Regional wireless carrier C Spire is looking to tap into the wide-open push-to-talk market, offering up an enhanced PTT service targeting enterprise, government agencies and service organizations. The launch follows …
July 2013
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">C Spire updates PTT service >
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">AT&T Mobility bolsters Mobile Share plans; to offer Windows Phone for GoPhone >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
AT&T Mobility is set to further enhance its Mobile Share plans, announcing it was set to unveil a 300 megabyte and two gigabyte option later this week. The carrier’s Mobile …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">SIM card upgrade should prevent hacking >
Not all hackers are bad guys. Germany’s Karsten Nohl is the coder who prompted the wireless industry to improve security for GSM networks after exposing potential security flaws, and now …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">HetNet News: ABI sees small cell market rebound >by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill
ABI Research says that business and residential femtocells will increase in unit volumes this year and next, due to demand driven by operators such as AT&T, Vodafone, Telefonica, Softbank and …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">FCC boosts Wi-Fi in schools as students use more mobile devices >
The Federal Communications Commission won praise from the White House and educators alike with its vote to pursue high speed broadband access for the nation’s schools by modernizing its E-rate …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">LatAm Wrap-Up: Peru to auction AWS spectrum; Mexico to invest $55B in telecom >
The advanced wireless services (1.7/2.1 GHz) spectrum band auction in Peru is scheduled for July 22. ProInversión announced that four carriers have qualified to bid in the auction that will …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reader Forum: Advances in wireless technology enhance site design and deployment >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
In recent years, national wireless carriers have been racing to keep up with the public’s voracious appetite for data consumption. Despite advancements in technology that provides the public with more
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reader Forum: Mobile fronthaul – mobile’s new kid on the transport network block >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
The world of mobile communications is a rapidly moving one. Apps, smartphones, “4G,” small cells, heterogeneous networks and many more drivers have helped shape the mobile communications market in recent years and this
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Test & Measurement: LTE testing and deployment continues growth >by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill
Testing for LTE devices continues to evolve, with Spirent Communications’ announcement of the availability of validated LTE location conformance tests for GCF certification for “every mobile device that supports LTE …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Worst of the Week: Eyes on your own paper! >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
Good ideas always attract imitation. (Heck, just look at all the different toilet paper brands and types we have to choose from.) The same plays out in the wireless space, where every good idea will
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Smartphone processor market may have peaked for now >
Slowing sales of smartphones and lower selling prices for low-end processors will depress growth rates for the makers of mobile processors during the remainder of this year, according to Strategy …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Can NSN save Nokia? >
Nokia (NOK) sold 7.4 million Lumia smartphones during the second quarter, with all but a fraction of those sales occurring outside North America. Average selling prices for handsets fell, and …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Roll call: Players in the microwave backhaul space >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
There are dozens of players involved in the many facets of the microwave backhaul market, so many in fact that analysts predict consolidation at some point will be necessary in …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">American Tower claims investor report accusation of fraud ‘ill-informed’ >
It wasn’t an easy week for U.S.-based American Tower, as a report from Muddy Waters accused the company of a $250 million discrepancy between the price American Tower said it …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Xilinx posts strong results >by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill
Programmable technologies company Xilinx reported an “exceptional” quarter in which its gross margin was 69%, a new record for the company. About 44% of Xilinx’ revenues come from communications and …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Verizon Wireless adds 1M subscribers, customer base tops 100M; unveils Edge device upgrade plan >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
Verizon Wireless set the results bar high for its rivals, announcing second quarter numbers showing continued strong growth in the lucrative postpaid space as well as increased revenues. Verizon Wireless …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Carrier Wrap: AT&T to power Nissan telematics; Leap updates Muve Music service >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
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 may slip through the cracks from …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Telecom Analytics: Analytics solutions to face OTT threat; new launches this week >
Carriers today are facing the problem of managing over-the-top players and transforming this threat into opportunity. It will not be easy, but by using some analytics tools, telecom operators could …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Leap updates device financing offer >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
Having hinted at plans earlier this year, Leap Wireless jumped into the device financing space announcing its aptly named Phone Payment Plan set to launch July 21. The offering, which …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">NEC reportedly exiting smartphone business >
NEC appears ready to hang up on its smartphone business after its PC partner Lenovo declined the chance to invest, according to Japan’s Nikkei news source. The report says that …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">In The Chat using social media to address customer experience, sales >by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill
A Twitter user bemoans AT&T service. A Facebook user mentions wanting to switch from Sprint to Verizon Wireless. A forum poster asks for recommendations on a wireless carrier. Tapping in …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Dish stays disruptive >
Dish Network may have failed in its recent attempts to buy a wireless carrier, but the satellite TV provider appears poised to continue disrupting both wireless and media. Dish is …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">RACO Wireless to buy Position Logic >
RACO Wireless is buying GPS software developer Position Logic, adding asset tracking applications to its M2M connectivity solution. Both RACO and Position Logic offer ‘white label’ M2M solutions for carriers; …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Analyst Angle: Mobile operators and OTT services – Is there aspirin for the upcoming headaches? >
Over-the-top messaging players are capturing new users at high speed, benefiting from network effects and thus eroding SMS revenues, once a very relevant money stream for mobile players. OTT services are
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Time Trippin’: Are developers leaving Google?; Sprint/Clearwire alliance questioned … 5 years ago this week >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
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 …