BROWSING: Policy

Less than six months after denying Telus’ $370 million acquisition attempt of Mobilicity citing competitive concerns, Canadian regulator Industry Canada has approved Telus’ acquisition of struggling operator Public Mobile. In clarifying its position on the two deals, Industry Canada noted that the G-Block spectrum...

Leap Wireless today postponed a planned vote by shareholders on its pending acquisition by AT&T and the release of its third quarter financial results citing the need to file amendments to past Securities and Exchange Commission filings. Leap said the shareholder vote was moved...

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 fire up the DeLorean and take a trip back in time to re-visit some of the more interesting headlines from...

Citing the recently ended government shutdown, the Federal Communications Commission has delayed the beginning of the H-Block spectrum auction by eight days, pushing the start date back from Jan. 14 to Jan. 22. The H-Block auction, which will be known as Auction 96, will...

Wireless carriers and trade associations looking to limit the level of participation of Verizon Wireless and AT&T’s in the planned 600 MHz incentive auction have increased their consumer-facing efforts with the launch of a new website mobilebroadbandcompetition.com. The site, which is backed by among others...

Editor’s Note: Wireless operators are a busy bunch, and as such RCR Wireless News will attempt to gather some of the important announcements that may slip through the cracks from the world’s largest carriers in a weekly wrap-up. Enjoy! --Canadian wireless operator Rogers suffered a...

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 fire up the DeLorean and take a trip back in time to re-visit some of the more interesting headlines from...

The federal government’s ongoing slumber could have a real impact on the wireless industry connected to plans for a trio of spectrum auctions that were set to begin early next year. A number of attendees at last week’s PCIA Wireless Infrastructure Show expressed concern that...

The wireless industry’s current infatuation with touting LTE supremacy has led to mass confusion for consumers left to wade through the various claims. Looking to add some light on the subject, Root Metrics released an information-packed infographic that breaks out what’s behind current LTE...

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – To the surprise of few, leaders from the nation’s largest tower owners remain upbeat regarding the future of their market, citing the continued need for wireless carriers to feed the growing appetite for mobile data services. Speaking during the annual “View...

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 fire up the DeLorean and take a trip back in time to re-visit some of the more interesting headlines from...

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – In comments kicking off this week’s PCIA Wireless Infrastructure Show, keynote speakers from Sprint and AT&T both noted the importance of small cells, spectrum and software in terms of their abilities to meet growing demand for mobile data services. AT&T Labs President...

With increasing numbers of consumers demanding ever more from their wireless connections, wireless carriers may view the acquisition of new spectrum as the best hope for meeting the demand.

Today’s wireless networks are under serious strain from the data deluge, driven by the growth in mobile video and the pervasiveness of tablets and smartphones around the world. Consequently,

T-Mobile US has been on a bit of roll over the past several months, merging its operations with MetroPCS, rolling out new rate plans and during the second quarter blowing the competition out of the water in customer additions. Not bad for the country’s...

Editor’s Note: Wireless operators are a busy bunch, and as such RCR Wireless News will attempt to gather some of the important announcements that may slip through the cracks from the world’s largest carriers in a weekly wrap-up. Enjoy! --Verizon Wireless this week said it...

LTE is out of the experimental stage and is being deployed worldwide. Operators in all markets are in the process of implementing LTE, but the emergence of the Asia-Pacific and Latim America regions is set to

Last week we highlighted three metrics (revenue generating accounts per customer; machine-to-machine unit and revenue growth; and capital spending as a percentage of revenues) that will impact performance in the third quarter. Not surprisingly,

Canadian wireless carrier Mobilicity said it received creditor protection from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice enabling the beleaguered company to seek out new funding. Mobilicity is controlled by Data & Audio-Visual Enterprise Holdings. “ protection will allow Mobilicity the necessary time and financing to...

AT&T’s pending attempt to acquire Leap Wireless gained a new foe as the recently re-branded Rural Wireless Association said it has filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission asking that a “reasonable” spectrum cap be considered before moving forward on the deal. “If the proposed...

Alcatel-Lucent scored a major win for its LightRadio platform as China Mobile selected the vendor to supply more than 20,000 TD-LTE base stations by the end of the year. Financial terms of the deal were not released. The win follows years of network trials where...

Consumers love their mobile devices, and more to the point, love to watch funny cat videos on their mobile devices. Can you blame us? Being able to watch some fat cat struggle to get out of a Kleenex box

Countering claims by rivals, Sprint CFO Joe Euteneuer told investors at a conference this week that the carrier had plenty of capacity left in its network to handle continued support of unlimited data for smartphone customers. Speaking at the Goldman Sachs investor conference, Euteneuer noted...

T-Mobile US is currently one of two nationwide operators offering flat-rate, unlimited data services to smartphone customers, an offering the carrier is not exactly wedded to, though thinks it can be used to drive additional margins. Speaking at this week’s Goldman Sachs investor conference, T-Mobile...