Companies operating networks and providing services to businesses, government and consumers. Companies include: Verizon, AT&T, Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile, Vodafone, China Mobile, Telefonica, Comcast, Cox, Time Warner Cable and MediaFLO.
March 12 2010 - 11:45 am ET | Tracy Ford
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,
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March 11 2010 - 12:53 pm ET | Dan Meyer
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.
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March 11 2010 - 10:50 am ET | Kristen Beckman
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
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March 10 2010 - 1:08 pm ET | Dan Meyer
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.
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March 10 2010 - 10:11 am ET | By Nizar Assanie, Vice President (Research), IE Market Research Corp.
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.
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March 9 2010 - 9:56 am ET | Jim Patterson, founder and CEO, Mobile Symmetry
After a column a few weeks back where I took the industry to task on its poor asset management discipline, a colleague came into my office and proclaimed “So – there is nothing new under the sun?” That got me to
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March 9 2010 - 1:01 pm ET | Kristen Beckman
Synchronica plc said it received its largest contract to date for its Mobile Gateway product, which provides push e-mail and mobile synchronization services.
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March 9 2010 - 1:10 pm ET | Tracy Ford
Reply comments on the Federal Communications Commission’s notice of proposed rulemaking on cellphone signal boosters produced some finger-pointing between carriers and equipment manufacturers as well as renewed calls on
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March 9 2010 - 9:34 am ET | Marcelo Claure, Chairman, President and CEO, Brightstar Corp.
Historically, manufacturers, operators and retailers each focused on capturing and defending their respective market shares, fragmenting the wireless ecosystem.
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March 8 2010 - 11:53 am ET | Dan Meyer
Verizon Wireless continued to hype its soon-to-launch LTE network today, noting trials in Boston and Seattle have produced download speeds of up to 50 megabits per second and upload speeds up to 25 Mbps.
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March 8 2010 - 11:59 am ET | Navigant Economics Managing Director Hal J. Singer and Brookings Institution Non-Resident Senior Fellow in Economic Studies Robert W. Crandall
As the U.S. economy struggles to recover from the worst recession since the 1930s with the unemployment rate hovering around 10 percent, the federal government is understandably focused on policies that could create jobs.
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March 5 2010 - 11:06 am ET | Dan Meyer
This past week I was in the enviable position of being put in charge of acquiring a new mobile device for a pair of my teenage nieces.
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March 5 2010 - 12:33 pm ET | Tracy Ford
Amid complaints about its 3G coverage, an advertising challenge from competitor Verizon Wireless and a last-minute push before the federal government on network neutrality rules, AT&T Mobility detailed investment plans for 2010
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March 4 2010 - 12:54 pm ET | Dan Meyer
Sprint Nextel Corp., which posted improved, though still troubled fourth quarter results, is looking to more closely tie company performance with executive compensation.
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March 3 2010 - 10:32 am ET | Kristen Beckman
Airvana Inc. reported fourth-quarter revenues of $47.7 million, down from revenues of $63.3 million for the fourth quarter of 2008. Net income for the quarter was $13.1 million, or 19 cents per share, compared with net
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March 3 2010 - 6:29 pm ET | By: Steve Largent, president & CEO, CTIA-The Wireless Association
The wireless industry continues to evolve and innovate at a rapid pace and 2009 was no exception. Smart phones were the “it” device with nearly 41 million operating on carriers' networks last year. The reason for
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March 3 2010 - 11:45 am ET | Dan Meyer
Sprint Nextel Corp.’s bevy of prepaid offerings is gaining some clarity as the carrier is looking to phase out a legacy postpaid service and increase the appeal of its prepaid data plans.
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March 3 2010 - 1:00 pm ET | Dan Meyer
Nokia Corp. finally found a domestic taker for its Ovi application platform announcing today that T-Mobile USA Inc. would begin offering the Nokia 5230 Nuron in the coming weeks.
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March 2 2010 - 1:01 pm ET | Dan Meyer
The battle (wink, wink*) between next generation technology standards LTE and WiMAX has started to heat up as the first commercial LTE networks are just now coming on line and the U.S.
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March 2 2010 - 6:00 am ET | Andrew Shikiar, Global Marketing Director, LiMo Foundation
In 2009 the app-store gold rush induced “headless chicken” behavior within the mobile industry on an unprecedented level
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March 2 2010 - 10:18 am ET | By Gene Reznik, global managing director, Communications Industry, Accenture
A few interesting facts about the world we live in:
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March 2 2010 - 10:39 am ET | Kristen Beckman
Following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past week:
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March 2 2010 - 12:17 pm ET | Tracy Ford
As the Federal Communications Commission prepares to present its National Broadband Plan to Congress March 17, the agency released details of its plans to create an interoperable wireless network for first responders.
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March 2 2010 - 6:00 am ET | Jim Patterson, founder and CEO, Mobile Symmetry
Greetings from the ice-crusted prairie where we celebrate mid-30 degree temperatures. The mercury wasn't the only thing that rose this past week as Cablevision, T-Mobile, Metro PCS, CenturyLink, Leap Wireless, Frontier and a host
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March 1 2010 - 4:30 pm ET | Tracy Ford
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in RCR Wireless News' January Special Edition Wireless Infrastructure: The Engine for Economic Recovery.
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March 1 2010 - 10:06 am ET | Jim Manis, Mobile Giving Foundation
Editor's Note: Jim Manis, chairman and CEO of the Mobile Giving Foundation (MGF) reports from Hawaii just hours after the catastrophic Chilean earthquake. :
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March 1 2010 - 12:25 pm ET | Tracy Ford
Editor's Note: This originally appeared in RCR Wireless News' January Special Edition, Wireless Infrastructure: The Engine for Economic Recovery. Look for
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February 26 2010 - 1:09 pm ET | Matt Kapko
Editor's Note: This story originally appeared in RCR Wireless News' January Special Edition, Wireless Infrastructure: The Engine for Economic Recovery. Look for our March Special Edition coming soon.
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February 26 2010 - 12:12 pm ET | Dan Meyer
I was hoping to avoid writing one more column about the recent Mobile World Congress event, but I feel that there is still a topic from that show worth exploring/exploiting for my own amusement.
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February 26 2010 - 1:34 pm ET | RCR Wireless News
Wireless operators finished out 2009 on a mixed note as some operators posted robust customer growth reminiscent of years past, while others appear still mired in their modern troubles. The nation's nine largest, publicly traded
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February 26 2010 - 1:01 pm ET | Kelly Hill
Editor's Note: This story originally appeared in RCR Wireless News' January Special Edition, Wireless Infrastructure: The Engine for Economic Recovery. Look for our March Special Edition coming soon.
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February 26 2010 - 12:49 pm ET | Tracy Ford
Regional flat-rate operators MetroPCS Communications Inc. and Leap Wireless International Inc. posted similar increases in subscriber additions for the fourth-quarter, although both carriers reported increased churn and expect
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February 25 2010 - 12:34 pm ET | Dan Meyer
According to a new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers, mobile carriers will have to find ways to milk more revenues from existing customers rather than relying on revenues from new subscribers to support profitability.
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February 25 2010 - 12:13 pm ET | P. Jarich, Service Director
Current Analysis
Editor's Note:This article originally appeared in RCR Wireless News' January Special Edition, Wireless Infrastructure: The Engine of Economic Recovery.
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February 25 2010 - 11:07 am ET | Tracy Ford
Editor's Note: This story originally appeared in RCR Wireless News' January Special Edition, Wireless Infrastructure: The Engine for Economic Recovery. Look for our March Special Edition coming soon.
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