2013

After four years of debate, the Chilean Senate has approved a terrestrial digital TV law. The legislation will go next to Chilean House of Representatives. The new law is expected …

Sprint Nextel’s future continues to maintain an air of uncertainty despite its best efforts to stay on course. The latest bump in the road comes from a Reuters report that …

Vodafone, SK Telecom and Cisco were among the operators and vendors honored for their small cell innovation efforts by The Small Cell Forum, an industry and operator association. Awards were …

Apple is reportedly launching a trade-in program in its stores, taking old iPhones off the hands of customers who want to upgrade to the iPhone 5. Right now iPhone users …

AT&T provided a preview of how the current second quarter is progressing, reporting that its wireless operations were on track to post 500,000 postpaid net additions for the quarter. That …

I must confess up front that I love spectrum auctions. LOVE THEM! (Maybe not as much as I love scotch, but they are right up there.)

U.K. operator EE said it has signed up more than 500,000 customers to its recently launched LTE service, with plans for further increase network speeds and broaden available rate plans. …

Sales of Microsoft’s Surface RT tablet have been sluggish. IDC reports that Microsoft sold just 200,000 Surface RT tablets in the first quarter, down from 900,000 in the fourth quarter …

The U.S. government has apparently ordered Verizon’s business service unit to hand over its customers’ phone records. The National Security Agency is requiring the nation’s largest carrier to submit “telephony …

AT&T divested itself of 540 million shares in Latin American-based telecom giant America Movil in a move the carrier said was designed to maintain its position in America Movil following …

Emphasizing that big data’s greatest benefit is the business value it brings, Gartner analysts said that CIOs must put analytics at the center of business and IT. “Application-centered today will …

Sprint Nextel reportedly plans to market its own smartphone brand. Engadget reports that ZTE will manufacture the LTE phone for Sprint and that it will be called the Vital. Scroll …

Dish Network reacted quickly to claims by Sprint Nextel that its pending offer to acquire a stake in Clearwire violates certain laws and shareholder rights. In a letter to Clearwire …

FreedomPop continues to make waves through its “free” service offerings, this week pushing its boldest offer yet. The company said it will offer “completely free” mobile services, including voice, messaging …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. Telefónica’s …

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 …

Mobile operators are looking for ways to provide a remarkable and differentiated user experience. Maintaining an accurate frequency and phase synchronization between radio access and mobile core network is an easy …

Lenovo has made no secret of its ambition to expand into the U.S. smartphone market, and now the Chinese company is reportedly seeking a partner to help grow its already …

The ice is definitely breaking for Intel, the 800 pound gorilla that for a time seemed frozen out of the market for mobile processors because its powerful chipsets, designed for …