2012

Allot Communications (ALLT) announced that it has reached an agreement to purchase La Jolla, Calif.-based Ortiva Wireless for an undisclosed amount. With mobile video expected to comprise anywhere from 41% to 67% of telecom network traffic by 2015, Ortiva, a …

Regional wireless operator C Spire continues to make waves, today announcing a partnership with Dish Networks to promote Dish’s TV Everywhere products and DVR technologies at C Spire’s retail locations. The partnership includes showing the place-shifting capabilities of Dish’s offering …

Microsoft’s decision to invest in Barnes & Noble’s Nook has some of its loyal corporate customers wondering if the Nook might become a Windows 8 tablet that could bridge the gap between consumers and corporate IT departments. Many chief technology …

The impact mobile communications has on a country’s economy has been a hot topic of late as carriers around the globe scramble to free spectrum assets from government regulators. Today, Recon Analytics working with domestic wireless trade association CTIA, noted …

The Open Data Center Alliance (ODCA) announced the formation of a new data services workgroup that will focus on accelerating solutions for enterprise big data and content management. ODCA is an independent IT consortium comprised of global IT providers. Enterprise data use is …

IBM (NYSE:IBM) unveiled Mobile Foundation, a portfolio of products and services designed to help organizations capitalize on the proliferation of mobile environments, at its ongoing Impact 2012 Conference in Las Vegas this week. Aimed at solutions for laptops, smartphones, and tablets, the new offering follows IBM’s …

In today’s world of instant Internet gratification, speed is undeniably a critical component of the customer experience with a mobile operator’s service. How quickly one can upload or download things,

For the past few years, at my direction, Accenture has studied usage of technology by consumers to identify major trends that might assist our corporate clients. Our most recent survey

Shares of Barnes and Noble (BKS) skyrocketed today on news that Microsoft (MSFT) will invest $300 million in a new subsidiary Barnes and Noble is forming to market and distribute its Nook tablet. Microsoft will also develop software for the …

Add one more bullet to the list of reasons wireless companies will pay billions for patent portfolios. Clever accounting can protect these profits from federal taxes, as pointed out this weekend by a New York Times article that has already …

According to a report commissioned by U.K.-based wireless operator Everything Everywhere, the impending rollout of LTE services could result in Britain garnering nearly $9 billion in direct private investments by 2015 and create or safeguard up to 125,000 jobs. The …

LightSquared benefactor Philip Falcone has reportedly agreed to eventually take his claws out of the beleaguered wireless company in an attempt to prevent the operator from going bankrupt. Falcone currently runs Harbinger Capital Partners, which has invested more than $2.9 …

Emphasizing the importance of the prepaid market, or at least the intense competition that segment is currently experiencing, nationwide powerhouse Verizon Wireless rolled out new offerings emphasizing the evolving nature of wireless usage while regional wireless operators U.S. Cellular (USM) …

A California judge has ordered Samsung and Apple to send their CEOs and top lawyers to settlement talks next month. Tim Cook and Choi Gee-sung will meet May 21 and 22 in the San Francisco court of Judge Joseph Spero, …

Cloud computing apps are set to become much more popular by 2014, with Latin America and Asia-Pacific leading the way. Currently, large companies in emerging markets are the most aggressive adopters of cloud computing, while their European and U.S. counterparts …

Global travel technology company Sabre Holdings has selected HP Enterprise Services for a six-year infrastructure and applications services agreement worth $US 800 million. It is an extension of the companies’ 11-year relationship. Follow RCR Wireless News – Americas on Twitter, Facebook and subscribe to …

Eyeing the upcoming Fifa World Cup and Olympic Games, the U.S.-based location determination company TruePosition, Inc., said it is trying to establish business relationships with local government agencies to help provide reliable estimates of crowd sizes and to locate people quickly. …

At times, it appears as though wireless industry giants such as Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nextel, AT&T Mobility and T-Mobile USA can do just about anything they want. Especially in the U.S. the size and reach of the largest operators enable …

This past week and a half were marked by quarterly results from some of the nation’s largest wireless operators, each showing an interesting challenge that remain in the mobile space.

Small and medium businesses are learning to profit from mobile marketing, and software giant Intuit (INTU) is taking note. Today the maker of QuickBooks and TurboTax said it will acquire Demandforce, a software company that helps small businesses with mobile …

With its eyes focused on the future, Clearwire (CLWR) reported first quarter results that showed that future cannot come soon enough. The carrier reported a significant drop in customer additions, plunging from nearly 1.8 million subscribers during the first quarter …

Samsung’s Galaxy may now outshine even Apple in the smartphone market, and analysts say the Korean giant has surpassed Nokia as the world’s leading handset vendor. Samsung does not report the number of phones shipped each quarter, but 93 million …

TIM is participating in Brazilian LTE auction, TIM President Luca Luciani said in a conference call today. TIM reported a 30% rise in first-quarter profit, with its share of the country’s booming mobile market delivering solid revenue growth. Read the full …

Chilean Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (Entel) unveiled plans to invest $3 billion between 2012 and 2014 to focus on mobile technology. The plan comprises investments of $900 million in 2012 and includes the purchase of handsets for clients with contracts. …