2013

A decision about whether Apple can continue to use the iPhone name in Brazil will be released this week. On February 5, the Brazilian Institute for Industrial Property (INPI) will …

The Chilean secretary of telecommunications (Subtel) has set technical rules for the use of the 700 MHz band. The formal declaration is the first milestone in the set of activities …

Sensing a demand from consumers, rural carriers have begun to offer shared data plans pioneered by their larger rivals. Cellcom and Bluegrass Cellular now offer rate plans that provide customers …

U.K. telecom regulator Ofcom is looking to free up current spectrum bands reserved for 3G services for the deployment of “4G” services. The proposed move is in response to request …

Clearwire appears to be leaning towards an outright acquisition by current parent company Sprint Nextel, though noted that it was still reviewing options. The update was provided as part of …

Sometimes it’s not even worth getting out of bed in the morning. Unless someone has made breakfast for you, and that breakfast includes bacon, but that’s another story.

Device demos from CES 2013 were our top videos for January. Google’s Nexus 4, Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10.1, ZTE’s Grand S, and Broadcom’s LTE modem were among the most popular, …

You know the prepaid space is getting competitive when it draws a change from postpaid stalwart Verizon Wireless, which today tweaked its prepaid smartphone offerings to better appeal to that …

Dorman Followwill, partner and director at Frost & Sullivan, highlighted six platforms of visionary innovation during the company’s GIL 2013 Latin America event in São Paulo: understand the growth environment …

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 …

Mexican telecommunications company Axtel has closed the sale of 883 telecommunications sites for approximately U.S. $250 million to American Tower Corporation, through its subsidiary MATC Digital. The deal has been …

Android malware encounters grew 2,577% during 2012, according to Cisco’s 2013 Annual Security Report. Malware, software designed to damage a system or to steal money or information, is tracked by …

Shares of Ericsson (ERIC) are up more than 10% this morning after the world’s largest telecom equipment maker beat analysts’ expectations for the fourth quarter and reported a turnaround in …

Verizon Wireless is getting more intimately involved in the m-commerce space, announcing today plans to begin selling Square’s card reader. The carrier said the device will be compatible with smartphone’s …

The domain name system (DNS) was created 30 years ago to make the Internet simpler to use and more controllable. It has evolved to ensure greater network performance, working against …

Two major telecom operators in Brazil announced that they have started trials using near field communication (NFC) technologies for mobile payments.  TIM has partnered with Itaú, MasterCard and Gemalto for …

Cable television giant Cox Communications unveiled a Wi-Fi network for its high-speed Internet customers covering portions of northern Virginia. The service will be available for free to customers subscribing to …

After months of speculation about its chances for survival, Research in Motion made it clear today that RIM will not be around much longer — the company is changing its …

Mobile near field communication is a hot topic today, with a variety of players gearing up to enter NFC payment, loyalty and couponing, and advertising markets. Mobile NFC widens the possibilities

Mobile technologies ranked second among CIOs’ top 10 technology priorities for 2013. The first priority was analytics and business intelligence solutions, according to the latest Gartner executive program survey. The …