Monthly Archives: July, 2013
National Instruments holds revenue steady, net income down
National Instruments saw flat revenue year-over-year, with net income plunging from $26.4 million to $14.4 million. The company cited industry weakness in giving a...
Online video optimizer Qwilt raises $16 million in new funding
Qwilt, a company that specializes in online video delivery and transparent caching solutions, can count another big name among its funders: Bessemer Venture Partners...
Alcatel-Lucent’s stock up on progress, despite losses
Alcatel-Lucent's revenue grew slightly year-over-year as the company made progress on its new plan to transition its business to focus on IP networking and...
Time Trippin’: Apple dips toe into wireless; Cingular moves on AT&T acquisition … 9 years ago this week
Editor’s Note: The RCR Wireless News Time Machine is a way to take advantage of our extensive history in covering the wireless space to...
Isis set for nationwide rollout this year
Isis plans to roll out its mobile payments app nationwide before the end of the year. The joint venture formed by AT&T, Verizon Wireless...
Sprint still trying to shake the doldrums
Sprint’s second quarter earnings release this week was a good chance to take a step back from the soap opera that has engulfed the...
Advancements in Mobile Performance Testing From Lab to Field
Mobile network operators and their ecosystems are challenged with technology disruption at the network, service and device levels. How do they manage increased scope of...
Nokia Siemens tests VoLTE on virtualized core
Nokia Siemens Networks said today that it has successfully tested Voice over LTE and other IMS services in a virtualized core network environment, demonstrating...
Ntelos adds customers, bolsters revenues; LTE remains on track for later this year
Regional telecommunications provider Ntelos Holdings continued to show strong customer reception to its service, posting customer growth across postpaid and prepaid segments.
Ntelos reported that...
F5 beats expectations
F5 Networks (FFIV) saw its stock surge after announcing revenues that exceeded expectations, trading above $85 per share for the first time in several...
Sprint loses more than 2M subs, better days expected
As expected, Sprint had a rough second quarter with significant customer defections and operational challenges, though its recent acquisition by Japan’s Softbank is expected...
Android blasts past Apple iOS in tablet market
Of the 51.7 million tablets that shipped worldwide in the second quarter of 2013, a whopping 67% were running the Android operating system, according...
América Móvil clears way to aquire KPN; Telefónica to buy E-Plus
América Móvil (AMX) has terminated its relationship agreement with KPN, which opens the way for América Móvil to increase its stake in the Dutch telecom...
Reality Check: The value of a good value
This week we are discussing the value of a good value and the possible implications for AT&T. Nowhere else was this more apparent than in Google’s launch of their Chromecast product. For those of you who missed
Reality Check: Top 5 enterprise mobility challenges
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column where we let C-level executives and advisory firms from across the mobile industry to provide...
Alcatel-Lucent partners with Qualcomm for small cells
Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) and Qualcomm (QCOM) are teaming up to develop small cells for enterprise and residential deployments. The companies said they plan to jointly...
HetNet News: Ruckus acquires LBS company
Ruckus Wireless has acquired a location-based services company, YFind Technologies Private Limited. Terms of the deal were not disclosed; YFind specializes in indoor positioning...
AT&T snaps up regional carrier Long Lines Wireless
AT&T continues to gobble up regional wireless operators, announcing it has agreed to purchase wireless network assets and subscribers from Iowa-based Long Lines Wireless...
Low expectations for HP’s potential $99 tablet
Even as rumors surfaced last week that HP is planning to release a $99 tablet, some market observers were already giving the product low...
Reader Forum: Every device tells a story
If you’ve read Pt. 1, “Wi-Fi offloading key to weathering data storm,” then you’re undoubtedly aware that mobile network operators are facing
LatAm Wrap-Up: Telefónica, América Móvil Q2 results; LatAm investment leaders
The two largest telecom operators in Latin America have released their second quarter financial results. América Móvil beat expectations, reporting better-than-expected second quarter core...
Reader Forum: Delivering great mobile experiences means being in the know and acting in the now
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...
Worst of the Week: Slicing and dicing prepaid
This week I felt it was necessary to look at the other extreme of this mimicking, specifically the way the nation’s two largest wireless operators – Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility – tackle the prepaid space.
Test & Measurement: Agilent’s new multiplexer for next-gen servers & data-center networks
Agilent Technologies Inc. launched a 28.4 Gb/s multiplexer this week for characterizing receivers for next-gen servers, storage systems and data-center networks.
"To manage the increasing...
Mobile Minute: Chromecast demand drives Google to cancel Netflix promotion
Google ended its offer of three free months of Netflix for buyers of its new Chromecast device, citing overwhelming demand. The $35 dongle that...