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Analyst Angle: Windows Phone 7: If at first you don’t succeed …

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.You have to hand it to Microsoft Corp. They have certainly fulfilled the old saying,...

Apps and net neutrality make for a symbiotic relationship

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...

Analyst Angle: Why Google is gaining so much market share

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 very clear that Google Inc.’s Android operating platform is gaining a lot of market...

@ CTIA E&A: Enterprise mobility is all about productivity and business objectives

SAN FRANCISCO — Holding the torch for CIOs and mobility managers in enterprise, executives that head up those respective departments at United Parcel Service Inc., HealthSouth Corp. and The Western Union Co. kicked off this morning's keynote in a roundtable format."Mobile and wireless is...

Analyst Angle: Open letter to Stephen Elop, Nokia’s new CEO: How to make Nokia great again

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.I congratulate you on assuming leadership of one of the great mobile and wireless companies...

Analyst Angle: The looming rich media wars: Apple vs. rest of the world”

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.Last week, Apple Inc. made a ton of announcements including a new iPod nano, a...

Analyst Angle: Why direct web access no longer matters

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.I’m sure the first reaction to this week’s column title caught your attention. You might...

Analyst Angle: The press-analyst cycle

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 an industry analyst, I conduct over 500 mobile and wireless “briefings” every year, sometimes...

Worst of the Week: Time to take a breath

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....

Analyst Angle: Why all smart phones & networks should be open

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.Imagine for a minute if highway toll roads only allowed certain makes of cars to...

Reader Forum: WiMAX-LTE network migration – from myth to reality

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,...

SIM card evolves with LTE technology

Editor's Note: This article is an excerpt from RCR Wireless News' May Special Edition, "Enabling the Mobile Revolution: Mobile Chips, Devices and Accessories." The 80-page special edition is available here. The Subscriber Identity Module – that standard little chip that houses all of...

Mobile data surge fails to show up in new survey

While nearly six in every 10 American adults are accessing the Internet via wireless technology, only 38% of all adults surveyed are accessing mobile data on a cell phone, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project.Unfortunately,...

Presidential memorandum orders 500 megahertz of spectrum for broadband

President Barak Obama issued a memorandum to free up 500 megahertz of spectrum in the next 10 years, directing the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the Federal Communications Commission to free up federal and nonfederal spectrum. The details of the president's four-point...

@ LA Broadband Summit: The opportunity and dilemma of mobile broadband

LOS ANGELES — "However you think about it, you're not thinking big enough or going fast enough," Kelly King, AT&T Mobility's SVP of consumer and mobility, said at the LA Broadband Summit.Perhaps that best sums up how every player in the ecosystem should be...

WiMAX future remains cloudy

Has WiMAX hit its apogee? Well, according to a new report from In-Stat, the mobile broadband technology is facing increased competitive pressure that could hamper any further growth.In its report, “Global WiMAX Subscribers, Base Stations, and Revenues,” In-Stat noted that the future for WiMAX...

Reader Forum: Second-gen political strategies need updating for 4G realities: Think 'Bat phone'

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,...

Analyst Angle (Special Edition): Apple iPhone 4 & AT&T metered data

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.You have to love the ritual: Every June at the Mac Worldwide Developer’s Conference in...

Analyst Angle (Special Edition): Apple iPhone 4 & AT&T metered data

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.You have to love the ritual: Every June at the Mac Worldwide Developer’s Conference in...

@ International Microwave Symposium: Bringing an engineer’s mindset to America's defense

ANAHEIM, CALIF. – It’s no secret that America and its allies increasingly face a new kind of foe. What’s even more troubling and yet not surprising is how quickly these enemies can adapt, change course and use some of the most advanced technology available...

Clearwire's results show signs of growth, both good and bad

Clearwire Corp. released fourth quarter and full-year 2009 results this morning showing the financial strains of launching a new wireless service, but backed by positive signs that its WiMAX service is starting to attract customers.The company posted a 34% year-over-year increase in operating revenues...

Poor but networked: UN says cell phone use surging

More than half of the people in the developing world are now cell phone subscribers, a U.N. report said Tuesday, highlighting strong global growth in telecommunications.Associated Press

Japan’s mobile phone marvels go back to the future

In the Japan of 2020 a stressed-out salaryman may unwind from his hectic futuristic lifestyle by time-travelling back a few centuries and taking a virtual stroll through medieval Tokyo.AFP

Secret mobile phone codes cracked

A German computer scientist has published details of the secret code used to protect the conversations of more than 4bn mobile phone users.BBC News