BARCELONA – The first official day of this year's Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona, Spain, kicked off with a high-powered, though low- energy, keynote address with heads of Vodafone Group plc, Alcatel-Lucent and Research In Motion Ltd. giving their perspective on the wireless...
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.Last year the issue of Voice over Long Term Evolution (VoLTE) emerged from the shadows, and after...
BARCELONA– With all the hype surrounding LTE technology, you would think it was pre-ordained to take over the telecom industry. However, until today there was no set standard for how carriers could transport plain old voice services – you remember voice don’t you? –...
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.How do you “make it big” or “get the “big break?” You need access. Assuming you have...
Brazil is expected to auction several spectrum licenses this year, which could lead to increased mobile broadband adoption, according to a new report from research firm Maravedis. Regulator Anatel could auction spectrum at 2.5 GHz, 3.5 GHz, 450 MHz as well as some available...
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.For those WCDMA carriers that are facing a capacity crunch due to the success of...
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.On Friday, Verizon announced a new phone strategy, largely misreported as their volley in an escalating price...
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.On the threshold of this new decade, mobile service providers are in the early stages of a...
CTIA and the Consumer Electronics Association have proposed that TV broadcasters transition from high power/high tower antennas to a low-power antenna structure to free up between 100 megahertz and 180 megahertz of spectrum that could be used for mobile broadband services. Separately, CTIA asked...
Imagine your business with no telephones on the desk top. No large PBX to maintain if you have digital phones, no PBX configuration changes due to office moves. If you have Voice over Internet Protocol, the switches in the closets that provide power over...
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.Happy holidays from Reality Check. Below are the three of the top trends that shaped our...
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.Happy holidays from Reality Check. Below are the three of the top trends that shaped our...
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.As the spin doctors try to put a happy face on the retail shopping season, I thought...
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.I know that many of you are thinking “Isn’t he a little late for 3Q comments?” Believe...
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.It’s official — fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) has proved to be a failure in the enterprise....
Emerging mobile broadband networks are being developed to provide users a superior service environment with new value-added services and applications either enabled or optimized by the mobile operator. With the massive traffic growth from smartphones, netbooks and other emerging devices that can leverage...
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.Even as we stand on the cusp of the first LTE market launches in a rapidly-expanding era...
AT&T Mobility said it will support Voice over Internet Protocol applications running on Apple Inc.'s iPhone over its 3G network, reversing a previous policy that relegated such applications to a Wi-Fi connection.AT&T Mobility said it has notified both the Federal Communications Commission and...
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....
CHICAGO – Day 2 of the 4G World 2009 event in Chicago continued where the first day left off: High-speed wireless data services are an important evolution, not just for the industry, but for the way people live their lives. Instead of keynote speeches...
Editor's Note: As part of RCR Wireless News' relaunch, Publisher Jeff Mucci and Editor Tracy Ford interviewed a number of wireless executives across the industry to find out firsthand what they're doing. In a few words: carriers are building. Verizon Wireless Verizon...
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.
When it comes to the wireless sector, I would just like to say what everybody...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Yay or Nay. Every week we'll review a new wireless application or service from the user's point of view, with the goal of highlighting what works and what doesn't. If you wish to submit your application or...
BOSTON-The battle for 4G is still not expected to hit the ground for several years, but the war over which technology will be used to serve consumers is well under way - and heated.During an opening session at the Mobile Internet World 2008 event,...
