AT&T said this week that it expects to have a voice-over-LTE (VoLTE) smartphone by the holidays, and Verizon has also said that it will launch a VoLTE phone this year. …
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Yearly Archives
2013
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PCIA 2013: Adelstein talks FCC, challenges, opportunities, first year on the job
by Dan Meyerby Dan MeyerHOLLYWOOD, Fla. – PCIA CEO Jonathan Adelstein has had what could be deemed a “dream” first year as head of the wireless trade association, with seeming unbridled support from government …
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T-Mobile US looks international for third leg of ‘un-carrier’ strategy; LTE hits 200M pops
by Dan Meyerby Dan MeyerT-Mobile US unveiled the third leg of its “un-carrier” strategy this week, looking to relieve a pain point of frequent world travelers. The carrier announced that beginning Oct. 31, customers …
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HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – To the surprise of few, leaders from the nation’s largest tower owners remain upbeat regarding the future of their market, citing the continued need for wireless carriers …
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Sonus Networks has launched its first software-based session border controller (SBC), positioning the company to better compete as networks evolve toward less purpose-built hardware and more software-defined networking (SDN) and …
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AT&T, Cisco and Intel are all part of a broad new IoT partnership announced today by GE. IoT, or the Internet of Things, refers to the emerging capability to connect …
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HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – For the second year in a row, Crown Castle looks set to pull off a big deal with a wireless carrier as published reports indicate the tower …
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Mobile payment is currently one of the hottest topics in the Brazilian ICT industry. Frost & Sullivan had the opportunity to discuss the trends of this market with telcos and value chain
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Time Trippin’: AT&T tops consumer cellular poll; Ericsson tests W-CDMA … 17 years ago this week
by Dan Meyerby Dan MeyerEditor’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 …
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HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – In comments kicking off this week’s PCIA Wireless Infrastructure Show, keynote speakers from Sprint and AT&T both noted the importance of small cells, spectrum and software in …
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Cambium Networks has launched a new wireless broadband product aimed at connecting rural and underserved communities in the 5 GHz band. Cambium’s heritage comes from Motorola Solutions’ broadband wireless and its …
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C Spire plans to build a $20 million data center in northeast Mississippi to support cloud services for enterprise customers. The 22,400-square-foot center will be built on a 6.5 acre …
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Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) says that roughly one of every seven workers will be let go as the telecom equipment giant makes a last-ditch effort to turn its business around. About 20% …
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The question we should be asking is what will happen if smart watches, devices like Google Glass and other wearable devices don’t have a strong enough mobile signal to work indoors?
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The future of network validation and optimization is in the lab. Think about the plane industry: 100 years ago no one was using flight simulators to build and fly planes. Try for a minute to
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Fitch goes easy on Verizon’s credit rating, cites Verizon Wireless potential
by Dan Meyerby Dan MeyerVerizon Communications’ history of quickly cashing in on previous acquisitions has convinced at least one credit rating service that its pending deal to purchase the remaining stake in Verizon Wireless …
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Sprint is replacing two of its top executives, as the nation’s third largest carrier adjusts to new ownership by Softbank and increased competition from T-Mobile US. Chief marketing officer Bill …
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Enterasys Networks and PCM Inc. have launched a joint offering for cloud-managed wireless LANs, using Enterasys’ Wi-Fi access points and OneFabric management system. The PCM Cloud Wireless Service includes access …
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Qualcomm gets Lenovo’s Vibe Qualcomm has scored a victory with Lenovo, landing the processor in the new Vibe Z smartphone and replacing Intel, which supplied the processor for the Vibe …
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With increasing numbers of consumers demanding ever more from their wireless connections, wireless carriers may view the acquisition of new spectrum as the best hope for meeting the demand.
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Today’s wireless networks are under serious strain from the data deluge, driven by the growth in mobile video and the pervasiveness of tablets and smartphones around the world. Consequently,
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With only four commercial deployments of voice over LTE networks globally – three in Korea and with MetroPCS in the United States – it’s safe to presume that it’s still a relatively nascent technology. But
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Oi, the huge Brazilian carrier that plans to be big enough to face foreign competition, has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Portugal Telecom (PT) to form a combined …
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T-Mobile US has been on a bit of roll over the past several months, merging its operations with MetroPCS, rolling out new rate plans and during the second quarter blowing …
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Karen Caldwell entered the wireless business at a time when cell phones were large and contracts were small. She remembers “big bag phones” and managing projects that involved developing 15-20 …