2012

Not since The Police has Synchronicity been this sexy. The coming together of two seemingly unrelated events such as Ethernet and timing, while not new, is profoundly necessary to make widespread Ethernet mobile backhaul a reality. There are a number …

The United States and Mexico signed a pair of protocols for sharing spectrum in the 800 MHz and 1.9 GHz bands along the U.S.-Mexico border associated with rebanding efforts in the 800 MHz band. The Federal Communications Commission noted the …

AUSTIN, Texas – Competition for technical talent can be fierce, and often employers find that their best recruiting tool isn’t the job or even the corporate culture, but the city where the job is located. And no one sells a …

Dutch telecom operator KPN has had a busy month attempting to counter a move by Mexico-based operator América Móvil, which is looking to increase its presence in the European market. About a month ago, América Móvil – the wireless carrier …

Spain telecom giant Telefónica announced it has agreed to sell almost half its stake in China Unicom (4.56%) for about $1.41 billion (€1.13 billion) to the Chinese telecom’s unlisted parent company. It is part of Telefónica’s efforts to cut debt. …

LAS VEGAS – Like most large multi-nationals, Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) can be challenged to orchestrate its different verticals, which ranges from business-focused products to end user-user focused personal devices. Distilling the range of objectives can even be complicated to digest, even …

The microwave backhaul market is seeing strong fluctuations as the growing need for wireless networks to support mobile data usage is driving revenue growth while at the same time divestments by infrastructure providers is expected to results in consolidation, according …

China’s Huawei is continuing its push into the consumer device market with the introduction of its first LTE handset in the United States, the Huawei Activa. MetroPCS will sell the Activa for $149 (with a mail-in rebate) and will not …

The VC business can be a strange game sometimes. That was typified for me this week courtesy of two lines in my WSJ reader (see below). While the “Larry the Bird” makeover took top billing on my screen, the two …

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 …

Very few of us – and by us I mean humans – are advanced enough to handle more than one chore at any one time. Sure, some of us (you) are more advanced in that we (not me) can actually …

Samsung Electronics has named Kwon Oh-hyun as its new CEO, replacing 61-year-old Choi Gee-sung. Kwon has been running the Korean conglomerate’s components business, where he helped the company expand into logic chips. As CEO, Kwon will now assume control of …

The U.K. wireless market continues its evolution as today rivals Telefonica UK, which operates under the O2 brand, and Vodafone UK announced plans to cooperate on “basic” network infrastructure that will see them share assets across 18,500 cell sites. The …

Citrix Systems, Inc. announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire privately-held Bytemobile, Inc. for an undisclosed sum. While not the first deal of this nature in 2012, it does represent one of the more meaningful as cloud platform …

With the PC market in the doldrums, one of the world’s biggest computer makers is quietly making money by proving that it’s amazing what you can get done if you don’t worry about who’s getting the credit. That adage informs …

The debate over device subsidies has hit a fever pitch with carriers struggling to make the economies of smartphones jibe with their bottom line. However, a new report from Macquarie Equities Research seems to indicate that as carriers continue rolling …

Business travelers are among the heaviest users of mobile communications, and yet some carriers are actually encouraging enterprise customers to cut their business travel budgets. That’s because service providers know that helping customers save money is the key to winning …

The worldwide commercial launch of IPv6 on June 6, an event sponsored and organized by the Internet Society, was called a major milestone by several players and consultant firms. The launch of the new Internet protocol version follows the successful 2011 …

Brazilian Datora Telecom is seeking to get a big share of the machine-to-machine market. The company has just announced a mobile unit dubbed Datora Mobile. At the same time, the company also said it aims to get 15% of the …

Cisco and Avaya have been battling over market share in the enterprise unified communication, VoIP and TDM equipment market, according to the market research firm Infonetics Research. The two have been neck-and-neck in the market for more than two years, …

As the newly appointed president and CEO of Freescale (FSL), Gregg Lowe may be calling on a number of the same customers he visited in his previous role as head of Texas Instruments’ (TXN) analog chips business. The two Texas …

Yesterday Ericsson released its annual Traffic and Market report, which is based on the company’s internal mobile traffic growth modeling exercises as well as data collected from external sources. Not surprisingly, Ericsson’s report finds that mobile subscriptions, and thus, mobile …

Just days after announcing plans to acquire Hughes Telematics for $612 million, Verizon Wireless said it has partnered with a group of automotive companies to form the awkwardly named 4G Venture Forum for Connected Cars. The “forum” tasks itself with …