T-Mobile USA Inc. looks to be hunting for spectrum, and according to comments by its CEO, is not afraid to find a partner to fill that need. According to a Reuters report this morning, T-Mobile USA CEO Robert Dotson told ... Read More »

Though the calendar may say mid-March, the bounty of new mobile devices hitting the market recently would seem to indicate late December is just around the corner. This week alone has seen T-Mobile USA Inc. officially announce a ... Read More »

New Canadian wireless operator Wind Mobile is hiring retail outlet staff in Edmonton and Ottawa as it prepares to roll out services in those markets on its HSPA-technology based network. The company, owned by Globalive Holdings, ... Read More »

Cable telecommunications provider Cox Communications Inc. said it successfully completed voice calling and high definition video streaming using LTE technology in the Phoenix and San Diego markets. The company said the trial ... Read More »

Brazil is expected to auction several spectrum licenses this year, which could lead to increased mobile broadband adoption, according to a new report from research firm Maravedis. Regulator Anatel could auction spectrum at 2.5 ... Read More »

As wireless voice and data communication has evolved from a high-end business tool to a mass market consumer service, wireless operators have increased their service footprints, extended roaming to a global level, added radio ... Read More »

Even the government is weighing in on the Federal Communications Commission’s plan to develop a National Broadband Plan. The Department of Justice and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration on Monday ... Read More »

Taking a page from Apple Inc., Google Inc. today unveiled its most audacious move into the mobile space just a day ahead of this year's Consumer Electronics Show set for Las Vegas. That move is the official unveiling of its ... Read More »

BendBroadband, a family-owned cable operator in Central Oregon, turned on the nation's first HSPA+ network to bring wireless Internet services to the region using AWS spectrum. Going forward, the operator plans to deploy LTE ... Read More »

The Federal Communications Commission offered a preview of some aspects it is developing for its National Broadband Plan, including rules that bring more spectrum to the marketplace more quickly and rules that make it easier to ... Read More »

Wireless carrier stocks in Canada dropped a bit on Friday after Industry Canada ruled Globalive Wireless Management Corp. will be allowed to launch service in Canada after all. Stocks were down a bit in early trading today. ... Read More »

Cable television giant Cox Communications Inc. has finally made the jump into the wireless telephone business announcing today the launch of the first three markets where customers can sign up for its wireless service offering. ... Read More »

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Unlike the first official day of this week's WiMAX Forum Congress America's '09, Day 2 was a virtual LTE-free zone, except for the occasional remarks that LTE would not be all it's cracked up to be. ... Read More »

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The WiMAX community showed its expected solid and confident front during the opening day of this week's WiMAX Forum Congress Americas '09 event in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Held in the shadow of immense ... Read More »

Federal Communications Commission adopted a shot clock of 90 days for state and local jurisdictions to act on tower collocation applications and 150 days to act on all other tower siting applications, but fell short of ... Read More »

The Canadian regulatory agency ruled that newcomer Globalive Communications Corp. is not a Canadian-owned company and so cannot operate a wireless network, despite having paid $442 million CDN last year to acquire a nationwide ... Read More »

Often overlooked when discussing North American telecom markets, Canada is more than a smaller clone of its southern neighbor. Challenged by a land mass greater than the U.S., but with one-eighth the population, Canada’s ... Read More »

India said Saturday a long-delayed auction of radio bandwidth for third generation (3G) telecommunications services will start in January and will be open to foreign companies. The auction will start January 14, 2010 with bids ... Read More »

The UK government has laid out the roadmap for upgrading the nation's wireless services by rolling out next-generation wireless technologies coupled with bolstering up 3G coverage all across the country, it has been reported. ... Read More »

Perhaps the best news for wireless carriers out of a new FCC-commissioned study on broadband access in the United States is that more “study is needed” before the agency tries to develop a wireless broadband policy. ... Read More »

Clearwire Corp. received a boost from Macquarie Research, which upgraded its rating on the wireless broadband provider from neutral to outperform citing greater clarity on funding possibilities as well as stronger than expected ... Read More »

SAN DIEGO--FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said the government would work to free up more spectrum for wireless broadband access and aid tower-siting efforts, two initiatives the wireless industry likely will embrace, even as he ... Read More »

As it tries to draft a national broadband communications plan, The Federal Communications Commission is seeking comment on how broadband access touches a variety of segments in the United States, including first responders and ... Read More »

4G Unwired 4G Unwired has introduced SkyView Microwave, microwave engineering software that provides the ability to design microwave and broadband networks in 3D directly in Google Earth with accurate and repeatable ... Read More »

Cable telecom giant Cox Communications Inc. is set to enter the highly competitive wireless space in a big way. The company is in the midst of building out its own CDMA wireless network to support customers as well as launch ... Read More »

CHICAGO – What's that old saying: I can't miss you if you won't go away. That seemed appropriate for day 1 of the 4G World 2009 event held this week in Chicago where while the focus of the conference is obviously on "4G" ... Read More »

The competition watchdog says Australia's 16 million telecommunications consumers will be the "clear winners" from greater competition and tighter regulation of Telstra. The chairman of the Australian Competition & Consumer ... Read More »

Editor's Note: As part of RCR Wireless News' relaunch, Publisher Jeff Mucci and Editor Tracy Ford interviewed a number of wireless executives across the industry to find out firsthand what they're doing. In a few words: carriers ... Read More »

The wireless industry has consolidated with regional carriers absorbed by larger national giants. Many decry that as a result, there is less incentive for these national carriers to compete (e.g., by lowering pricing) and ... Read More »

President Obama called for spectrum license fees in a record $3.9 trillion budget, released today, reviving a proposal that has failed to move in the past. But with the new Democratic administration intending to halve the ... Read More »

The Federal Communications Commission is unlikely to take major actions on key wireless policies anytime in the near future, as the agency awaits a new Obama-appointed chairman and as acting head Michael Copps remains laser- ... Read More »

Nortel Network Corp’s decision to shut down its mobile WiMAX division not only hurt Alvarion Ltd.’s 2008 bottom line but its severed agreement will linger this year and may result in a legal dispute. Alvarion posted a loss in ... Read More »

Congress approved legislation to postpone the digital TV transition from Feb. 17 to June 12, capping a fiercely-partisan House debate today that forces wireless carriers to wait another four months to get 700 MHz licenses they ... Read More »

With the economy in a recession, many Americans are trying to scale back spending. Wireless providers, however, may experience just the opposite reaction: Each carrier has a “hop to it” mantra, whether it is to upgrade the ... Read More »

The wireless industry suddenly faces a delay of its own, with digital TV legislation likely headed to the White House soon that will force wireless carriers to wait about four months longer to access 700 MHz spectrum licenses ... Read More »