ORLANDO, Fla. – One of the themes at this year's CTIA event in Orlando, Fla., was the need for carriers to have access to additional spectrum assets in order to be able to support increased mobile data demand from consumers. This was highlighted by...
Bernama | March 23, 2011
KUALA LUMPUR, March 23 (Bernama) -- U Mobile Sdn Bhd, a 3G mobile service operator, plans to open several stores in Penang and one outlet in Johor Bahru this year to expand network coverage.
Chief Executive Officer Dr Kaizad Herjee said...
ORLANDO, Fla. – Perhaps showing the international importance of the CTIA event, China Telecom Corp. Ltd. (CHA) EVP Yang Jie participated in the Day 2 keynote where he extolled the carrier’s plans to bolster its wireless offering as well as the growing potential in...
ORLANDO, Fla. – Perhaps showing the international importance of the CTIA event, China Telecom Corp. Ltd. (CHA) EVP Yang Jie participated in the Day 2 keynote where he extolled the carrier’s plans to bolster its wireless offering as well as the growing potential in...
ORLANDO, Fla. – LightSquared continued its promotional tour this morning with company chairman and CEO Sanjiv Ahuja taking the stage during the Day 2 keynote extolling the benefits of LightSquared’s planned wholesale-only, satellite/terrestrial-based LTE network.Ahuja cited other companies that came into established industries with...
ORLANDO, Fla.—Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski’s speech to a packed CTIA International Wireless 2011 crowd in the Day 1 keynote speech touched on mostly previously announced initiatives, but Genachowski did provide a few new hints about where he stands on data roaming; he...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...
The migration of voice services to data networks is not a new phenomenon in the world of telecommunications, but for the mobile space the move has started to gain steam as carriers continue the roll out of high-speed data networks.According to research from Juniper,...
Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....
Globys said it has launched Globys SplitView, an online application that allows businesses to separate their employees’ business calls from personal calls and invoice them accordingly. The tool could help wireless operators increase revenues because businesses would be more willing to let employees...
A possible merger between Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) and T-Mobile USA Inc. (DTEGY) would not impact the tower industry much because the combined company would likely continue to operate its 2G and 3G networks separately, according to a new report from Cowen and Co.American...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.I fell hook, line and sinker into the mobile Internet with my first iPhone nearly three years...
The lack of mandated data roaming remains a hot topic for just about every domestic operator outside of AT&T Mobility (T) and Verizon Wireless (VZ), highlighted by the continuous push by these operators and trade organizations in garnering government action behind their cause.This continued...
BARCELONA, Spain—Dan Hays, an analyst at PRTM, says the MVNO model 3.0 could see success in the United States under wholesale models like that offered by LightSquared and Clearwire Corp. Nevertheless, Hays notes that with 2011 being the year of 4G technologies, operators are...
Similar to comments made earlier this week by a Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) executive, AT&T Mobility (T) does not appear to have interest in the network sharing rage that is currently sweeping the mobile industry.Speaking this morning at the Credit Suisse Global Media and...
Economic Times | March 7, 2011 |Â Joji Thomas Philip
NEW DELHI: All leading GSM operators will have to give up 'excess' airwaves they have when their mobile permits come up for renewal beginning 2014. This implies companies such as Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Essar and Idea...
BARCELONA, Spain — The GSMA's mWomen Programme is aiming to close the gender gap between men and women in developing countries by helping to develop sustainable business models that operators can use to help women become mobile-phone users.
Trina Dasgupta, program director for the program...
Verizon Wireless took top honors in J.D. Power and Associates newest call quality performance study, even as overall call quality stagnated due to more smart-phone usage, increased text messaging and more calls made indoors. The percentage of wireless calls made indoors has increased to...
ORLANDO, Fla. — Mobility was not hard to find last week at the HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society) conference. Three of the top four U.S. wireless operators were exhibiting at this year's event.Verizon Wireless, AT&T Mobility and Sprint Nextel Corp. may not...
Having originally built and marketed “high-speed” broadband pipes as the access to the Internet, network operators have been disconcerted as these pipes have quickly contributed to a major loss of the operators’ value to Internet sites and over-the-top (OTT) players. Subscribers are certainly...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...
Editor's Note: This article first appeared in RCR Wireless News' January Special Edition: "Unwrapping the Opportunities, the next generation of smart devices. To see all of the articles from that issue, click here.Every year we sit back and marvel at the advances made...
The expansion of mobile broadband services to rural markets currently underserved by such options could result in the creation or retention of 117,000 jobs across 19 states, according to a new report released by the Rural Cellular Association.The study, which was conducted by Columbia...
Regional wireless operator U.S. Cellular Corp. (USM) continued to shed customers during the fourth quarter, but managed to grow revenues as those customers it kept spent more each month for service.The carrier reported the loss of 31,000 total customers during the fourth quarter, including...
