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....
HERSHEY, Pa.—There may be disputes about what the connected home will look like, or how utilities will use wireless technologies to better manage their networks, but most everyone agrees that both the connected home and the smart grid will redefine how people manage their...
South Korean telecom giant SK Telecom Corp. Ltd. (SKM) said it has selected Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., LG-Ericsson and Nokia Siemens Networks to as equipment suppliers for its LTE network. The carrier said it plans to begin providing commercial LTE services in Seoul, South...
LightSquared Subsidiary L.L.C. received good news from the Federal Communications Commission that will allow the satellite communications provider to soon add terrestrial services to its offering.The FCC noted in a report that while on a macro level LightSquared’s plans to offer both terrestrial- and...
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.Recently, I had an interesting dialog with Tom Coughlin of Coughlin Associates. Tom is an...
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.Things tend to be big at the Consumer Electronics Show, the annual gadget-fest held this...
Japanese operator KDDI Corp. reported a 2.5% drop in net income during its recently closed quarter as revenues from voice services fell 17%.
The second largest carrier in Japan, which entered the smart phone market late last year, said net profit fell to $795.4 million...
With the impending launch of Apple Inc.’s (AAPL) iPhone on its network looming, Verizon Wireless (VZ) made a case that it’s doing just fine sans the industry’s most iconic eye candy. The nation’s largest operator said it added a robust 955,000 net customers during...
Seven Networks introduced a wireless traffic optimization tool that it says can cut down data consumption on the network by up to 70% as it reduces the number of times the device and handset talk to each other, in a way that still allows...
Japanese operator KDDI Corp. reported a 2.5% drop in net income during its recently closed quarter as revenues from voice services fell 17%.The second largest carrier in Japan, which entered the smart phone market late last year, said net profit fell to $795.4 million...
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,...
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....
Google Inc.'s (GOOG) latest earnings were overshadowed by an executive shake-up at the highest level of the company.Eric Schmidt is stepping down as CEO on April 4 to take on the title of executive chairman where he will focus on external deals, partnerships...
T-Mobile USA Inc. (DTEGY) is looking to put its recent tumultuous past behind it and move aggressively forward with ambitious plans to jump past current rival Sprint Nextel Corp. as the nation’s third largest operator. During an investor conference today in New York City,...
Sony Ericsson has taken exception to Clearwire Corp. (CLWR) logo, filing a lawsuit late last week in a Virginian court alleging trademark infringement from Clearwire’s use of a “sphere with swirl logos” that it claims is similar to Sony Ericsson’s logo. In its lawsuit,...
Apple Inc. (AAPL) had another outstanding quarter — this time raking in $6 billion in profit on $26.74 billion in revenues for the period ending Dec. 25, 2010. The company sold more iPhones, Macs and iPads in the three-month period than in any...
Japanese telecom giant NTT DoCoMo Inc. (DCM) said it has established a partnership with China’s largest mobile operator China Mobile Ltd. (CHL) and South Korean telecom operator KT Corp.(KT) The three companies combined serve more than 600 million mobile customers.DoCoMo said the “broad-based business...
Enterprise is expected to comprise at least a quarter of all tablet sales this year and drive an even greater slice of the market going forward, according to a new report from Deloitte Development LLC.Just about everyone predicts that tablets are on their way...
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.We quickly forgot the Consumer Electronics Show by last Tuesday (talk about a short news cycle) with...
Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) said it will begin charging a $10 per month premium for all smart phone devices and a select line of feature phones activated on its network beginning Jan. 30. The additional charge will apply to all devices running Research In...
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.A few months ago while in Paris, I got a bit miffed at my mobile services. It...
LAS VEGAS — ZTE Corp. had a banner year in 2010 and it wants to build on that momentum even further in 2011. The company experience a 30% growth rate in handset sales from 2009 to 2010 and a nearly 50% jump in terminal...
Editor's Note: RCR Wireless News Editor Sylvie Barak delved deep into the Russian wireless landscape during a recent trip to the country. She delivered a feature report for RCR Wireless News that was included in our November Special Edition. Click here ...
Editor's Note: RCR Wireless News Editor Sylvie Barak delved deep into the Russian wireless landscape during a recent trip to the country. She delivered a feature report for RCR Wireless News that was included in our November Special Edition. Click here ...
