Monthly Archives: April, 2013
AT&T, U.S. Cellular, and Walmart open pre-orders for Galaxy S4
AT&T and U.S. Cellular are the first two U.S. carriers to offer Samsung's new flagship, the Galaxy S4. Pre-orders start today, with the handsets...
C Spire taps Openwave for data billing solution
Regional wireless operator C Spire Wireless said it has gone with Openwave Mobility’s Promotion and Pricing Innovation mobile data charging solution for the carrier’s...
Chip News: Nvidia delays Tegra 4; Intel boosts HTML5; Freescale demos SDN
Nvidia delays Tegra 4 launch
Nvidia (NVDA) says it will delay the launch of its Tegra 4 processor and accelerate the launch of the Tegra...
Reality Check: Why active antenna systems are the superior antenna tuning solution
As wireless devices evolve, so must their antenna systems, which play a critical but underappreciated role in both the user experience, original equipment manufacturers’ capability to make it all work
Reality Check: M2M to transform enterprise mobility strategies
Machine-to-machine communications are set to play a key role in enterprise mobility strategies. Some sectors such as utilities, oil and gas, and transport and logistics already use M2M widely as a cost-effective means to
Reality Check: Four key areas to consider when selecting an MDM provider
With the escalating number of employees using mobile devices to access both personal and professional content on corporate networks, mobile device management is becoming a significant point of discussion
Report: Verizon Wireless puts in bid for Clearwire spectrum, chaos set to ensue
Further muddying Clearwire’s future is a report that Verizon Wireless has offered up to $1.5 billion to acquire the rights to some of Clearwire’s...
New iPhone reportedly set to begin production
China's Foxconn is hiring workers to produce a new version of the iPhone, according to Bloomberg. The news service says that Foxconn has ended...
Powerwave bankruptcy update
Powerwave has secured an additional $5 million debtor-in-possession credit facility as it works to find a buyer. The Gores Group is the buyout specialist...
HetNet News: Commscope, Ooredoo partner on new tower design
Welcome to this week's news on Wi-Fi, DAS, and small cell deployments.
In macrocell news this week, CommScope and international telecom company Ooredoo said that...
Verizon Wireless lengthens device upgrade time to 2 years, to launch finance option
Verizon Wireless has altered its device upgrade policy, extending the time frame in which current customers are eligible for a full discount on a...
Dish puts in $25.5B offer for Sprint Nextel
Merger-mania continued to spin around the wireless space as this morning Dish Networks put in a $25.5 billion bid to acquire 68% of Sprint...
Reader Forum: Proactive notifications can help LatAm service providers boost ‘NPS’
There’s no denying that the mobile revolution has transformed life throughout Latin America in countless ways. According to a 2012 World Bank report
Reader Forum: Is 2013 the year of VoLTE?
The mobile core is changing. Fast. Mobile network operators around the globe are embracing the transition from legacy mobile technologies to next generation infrastructures and the new LTE core
Reader Forum: The death of ARPU
Average revenue per user has long been the benchmark metric in the wireless industry with fortunes gained and lost on even small changes in an operator’s ARPU result. However, ARPU was borne from a wireless
LatAm Wrap Up: Smartphone tax break in Brazil; TIM to invest $175M in network expansion
The Brazilian government has approved a tax reduction for locally produced smartphones. According to the decree published in the Official Gazette, the PIS/COFINS tax...
Mobile Minute for Thursday April 25
Samsung says demand for the Galaxy S4 is stronger than expected, and that's causing some U.S. carriers to delay the phone's launch.
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MetroPCS, DT postpone vote; T-Mobile USA now an official iPhone carrier
MetroPCS has rescheduled its shareholder vote on the proposed merger with T-Mobile USA. The meeting originally scheduled for today will take place on April...
Test & Measurement: Agilent does Chinese OTA LTE testing; TI opens teaching lab
Welcome to this week's round-up of news, products, and analysis in the network test and measurement space.
Chinese test system provider Tri-L Solutions integrated Agilent...
Worst of the Week: Prepaid libre!
I don’t need to tell any of you, but dang, if that prepaid space is not getting more exciting by the day. I know carriers have been instigating pricing and marketing wars in the no-contract arena for years now,
Time Trippin’: Carrier consolidation rampant, can anyone survive? … 13 years ago this week
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...
Verizon Wireless throws a bone to prepaid space
Not wanting to let rivals get all the prepaid attention, Verizon Wireless this week launched a lower-priced offering designed to tempt those looking for...
Ceragon cites operator hesitation on backhaul investment for weak quarter
Despite a backhaul market that is supposed to be booming, wireless backhaul provider Ceragon Networks released preliminary quarterly results that did not meet the...
Reports: Tablets drive surge in mobile video
Two new reports confirm both the growth of video viewing, and that tablets are increasingly driving the market for video consumption.
At the National Association...
New tool targets business case for small cell deployments
In a move to help define the business case for small cell deployments, consulting firm Wireless 20/20 unveiled a software platform designed to allow...