Wireless carriers are increasingly turning to traffic management solutions in an attempt to get control of their networks that are being punished by the rising demand and usage of mobile data services. Informa Telecoms & Media Senior Analyst Dmitris Mavrakis provides some insight into...
PHILADELPHIA – Despite the name, mobile networks are in fact heavily reliant on stationary objects that require significant infrastructure to make them go. This is usually not a problem for most consumers as this embedded infrastructure allows them to roam around the world with...
WARREN, Mich. — Like many of its competitors, General Motors Co. (GM) has adopted infotainment and telematics as one of its technical pillars. The company is working to roll out a pair of branded infotainment hubs — MyLink for Chevrolet brands and IntelliLink...
PHILADELPHIA – Few could argue that the mobile industry is a complicated beast that seems to be getting more complicated by the day. With operators constantly upgrading networks and back-office infrastructure in order to handle constantly advancing devices that in turn are supporting constantly...
PHILADELPHIA – With the cloud of uncertainty hanging ominously over its operations, you have to hand it to the folks at T-Mobile USA Inc. (DTEGY) that continue to operate with the mindset that everything is business as usual. Sure, AT&T Inc. has said it...
PHILADELPHIA – Is there anything more exciting than a network speed test? We here at RCR Wireless News think not and to prove that we decided to conduct such a test during our recent visit to Philadelphia as part of the RCR Wireless News...
NOVI, Mich. — Healthcare and wireless technology are colliding more than ever today and the points of convergence are being driven in large part by the massive adoption of electronic health records. Here at Trinity Health's headquarters, VP and CIO Jim Elert is tasked...
PHILADELPHIA – The tower industry has seen its fair share of ups and downs, a trend that seems set to continue as new entrants in the mobile space could help replace those being lost to consolidation and those that remain look to both save...
PHILADELPHIA – With the explosion in data services beginning to take its toll on traditional cellular networks, companies that specialize in solutions designed to relieve that pressure have become sought after in the mobile space.At the recent RCR Wireless News Mobile Broadband Global Tour...
PHILADELPHIA – RCR Wireless News’ recent trip to Philadelphia as part of its Mobile Broadband Global Tour played into the hands of Yankee Group Senior Analyst of Consumer Services Tole Hart, who calls the city home. Hart took part in the program’s Morning Brew...
Watch live streaming video from rcrtrack2 at livestream.comPHILADELPHIA – It doesn't take much looking to realize that the wireless industry is in the midst of a network capacity crisis. With data hungry smartphones flooding the market, carriers have been forced to come up with...
The greater Los Angeles metro area shed more jobs in the telecommunications sector in April, continuing an ongoing downward trend, according to new data from the Department of Labor.All six geographic areas tracked by RCR Wireless News in the Southern California region lost telecommunications-related...
RCR Wireless News’ visit to Philadelphia is set to begin next week, bringing with it a one-day conference scheduled for June 8 as well as a visit to the city to get an update on its municipal Wi-Fi project. The RCR Wireless News Mobile...
RCR Wireless News is hitting the road next week for Detroit. As with every stop on our global tour, conference series and news desk, our team will engage the mobile community at the local level to better understand the impacts of mobile broadband on...
RCR Wireless News will be attending this week's Uplinq Conference in sunny San Diego. The two-day event is expected to give Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) an opportunity to announce its latest plans for its services offering and continue to blend the technology trends that are...
Churn is inevitable, but it is bad and Medio Systems Inc. has a new service to help combat it. A new customer retention service from the Seattle-based company gives carriers the ability to target customers with relevant offers to keep them on board.Built on...
T-Mobile USA Inc.'s (DTEGY) national director of M2M, John Horn, is leaving the company to join RACO Wireless as president and bring most of his team of 25 strong over with him. T-Mobile has no financial stake in the M2M outfit, but it's had...
StackMob Inc. has landed a new $7.5 million round of funding to expand its hosted and managed platform for mobile app development, customization and monetization. StackMob's overarching value proposition is to narrow down months of coding into a couple minutes, Ty Amell, CEO and...
Visa Inc. (V) is trying to shepherd in a new era in financial transactions that will enable merchants and customers to take advantage of a new digital wallet and a growing arsenal of transaction types that leverage mobility.The company announced it will be rolling...
NEW YORK CITY — This city is teaming with startups. Like any good metropolis with considerable talents and clout across entertainment, media, technology, fashion and so much more, the costs of founding a company in New York are often outweighed by the potential return...
RCR Wireless News will be attending this week’s New York State Wireless Association Trade Show & Conference in Bolton Landing, N.Y. The event is expected to provide a chance to get a ground-level view of issues and concerns for local issues that are often...
NEW YORK CITY — To hear Kristy Sundjaja tell it, the City of New York can do a lot for the startup community. RCR Wireless News sat down with the senior director at the Center for Economic Transformation at the New York City Economic...
RCR Wireless News is hitting the road next week for Dallas. As with every stop on our global tour, conference series and news desk, our team will engage the mobile community at the local level to better understand the impacts of mobile broadband on...
The deployment of 3G services can be viewed as a turning point in the evolution of mobile networks as people began to realize that their wireless phones could do more than just place calls and send text messages. Those devices became multimedia gadgets that...
