RCR Wireless News is set to visit Baltimore the week of July 18 as part of our Mobile Broadband Tour and Conference series. The RCR Wireless News Mobile Broadband Baltimore tour will include several days meeting with local telecommunication leaders and associations...
Freescale Semiconductor (FSL) recently announced a new generation multi-core platform called the Advanced Multiprocessing (AMP) series and is billing it as the chip-maker’s biggest draw in several years.The new product platform aims to increase positioning in the networking field and is based on a...
Video generates anywhere from 40% to 60% of mobile data traffic on wireless networks today, according to a fresh mobile analytics report from Bytemobile Inc. Considering that, it’s no wonder mobile videos are stalling between 5% and 40% of the time depending on network...
NOVI, Mich. — RCR Wireless News hit the show floor here at Telematics Detroit earlier this month to get a sense of where mobile is shaking things up in the auto industry and capture some of the latest in-vehicle technology on hand. Please watch...
NEW YORK — Live from the Mobile Marketing Forum, RCR Wireless News presents a wrap of the week's news and highlights some key trends coming out of the event. Please check out the video for a full recap of the event and the week's...
DEARBORN, Mich. — Here at Ford Motor Co.'s (F) headquarters, Doug VanDagens is preparing to rapidly expand the size of his connected services team over the next three to four years. The global director of the connected services group at Ford recently got the...
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...
