RCR Wireless News announced today that Jason Marcheck has joined its executive team as Managing Director for News, Insights and Analysis. Jason joins RCR Wireless News from Current Analysis where he served as a Principal Analyst and Director of Custom Research. In addition to leading the RCR Wireless News editorial team, Jason will be responsible [...]

Soaring demand for data is overwhelming some networks, according to University of Texas professor Jeff Andrews, director of UT’s Wireless Networking and Communications Group. Andrews says the demand we have seen so far is just the tip of the iceberg, and that at this point there are only two real solutions — solutions that could [...]

What can you get done in 5 seconds? Austin startup Cenoplex is showing wireless carriers that 5 seconds is long enough to communicate quite a lot to their customers. Cenoplex is currently testing its Actionable Audio Message service, which inserts a carefully targeted message into the 3 to 5 second gap, or “dead air,” at [...]

Verizon Wireless subscribers in Austin and 25 other U.S. cities may find themselves working faster today. Verizon is rolling out LTE in 26 additional cities as of September 15. Cities getting LTE for the first time include Austin, Reno, Daytona and Santa Barbara. Users of the 4G LTE network in Austin can expect data rates [...]

In a nation already burdened by billions in debt, spending money we don’t have is getting even easier. Handset makers are scrambling to release phones that can be used as credit cards. Near field communication (NFC) is the technology that allows data exchange between two enabled devices that are close to one another. A mobile-payment-enabled phone can [...]

T-Mobile USA Inc. announced a change to its pricing for unlimited smartphone data service, providing new and lower postpaid plans. The carrier said it will also offer more flexibility for customers who bring existing devices to T-Mobile and a monthly payment plan for those who buy new devices. As of yet, T-Mobile has not provided [...]

The first model of smartphone to carry a dedicated Facebook button on the keypad is launching this week from AT&T Mobility (T), which is taking pre-orders for the Android Honeycomb-powered HTC Status and marketing the device as the inaugural phone to be integrated with the social network through a keypad. When users push the button, [...]

The Atlantic compiled and released the 19 most hated companies in America, gleaning information from the American Customer Satisfaction Index, which rates companies based on thousands of surveys. The latest index showed that the unfavorable amongst American firms include large banks, airlines, power concerns and you guessed it, telecom companies. The list in order of [...]

The second biggest liquid crystal display (LCD) manufacturer in Taiwan has sued Dallas-based AT&T Inc. (T) and South Korean-based Samsung Electronics Co. (SSNLF) alleging patent infringement. AU Optronics Corp. (AUO) alleges that AT&T and Samsung disregarded intellectual property rights in flat panel display product lines concerning cell phone devices and flat panel televisions. The suit [...]

TelePacific Communications, an IP, voice, data and Internet services company , announced today that it will acquire Tel West, an Austin-based voice, data and Internet service provider. Specific financials of the deal were not disclosed. Tel West provides services to around 3,400 small and medium-sized businesses, enterprise customers and governments that span six major metropolitan [...]