2013

It was a record-breaking year for smartphones. Device makers shipped more than 700 million units worldwide in 2012, the largest number to date, according to a recent report from Strategy …

AT&T’s fourth quarter results were marked by record smartphone sales, a healthy increase in average revenue per wireless subscriber, and a quarterly loss due primarily to non-cash losses caused by …

The impact of the growing consumption of video on mobile operators is already being felt—and carriers need to develop business models that address customer demands and company profits at the same …

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 public telecom operator, UNE EPM, is investing U.S.$ 2.5 million to launch LTE services in the city of Barranquilla. The investment will be used to install radio base stations, fiber …

Chilean watchdog Subtel has set new service quality indicators for Internet, mobile and fixed telephony services that will be used starting this year. According to the minister of transport and …

Record sales of iPhones and iPads were not enough to renew Wall Street’s appetite for Apple. The stock fell 10% in after hours trading following the company’s fiscal first quarter …

Federal Communications Commission approval of the 2012 acquisitions (Softbank acquires Sprint Nextel; Sprint Nextel buying Clearwire; and T-Mobile USA

German enterprise software giant SAP’s revenues were boosted by its key innovation areas: SAP Hana, mobile and cloud computing. When SAP released its full year and fourth quarter results, the company …

Digicel Group has chosen eVolution Networks to provide a smart energy solution (SES) across its network in Jamaica. Digicel aims to slash energy consumption on the cellular tower (base station) …

Editor’s Note: With 2013 now upon us, RCR Wireless News has gathered predictions from leading industry analysts and executives on what they expect to see in the new year. Two …

Cisco (CSCO) is adding network intelligence to its mobile platform with the $475 million acquisition of Israel’s Intucell. Intucell makes self-optimizing network (SON) software that helps operators manage traffic and …

A decade after the Skype launched its first public beta, the ability to connect video calls as readily as voice calls is becoming table stakes for service providers who are …

The so-called Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology has not taken very long to evolve. Just three years after the first deployment of the 4G wireless standard, subscribers are expected to …

Dish Networks (DISH) plans to close 300 more Blockbuster stores and could lay off as many as 3,000 people, according to the Wall Street Journal. The satellite tv service provider …

ABI Research predicts revenues from wireless location-based services to surpass $4 billion in 2012, bolstered by consumer applications, enterprise applications and location solutions for public safety.

The one thing that I’ll say about this industry is it never fails to surprise. 2013 will be no exception. Overall, we’ll see much more emphasis on mobile operators trying to take back the subscriber

Peru’s unit of Telefónica has accepted the requirements imposed that the Peruvian government for renewing its operating licenses. Telefónica classified the conditions and terms required by the Ministry of Transport …

Brazilian carrier Oi had a difficult day yesterday. Following the resignation of its CEO Francisco Valim, who occupied the position for only a year and a half, and nomination of …