2013

MetroPCS, which is just days away from completing its merger with T-Mobile USA, reported relatively flat first quarter results that considering the current competitive nature of the prepaid space could …

Verizon Communication’s interest in acquiring full control over its wireless division is heating up as published reports this morning indicate the domestic telecom giant has hired advisers to craft a …

Many telecom operators around the world understand they have to optimize their network traffic and delivery, so they can better capitalize  on existing traffic. Optimizing video is one great example, …

Ericsson says margins weakened during the first quarter as the company worked to win new contracts. The company says long-term trends are positive and investors seem to agree; Ericsson’s shares …

MetroPCS shareholders have reportedly approved the carrier’s merger with T-Mobile USA that will see it retain 26% of the combined operations and bolster T-Mobile USA’s spectrum position in the heated …

The first-quarter blues hit hard at Sprint Nextel as the carrier posted sluggish customer growth, though it managed to show improved financial performance. Sprint Nextel said it lost 415,000 customers …

Apple took investors through its numbers yesterday, but not all those numbers were financial results or product sales. Faced with slowing growth rates and declining margins, Apple focused on numbers …

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 …

Since TIM acquired AES Atimus for $1 billion in November 2011, there has been speculation about how the company would integrate this asset into its existing portfolio. At the time of the acquisition,

The telecom market in Latin America continues to show positive trends in most of the mobile and fixed key performance indicators (KPIs) which will drive retail revenue up to $167 billion by 2017.

AT&T Mobility reported solid first quarter customer and revenue growth, with the former bolstered by strong adoption of tablet devices. The carrier said it added 291,000 net customer additions for …

The nation’s attempt to put together a public-safety wireless network gained leadership today as the FirstNet board of directors announced the hiring of Bill D’Agostino, Jr., as GM. D’Agostino will …

The UK’s largest mobile operator and the world’s leading designer of mobile processors both reported first quarter earnings today. EE saw revenue slide, but reported a healthy increase in LTE …

NEW ORLEANS – Regional wireless operator C Spire has been one of the more aggressive smaller operators in rolling out LTE services, having last year launched services using its own …

Verizon Wireless continues to attract rural operators to its LTE in Rural America program with the announcement that Alaska-based KPU Telecommunications has signed up for the offering. KPU, which is …

For CIOs and IT managers, bring-your-own-device often seems short for “bring your own dilemma.” On the one hand, enterprises don’t want employee-provided devices undermining security, including

The mobile industry is very dynamic, has experienced major growth in subscriber counts over the last decade, and has witnessed fundamental changes in the very nature of mobile communications over

NEW ORLEANS – Amongst all domestic wireless carriers, regional operator Bluegrass Cellular is in a unique position in that it is set to offer LTE services to customers across two …

NEW ORLEANS – Capital expenditure numbers make in-building wireless coverage a tricky proposition, according to speakers at this week’s DAS in Action conference. C.J. Maier of Verizon Wireless told an …

Intel makes its move in SDN Intel is courting the carriers with hardware and software to enable software-defined networking (SDN). The company’s reference designs use standard x86 servers and programmable …

Leap Wireless altered its iPhone-related rate plans and rolled out a new family plan option for customers that it claims is half the price of competing offers from larger rivals. …