2013

AT&T Mobility may lag behind Verizon Wireless when it comes to pure LTE coverage, but the carrier can at least lay claim to faster network speeds, according to a new …

Femtocell shipments were up 66% in the final quarter of 2012, and this year is expected to be big as production and deployment of LTE femtocells ramp up, according to …

Chip maker ST-Ericsson announced that president and CEO Didier Lamouche would be leaving his position to pursue other opportunities effective March 31. The company, which is a joint venture between …

AT&T is reportedly looking to invest in Indian telecom operator Reliance Jio Infocomm, according to the Times of India. The report noted AT&T was set to purchase a 25% stake …

Brazil’s information and communications technology companies are facing a shortage of skilled labor. As RCR Wireless News reported previously, in January alone there were about 1,000 open ICT positions in the …

A mobile call on March 7 between Subtel’s Undersecretary of Telecommunications, Jorge Atton, and the CEO of Claro Chile, Gerardo Muñoz, was the first call made in Chile using an …

Google will lay off another 1,200 Motorola Mobility employees, or 10% of the company’s remaining workforce. The cuts will impact workers in the United States, China and India. They are …

Just a couple of years ago, AT&T and T-Mobile USA could not complement each other enough, what with AT&T dangling $39 billion in front of T-Mobile USA’s management. I am going to just assume that the money part had nothing to do with it and the compliments coming from company executives were honest and heartfelt.

Congress appears ready to take action to make unlocking cell phones legal again. Three Senators have introduced a bipartisan bill directing service providers to allow subscribers to unlock their phones. …

Canada’s telecommunications regulatory body, Industry Canada, said it would begin auctioning off spectrum in the 700 MHz band on Nov. 19, as part of the government’s plans to bolster competition …

The network test and measurement space is busily supporting wireless operators as they transition to LTE networks and advanced wireless services. RCR Wireless News’ Kelly Hill is tracking this space …

Samsung may have killed two birds with one stone with its investment in Japan’s Sharp Corp. For $110 million, the Korean conglomerate gets a stake in a TV screen manufacturer …

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 …

Colombia’s ministry of technology and communications (Mintic) has released the latest numbers for the country’s telecommunication industry. Internet broadband connections in Colombia have reached 6.2 million, while there are now 49.06 million mobile …

Regional operator C Spire signed a deal with NetCracker Technology to provide the operator with a BSS solution to consolidate its billing, customer account and service activation needs. Terms of …

With all the domestic wireless operators having reported their fourth quarter 2012 results, RCR Wireless News spoke with longtime industry analyst Bill Ho to break down the numbers and find …

MetroPCS has again tapped infrastructure giant Ericsson to bolster its network operations, announcing a deal for Ericsson to supply equipment and services to enhance its evolved packet core network. MetroPCS …

T-Mobile USA is reportedly set for a round of job cuts ahead of its planned acquisition of MetroPCS, with more than 100 jobs expected to be slashed beginning today. The …

With less than three months to go until graduation, many college students are hard at work fine tuning their resumes and scheduling job interviews. And companies from across the mobile …

Four Brazilian carriers announced infrastructure sharing agreements for the deployment of LTE networks. Following an announcement by TIM and Oi that they had made a deal to share telecom infrastructure, …

Airlines are expanding their Wi-Fi services and according to a new global report, are expected to become the industry that spends the most to target mobile consumers. Tata Consultancy Services …