2013

China Telecom, the country’s No. 3 operator, said it added just over six million net customers during the third quarter, which was down considerably from the 8.5 million customers the …

Investment giant KKR announced a partnership with Associated Partners to invest a reported $100 million into the wireless infrastructure space through PEG Bandwidth, AP Wireless and AP Towers. Those firms …

ZTE has tapped Freescale (FSL) to power LTE small cell base stations to be deployed throughout China and Japan. Freescale’s QorIQ Qonverge BSC9132 base station on a chip will provide …

Welcome once again to our weekly wrap-up on tower technology. RCR Wireless News brings you the top stories related to the tower industry and tower-related technology in one place so …

Welcome once again to our weekly wrap-up on tower technology. RCR Wireless News brings you the top stories related to the tower industry and tower-related technology in one place so …

Acquisition, analytics and mobile payments. These are just a few of the recurring topics in the world of telecom software this week. Welcome to our weekly telecom software wrap-up, where …

Wireless trade association CTIA announced today that current president and CEO Steve Largent would be leaving the group at the end of next year when his current contract expires. The …

Just one week after I had pretty much written off the tablet space in favor of my new infatuation with smart watches,

A slowdown at the high end of the smartphone market did not stop Samsung from raking in record profits once again during the third quarter. While sales of the Korean …

If one thing can be drawn from third-quarter financial results from both Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility it’s that competitive pressures are impacting their abilities to retain “price-sensitive” consumers. Executives …

Ericsson posted a solid quarter, although its results were impacted by the strength of Swedish currency and did not meet all of analysts’ expectations. Sales were down 3% year-over-year overall, …

It’s been more than five years since OSHA called tower climbing “the most dangerous job in America,” but there are indications that the fatality rate remains high. So far this …

RIO DE JANEIRO — Although there are some concerns regarding TIM’s future in Brazil, following negotiations between Telefónica and TIM’s parent company Telecom Italia, TIM president Rodrigo Abreu outlined some of the …

RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s Oi, which recently merged with Portugal Telecom, announced it will have 500,000 Wi-Fi hotspots in Brazil by the end of this year. Speaking at the Futurecom …

RIO DE JANEIRO — Alcatel-Lucent is betting on the growth of small cells across the Caribbean and Latin American region. In a meeting with members of the press at the …

AT&T Mobility shrugged off talk of lost market share during the third quarter, posting strong wireless customer growth and robust financial metrics. The carrier reported 989,000 net customer additions for …

T-Mobile US added a second phase to the third phase of its “un-carrier” marketing initiative, announcing the addition of tablet devices to its previously announced device payment model. Along with …

RIO DE JANEIRO—Expanding LTE services is among Telefónica Vivo’s goals for the next year. During a lecture at the Futurecom event, Antonio Carlos Valente, president of Telefónica Vivo, said the …