Monthly Archives: October, 2014
AT&T Webinar: Culture of Inclusion
Workplace diversity is an issue that affects everyone, and we all miss opportunities when our workplaces cannot accommodate people with disabilities. This webinar will explore...
Researchers: Mobile phone data ‘unprecedented solution’ to tracking people in disasters, epidemics
A new study finds that mobile phone data can be used for human population mapping in situations such as disasters, conflicts and epidemics due...
Infrastructure: Alcatel-Lucent router wins, Ericsson OSS/BSS partnership
Alcatel-Lucent wins new router customers
Alcatel-Lucent is winning share in the core router market, which has historically been dominated by Cisco, Juniper and Huawei. CenturyLink...
Policy: AT&T counters T-Mobile US’ data roaming push
AT&T continues to counter T-Mobile US’ requests that the Federal Communications Commission move forward with clarifying the “commercially reasonable” standard in its 2011 data...
Mobile network investment update for Q3 2014
The four largest wireless operators in the U.S. continue to pour billions of dollars every quarter into mobile network investment. Here is a brief summary on...
DAS market forecast (RCR Mobile Minute)
Insatiable demand for mobile data has prompted wireless carriers to invest heavily in distributed antenna systems (DAS) to add in-building capacity to their networks....
How does the Americas region fit in 5G push?
The mobile industry still may be in the process of rolling out true 4G services, but that has not stopped those tasked with developing...
Analyst Angle: Are you in prison in Malibu or Miami?
Editor’s Note: Welcome to Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in...
EMEA: Hungarians protest Internet tax with mobile phones raised high
The mobile phone became a sign of protest this week as tens of thousands of Hungarians raised their lit-up smartphones in the air as they...
FTC claims AT&T Mobility’s ‘unlimited’ data throttling ‘unfair and deceptive’
The Federal Trade Commission has filed a court complaint against AT&T Mobility over the mobile operator’s throttling of data speeds for “unlimited” data customers....
MicroStrategy cuts jobs, hires new execs
Mobile analytics and enterprise software company MicroStrategy plans to cut 800 employees worldwide by the end of the year as part of a restructuring...
Survey: All employees will need to be ‘data geeks’
A new survey of business leaders found that enterprise employees will probably have to learn more about data-based decision-making for their companies.
The survey, sponsored by...
Carrier Wrap: AT&T closes on Frontier ILEC deal; T-Mobile US LTE hits 250M pops
AT&T reported late last week that it had closed on the sale of its incumbent local exchange operations in Connecticut to Frontier Communications. The...
TC3 carrier pitches from Eden Rock, Mobolize and others
Printable electronics manufacturing, self-optimizing network products and an end-to-end video processing platform were highlights of a fast-pitch session with wireless carriers at the Telecom...
T-Mobile US shows robust Q3 growth, increased financial strain
T-Mobile US continued to show it remains a force to be reckoned with among domestic operators, posting yet another strong quarter of customer growth...
Reality Check: Verizon, AT&T Q3 results show different paths
Column updated to correct AT&T's service margin.
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column where C-level executives and advisory firms from across the...
Reality Check: What Samsung’s latest earnings mean for mobile in emerging markets
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column where C-level executives and advisory firms from across the mobile industry share unique insights and...
EMEA: Is LTE a luxury item?
Even as LTE becomes more prevalent in the U.S. and Asia, LTE is far from the mainstream in the Middle East, Africa and Europe....
10 questions to ask before starting a Xamarin project
The mobile application space remains a hot market for developers looking to tap into growing consumer demand for mobile-based services. For developers, one of...
DAS case study: Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry
Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry is the largest science museum in the Western hemisphere, with more than 35,000 artifacts. It is the only...
Apple Pay hits a roadblock (RCR Mobile Minute)
Retailers are reportedly pushing back against Apple Pay, the iPhone's new mobile payment app enabled by near field communication. Bloomberg reports that two major...
Clearfield diverse in workforce requirements
Increasing consumer demand for mobile data services is a boon for the backhaul space as mobile operators and their infrastructure partners look to stay...
Reality Check: Wearables won’t be big until they change our lives
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column where C-level executives and advisory firms from across the mobile industry share unique insights and...
Reader Forum: Device dependence and the evolution of smartphone trade-ins
Editor’s Note: In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this Reader Forum for those with something meaningful to...
Reader Forum: The challenges of PCAP and ‘big data’
Editor’s Note: In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this Reader Forum for those with something meaningful to...