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Reader Forum: Five unexpected benefits of the mobile enterprise

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 Cable Show: Mobile is little more than an after-thought

LOS ANGELES – After spending the last three days up close and personal with the cable industry at its big annual affair, I'm disappointed to report that mobile was hard to find. The wireless innovations and news I’d hoped to see were simply not...

Worst of the Week: Lies are a pain in the neck

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....

Analyst Angle: Mobile broadband goes the prepaid way

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.The prepaid segment has suddenly found itself in the spotlight thanks to two prime factors....

Reality Check: Three discoveries from first quarter earnings

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.Greetings to the Reality Check faithful. This week many pieces of the earnings puzzle were filled in,...

Reader Forum: Mobile subscriber data enables informed decisions

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,...

Worst of the Week: Cold spots, hot anger

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....

Analyst Angle: Emerging connected devices – service provider nightmare or nirvana?

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.For years, service providers have both discussed and offered triple-play and quad-play services as ways...

Reality Check: Listen to what he says

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.This industry provides plenty of topics, and I was torn this week whether to focus on earnings...

Reality Check: Retail wireless trends

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.In my final of four guest columns, I’d like to discuss wireless retail trends – how evolution...

Reader Forum: Wireless – Plugging the service assurance hole for enterprise CIO's

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,...

Jobs blogs about why Adobe's Flash is trash

Apple CEO, Steve Jobs, is a man who likes to share his thoughts, and the outspoken chief's latest rant on the company blog is no exception; taking aim at Adobe and its Flash offering in a move to silence critics.The Flash wars have been...

Analyst Angle: Mobile advertising gains traction around the globe

Editor's Note:This article is an excerpt from RCR Wireless News' March Special Edition, "The Perfect Storm – A Focus on Mobile Messaging, Marketing, Content and Apps." The 80-page special edition is now available at RCRWireless.com. In recent years, mobile advertising has gained good...

Reality Check: What to make of Verizon and AT&T earnings

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.   There's a lot to cover this week and a short amount of reading time, so...

Reality Check: What to make of Verizon and AT&T earnings

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.   There's a lot to cover this week and a short amount of reading time, so...

Reality Check: Ramifications of polarization in the mobile software platform market

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.As has been well established in this column and elsewhere, the mobile marketplace is undergoing rapid change...

Reader Forum: When service goes badly

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,...

Worst of the Week: Keep an eye on your calculator

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....

Analyst Angle: Name that phone

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. Since the debut of the iPhone, a glut of touchscreen feature phones – often with...

Reality Check: Three headlines no telecom CEO wants to read

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.There’s going to be a lot to talk about earnings in the next few days, and, despite...

Reality Check: Organization benefiting from the mobile Web

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.When you’re thinking about advanced technology and progressive Web adoption, what type of firm or organization do...

Reader Forum: Addressing the capacity crunch

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,...

Worst of the Week: Further proof that life isn't fair

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....

The Moore's law paradox Intel not ready for mobiles

RCR Unplugged recently told readers of Intel Corp.'s efforts to port Google Inc.'s Android operating system to its Atom chip, in the hope that the ever-popular Google operating system might add some oomph to the chip firm's foray into the mobile and smartphone space.But...