Deutsche Telekom has begun a quest to convince its cash-loving countrymen to accept mobile payment. The carrier this week launched MyWallet in Germany, allowing its customers to make purchases with their smartphones―and the offer included a sweetner, an introductory bonus of up to €40...
TeliaSonera, the dominant carrier in Sweden and Finland, saw its profits slip as mobile sales continued to slow. Sales for the carrier's main mobile unit decreased by 3.5% to $3.64 billion. Net income fell 4% to $600 million in line with analyst estimates.
“Our markets continue...
The European Union's quest to create a single telecom market has cleared a key hurdle. The Industry Research and Energy Committee approved the “Telecoms Single Market Regulation,” a package of new policies that include ending roaming and enacting a form of net neutrality. It...
Fresh off dumping its U.S. wireless interests for a cool $130 billion, Vodafone continued to expand its European play announcing plans to acquire Spain’s Grupo Corporativo Ono for $10 billion.
Vodafone noted that Ono currently serves more than 7.2 million homes with its next-generation network,...
RootMetrics took its road show to the United Kingdom during the second half of last year, returning with network quality data claiming a solid win for operator EE, and excuses from last-place finisher Vodafone.
RootMetrics said that it tested wireless networks for U.K. operators EE,...
Speaking at the CeBIT conference in Hanover, Germany this week, British Prime Minister David Cameron announced a collaboration with Germany to drive research on so-called "5G" technology and the "Internet of things." Cameron also called on improving the European telecommunications single market.
Cameron told the...
Editor’s Note: The RCR Wireless News Time Machine is a way to take advantage of our extensive history in covering the wireless space to fire up the DeLorean and take a trip back in time to re-visit some of the more interesting headlines from...
Vodafone is adding Huawei to its roster of primary vendors for Project Spring, its $11 billion network upgrade. Huawei joins Ericsson and NSN in supplying Vodafone, which is upgrading its network in 15 countries in Europe and Africa. During the next two years, the...
Editor’s Note: Wireless operators are a busy bunch, and as such RCR Wireless News will attempt to gather some of the important announcements that may slip through the cracks from the world’s largest carriers in a weekly wrap-up. Enjoy!
While this week’s Mobile World Congress...
Wireless carriers often take a back seat to infrastructure, devices and software at the annual Mobile World Congress event, but that does not mean they aren't there making news. This year's event saw a number of announcements surrounding advanced in LTE technology, tapping into...
Verizon Communications announced today that it has closed on its $130 billion acquisition of Vodafone’s 45% stake in Verizon Wireless, giving the domestic telecom giant full control over its leading revenue-generating division.
The deal, which was announced last September, consisted mostly of cash and shares...
Canada’s telecom regulator Industry Canada is set later today to announce the winners of that country’s 700 MHz spectrum auction. The auction is assumed to have wrapped up sometime in the past five days as Industry Canada said before the auction began that it...
Orange, France's largest carrier, is looking to take over the triple play provider Jazztel, sources told Bloomberg News. The mobile operator Yoigo, currently owned by Stokholm-based TeliaSonera is also a potential target. The moves by Orange follow earlier reports that U.K.-based Vodafone had bid for...
Telecommunications giant Vodafone said it plans to expand LTE roaming into 18 countries later this year at the same roaming rate it charges for current 3G roaming services. The carrier noted it already offers LTE roaming across its own networks in Greece, Italy, Portugal,...
Vodafone appears ready to go shopping as its nears the closing of its $130 billion deal to sell Verizon Communications at the end of this month. CEO Vittorio Colao said that the carrier has an acquisition capacity of $30 billion to $40 billion.
The U.K.-based carrier...
Ericsson (ERIC) CEO Hans Vestberg says he has no plans to leave the company, dispelling rumors that he was on the short list of candidates to replace Steve Ballmer at Microsoft. That news along with the company's guidance regarding stronger growth in Europe helped...
Looking back, 2013 was a year of transformation in which several major transactions enabled the carriers to reshape and reinforce themselves for a “Final Four” competition for leadership in the U.S. market.
Verizon Wireless laid down a significant challenge to its rivals, posting strong fourth quarter results that could be difficult to match.
The carrier said it added 1.653 million direct customer additions during the final three months of 2013, dominated by the carrier’s high-margin postpaid services...
“It’s all about me!” While that expression is often used in jest in casual conversation, it is no joking matter when it comes to mobile consumers who are increasingly demanding personalized content and services
Editor’s Note: Wireless operators are a busy bunch, and as such RCR Wireless News will attempt to gather some of the important announcements that may slip through the cracks from the world’s largest carriers in a weekly wrap-up. Enjoy!
--AT&T this week announced it would...
Before we turn the page on 2013, we thought we would take a look back at the past 12 months by highlighting what we felt were the top 100 stories across the mobile space. Since it would be foolish to rank these in order...
AT&T announced plans to shed wireline assets in the Northeast as it focuses future growth opportunities on its wireless operations.
The telecom giant said it has agreed to sell its local exchange carrier operations in Connecticut to Frontier Communications for $2 billion in cash. The...
In an aggressive move, telecom giant Vodafone is deploying its m-payment service throughout Europe. The Vodafone Wallet, which launched is Spain earlier this month, comes to Germany in the next few days, followed by the Netherlands, U.K. and Italy in the spring.
The London-based carrier...
Three recently added the U.S. to its “Feel at Home” roaming plan, allowing its U.K. customers to use their normal calling and data plans when traveling to the United States. In doing so, the relatively small carrier—it's the fourth largest behind EE, O2 and...
