2012

After releasing positive third quarter results, the giant Latin American telecom group América Móvil released its forecast of U.S.$10 billion in investments during 2013—an amount similar to the amount in 2012. Follow RCR Wireless News—Americas on Twitter, Facebook and subscribe to our free periodic …

The last carrier to release the names of its LTE providers, TIM, announced that it has chosen Ericsson, Huawei and Nokia Siemens Networks as partners to provide the next generation of telecommunication networks in Brazil. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and subscribe to our free …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. Even with flattening growth rates and price pressure from increasing competition, …

Intel co-founder Gordon Moore accurately predicted that the number of transistors that could fit onto a silicon wafer would double roughly every two years, but what will happen when transistors are no longer limited by silicon? Researchers at IBM think …

Google may be giving a new meaning to the phrase “over-the-top” with the launch of its newest line of Nexus devices. The Nexus 4 is an unlocked smartphone powered by Qualcomm’s top-of-the-line 1.5 GHz quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro and running …

United Kingdom wireless operator Everything Everywhere said it has launched commercial LTE services across 11 markets, including the cities of Bristol, Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Sheffield and Southampton. In support of that launch, the carrier also …

MetroPCS posted third quarter results showing a rough period for operations, though a positive return on its financials. The results come just weeks after rival T-Mobile USA reported plans to acquire MetroPCS in a convoluted offering expected to close early …

What’s in the hearts and minds of AT&T Mobility, Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA today? Think three letters: NPS – a fast-spreading obsession in the carrier community to foster a brand loyalty index for the industry

In 2002, Billy Beane’s Oakland Athletics set an all-time baseball record winning 20 games in a row. In the process Beane’s “moneyball” concept revolutionized the sport, changing its thinking, its planning and its economics.

Analytics and business intelligence solutions are back at the top of Latin American CIOs’ list of priorities. Last year, this topic was ranked fifth, but over the previous six years it was the first priority. This aligns with the worldwide …

Gartner forecasts that information technology spending in Latin America in 2012 will be a little less than the amount predicted for 2011. Last year, Gartner forecasted that IT spending in Latin America would reach U.S.$303 billion by the end of 2011. However, during …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace. Much was said in September this year about the arrest of Fábio Coelho, Google Brazil’s …

“The future of computing is social, mobile, information and cloud, and companies are doing pieces of it correctly today. But where the real advantages to the vendors’ side and the consumers’ side or the corporate side will be when they …

AT&T and Verizon say they are ready for Sandy. They have deployed mobile cell sites, generators, and even mobile retail stores.

Wireless industry visionaries say three key elements of 5G will be network densification, use of higher frequencies, and devices with more antennas.

Among the many buzzwords in the IT world,  BYOD was one of the most talked about this year. The phenomenon known as “bring-your-own-device,” which refers to employees bringing their own equipment into the corporate environment, was boosted by the launch of …

By the first quarter of next year, Brazilian carrier Oi will start to offer LTE services in the state of São Paulo. The state is not included in the telecom agency Anatel’s coverage obligations (according to the agency’s rules, carriers …

For the second quarter in a row, the world’s largest company (by market value) disappointed investors with its earnings report. The company earned $8.2 billion on revenue of $36 billion for the quarter, up sharply from a year ago but …

Apple had historically taken a similar approach to the automotive industry in terms of rolling out new models: introduce a new model every year with enough enhancements to entice, but not revolutionary

Ericsson’s third quarter profits were up from the second quarter, but down significantly from the year-ago period. Chief financial officer Jan Frykhammer says he’s not satisfied, and that ongoing efforts to cut costs and grow Ericsson’s services business will be …

Few companies can’t wait for “tomorrow” as much as Clearwire, which released third quarter results late yesterday highlighting the fact that come this time next year things should be better. Those better days will include the planned launch of TD-LTE …

Mexican telecommunications giant América Móvil reported good performance for its third fiscal quarter, with net profits up 67% year-over-year thanks to foreign exchange gains. According to its report, a foreign exchange gain of $691.34 million in the quarter led to …

Stephen Elop, Nokia’s CEO and president, visited Brazil twice in less than a year—once in November 2011 and again this week. It is unusual for a device manufacturing company to have its global CEO visiting an emerging country so often. In Nokia’s …

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 …