http://www.rcrwireless.com Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:00:00 EST 10 Intelligence on All Things Wireless en-us http://www.rcrwireless.com/article/20100315/UNPLUGGED/100319934/-1 Check out our photos from SXSW interactive on flickr! Don't forget to follow us, and explore Sylvie Barak 2010-03-15T14:52-07:00 http://www.rcrwireless.com/article/20100315/STATIC/100319935/-1 Tracy Ford is an editor with RCR Wireless News. She started with RCR Wireless News in 1990 as a reporter and has been covering the wireless industry ever since. Tracy Ford 2010-03-15T14:03-07:00 http://www.rcrwireless.com/article/20100315/FRONTPAGE/100319936/-1 Interop Technologies – Eddie DeCurtis has been chosen to assume the newly formed role of vice president of Asia-Pacific sales. DeCurtis has been involved in the telecommunications industry for more than17 years. Laura Teten 2010-03-15T12:56-07:00 http://www.rcrwireless.com/article/20100315/WIRELESS_APPLICATION_DEVELOPER/100319937/-1 Editor's Note:This article is an excerpt from RCR Wireless News' March Special Edition, “The Perfect Storm – A Focus on Mobile Messaging, Marketing, Content and Apps. Matt Kapko 2010-03-15T10:52-07:00 http://www.rcrwireless.com/article/20100315/CARRIERS/100319938/-1 Amid considerable speculation about a potential merger, San Diego’s Leap Wireless (NASDAQ: LEAP) has trimmed about 4 percent of its workforce and closed or transferred 38 of its Cricket Communications storefronts. Bruce V. Bigelow 2010-03-15T10:40-07:00 http://www.rcrwireless.com/article/20100315/READERFORUM/100319990/-1 Wireless service providers looking for greater sources of backhaul bandwidth can get help from an unlikely – yet uniquely qualified – fiber-rich source: cable system operators. Shridhar Kulkarni, Product Manager Access Network Solutions, Aurora Networks 2010-03-15T06:00-07:00 http://www.rcrwireless.com/article/20100315/UNPLUGGED/100319940/-1 Sunday was certainly not a day of rest at Austin's SXSW interactive festival, but if you missed it, don't despair, because RCR Unplugged is here to give you a cheat sheet of the days ups and downs, highs, lows and happenings. Sylvie Barak 2010-03-15T06:00-07:00 http://www.rcrwireless.com/article/20100315/READERFORUM/100319939/-1 Over the past 12 months any doubt over operator commitment to femtocells has been silenced. Professor Simon Saunders, Chairman of the Femto Forum 2010-03-15T09:15-07:00 http://www.rcrwireless.com/article/20100314/UNPLUGGED/100319945/-1 RCR Unplugged talks to Nokia about what it is doing to engage customers through social media. Sylvie Barak 2010-03-14T13:25-07:00 http://www.rcrwireless.com/article/20100314/UNPLUGGED/100319948/-1 SXSW keynoter slams Google Buzz over privacy Sylvie Barak 2010-03-14T11:13-07:00 http://www.rcrwireless.com/article/20100314/UNPLUGGED/100319943/-1 Sylvie talks about social media campaign management with Spredfast Sylvie Barak 2010-03-14T19:27-07:00 http://www.rcrwireless.com/article/20100314/UNPLUGGED/100319942/-1 Sylvie interviews participants at SXSW Interactive in Austin, Texas Sylvie Barak 2010-03-14T19:34-07:00 http://www.rcrwireless.com/article/20100314/UNPLUGGED/100319944/-1 RCR Unplugged checks in with Nokia's very own Dr. Phone who promises to cure all your phone ailments Sylvie Barak 2010-03-14T16:13-07:00 http://www.rcrwireless.com/article/20100314/UNPLUGGED/100319946/-1 RCR Unplugged Reactions from SXSW Interactive Sylvie Barak 2010-03-14T12:45-07:00 http://www.rcrwireless.com/article/20100314/UNPLUGGED/100319947/-1 Nokia has teamed up with the self proclaimed Ice cream man, whose mission it is to distribute free ice creams to over a million people by the end of 2011, to "make people happy" Sylvie Barak 2010-03-14T11:50-07:00 http://www.rcrwireless.com/article/20100313/UNPLUGGED/100319950/-1 Sylvie Barak interviews participants at SXSW Interactive about their impressions of the show so far. Sylvie Barak 2010-03-13T23:20-07:00 http://www.rcrwireless.com/article/20100312/VIDEO/100319963/-1 Video Interview: Dave Kresse, CEO, Mu Dynamics Jeff Mucci 2010-03-12T06:00-07:00 http://www.rcrwireless.com/article/20100312/UNPLUGGED/100319955/-1 We at RCR will take you behind the scenes of the wireless revolution, providing news and analysis from an interactive and edgy perspective. Sylvie Barak 2010-03-12T14:19-07:00 http://www.rcrwireless.com/article/20100312/OPINION/100319958/-1 This might sound odd, or it just might sound like something coming from someone that is old, but my tolerance for technology is eroding at an increasing clip. Dan Meyer 2010-03-12T10:42-07:00 http://www.rcrwireless.com/article/20100312/INFRASTRUCTURE/100319957/-1 DENVER--LTE and WiMAX buildouts, as well as an increased attention on distributed antenna systems, should keep equipment manufacturers, site acquisition companies and others in the tower-siting business busy in the next few years, according to... Tracy Ford 2010-03-12T11:45-07:00 http://www.rcrwireless.com/article/20100312/DEVICES/100319959/-1 BEIJING – Lenovo Group expects wireless Internet products to account for up to 80 percent of its sales within five years as it pursues expansion in faster-growing emerging markets, CEO Yang Yuanqing said Friday. Joe McDonald, Associated Press 2010-03-12T09:36-07:00 http://www.rcrwireless.com/article/20100311/CARRIERS/100319969/-1 T-Mobile USA Inc. continued its 3G push today unveiling the first HSPA+ device to be offered by a nationwide U.S. carrier that it plans to offer to consumers beginning March 14. Dan Meyer 2010-03-11T12:53-07:00 http://www.rcrwireless.com/article/20100311/FACILITATORS/100319972/-1 Aruba Networks said it was chosen by Tulsa Public Schools in Oklahoma to deploy an adaptive wireless network across its schools with the goal of using fewer access points and achieving better capacity than competing alternatives. Kristen Beckman 2010-03-11T10:50-07:00 http://www.rcrwireless.com/article/20100311/MOBILE_DEVICES/100319970/-1 Verizon Wireless is selling a new Casio mobile device designed for construction and utilities workers and public-safety personnel who work under harsh conditions. Tracy Ford 2010-03-11T12:30-07:00 http://www.rcrwireless.com/article/20100311/VIDEO/100319966/-1 Video Interview: Peter Daffern, CEO, Clairmail Jeff Mucci 2010-03-11T16:33-07:00 http://www.rcrwireless.com/article/20100310/DEVICES/100319999/-1 HELSINKI (Reuters) – IBM has started a two-year research program that aims to make cellphones easier to use for groups including the elderly and the illiterate. Tarmo Virki, Reuters 2010-03-10T10:00-07:00 http://www.rcrwireless.com/article/20100310/BSS_OSS/100319992/-1 Over the past 10 years the wireless industry has witnessed dozens of mergers or acquisitions that has whittled down a number of industry segments and opened up others. Dan Meyer 2010-03-10T13:08-07:00 http://www.rcrwireless.com/article/20100310/CARRIERS/100319996/-1 The National Football League has benched Sprint Nextel Corp. as its official wireless partner, signing a new four-year deal with rival Verizon Wireless. Kansas City Business Journal 2010-03-10T10:48-07:00 http://www.rcrwireless.com/article/20100310/CONTENT_MOBILE_MARKETING/100319995/-1 Target is launching what it calls the first scannable mobile coupon program from a nationwide retailer. Customers must opt in to the program on their computer at target.com/mobile, or on their device at m.target. Tracy Ford 2010-03-10T11:19-07:00 http://www.rcrwireless.com/article/20100310/OPINION/100319998/-1 In February, Intel and Nokia announced that they were merging their open-source Linux initiatives into a single project called MeeGo. On its face, what's not to like about MeeGo? It has a catchy name. By Nizar Assanie, Vice President (Research), IE Market Research Corp. 2010-03-10T10:11-07:00