating environment for tower companies.
Social networking is expanding the audience for some of Austin's biggest events this fall. During UT's first football game of the season, thousands of fans who did not have access to the new Longhorn Network were able to watch an unsanctioned live stream of...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The continuing drama surrounding LightSquared's attempts to launch its terrestrial/satellite network continues to unfold in the court of public opinion, and more importantly in the halls of the Federal Communications Commission. The FCC is in the midst of trying to decide...
In this week's mobile news weekly RCR takes a look at the recent developments in the AT&T/T-Mobile merger, spends some time up in the NorthWest to find out what makes Seattle such a mobile hotspot, and brings you the highlights from RCR's Global Tour...
Google has expanded its VoIP calling service beyond the US market, launching its service in 38 languages with payment options in four currencies.
The software giant had launched a rather limited VoIP service last year, but has now taken a giant leap forward, allowing people...
Vodafone | July 27, 2011 | Press Release
Vodafone today announced the world’s first designated prepay phone specifically designed to put the Facebook experience into the heart of the handset, allowing people to easily share and connect with their friends when they’re on the move.
The...
I may be a bit naïve when it comes to corporate business practices, but I find myself thoroughly confused by the punishing policy of throttling that seems to be rearing its ugly head in the mobile space.
As a mobile news site which thrives on rumor and gossip, we love it when the industry springs a leak and spews out information not quite ready to be released, and today was just such a day.
In a letter to accompany their earnings, which were announced this afternoon - the first since the unpopular announcement of a price rise, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings remained bullish on the firm's growth and value proposition.
Expecting a transformation in Latin America’s telecommunications networks, Ciena Corp. said it believes region will grow at higher rates than other markets. “Latam is one area of great growth for Ciena. We are moving into more markets and growing tremendously,” said Fabio Medina, sales VP...
RCR Wireless News rounds up the week's latest news, including a report in the Shanghai Daily that says China Mobile will get the Apple Inc. iPhone sometime this fall. Meanwhile, China search engine giant Baidu reached a licensing agreement with three U.S. music companies...
