Despite profits, the telco announces plan to close call centers
Swiss mobile telephony operator Swisscom recorded revenue of 3.02 billion francs ($306 million) in the fourth quarter of 2015, slightly down compared to 3.07 billion francs in the same period a year ago. The operator’s net...
AT&T executives mix includes de la Vega, Stankey and Lurie
AT&T’s ever-expanding wealth of services has resulted in yet another leadership shuffle for the telecom giant's U.S. mobile unit.
According to a report from CNet, Ralph de la Vega has been tapped to run AT&T’s mobile...
One issue being discussed by world business leaders at this year’s World Economic Forum is the so-called fourth industrial revolution in which connected machines will take over many manual labor jobs. Many are concerned this will be disruptive to the workforce as humans are...
AT&T and Sprint slash jobs, while Samsung looks to CDMA for growth … 18 years ago this week
Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time...
Shlomo Kramer, founder and CEO of Cato Networks, sees cloud platforms boosting security, options for enterprises
Editor’s Note: With 2016 now upon us, RCR Wireless News has gathered predictions from leading industry analysts and executives on what they expect to see in the new year.
The...
Yahoo seems to be struggling as of late. Sprint customers are moving forward with a class action lawsuit against the company and there are reports Yahoo is looking to sell its Internet businesses. Now, reports suggest the struggle could trickle down to employees with...
AT&T cuts jobs, while AT&T Wireless adds; and CDMA set for expansion
Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades,...
Before we turn the page on 2015, we thought we would take a look back at the past 12 months by highlighting what we felt were the top 100 stories of 2015 across the mobile space. Since it would be foolish to rank these...
Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics and IEEE agree; engineers will see zero to no growth in employment opportunities
In a recently published job outlook, the federal Bureau of Labor Statistic predicts electrical engineers and electronics engineers will see "little to no change" in employment outlook...
The Wall Street Journal reports Sprint CEO Claure spent up to $30M on consultants
Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure shortly after being tapped to run the beleaguered wireless carrier reportedly spent up to $30 million on advice from consultants that was eventually ignored.
The Wall Street Journal,...
Before we turn the page on 2015, we thought we would take a look back at the past 12 months by highlighting what we felt were the top 100 stories of 2015 across the mobile space. Since it would be foolish to rank these...
Before we turn the page on 2015, we thought we would take a look back at the past 12 months by highlighting what we felt were the top 100 stories of 2015 across the mobile space. Since it would be foolish to rank these...
Latest round of Sprint job cuts to last through Jan. 31
Sprint recently moved on its latest plans to cut jobs, noting in a government filing its “workforce reduction” program began Dec. 16 and would cost the company approximately $150 million.
In a Securities and Exchange...
At the next football game at your local high school, look around at the students sitting in the stands. They’re all unique in their own way, but one thing is consistent: nearly all of them have some sort of wireless, mobile device in their...
Latest round of Sprint job cuts look set to begin as carrier struggles with footing
Sprint’s plans to cut more than $2 billion from its operational expenses looks to be hitting the telecom operator’s workforce, with reports out of Kansas City indicating the beginning of...
Connected car creates growth opportunity
The merger of NXP Semiconductors and Freescale has created the world's largest automotive chipmaker at a time when vehicular technology is taking on new dimensions and scale. Millions of lines of software code power today's vehicles, 90% of which are...
On this week's NFV/SDN Reality Check show we look at NFV orchestration development and top news stories of the past week
Orchestration platforms remain a significant barrier for the development and deployment of virtualized platforms as carriers rely on such platforms to manage network functions...
Accelerated OpenStack adoption cited in move; benefits include lower costs
The Linux Foundation continued its push in support of open source standards, announcing an online training course targeting OpenStack software.
The training course, dubbed “OpenStack Administration Fundamentals,” is said to be a self-paced course designed...
Topics for this week's Carrier Wrap include dissecting T-Mobile Binge On, Sprint reorganization plans
On this week's Carrier Wrap, RCR Wireless News Editor-in-Chief Dan Meyer and Managing Editor Sean Kinney dig into T-Mobile US' launch of its Binge On platform and Sprint's recent decision to...
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, telecom industry unemployment was 1.4% in October
The latest numbers from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, released each month, indicate October marked the low point in 2015 (so far) of unemployment for the telecom workforce.
According to figures,...
Test and measurement leader Anritsu debuts certification programs for active, passive DAS
In-building wireless connectivity—be it from a small cell or distributed antenna systems (DASs)—is an essential mentioned by many consumers in the same breath as water and electricity.
In addition to the current red hot...
Verizon offers union workers a 2.5% raise in first year of proposed 3-year contract
WASHINGTON – Since Aug. 1, 38,000 Verizon Communications union employees affiliated with the Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers have been working without a contract. That...
Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories!
Sprint Nextel expands...
Verizon Wireless said the undisclosed number of job cuts are part of move from 20 offices to six
Verizon Communications is reportedly set to cut an undisclosed number of jobs in its wireless division as part of a regional restructuring program.
According to a Bloomberg Business...
