Clearwire appeared to move step closer in its pending acquisition by Sprint Nextel, with Institutional Shareholder Services throwing its support behind Sprint Nextel’s recently revised offer to acquire the remaining …
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Regional wireless operator U.S. Cellular lost its president and CEO, Mary Dillon, who abruptly resigned her position late last week. The carrier’s board of directors appointed Kenneth Meyers to replace …
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The battle to shape the rules for the Federal Communications Commission’s planned auction of 600 MHz spectrum licenses continued late last week as T-Mobile US put forth its ideas on …
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The Wi-Fi Alliance has begun its certification program for 802.11ac products, and said that more products with the certification will be available in the second half of the year. The …
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Regional wireless operator Bluegrass Cellular recently launched commercial service for its GetSetGo fixed mobile broadband offering, providing consumers in portions of Kentucky with access to mobile broadband services across one …
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By the end of 2013, the number of mobile-connected devices will exceed the number of people on earth. So, are mobile network operators ready for the inevitable data storm coming from the 10 billion devices expected to run
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Reader Forum: HTML5 and those incredible disappearing apps fuel the need for content intelligence
by Dan Meyerby Dan MeyerImagine you are a policeman, and your job is to give tickets to speeding cars and to manage the traffic flow to ensure steady progress for all cars. But the twist in the tale is that
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SINGAPORE — Live TIM, the fiber optic broadband Internet service of Brazilian operator TIM, is set to launch fixed-telephony services by the beginning of next year. According to TIM chief …
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Have you ever hunted for interference? Have you ever wished for better tools to help the process? Join us for an overview of the interference hunting process for cellular networks …
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RCR Wireless News Editor-in-Chief Dan Meyer will sit down for a discussion on boosters with CEO/Founder Hongtao Zhan and Curt Burkhart, National Sales Manager of booster manufacturer, SureCall, to analyzing …
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Join Kelly Hill, Technology Reporter for RCR Wireless News, for a conversation about LTE next generation networks featuring Dell’Oro Group analysts: Chris DePuy, vice president, carrier IP telephony, wireless LAN …
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Getting its ducks in a row for the holiday shopping season, Samsung is rolling out 1,400 “Samsung Experience Shops” in Best Buy stores nationwide this summer. All of the new …
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Digital Spectrum Alliance formed to close digital divide, promote white space use
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillNearly two dozen companies and organizations announced the launch of the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance, which will promote regulatory policies that allow wireless technologies to address the digital divide between those …
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“You got to know when to hold ’em, know when to fold ’em, Know when to walk away and know when to run. You never count your money when you’re sittin’ at the table. There’ll be time enough for countin’ when the dealin’s done.”
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Test & Measurement: Anite furthers carrier aggregation testing; small cell plugfest
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillAnite says it has submitted the first LTE carrier aggregation (CA) protocol test cases for verification to 3GPP’s RAN Working Group 5 (RAN5), key step toward validation that would lead …
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Virgin Mobile USA is set to increase pressure on rival no-contract offerings with the upcoming addition of Apple’s iPhone 5 handset to its lineup. The device, which will sell for …
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SINGAPORE—During this year”s Amdocs InTouch event in Singapore, several speakers presented their predictions for the near future of telecommunications and social media. RCR Wireless News attended Amdocs In Touch, and here …
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Robust spending on LTE deployments was not enough to rescue mobile infrastructure spending from a first quarter downturn. According to Infonetics Research, preparations for LTE rollouts are putting a damper …
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Bolstered by a 47% bump in the offer price, Clearwire’s “special committee” has switched alliances in throwing its support behind Sprint Nextel’s newly updated offer to acquire the remaining stake …
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Seven Networks announced that it is collaborating with Intel Corp. on mobile network technologies based on Seven’s Open Channel software that is designed to help operators reduce and manage app …
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In the clearest sign yet that it is focused on the enterprise mobility market, Samsung today introduced two new tablets that runs Windows 8. One of the tablets, the ATIV …
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As existing TDM mobile networks give way to next generation networks of LTE, carriers are pushing IP, MPLS, CDN and traffic grooming functionality to the edges of the network. The …
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Canada’s wireless market continues to show its fluid nature, as Orascom Holdings announced it was backing away from attempting to consolidate its ownership in Wind Mobile. Orascom did note that …
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A report released this week by network intelligence company Actix declared that there is “no safety net” for operators deploying LTE networks, with 35% of 3G data traffic generated by …
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Carrier Wrap: T-Mobile US ahead on MetroPCS merge; Bluegrass rolls out microwave
by Dan Meyerby Dan MeyerEditor’s Note: Wireless operators are a busy bunch, and as such RCR Wireless News will attempt to gather some of the important announcements that may slip through the cracks from …