ClarityIndonesia: With PT Telekomunikasi (Telkom) to continue its next phase of its rollout. The latest deployment will enable fulfilment and assurance capabilities for Telkom's Flexi Division. It will continue the consolidation of their network onto one management platform.Value : UndisclosedVietnam Mobile Telecom Services (VMS)Vietnam:...
Eric Schmidt announced, via his blog, that he is stepping down as CEO of Google. Larry Page will be taking over the day-to-day business as Google's new CEO and Schmidt will transition to executive chairman. Schmidt declared that he will now be able to...
AT&T Mobility announced it will begin to offer McAfee Enterprise Mobility Management software. The software will enable businesses to offer employees their choice of mobile devices across multiple operating systems, while delivering highly secure access to corporate applications. Businesses will be able to...
Elephant Talk Communications Inc., provider of business software and services to the telecommunications and financial services industries, signed a Memorandum of Understanding agreement with Cleartech to become its mobile virtual network enabler (MVNE) partner in Brazil. Cleartech is a clearinghouse of telecom companies that...
Stoke announced that it received $17 million in a fully subscribed Series E funding round. Stoke provides carriers 3G mobile broadband and LTE core infrastructure solutions, and its total funding to date is approximately $92 million. Stoke's investors include: Sequoia Capital, and Kleiner Perkins...
Following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past week:TeliaSoneraNorway: With Ericsson to modernize and expand the northern part of TeliaSonera's Norwegian network and to roll out 4G/LTE in the same region.Value: UndisclosedBarrett Xplore Inc.Canada: With Tellabs to help roll out a broadband system using...
Telecommunications jobs fell in December, both from the previous month and for the year. However, employment in the wireless sector ticked up a few hundred jobs.Overall, the nation’s unemployment rate fell by 0.4 percentage point to 9.4% in December, according to the U.S. Bureau...
Prab Varma, has been named as a 2011 IEEE fellow for his contribution to system-on-chip (SoC) test technology, which reduces the costs of testing chips used for electronic devices. He is currently the CTO and co-founder of Blue Pearl software and was founder and...
In a move to provide readers with more authentic news and insights on how mobile broadband is changing the way we live and work at the global and local market levels, RCR Wireless News recently expanded its news coverage to include the Americas, Asia,...
Aicent Inc., which provides data network services, has partnered with HarborLink Network to enable seamless Wi-Fi access at HarborLink’s hot spot locations throughout the United States. Locations include Buffalo Wild Wings and Skyline Chili restaurants, BP fuel and convenience stores, and a variety of...
Qualcomm Inc. signed a non-binding letter of intent with Powermat to explore the possibilities of developing wireless power solutions. The two companies said they will investigate the convergence of tightly and loosely coupled wireless power technologies to deliver a flexible coupling wireless power solution;...
Picking up on its forecast that there would be 50 billion wirelessly connected devices by 2020, Ericsson ( ERIC) today announced it expects one billion mobile broadband connections worldwide by the end of the year on its way to 3.8 billion connections by 2015.The...
Eden Rock Communications appointed Bruce Brda to its board of directors. Brda is a senior vice president and general manager for Motorola’s Networks business.Mojiva Inc., which owns the Mojiva mobile ad network and Mocean Mobile ad platform, named Tony Nethercutt general manager for North...
The Open Mobile Video Coalition created the OMVC Mobile DTV Forum and welcomed its first non-broadcast members. Dell, Harris, LG Electronics and Samsung Mobile are the charter members of the forum.Nuance Communications said its voice technology that powers the Ford SYNC system is now...
Mobile Content Venture, which includes 12 broadcast groups focused on developing a national mobile content service to deliver live television and on-demand video content, announced two technology agreements with mobile TV companies, MobiTV and Nagra-Kudelski. Nagra-Kudelski provides content protection and multiscreen television solutions....
Google Inc. (GOOG) and its Android operating system will be the biggest story of 2011, with more than 50% of survey respondents picking it as top story, according to Chetan Sharma Consulting's annual survey of wireless industry executives. Fourth-generation network rollouts and the...
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...
The Indian mobile phone market jumped 2.76% in October to 706.69 million subscribers, according to the latest statistics from Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. The regulatory body noted the country’s mobile penetration rate now stood at 59.52%.Bharti Airtel Ltd. remained the country’s largest carrier...
Joseph J. Euteneuer has been named CFO at Sprint Nextel. Euteneuer is taking over for Bob Brust, who is retiring. He currently is executive vice president and CFO at Qwest Communications and will join Sprint Nextel following the completion of the proposed merger between...
Industry market research firm iSuppli Inc. reports that due to the continued growth in the cell phone market, worldwide factory equipment revenues associated with the wireless industry will hit $271.3 billion in 2011. That growth will be on top of the $235.5 billion generated...
Vringo Inc. signed a content license agreement with Stingray Music USA that calls for Stingray to license its proprietary The KARAOKE Channel-branded video recordings to Vringo to create video ringtones. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.GreatCall Inc. announced a partnership with D&H...
The RCR Wireless News comprehensive stock listing show steady improvement during the second half of the year. The RCR Composite stock listing is up 16% (167.39 points) since the beginning of the year. Carrier stock prices are up 10% (106.2 points) ,...
George Schmitt has been named CEO of MB Technology Holdings L.L.C., which holds a 39.72% interest in xG Technology. Schmitt will be tasked with helping xG develop and market its intellectual property, products and technology in the cognitive radio network space. Schmitt...
Qualcomm Inc. announced the Wireless Reach 3G Connected Computer Classroom Project in Gansu province in conjunction with the Overseas Chinese Affairs Officeof the State Council, the Chinese Language and Cultural Education Foundation and China Telecom’s Gansu Bureau Linxia Branch. The project, which is being...
