Sprint CEO Dan Hesse told investors yesterday that the carrier's decision to "rip and replace" its entire network had led to "dust issues" which have elevated churn in some markets. "As we are building out Network Vision ... it is something that really hasn't...
Welcome to our weekly wrap-up of everything in the world of telecom software. Due to the shortened holiday week last week, this week's collection of stories includes information from both last week and this week, so if you were busy with turkey and family...
Customer Experience Management - Keeping Customers Happy & Connected: Telecom software is increasingly being used by mobile operators to manage the customer experience. The need for more advanced platforms has been caused by the growing use of various networks and technologies to handle the...
Welcome to our weekly wrap-up of everything in the world of telecom software. While last week seemed to be spent on reflection and awards, this week sees an embrace of the new: Oracle, CenturyLink and Teoco's acquisitions, CVidya and Ruckus' new software and new...
Welcome to our weekly wrap-up of everything in the world of telecom software. After last week's focus on looking back, this week seems to be all about the new: new high-profile lawsuit; new version of Android with new security and headaches for Verizon Wireless;...
Longtime Sprint partner Ericsson will not be a supplier for Sprint Spark, the carrier's upcoming TD-LTE network, but the telecom equipment giant will still have an important role to play. Ericsson will continue to manage Sprint's entire network as part of a $5 billion...
Editor’s Note: Wireless operators are a busy bunch, and as such RCR Wireless News will attempt to gather some of the important announcements that may slip through the cracks from the world’s largest carriers in a weekly wrap-up. Enjoy!
--Nokia Solutions and Networks said it...
iPhone sales exceeded expectations in the quarter ending September 28, hitting 33.8 million as the newest models joined the mix late in September. iPhone sales were up 26% versus the year-ago quarter, but Apple's gross margin and operating profit were down, suggesting higher component...
With another busy week in the world of Telecom Software, who has time to read/search for every story out there? RCR Wireless News vets the news to bring you the biggest, most important stories of the week on this increasingly critical topic. We'll probably...
Editor’s Note: Wireless operators are a busy bunch, and as such RCR Wireless News will attempt to gather some of the important announcements that may slip through the cracks from the world’s largest carriers in a weekly wrap-up. Enjoy!
--Canadian wireless operator Rogers suffered a...
Juniper Networks launched new enhancements to boost the capacity of its flagship MX Series 3D universal edge routers today to support the demands of video and other high-bandwidth applications on networks.
Juniper said that its highest capacity MX router, the MX2020 (pictured at right), has...
Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) says that roughly one of every seven workers will be let go as the telecom equipment giant makes a last-ditch effort to turn its business around. About 20% of the 10,000 job cuts will take place in North and South America, with...
Nokia Solutions and Networks launched its NetAct 8 platform that the infrastructure provider said will virtualize its operating support system in a move to simplify its use. In addition to OSS integration, NetAct 8 will also include customer experience management, service fulfillment and service...
What do carriers want from software companies? This is the question the Telecom Council tries to answer each year at its annual TC3 event. "All year long software companies take their ideas to you," conference organizer Derek Kerton told the carriers today. "Once a...
Nokia Solutions and Networks (NSN) announced that Beijing Mobile, a branch of the Chinese operator China Mobile, will implement NSN's extensive quality of experience (QoE) solution, aiming to improve its customer experience by linking network performance with subscriber satisfaction and application behavior. The carrier...
Editor’s Note: Wireless operators are a busy bunch, and as such RCR Wireless News will attempt to gather some of the important announcements that may slip through the cracks from the world’s largest carriers in a weekly wrap-up. Enjoy!
--Regional telecom provider Shenandoah Telecommunications announced...
The world's largest wireless carrier has awarded more than $3 billion in 4G contracts, with a slice of the business going to non-Chinese firms. China Mobile has tapped Ericsson, Nokia Solutions and Networks and Alcatel-Lucent, along with Chinese equipment vendors Huawei and ZTE, according...
Infonetics said this week that Huawei has earned the top spot in its 2012 Telecommunications Equipment Vendor Leadership Scorecard. Ericsson was a very close second, followed by Cisco. Alcatel-Lucent, Nokia Solutions and Networks and ZTE round out the top six telecom vendors. Infonetics says...
Spectrum spat
AT&T came out swinging this week with a hard-hitting response to T-Mobile's proposed "dynamic market rule" for upcoming 600 MHz spectrum auctions. T-Mobile U.S. wants to limit the amount of spectrum any carrier can acquire in a given market, with caps gradually increasing...
NSN is losing the Siemens name without sacrificing the NSN acronym. The world's second largest maker of mobile broadband equipment has changed its name to Nokia Solutions and Networks. NSN is now wholly owned by Nokia (NOK), which is spending $2.2 billion to buy...
Ericsson, NSN and ZTE all report improving gross margins, but top line growth remains elusive. Cost cuts are helping these companies become more profitable, and while growth may not be as robust as they would like, contracts appear to be increasingly profitable.
"The second quarter...
Nokia (NOK) sold 7.4 million Lumia smartphones during the second quarter, with all but a fraction of those sales occurring outside North America. Average selling prices for handsets fell, and Nokia continued to lose share to Android phones in the lower end of the...
Nokia (NOK) is stepping up to buy German industrial giant Siemens out of NSN, taking full control of the most profitable part of its business. Nokia's half of NSN has helped the struggling Finnish phone maker add to its cash reserves in recent months,...
Robust spending on LTE deployments was not enough to rescue mobile infrastructure spending from a first quarter downturn. According to Infonetics Research, preparations for LTE rollouts are putting a damper on 3G investment in some parts of the world.
“Typically strong 2G and 3G markets,...
