Straight to mmWave? Not so fast
It is becoming increasingly accepted that mmWave (extremely high frequency), the frequencies in the spectrum between 30 Ghz and 300 Ghz, will define 5G networks. But there are still problems to be solved with mmWave before it is ready...
According to a Speedtest Market Report, mobile internet has seen performance gains, improving by more than 30% since last year with an average download speed of 19.27 Mbps in the first six months of 2016. The four major U.S. mobile carriers—Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile U.S....
"Connecting" rural farming to accommodate a booming global population
Connected and precision agriculture, which heavily revolves around providing low-income rural farming areas with mobile networks for access to the internet, is becoming a necessity for the stability of those areas, as well as to accommodate...
Steps to becoming a telecommunications engineer
With "5G" standards in the works and an estimated 20.8 billion connected "internet of things" devices in use by 2020, telecommunications engineers have never been needed more. Now that we know what telecommunications engineering is, it is time to find out how...
Steps to becoming a telecommunications engineer
With 5G standards in the works and an estimated 20.8 billion connected IoT devices in use by 2020, telecommunications engineers have never been needed more. Now that you know what telecommunications engineering is, it is time to find out...
Background
The telecommunications industry is the backbone of today's mobile landscape, deploying voice, data, graphics and video at ever increasing speeds and in a growing number of ways. Wireline telephone communication was once the primary service of the industry, now wireless communication and satellite distribution are...
Cable giant Comcast is a bidder in upcoming 600 MHz spectrum auction
Comcast continues to make moves that signal a possible future entrance in the mobile carrier space. In the latest, the Philadelphia-based MSO has reportedly created a new mobile division and shuffled executives to...
5G: The next generation of mobile
The goal is for next generation mobile standards related to "5G" technology to be ready by 2020. That's the deadline for when the International Telecommunications Union is expected to set standards many claim will enable a seamlessly connected society,...
5G: The next generation of mobile
The goal is for next generation mobile standards related to "5G" technology to be ready by 2020. That's the deadline for when the International Telecommunications Union is expected to set standards many claim will enable a seamlessly connected society,...
In a new report, researchers from Nerd Wallet ranked the top mobile-friendly cities in the U.S. based on criteria including carrier performance, availability of in-person customer service, crime risk and whether cities had mobile-optimized municipal websites.
Based on the ranking, which was initially limited to...
Artificial intelligence has progressed significantly over the past several decades, and looks set to be a boon for the mobile space
Mobile systems are relying more on cloud-based services that, themselves, are becoming more intelligent. Machine intelligence is now able to learn from experience and...
Successfully leveraging mobile as part of an in-store experience is a challenge for retailers, but a new survey from DMI sheds light on some of the features that shoppers want to access via smartphone -- and highlights a highly desirable segment of engaged mobile...
With people checking their smartphones more than 100 times per day, it’s no wonder advertising for mobile devices is going through the roof
How much time do you spend each day looking at an electronic display? I suspect it’s a lot longer than you first...
Gerry Purdy suggest when the new owner of Yahoo is determined, they will need to provide more cross mobile integration
When Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer declared mobile would be one of the keystones that would play out across their strategic media outlets that included Search,...
Development should focus on building mobile apps first and then build out the backend infrastructure for the web and cloud
It wasn’t too long ago (less than five years) when the strategy for application development was entirely focused on the desktop, which could be a...
Flash solid state storage is becoming more viable in mobile devices as price per GB continues to fall
Let me ask you a critical question: How much storage do you need in your mobile devices? 64 gigabytes? 128GB? More? How about 1 terabyte?...
Amdocs looks at the impact the digital transformation and millennials will have on telecom in 2016
Editor’s Note: With 2016 now upon us, RCR Wireless News has gathered predictions from leading industry analysts and executives on what they expect to see in the new year.
Millennials,...
F5 Networks looks at the impact mobile, cloud and IoT will have on security strategies in 2016
Editor’s Note: With 2016 now upon us, RCR Wireless News has gathered predictions from leading industry analysts and executives on what they expect to see in the new...
Extrapolating $3 trillion in value from the mobile industry
“A billion here, a billion there; pretty soon you’re talking real money.”
--Attributed to Everett Dirksen, Wikipedia
All of us know mobile is big business: just look at what it costs when you get a new smartphone and...
Mitek predicts smartphones will get smarter, biometrics will become more mainstream in 2016
Editor’s Note: With 2016 now upon us, RCR Wireless News has gathered predictions from leading industry analysts and executives on what they expect to see in the new year.
Mobile wins the account-opening...
Retailers this week are focusing on the relationships among mobile and big data analytics at the National Retail Federation show, with the mobile experience and retail analytics particularly expected to impact retail trends.
"Mobile shopping continues to grow in its reach and breadth," said Carolyn...
In case you missed the latest episodes of RCRtv, our weekly recap is bringing you insight on topics and guests featured on RCRtv’s weekly programing.
Episode 11 of "IoT Innovation" aired on Aug. 13, featuring Jason Marcheck, service director for Current Analysis. This episodes focused on...
In a post to the company’s blog, former Google CEO turned Alphabet CEO Larry Page announced the name change and restructuring as a vehicle for streamlining operations and driving accountability.
“Alphabet is mostly a collection of companies,” Page wrote. Alphabet is a holding company that...
This week I'm talking to Haseeb Qureshi, CEO and co-founder of Audiohand. Audiohand is a mobile app that records audio on your iPhone, then mixes it with other live recordings and mixes the result down to a great-sounding MP3. Designed for musicians and podcasters,...
