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#TBT: Dude, where’s my tower?; Nokia claims top spot in phone manufacturing; Towers boom, mergers bust … this week in 1998

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! Nokia crowns itself...

#TBT: Qualcomm’s first PCS phone; Southern Company gets into wireless; the wacky world of the ‘we-way’ … this week in 1994

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! Qualcomm launches its...

#TBT: iPhone antenna-gate and the fall-out; HTC underestimates device demand; Droid X frenzy at Verizon … this week in 2010

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! HTC underestimates demand...

#TBT: iPhone 3G takes over; iPhone, iPhone, iPhone; iPhone is everything … this week in 2008

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! iPhone 3G sells...

#TBT: Removable memory takes off; Cingular gets an Entourage; mulling smartphone/data pricing models … this week in 2006

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! Remembering the LG...

#TBT: ‘E-Support’ and other relics of the early internet; 41 million TDMA/EDGE subs; Microsoft, Samsung work on Windows phone … this week in 2000

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! E-Support for e-commerce...

#TBT: Presto change-o Moto; Sprint preps for 3G; what would people do with mobile data? … this week in 2001

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! 'Unmatched' speeds of...

Verizon to launch mobile 5G service in Chicago and Minneapolis

5G coming on April 11 on the Motorola z3 handset Verizon's 5G Ultra Wideband Network is set to light up parts of Chicago and Minneapolis on April 11. Beginning March 14 customers can pre-order Motorola's clip-on 5G mod for the moto z3 handset and the...

Verizon network chief on mmWave 5G: ‘I have nothing left to say to the skeptics’

Nicki Palmer stresses first mover advantage Verizon has on 5G Wailea, HAWAII--Verizon in October launched its 5G Home service, a fixed wireless residential broadband offering that uses the carrier's millimeter wave spectrum. And, in 2019, expect the launch of a standards-based mobile service using those...

Verizon tests 5G NR data session on a smartphone, opens ‘5G Experience Labs’ to consumers

Verizon is giving consumers a chance to get their hands on 5G technology and try it out, opening two 5G Experience Labs in Sacramento, California and Indianapolis, Indiana to showcase entertainment experiences including virtual reality and low-latency gaming. The labs are temporary and will be...

Cellular under the tree in ’83: The first commercial cellular call in America

Editor's note: Keith Radousky, president of RadVisory 5G, shares his personal recollection of the first commercial cellular call, in October 1983 at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois.  This past weekend marked the 35th anniversary of the first commercial cellular phone call in America on October 13,...

#TBT: Cellular = safety; PCS providers look at GSM; major growth expected for cellular … this week in 1996

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! Cellular use revolves...

APCO: Devices ready for FirstNet take centerstage

From so-called "drop kits" and handsets to modems and internet of things (IoT) modules, the news out of the annual Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials International (APCO) show in Las Vegas this week highlights growing ecosystem support for the increasingly complex communications needs of first...

Upgradable moto z3 like a 5G hotspot tethered to a gigabit LTE device

5G mod launch planned to support Verizon mobile 5G offering Last week in Chicago, Motorola, Verizon and Qualcomm partnered to announce the moto z3 and 5G mod that will allow the user to clip-on a device accessory that will allow it to connect to a...

First responders get kitted out by AT&T, Cradlepoint and others

AT&T spending more than $40 billion on FirstNet build During the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials International (APCO) show in Las Vegas, several companies have announced that they have received FirstNet Ready status and approval. Motorola Solutions and Cradlepoint made announcements today, hitting on use cases...

Verizon launching mobile 5G in 2019

Motorola provides device support with snap-on 5G "mod" Building on its planned commercialization of fixed 5G for residential broadband in four markets this year, Verizon this week said it will offer mobile 5G in 2019, and highlighted device-side support from Motorola's moto z3, which has...

#TBT: Razr peaks; touchscreens take over; Verizon picks up Rural Cellular … this week in 2007

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! AC/DC shakes Verizon...

#TBT: Power players of ’97; free pagers galore; Sprint launches new markets … this week in 1997

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! You get a...

Nokia, Huawei and Motorola Solutions tout next-generation public safety systems

Vendors Nokia, Huawei and Motorola Solutions variously talked up next-generation command centres at Critical Communications World (CCW) in Berlin this week. The trio offered multi-media public safety packages that variously make use of ‘internet of things’ (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) techniques, and seek...

#TBT: MVNO madness (Voce! Helio!); the Razr’s cool factor; MediaFLO abroad … this week in 2006

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! Moto makes bank...

#TBT: A lull in the PCS price wars; casting some General Magic; Chinese network equipment market booms … this week in 1998

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! A lull in...

#TBT: Huawei protests U.S. suspicions; Moto goes for the Xoom gold… this week in 2011

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! Mobile data on...

#TBT: Sprint wraps up a million wireless web customers; P25 approved for public safety … this week in 2001

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories!   Sprint wraps up...

#TBT: Samsung’s “Blast” from the past; Sprint and Clearwire map WiMAX plans … this week in 2007

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! Sprint struggles (aka,...