Monthly Archives: April, 2013

Semiconductor startup Quantance has raised another $12 million from investors including DoCoMo Capital, TD Fund, Granite Ventures, InterWest Partners and DoCoMo Capital. The company...

Editor’s Note: Wireless operators are a busy bunch, and as such RCR Wireless News will attempt to gather some of the important announcements that...

Apple is finally ending its relationship with Samsung Semiconductor, according to a report in The Korea Times. For years Apple's devices have used mobile...

With MetroPCS’ shareholders set to vote tomorrow on a proposed merger with T-Mobile USA, Deutsche Telekom altered the arrangements of the deal in an...

Communications service providers are being compelled to consider revamping their operating models and adopting new transformational technologies to survive and thrive, according to survey...

RCR Wireless News Editor-in-Chief Dan Meyer was joined by esteemed guests, including long-time industry analysts Roger Entner, former FCC Commissioner Harold Furchtgott-Roth, former Senior...

Wireless backhaul provider DragonWave said it plans to cut one-third of its senior management positions in a cost-cutting move and has altered its current...

Two new reports look at trends in how communications service providers are monetizing and structuring their networks, and conclude that major change is underway...

Gartner estimates worldwide chip sales at $300 billion for 2012, and IHS iSuppli puts the number at $304 billion. Both firms agree that worldwide...

Wi-Fi provider Boingo Wireless now has a global Wi-Fi roaming agreement with AT&T. The partnership expands AT&T's hotspot access abroad, while allowing Boingo customers in...

Investor continue to appear averse to Clearwire taking money from Sprint Nextel, as another investment firm has offered to bankroll Clearwire’s short-term money needs. Reuters...

In response to Google's announcement that it is bringing Google Fiber to Austin, AT&T said that is also prepared to build a 1 gigabit-per-second...

Just ahead of the launch of its iPhone 5, T-Mobile USA is sweetening the pot by offering a trade-in credit for customers turning in...

The past few weeks have been intense for Mexico’s telecommunications sector, and the ongoing discussion of proposed reforms to the local regulatory framework have been the main attraction. During this time,

Service providers have been buffeted by the explosive growth in data traffic. Meanwhile many networks remain highly siloed and are becoming more complex even...

Recent performance testing on LTE chipsets by Spirent Communications revealed some interesting results: the top performer wasn't market leader Qualcomm, but Intel. Rather than focus...

Fairsearch, a business group formed to fight the dominance of Google, has filed a complaint with the European Commission alledging that the search engine...

U.K.-based operator Everything Everywhere said it was set to double its current LTE network speeds with the increase of 1.8 GHz spectrum dedicated to...

Taiwan's HTC, the world's fourth largest smartphone maker, recorded its lowest quarterly profit since it began reporting publicly in 2004. During the first quarter...

AT&T Mobility is reportedly set to increase its presence in the prepaid game with a new standalone offering designed to take on smaller rivals. According...

It’s been a very interesting week in telecom, and, as approvals are completed or underway for two large transactions, it’s worth spending some time recapping activity and looking ahead to the strategic implications.

Whoever said “bandwidth is free” wasn’t speaking for operators trying to meet exploding user demands for video and multimedia content and communications, all while retaining customers and generating bottom line profits for shareholders.

CCA’s FirstNet Summit Pay-Per-View Event Live broadcast from the 2013 CCA Global Expo Austin, Texas (April 8, 2013) — RCR Wireless News, in partnership with the...

Welcome to this week's news on Wi-Fi, DAS, and small cell deployments. Qualcomm has been named an official technology partner of Major League Baseball, and...

Google Fiber, the superfast broadband network that claims to move 1 gigabit of data per second, is rolling out in Austin, Texas. Austin competed...