2013

Five telecom operators have been granted licenses to deploy LTE services in Colombia. The Ministry of Information Technology and Communications (Mintic) awarded five LTE licences for a total of $401 …

As has been often said, and in more loquacious ways, spectrum is the lifeblood of the wireless industry. Without it, we would all still be running for payphones, concentrating on our driving and having conversations with each other.

U.S. Cellular continued to rationalize its spectrum position, announcing today plans to sell 10 megahertz of spectrum in the 1.7/2.1 GHz band to T-Mobile US for $308 million. The licenses …

Verizon Communications has reportedly moved closer to entering the Canadian wireless market, having offered to purchase beleaguered operator Wind Mobile and initiating talks with equally-troubled Mobility. Reuters reported that sources …

Verizon Wireless looked to re-assert its dominance of the domestic LTE conversation reporting today that its LTE network now covered more than 298 million potential customers across 500 markets and …

The consultant Paul Magnone wrote recently in Forbes about what he calls the four big data trends that will change everything. As Magnone noted, rather than new trends that tend to …

The HTC One was one of the biggest smartphone launches at Mobile World Congress, but four months later Wall Street is wondering if sales have peaked, and HTC has already …

South Korea’s SK Telecom has laid claim to launching the world’s first LTE-Advanced network, offering customers network speeds twice as fast as its current LTE network, which was launched in …

While telcos are experiencing stagnation in traditional service revenue, prices are expected to fall continuously as connectivity becomes a commodity. To guarantee revenue growth, telcos will have to

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 …

Sprint Nextel reported this morning that its shareholders have approved its pending $21.6 billion acquisition by Softbank, with the deal now set to be finalized early next month. Sprint Nextel …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace. Over the past two years, …

We are getting very close to the end of the quarter in the telecommunications industry. This quarter has been marked by many significant events, including:

Carrier Wi-Fi is often marketed as an offload solution, but carrier-class Wi-Fi services for mobile network operators is not only about relieving network congestion. It is also about offering the