Monthly Archives: December, 2014
EMEA: LTE connections doubled in Europe during 2014
This past year showed signs that LTE is ready to take off in Europe. The region started the year with LTE making up less...
Reader Forum: Text messaging – a wise choice for business?
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...
RCR Wireless News Top 100 stories of 2014 (Pt. 3)
Before we turn the page on 2014, we thought we would take a look back at the past 12 months by highlighting what we...
Reader Forum: Overcoming the hurdles of managing SDN and NFV
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...
Global Telecom: China Unicom 4G focus in 2015
China Unicom 4G focus in 2015
China Unicom's subscriber base continues to slow. In November, the carrier registered fewer than 1.1 million 3G and 4G users,...
Generation Wireless: The future of entertainment
Editor’s Note: Looking to bring a younger perspective to the mobile space, RCR Wireless News has tapped Jeff Hawn to provide insight into what’s...
EMEA: 2014 in connected cars
Claudia Bacco, Managing Director – EMEA for RCR Wireless News, has spent her entire career in telecom, IT and security. Having experience as an operator,...
Reduced churn one goal of CRM
C Spire looks towards CRM to remain competitive
Reducing churn is always a goal for mobile operators. This task has become more important as many...
Breaking down silos in support of CRM
CRM benefits from a positive and consistent experience
One way in which mobile operators can bolster their customer relationship management operations is by unifying access...
Will 2015 be the year Hadoop goes mainstream?
After filing for an initial public offering last month, Hadoop provider HortonWorks is ending 2014 with a bang: The company's stock had an enthusiastic...
FCC 2014 scorecard, 2015 challenges
Looking back at 2014 regulatory issues, ahead to 2015 challenges
The telecommunications industry has kept the federal government plenty busy over the past year with...
Carrier Wrap: AT&T increases dividend; Boost makes Data Boost plan permanent
AT&T announced that its board of directors has approved a 2.2% increase in the company’s quarterly dividend, which means a quarterly increase from 46...
LatAm: End of Cuban embargo to open door for telcos; Ecuador passes new telecom act
With the anticipated end of the U.S. embargo against Cuba, telecommunication services are expected to increase, bringing the country into the 21st century. The general expectation is that...
EMEA: DT looking to sell T-Online, Interactive Media
Reports indicate pair of moves by German telecom giant
Germany's largest phone company, Deutsche Telekom, is looking to sell the country's most popular Internet portal,...
EMEA: Sierra Wireless adds managed M2M solution
Claudia Bacco, Managing Director – EMEA for RCR Wireless News, has spent her entire career in telecom, IT and security. Having experience as an operator,...
White Paper: Implementing NFV: Tips and Traps
Network functions virtualization (NFV) has made remarkable progress on many fronts. This includes market acceptance, architecture definition and supporting specifications. As a result, the...
Reality Check: Codeless application platforms as a way to reduce app backlogs
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...
Reality Check: Debunking 911 myths
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...
Reality Check: Pursuing the industrial IoT market
The industrial “Internet of Things” is one of today’s biggest business opportunities in the electronics and high-tech industry.
Accenture defines IIoT as the convergence of...
RCR Wireless News Top 100 stories of 2014 (Pt. 2)
Before we turn the page on 2014, we thought we would take a look back at the past 12 months by highlighting what we...
Using real-time analytics to boost CRM performance
Guavus notes the importance of analytics to CRM
Customer relationship management has always been a serious subject for mobile operators. As in most markets around...
100G metro upgrade from Windstream, Cyan
Network operator Windstream has partnered with Cyan, an SDN, NFV and packet-optical solution firm, to upgrade existing metro networks to provide 100-gigabit data capacity....
Wanted: Google looking for partners on self-driving car
Google looking for partners for self-driving car
Shaping up to be the year of "Internet of Things," a big part of the trend in 2015...
Small cell expanding with Vodafone, JCDecaux deal
Mobile giant Vodafone has joined forces with JCDecaux, the largest outdoor advertising company in the world, to increase network connectivity by deploying small cells...
FCC spectrum auction reacts modestly to schedule bump
Auction 97 nears holiday break
The Federal Communications Commission’s Auction 97 continues to slowly tack on millions of dollars in new bids, as overall bidding...