The Atlantic hurricane season, which has yet to yield any major storms – knock on wood – kicked off on June 1 and runs until Nov. 30. Regulators at the Federal Communications Commission have published a number of tips for how to stay connected...
WASHINGTON – Mobile phones are having a major impact across the Indian sub-continent. Socioeconomic and census data show that mobile phones massively outnumber landlines in rural India.
All told, 68% of households have a mobile phone while only 1% have just a landline and 2.7%...
Telecom analyst Jim Patterson lays out the importance of mobile design in an interview at the RCRatx Studio Lounge
Businesses both large and small need to realize and move on a mobile-first strategy in order to remain relevant and successful, according to analyst Jim Patterson.
Patterson,...
Mobile gaming product launches mark E3 2015; revenue set to soar to $40B annually by 2017
WASHINGTON – Internet traffic has increasingly migrated from computers to mobile devices, so it naturally follows that gaming companies are seeking to leverage advances in mobile ubiquity by designing...
WASHINGTON – Decades after they were invented and became a staple of everyday life, mobile phones are finally finding a clear legal footing in U.S. courts.
Mobile technology has spurred a multiyear global debate touching on issues such as privacy, freedom of speech, civil rights...
As promised, this week we draw some conclusions from the results of our mobile first poll, which resulted in three ways to be an innovative leader as your company is planning for 2016 and beyond. Often, strategic planning sessions can be pretty dry and boring events...
WASHINGTON – One-third of all children use a smartphone or tablet before their first birthday, according to a study conducted by members of the Department of Pediatrics at the Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia.
The study, which was presented at the Pediatric Academic Society’s annual...
Google starts favoring mobile optimized websites in search algorithms
Today Google made a major change in how its proprietary search algorithms rank Web search results; now websites that have been optimized for mobile viewing will be ranked higher than sites that aren’t designed to be...
Barclays projects mobile shopping to increase dramatically
Analysts with Barclays said that consumer spending on smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices will exceed an astonishing $77 billion annually by 2024.
Currently, research suggests consumers are spending a little more than $14 billion each year while shopping on...
We are in the midst of the mobile age, a time in which consumers are continually connected through a series of mobile phones, tablets, smart watches and other devices. It’s hard to believe we have gone from using mobile phones only “in case of an emergency”...
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) spectrum auction bids passed the $16 billion mark on Tuesday, far in excess of the federal regulatory body’s $10.5 billion minimum goal. Round 16 of bidding will kick-off on Nov. 19.
Dubbed Auction 97, the FCC-led spectrum auction includes a total...
By the year 2020, some 90% of all people on Earth older than six will have a mobile phone and 6.1 billion will have a smartphone subscription, according to projections released in mobile giant Ericsson’s biannual mobility report.
The Ericsson Mobility Report, released Nov. 18,...
Telekom Austria reported a net loss of $401 million in the first half of 2014. The Vienna-based telecom, which is now controlled by billionaire Carlos Slim's América Móvil, blamed the decline on economic problems in central and eastern Europe, regulatory problems and an accounting error.
Telekom...
Oracle is purchasing one of its collaborators. LiveLook, which provides visual collaboration technology across Web and mobile channels, is already embedded in its Oracle's Service Cloud offering to about 100 of its enterprise clients for customer experience management.
In announcing the deal for LiveLook, Oracle noted...
Most businesses are not prepared for the proliferation of cloud, analytics, mobile devices and social media, according to a study from IBM.
IBM released preliminary findings from the study, which looked at 750 global organizations, at its IBM Edge2014 conference last week. The study, based...
The explosion in the use of mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets provides a significant opportunity for governments to reverse the European election trends and drive up voter engagement.
More than 1 in 5 IT professionals expect to deploy software-defined networking this year, and about one-third are expecting deployments by 2015, according to the seventh annual State of the Network report from Network Instruments.
The report says that there is "a strategic shift in how...
It's that time of year again when the worlds of tech, film, and music descend on downtown Austin, Texas for an entire week. South by Southwest begins Friday, March 7. RCR Wireless News will be there covering the event and reporting on the topics...
Can Field-To-Lab Get Even Closer To The Real World? Field-To-Lab has revolutionized mobile device testbeds, by enabling operators, device OEMs and other ecosystem participants to record field conditions on live networks and replay them in the lab. As much as FTL has created operational efficiencies by approximating real-world conditions...
RCR Wireless is partnering with the good people at the Competitive Carriers Association to stream CCA 2013 Annual Convention in Las Vegas LIVE on RCR's YouTube page.
About CCA 2013
CCA events bring the decision-makers in the competitive mobile ecosystem – carriers, technology experts, network builders, consultants, media,...
In part one of this series, I explored how the decision to move towards native, hybrid or HTML5 mobile development is not solely connected to the expected level of usability of the app and its visual design, but more so
Nearly two dozen companies and organizations announced the launch of the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance, which will promote regulatory policies that allow wireless technologies to address the digital divide between those with access and those without, along with extending rural coverage and exploiting white spaces...
Third-generation and "4G" wireless networks are facing a severe capacity crunch caused by massive data demand created by smart phones and tablet devices. Deployment of macrocells will not solve the problem since most of the demand is generated indoors. Service providers are moving towards heterogeneous solutions...
The explosive growth in smartphones and the proliferating demand for mobile Internet and mobile video threatens to overwhelm current network infrastructure and leaves the industry at the cusp of a new frontier. A new kind of wireless network platform is needed that can handle...
