Yearly Archives: 2013

Juniper Networks reports strong quarter, CEO to retire

Juniper Networks reported a strong quarter with net  income jumping to $97.9 million compared to $57.7 million in the same period last year. Net revenues...

Analyst Angle: Consumers predicted iPhone’s strong Q3

Did Samsung's Galaxy S4 boost sales of the iPhone during Apple's third quarter? According to Argus Insights, analysis of consumer reviews on social media...

Tablets, Android power AT&T Mobility growth

Following up on its pre-release of select second quarter results last month, AT&T continued to show robust growth across its wireless operations thanks to...

Verizon Wireless debuts three new Droid smartphones

Verizon Wireless is launching three new large-screen Android phones. The Droid Maxx, the Droid Ultra, and the Droid Mini include some of the same...

Analyst Angle: 3GPP standardization of LTE in 450 MHz is good news for Brazilian operators

Last week, the international telecom standards regulator, 3GPP, completed the standardization of LTE technology for the 450 MHz spectrum band. This is an important step, especially for Brazilian operators that acquired this band

Time Trippin’: Nokia, Motorola on top of the world; FCC announces AWS bidders … 7 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...

Nokia bumps up screen size with Lumia 625

Nokia is apparently convinced that Samsung owes some of its smartphone success to bigger screen sizes; today the company launched a new Lumia with...

Margin improvement marks infrastructure vendor earnings

Ericsson, NSN and ZTE all report improving gross margins, but top line growth remains elusive. Cost cuts are helping these companies become more profitable,...

TI boosts revenue, RADCOM profitability driven by LTE investment

Texas Instruments Inc. Incorporated earned $3.05 billion during the second quarter, with net income of $660 million, meeting its guidance for  boosting its revenue by...

Vodafone open to sale of Verizon Wireless stake

Verizon Communications attempts to acquire full control over Verizon Wireless may have moved closer to reality as Vodafone Chairman Gerard Kleisterlee told investors that...

Nextivity gains AT&T approval for cell booster

The wireless industry’s acceptance of cell signal boosters gained momentum this week as AT&T announced a deal with Nextivity authorizing the use of its...

Reality Check: Who’s winning the mobile tug-of-war for consumers’ loyalty?

When it comes to mobile customers, communications service providers are facing a new frontier. Highly-connected consumers are eager to use their mobile devices to pay for goods and services, watch videos and

Reality Check: Smartphones and rate plan announcements – do any make sense?

Before digging into the pricing and phone plan changes announced by each of the four largest carriers over the past month, let’s get a quick “health check” of the industry through the eyes of Verizon Communications. On Thursday, the telecommunications giant

C Spire updates PTT service

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...

AT&T Mobility bolsters Mobile Share plans; to offer Windows Phone for GoPhone

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...

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...

HetNet News: ABI sees small cell market rebound

ABI Research says that business and residential femtocells will increase in unit volumes this year and next, due to demand driven by operators such...

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...

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...

Reader Forum: Advances in wireless technology enhance site design and deployment

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

Reader Forum: Mobile fronthaul – mobile’s new kid on the transport network block

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

Test & Measurement: LTE testing and deployment continues growth

Testing for LTE devices continues to evolve, with Spirent Communications' announcement of the availability of validated LTE location conformance tests for GCF certification for...

Worst of the Week: Eyes on your own paper!

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

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...

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...
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