Using big data to monetize free Wi-Fi
With its recent announcement of a $5 million investment, United Kingdom-based Purple Wi-Fi is poised to expand its workforce and international heterogeneous network presence.
Purple provides software designed to enable a user to log in to a public Wi-Fi...
Former Sprint executive joins PCIA to help with workforce training
Wireless industry trade association PCIA said that former Sprint executive John Harrison will take on the newly created role of senior adviser. Harrison will join Phil Larsen, director of training and education at PCIA, in...
Verizon Wireless recently held a job fair in the Rochester, N.Y., area, looking to fill up to 300 positions at a Henrietta-based call center.
According to the Rochester Business Journal, the positions include customer service and technical support and are on top of 300 new...
Software QA and testing company A1QA provides workforce insight
Software is increasingly becoming an integral part of modern telecom equipment, which has put a greater emphasis on companies finding qualified employees to keep up with this growing demand.
Svetlana Pravdina, CEO at software quality assurance and...
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The telecom industry is experiencing exponential growth and showing no signs of slowing down. Strategic growth, however, can only take...
Software, NFV, SDN focus bolsters workforce opportunities
Software is set to become a bigger focus for AT&T, with the telecom operator stating plans to virtualize and control more than 75% of its network using software architecture by 2020. This is expected to be accomplished through...
More than 100 companies that have partnered with CommScope on distributed antenna system projects have been notified that CommScope will offer free DAS training for its partners' female employees. The need for DAS specialists is exploding, and many systems integrators are scrambling to find...
The telecom workforce grew by 2,300 jobs in November 2014, according to a new U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics report, and is up some 20,500 jobs since the beginning of the year.
The BLS released its most recent Current Employment Statistics Highlights on Dec. 5....
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Bell Atlantic to...
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Verizon job cuts reported
About 1,000 Verizon Communications employees will get buyout offers for the holidays, according to a report from Bloomberg. The report cites an unnamed source who said Verizon wants to complete the job cuts by the end of year, and...
With big data analytics becoming a more integral part of verticals from telecom to transportation, big data platform company Cloudera is seeing "tremendous demand" for its BDA certifications as tech experts adjust their skill sets for a big-data world.
“They come to us in droves,”...
Sprint continues to press the pricing issue with the rollout of a new promotion that trims access charges to a pair of its shared data plans.
The new offering allows customers to add lines of smartphones accessing either its 12 gigabyte or 16 GB data...
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Sprint’s plans to cut jobs cost the carrier a bit more than originally planned, with additional costs possible through the middle of next year.
The carrier noted in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing that it took an additional $105 million charge during its most...
Some providers of wireless infrastructure services could see higher costs in 2015 due to new regulations. The National Association of Tower Erectors (NATE) is reminding members that as of Jan. 1, many companies will have to start reporting work-related injuries and illnesses to the...
As part of its latest quarterly financial release, Sprint announced plans to cut an additional 2,000 jobs. A company spokesman said Sprint had not yet decided from which parts of the organization the cuts would come, but that they would likely be companywide.
Sprint had...
Cisco readies the IT workforce for wireless, Oi finds a bidder from the cable space and IHS raises billions for African towers.
RCR Mobile Minute 11/3/14
Cisco creates new certifications
Cisco is adapting its certifications to help IT professionals increase their wireless skill sets. The networking giant...
CHICAGO – The HetNet Forum welcomed more than 600 companies to Chicago this week for its HetNet Expo, and most of the companies exhibiting at the show were focused on distributed antenna systems. Several made time to talk with RCR Wireless News about skill...
Americans want mobile broadband, and they want good jobs with potential for growth. The wireless industry can deliver both, but only if adequate training is available for the workforce.
Department of Labor, FCC announce wireless apprenticeship program
Right now, thousands of wireless infrastructure jobs are going...
PCIA has won a $750,000 grant from the Department of Labor to establish standards for wireless training programs, and certifications to enable workers to meet those standards. The grant is part of the federal government's broad initiative to fund job-specific training, a program which...
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column where C-level executives and advisory firms from across the mobile industry share unique insights and experiences.
Telecommunication providers are typically our go-to source for the latest smartphones and tablets. Yet, even though selling mobility has become...
HP CEO Meg Whitman has switched gears and now says that spinning off the company's computer and printer businesses is the right move after all. In the process, HP will let another 5,000 people go. That brings HP's total announced layoffs to as many...
For PCIA President Jonathan Adelstein, this year's State of the Union address was something of an epiphany. The former FCC commissioner realized that the White House was hard at work on an issue that is near and dear to the wireless industry: skills-based technical...
RF engineers are learning that experience with DAS can open doors when it comes to finding a new position. Twenty-seven percent of the RF engineering jobs posted on telecomcareers.net include DAS (distributed antenna systems) in the job description. Employers like KMB Design Group and...
