With Verizon Wireless (VZ) on deck to unveil a handful of LTE-equipped mobile devices at this week's Consumer Electronics Show, Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) attempted to redirect some of that acclaim by announcing a third smart phone compatible with the carrier's WiMAX-powered “4G” service.The...
International Business Times | By Jesse Emspak | December 23, 2010
China Tel will be putting $62 million into selling internet protocol telephony in Peru, via its subsidiary Perusat.
The new network will be a WiMAX service, similar to those being built in the U.S. by...
Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) has in the past been the butt of jokes when it came to customer care issues. This view was bolstered by repeated poor showings in customer care surveys as well as internal decisions that focused on using automated customer care...
A dozen photos and some light details about a forthcoming HTC Corp. device for Verizon Wireless' (VZ) new LTE network have leaked.No doubt the device maker and carrier plan to announce the Android-based smart phone at next week's Consumer Electronics Show. But details about...
Clearwire Corp. (CLWR) made good on its promise to launch its WiMAX network in the San Francisco area before the end of the year by flipping the switch on the network and endowing more than four million people in the area with access to...
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. In many ways, 2010 was a landmark year in consumer devices: after years 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. There has been a lot of discussion in the media lately regarding which technologies are, and...
Editor's Note: The mobile space witnessed a lot of news over the past 12 months that have and will alter the mobile landscape for years to come. With the end of 2010 just days away, RCR Wireless News takes a look back at the...
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.
Normally, I hate when marketing departments or sales guys get ahead of a...
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. With next-generation LTE and mobile WiMAX networks now up and running in North America, operators are...
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....
Airspan Networks Inc., a provider of broadband wireless access networks, says EnergyAustralia, the largest energy provider in Australia, will use Airspan WiMAX as a part of its smart grid communications network.
This is part of EnergyAustralia's smart grid rollout. The Airspan smart grid solution offers...
Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) said it has not yet decided as to whether it would participate in Clearwire Corp.’s (CLWR) recently closed debt offering that brought in more than $1.1 billion for the carrier, but did note that a recent amendment to Clearwire’s ownership...
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....
AUSTIN, Texas--Freescale Semiconductor introduced two new products into its family of DSPs, one designed to support 3G and 4G wireless networks, while the other is cost-optimized for W-CDMA rollouts. Both DSPs are based on Freescale's SC3850 core that runs at 1.2 GHz. That core...
Clearwire Corp. (CLWR) seems to be breathing a little easier following its recent fund raising activities with talk of expanding its network operations to cover up to 250 million potential customers over the coming years. The demeanor is in stark contrast to its decision...
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....
Just a day after Verizon Wireless (VZ) announced plans to begin offering its LTE-based mobile data services on Dec. 5, rival Clearwire Corp. (CLWR) said it plans to raise more than $1.1 billion through a debt offering to cover its current financial shortfall.Clearwire, which...
Filling in some of the final pieces of its LTE network launch plans, Verizon Wireless (VZ) today announced the launch date, pricing and the initial device line up for its new network. The carrier said the network will officially launch on Dec. 5 with...
Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) reported that its India-based Wireless Broadband Business Services Private Ltd. venture has in partnership with Ericsson successfully demonstrated LTE TDD mobility using the 2.3 GHz spectrum band in an outdoor environment in India.Qualcomm noted that the demonstration streamed multiple high-definition video...
Clearwire Corp. (CLWR) moved passed the 100 million covered potential customer mark today with the launch of its WiMAX network and “Clear”-branded service in a handful of new markets. The carrier said its network and service is now commercially operational in Los Angeles; Miami;...
The International Telecommunications Union officially ratified LTE-Advanced and WirelessMAN-Advanced as “4G” technologies during this week's ITU-R Study Group meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. The move follows the announcement last month that the two technologies, both advanced versions of the current LTE and WiMAX standards, had...
The International Telecommunications Union officially ratified LTE-Advanced and WirelessMAN-Advanced as “4G” technologies during this week's ITU-R Study Group meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. The move follows the announcement last month that the two technologies, both advanced versions of the current LTE and WiMAX standards, had...
