Editor’s Note: With 2012 nearly over, RCR Wireless News takes a look back at the top 100 stories from the past 12 months. The stories are in chronological order beginning with Jan. 1. The first part of the list ran yesterday, with today’s listing...
Editor’s Note: With 2012 nearly over, RCR Wireless News takes a look back at the top 100 stories from the past 12 months. The stories are in chronological order beginning with Jan. 1. The first part of the list runs through the first half...
Today’s mobile network operators inhabit a similar atmosphere, faced with daily competition and a scramble to succeed. Theirs is a world of mobile networks, devices and services all evolving at an extremely
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,...
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.While Washington focuses on the timely issue of spectrum allocation, Wall Street is quietly watching...
PARADISE VALLEY, Ariz. – There’s something in the cacti out in Arizona, but you have to look close to see it.
Paradise Valley city officials, AT&T Inc., and NewPath Networks Inc., a subsidiary of Crown Castle International Corp., got together earlier this month at a...
If you haven't noticed, the world of mobile computing is going through a massive change. According to CTIA, wireless providers reported handling 2.1 trillion text messages in 2010 for the United States alone. This is up significantly from the 81 billion reported in...
LAS VEGAS – Both wireless operators and TV and radio broadcasters are looking over their shoulders at the threat of over-the-top content providers to wreak havoc on their businesses. That shared uneasiness is leading the two industries to point fingers at each other instead of...
The Federal Communications Commission new regulations on pole attachments are designed to get mobile broadband services to market more quickly, but are already meeting resistance from the utility industry.
The agency released details of the order, which among other things sets a maximum timeframes for...
Almost half of all prepaid wireless customers in the United States are on recurring monthly service plans, according to a new survey from J.D. Power and Associates. The survey found that the pay-as-you-go option among prepaid providers continues to fall in popularity among customers.The...
Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) appears set to take a hard-line stance on AT&T Inc.’s (T) proposed acquisition of T-Mobile USA Inc. (DTEGY), which would put pressure on the industry’s third largest wireless provider. In a statement released today, Sprint Nextel noted the $39 billion...
ORLANDO, Fla. – AT&T Mobility's plans to acquire T-Mobile USA Inc. for $39 billion overshadowed most news at this year's CTIA event in Orlando, Fla., and definitely had an impact on the opening day keynote that was to include the CEO's of the nation's...
Wireless spectrum is a very valuable and limited natural resource. This fact, and the surge in data traffic on wireless networks, is driving the misconception that there is a wireless spectrum scarcity issue in the U.S. The truth is, there is approximately...
The Rural Cellular Association (RCA) announced today that American Tower Corp. (AT) is a new associate member. AT is a wireless and broadcast communications infrastructure company that provides access to more than 25,000 U.S. communications sites, including wireless towers, broadcast towers and distributed antenna...
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,...
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,...
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.This week, we touch on the second part of the “wish list” – those items that are...
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in our September Special Edition, Behind the Scenes, a focus on integrated subscriber and network management systems. To download the complete Special Edition, click here. Net neutrality – a concept or policy initiative that seemingly began as the...
Democratic efforts to give the Federal Communications Commission interim authority over net-neutrality issues failed to move forward in the last days of Congress. Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) said his bill failed to get enough support to get out of the House Energy and Commerce...
Oracle Corp. (ORCL) released the results of a survey, “Opportunity calling: The future of mobile communications,” that questioned 3,000 mobile customers from around the world. The survey was released in connection with the company’s Oracle World event being held this week in San...
The Federal Communications Commission set deadlines for comments and reply comments on its open Internet further notice of proposed rulemaking. Initial comments are due at the FCC Oct. 12, while reply comments are due Nov. 4.The agency is seeking comments on how wireless providers...
The Federal Communications Commission released a further notice of proposed rulemaking that specifically addresses how wireless networks and specialized services should be managed under the agency's plan to preserve open access to the Internet. Specifically, the agency is seeking comments on how wireless providers...
Few would argue the complex nature of mobile services in China. However, most agree that the potential for return on mobile services in China make the risk worth the reward.One company confident in that chance in U.S.-based ChinaTel Group Inc. (CHTL), which is currently...
