Yearly Archives: 2013

Roll call: Players in the microwave backhaul space

There are dozens of players involved in the many facets of the microwave backhaul market, so many in fact that analysts predict consolidation at...

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...

Xilinx posts strong results

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'...

Verizon Wireless adds 1M subscribers, customer base tops 100M; unveils Edge device upgrade plan

Verizon Wireless set the results bar high for its rivals, announcing second quarter numbers showing continued strong growth in the lucrative postpaid space as...

Carrier Wrap: AT&T to power Nissan telematics; Leap updates Muve Music service

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...

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...

Leap updates device financing offer

Having hinted at plans earlier this year, Leap Wireless jumped into the device financing space announcing its aptly named Phone Payment Plan set to...

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...

In The Chat using social media to address customer experience, sales

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...

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...

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...

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

Time Trippin’: Are developers leaving Google?; Sprint/Clearwire alliance questioned … 5 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...

Intertek certified as PTCRB test lab

Intertek received accreditation from PTCRB and can now conduct testing under "any industry certification scheme for all 2G, 3G and 4G wireless technologies," the...

App tester Sauce Labs raises more money, expands enterprise play

Cloud-based application testing company Sauce Labs closed on a $5 million round of venture funding, and announced an expansion of its platform aimed at...

Femtocell security flaw exposed

Security consultants at iSEC Partners have demonstrated a security breach in femtocells made by Samsung and sold by Verizon Wireless. Although both companies say...

Spanish operator upgrades SMS with SS7 server

Dialogic said that its SS7 signaling server has been deployed by Spanish operator Lleida.net to enhance its SMS connectivity with other operators, and that...

Telus Mobility cuts year from customer contracts, girds for potential competition

Canadian wireless operator Telus Mobility is cutting a year from its traditional three-year contract plans, now allowing customers to gain access to postpaid rate...

AT&T Mobility jumps on device financing bandwagon

They say you are not a leader until someone follows you, which now grants T-Mobile US leadership status in the device financing game as...

Reality Check: Everyone gets a headline this week

On Friday, AT&T announced that they were acquiring Leap Wireless for $15 per share in cash. The transaction, including the acquisition of $2.8 billion in net debt as well as proceeds from the

Reality Check: Why product lifecycle management has become important for high-tech manufacturers

Product lifecycle management may sound like one of those deep-in-the-weeds business terms, but it has become one of the most important arenas for accelerating product deliveries, reducing costs and

Reality Check: Mobile apps changing enterprise IT landscape

Recent shifts in how companies are buying customer relationship management software illustrate the speed with which mobile apps are changing the enterprise IT landscape. Increasingly, many enterprises see mobile- and cloud-based CRM apps playing a

Apple reportedly taps Samsung for A9 chips

The $600 million that Samsung currently owes Apple for patent infringement may be a drop in the bucket for the $180 billion conglomerate, but...

HetNet News: Dragonwave results; new IEEE 802.11 standard work

Microwave backhaul vendor DragonWave reported a net loss of about $6.6 million for the quarter ended May 31, its fiscal first quarter of 2014....

Ericsson bolsters OSS business with TeleOSS purchase

Ericsson bolstered its operating support system operations late last week with the acquisition of Thailand-based TeleOSS Consuilting. The transaction, which is expected to close...
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