July employment numbers in the telecommunications and computer and electronic products sectors ticked up by 2,700 and 2,500 positions respectively, from the previous month, according to figures released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. However, year-over-year figures still lag in the telecom industry....
Nokia Siemens Networks could cut as many as 1,500 jobs picked up as part of its acquisition of Motorola Inc. assets earlier this year, according to published reports.NSN gained around 7,000 employees through the purchase, which included Motorola's CDMA assets. Both Nokia and...
Innovation centers are popping up throughout the world as wireless operators, infrastructure vendors, device suppliers and even governments aim to further collaborate with applications developers on the next new product, service, device or application......
Nokia Siemens Networks issued a short press release today saying that its ownership structure will remain the same, and the company will take further steps to improve its competitiveness as a standaone entity, but did not name what those steps would be.“We believe that...
Communications service providers are fighting internal battles between their financial, IT and marketing departments that prevent them from deploying innovative plans that would help them retain customers and increase consumer satisfaction, according to a new survey from the Chief Marketing Officier Council. While...
A teardown of HTC Corp.'s (HTCFX) ThunderBolt highlights the expense behind LTE phones, according to the IHS iSuppli Teardown Analysis Service. IHS said the ThunderBolt carries the highest bill of materials of any phone it has ever torn apart.With a bill of materials...
GUANGHZOU, China – More than 100 CDMA handset manufacturers have a presence in Guanghzou, China, contributing more than 100,000 jobs to the province, said CDMA Development Group COO James Person.
The CDG held its CDMA World Forum in conjunction with China Telecom's Device Trade 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....
Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) is aiming to do what the International Telecommunications Union has not: define 4G wireless communications. The representative has introduced legislation that would require wireless operators to set guidelines for 4G, including minimum data speeds, coverage areas and pricing. Not surprisingly,...
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Distributed Antenna System (DAS) providers need to understand the safety and reliability concerns of utility companies if they want to avoid contentious relationships over pole attachments, said NextG Networks Inc.'s Norine Luker, senior director, utility administration at the DAS provider.
Speaking on...
L.M. Ericsson (ERIC) announced it plans to acquire privately held Telcordia for $1.15 billion in an all-cash transaction, strengthening Ericsson's portfolio of operations support systems/business support systems. Telcordia's 2,600 employees are expected to become Ericsson employees when the transaction closes sometime in the fourth...
The California Public Utilities Commission is going to study whether AT&T Mobility's (T) proposed $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA Inc. (DTEGY) is good for California residents and business. The agency noted that the combined company would serve 47% of the...
Maybe there is a point where technology ceases to make life easier/better/prettier. I think we're there. The first person to think “Hey, let's add a camera feature to a cellphone” probably didn't have Rep. Anthony Weiner in mind when he thought a camera and...
Today's telecom operators are facing perhaps the most competitive threats to their business that they ever have. Device manufacturers, operating system companies, over-the-top service providers and large digital content giants are each developing their own relationships with individual end users and enterprises. Faced with...
BROOMFIELD, Colo. – Growth, simplicity and money are driving open application programmable interfaces, said John Musser of Programmable Web. Open APIs are becoming increasingly popular, and the growth rate of open APIs is getting steeper, Musser told the audience in an opening keynote at...
Leap Wireless International Inc. (LEAP) joined its colleagues in denouncing the potential merger between AT&T Mobility (T) and T-Mobile USA Inc. (DTEGY) as bad for consumers as it would decrease competition and innovation, as well as investment in the wireless...
DALLAS – “Telecom is buzzing again,” said Windstream Communications President and CEO Jeff Gardner and Genband President and CEO Charlie Vogt during a keynote address today at the Telecommunications Industry Association's annual show, TIA2011: Inside the Network.Windstream, which was spun off from Alltel Communications...
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....
LAS VEGAS—Because of all of the bickering between wireless trade organization CTIA and broadcaster trade association the National Association of Broadcasters, I was curious to find similarities and differences in how the two groups conduct their annual conventions.Watch the slideshow below to see how...
Nokia Siemens Networks won a contract to supply HSPA technology to TelCell St. Maarten, the mobile services arm of TelEm Group. The network should be updated this month using NSN's Flexi Multiradio base stations and its Flexi Network Gateway, as well as its MSC...
LAS VEGAS – PBS said it will begin testing next-generation emergency alerts with a pilot project to use mobile digital TV to deliver multimedia alerts using video, audio, text and graphics to cellphones, tablets, laptops and in-car navigation systems.The announcement, which came during a...
LAS VEGAS – Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski used his time before broadcasters to appeal to them about the benefits of voluntary spectrum auctions, the reality of today's spectrum landscape and to quietly chastise his host, the National Association of Broadcasters, for “distracting”...
LAS VEGAS – As connected TVs become more common, business models are going to have to change so that all points along the value chain that bring added value to the ecosystem can thrive, according to a Monday panel at the National Association of...
LAS VEGAS – Mobile broadcast TV is making headway in the United States, with more than 60 broadcast networks offering service in a couple dozen markets, but scale will only come to the market when wireless operators embrace the concept, panelists at the National...
