Depending on your expectations, Apple Inc.'s latest wonder device is either a major let down or about what was expected from a company that has made billions of dollars off its iPhone franchise.Following weeks of “official” anticipation, Apple's CEO Steve Jobs strutted on stage...
Following are infrastructure contracts that were announced during the past week:Alcatel-LucentMongolia: With Mobicom to deploy a 3G UMTS/HSPA network that will allow the carrier to extend its network capacity and coverage and meet demand for new services. The solution includes Alcatel-Lucent’s advanced converged radio...
Cable telecommunications provider Cox Communications Inc. said it successfully completed voice calling and high definition video streaming using LTE technology in the Phoenix and San Diego markets. The company said the trial involved the company’s 1.7/2.1 GHz AWS and 700 MHz spectrum holdings.The trial...
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...
It seems like nowadays you can’t throw a mobile phone without hitting a television showing a commercial from a wireless carrier touting its network coverage. The wireless world has gone map crazy, and at that center of that psychosis is a little firm based...
The wireless sector probably didn’t fare as poorly as some industries in 2009, but nevertheless, telecom companies and individual employees felt the pain of the recession. The outlook for 2010 promises to be better as wireless carriers get ready to build out new networks,...
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.The joke among forecasters is that the toughest thing to forecast is the future. At...
Last week’s Consumer Electronics Show was a haven for device geeks of all shapes and sizes. Sure, the 165-inch 3D televisions were awesome, but so were the shrunken mobile devices that seemed to proliferate from every corner of the Las Vegas Convention Center.We covered...
If published reports and incessant rumors are to be believed, the first 30 days of 2010 will see the introduction of Google Inc.'s latest attempt to infiltrate the mobile market as well as Apple Inc.'s long-awaited expansion of its device portfolio. Oh, and there...
Clearwire Corp. has registered for a $361 million rights offering to use for general corporate purposes, including rolling out its next-generation wireless network.Kansas City Business Journal
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.As wireless operators utilize 3G and march toward 3.5G and 4G, collectively they face a...
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.With all the talk of 4G technologies and the U.S. national broadband plan, it seems...
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....
Our editor, Dan Meyer, interviewed Matthew Oommen of Sprint Nextel on Sprint's 3G and 4G plans. Watch the video below to see what Mr. Oommen had to say about Sprint's utilization of WiMax in its 4G strategy.
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....
Winners of the 2009 Mobile Excellence Awards winners were announced earlier this week at the organization’s awards show in Los Angeles. Attendence and award submissions at the event doubled this year, according to organizers. The list of winners follows: Best Mobile Start-Up - WiChorusBest...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Unlike the first official day of this week's WiMAX Forum Congress America's '09, Day 2 was a virtual LTE-free zone, except for the occasional remarks that LTE would not be all it's cracked up to be. (Hey, there's a reason...
Fixed WiMAX service provider Towerstream rolled out service in Philadelphia today, its 10th deployment since the company was founded in 2000.Towerstream targets businesses with its fixed wireless services, offering speeds of T1, T3, 100 and 1,000 megabit per second connections. "Philadelphia presents a significant...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Next-generation chip solutions provider Beceem Communications Inc. said it was on track to ship 3 million WiMAX chips in 2009, and that it was bolstering its lineup with its new “4G Turbo” offering. The company, which a couple of months...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The WiMAX community showed its expected solid and confident front during the opening day of this week's WiMAX Forum Congress Americas '09 event in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.Held in the shadow of immense cruise ships harbored in Port Everglades adjacent to...
Advanced mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions provider Stratos Global Corp., was selected as the winning bidder for two of the three geographic zones for 2.5 GHz broadband radio service (BRS) in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) following the Federal Communications Commission's Auction 86...
China Mobile Communications Corp., the world’s largest wireless operator, will use Red Bend Software’s firmware over the air (FOTA) software for updating and device management for China Mobile’s OPhone operating system.Under an agreement with China Mobile Research Institute, China Mobile’s research and development arm,...
Clearwire Corp. bridged a potential funding gap announcing plans to raise $920 million through the offering of 12% senior secured notes due in 2015. In addition the carrier said it closed on a $1.852 billion offering of 12% senior notes due in 2015 that...
