2012

The Communications Workers of America said it had reached a “tentative contract agreement” with AT&T Mobility covering its “District 6” region that the union organization said would result in “the return of a minimum of 2,000 jobs over the four …

As the annual Game Developers’ Conference kicks off in San Francisco this week, the industry will be focusing on mobile as never before. “We’re doubling down in the mobile space,” says Jim Ying, senior VP of publishing at 6waves lolapps, …

BARCELONA, Spain – The move towards the TDD version of LTE gained serious steam last week when during the Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona, Spain, China Mobile President Li Yue laid out plans for the world’s largest operator to …

The domestic market for wireless spectrum assets narrowed a bit in the short term late last week as the Federal Communications Commission said it would open up a formal debate in regards to Dish Networks’ attempt to use satellite spectrum …

Senator Charles Schumer wants the Federal Trade Commission and smartphone manufacturers to both take action to insure that private data on smartphones stays private. Yesterday the New York Democrat told Reuters News Agency that he’s asked the FTC to find …

The global cloud computing market has been strengthened by telecom competition, which has also placed those companies in a prime position to take advantage of that growing market, according to a report from Pyramid Research. Analytical firm Infonetics Research also …

An IPO, an acquisition and a move to independence boosted three mobile content stocks Friday. Yelp (NASDAQ: YELP), the ad-supported site which shares user reviews of businesses, priced its IPO at $15/share Thursday night, and this morning the stock surged …

AT&T Mobility continued its attempts to explain its limiting of network speeds for customers on unlimited data plans noting that it will now limit speeds to those customers once they exceed 3 gigabytes of data transmission in a single billing …

The running spat between AT&T Mobility and its subscribers over what is and is not considered “unlimited” made up some significant ground this week as lawsuits have been won and taunts thrown.

Nokia Siemens believes it needs to be ready for a 1,000-fold increase in data traffic by 2020. And yet at any given time, up to 80% of radio baseband capacity can be idle in a conventional network. That’s why NSN …

Deploying broadband services to rural and suburban areas across Brazil is a huge challenge that telecommunications research and development institution CPqD aims to tackle. On Feb. 24, the independent institution unveiled tests using LTE technology in the 450 MHz frequency …

Due to the phenomenon of more and more data and video traveling over telecom networks, operators need to protect and optimize their data services, noted Radware’s (RDWR) David Aviv during a conversation with RCR Wireless News. Aviv noted that the …

The company that started the digital migration from the desktop to the mobile device chose not to set up shop at this week’s Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona. Instead, Apple issued an invitation from its Cupertino headquarters this week, …

Wireless carriers made it clear at this week’s Mobile World Congress that they are feeling squeezed by “over-the-top” content providers. The cost of building and upgrading networks to support exploding data traffic is not shared by companies like Google, Facebook …

Sprint Nextel has launched its Sprint TV App in the iOS app store, enabling millions of iPhone owners to watch free TV on their phones. Powered by MobiTV, the Sprint TV App will be free with Sprint’s unlimited data plans. …

Intel says it will invest $80 million in its manufacturing plant in Costa Rica, this year. The investment is both to modernize equipment in order to produce 22-nanometer processors and to maintain the infrastructure of the Belén, Heredia, plant. Follow …

Nokia Siemens Networks says it will cut 3,500 jobs in Brazil after ending a big contract with Brazilian telecom operator Oi. During a press conference held at this week’s Mobile World Congress, NSN CEO Rajeev Suri said part of the …

As data usage continues to increase, the networks must keep up. Small cells provide a quick fix for network infrastructures at an extremely affordable price. They say good things come in small packages. And for wireless networks, this is beginning …

The integration of small cells and Wi-Fi has been a theme throughout this week’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Just ahead of the show, Alcatel Lucent, NetGear and Broadcom launched an integrated Wi-Fi and small cell router with femtocell technology. …

BARCELONA, Spain – While marketing hype around acronyms, levels of “G” and the sexy devices that run over those networks are seen as the main drivers in the mobile broadband world, at the end of the day it’s how innovative …