Monthly Archives: July, 2014

EMEA: Self-driving everything?

Claudia Bacco, Managing Director – EMEA, has spent her entire career in telecom, IT and Security. Having experience at an operator, software and hardware...

France’s Iliad reported to have put in offer for T-Mobile US

UPDATE: Iliad has reportedly confirmed that it has put in a $15 billion offer to gain a controlling stake in T-Mobile US. The offer...

Big Data & Analytics: SAP expands enterprise app store offering

Editor's Note: The ecosystem of big data and analytics, and its intersection with mobile networks and cloud computing has increasing relevance to wireless in areas...

Wi-Fi making transit in-roads

Wi-Fi continues its march toward ubiquity, particularly in transit systems. Wireless connectivity is even coming to an international flight near you – if it...

FCC chairman calls Verizon out on LTE network management plan

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler is “deeply disturbed” by Verizon Wireless' plan to limit the data speeds of some its LTE customers. In...

Nokia Networks to buy Panasonic's base station segment

Nokia Networks has agreed to buy Panasonic's 3G/LTE base station business, aiming to strengthen its offerings in Japan. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but...

T-Mobile US continues strong growth, this time with improved financials

T-Mobile US’ impressive run of customer growth over the past year took a step back during the second quarter, though the nation’s No. 4...

#TBT: Nextel chided for pressure tactics; AT&T, BT partner … 16 years ago this week

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire...

LatAm: Telefónica in talks to buy Mexico's Isusacell; TIM to invest $1.8B in Brazil

In a new twist to the changing Mexican telecom market, Telefónica is reportedly in talks to acquire Grupo Iusacell, a deal that could be worth up to $4 billion, according...

Small cells: hosted solution lets carriers test the waters

Small cells can be big investments for regional operators, many of whom may not be ready to invest $1M or more in a small...

Towercrews.net Featured Tower Jobs for the Week of 7/31

RCR Wireless News’ featured jobs section is powered by Towercrews.net   Senior Construction Manager Directly manage and act as point of contact for large scale projects. Manage budgets,...

Microsoft names wireless industry veteran Stanton to board

Microsoft’s attempt to refocus efforts into the mobile space gained some heady momentum this week as the computing software giant added wireless industry pioneer...

Analyst Angle: Connecting on connected cars

First, the good news: between August 2013 and April 2014, the number of consumers who admitted to reading and replying to e-mails, and watching video

EMEA: Do users know when they’re in the cloud?

Claudia Bacco, Managing Director – EMEA for RCR Wireless News, has spent her entire career in telecom, IT and security. Having experience at an...

Big data implications for mobile marketing

Big data is increasing the granularity of mobile marketing, its scale and measurability, as mobile operators seek to get more out of their data...

Amdocs' growth driven by emerging markets, North America

Amdocs reported strong results during the most recent quarter, with revenues up more than 7% year-over-year driven by activity in emerging markets and in North...

Europe: Orange increases cost-cuts to lose less juice

French telecom operator Orange showed more signs of stabilizing when it released results for the first half of 2014 . To keep its momentum,...

Sprint stems customer losses, squeaks out profit

As has been a recurring theme, Sprint reported quarterly results that highlight its continued struggles through an ongoing network upgrade program, but hints that...

Virgin Mobile taps ItsOn software platform for custom plans

Following up on its announcement earlier this month, Sprint today said it will tap into an agreement with ItsOn to offer “personalized services” through...

Analyst Angle: Apple and IBM – a logical enterprise partnership finally comes of age

While the markets have reacted to this announcement, both BlackBerry and MobileIron shares have fallen. I think we need look at the cause and effect in both the short and long term to truly understand the overall impact.

Policy: FCC extends 3.5 GHz CBRS comment period

The Federal Communications Commission this week extended the comment period connected with rules to establish Citizen Broadband Radio Service in the 3.5-3.6 GHz bands.

Nokia dives deeper into infrastructure services

Nokia Networks scored a big LTE win in North America when Sprint tapped the company for its Sprint Spark build, and now Nokia is...

Why does my phone battery die so fast?

It's a question that everyone asks. Your phone battery seems like it needs to be charged every day or even more frequently as it...

EMEA: Whatsapp – did you know?

Claudia Bacco, Managing Director – EMEA for RCR Wireless News, has spent her entire career the telecom, IT and security. Having experience at...

Lease Advisors, InSite Wireless Group form infrastructure JV

Cellular and billboard lease acquisition company Lease Advisors has formed a joint venture for wireless infrastructure with privately-held tower company InSite Wireless Group, which...
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