2014

Editor’s Note: The ability to test network and device features and functions is an important piece of technology development and deployment. RCR Wireless looks weekly at network testing news and trends …

Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for …

OSHA fatalities, safety report available on web Big changes in OSHA’s transparency and reporting are underway. For a variety of reasons, people want access to all of the reported job …

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

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News has made many questionable decisions over the years. One of which is agreeing to let a long-time industry observer provide commentary on what is chapping …

Software is becoming an increasingly important part of telecommunication networks and deployments as both wired and wireless carriers look to add functionality to operations while increasing simplicity and reducing costs. …

While wireless operators have been somewhat muted in touting opening week sales of Apple’s latest iPhone 6 and 6 Plus models, a new report from Slice Intelligence found T-Mobile US …

Voice-over-Wi-Fi has strong support from Apple, T-Mobile US and Sprint, and that’s been good news already for several wireless infrastructure companies. Taqua was one of the first to react, buying …

As mobile operators focus on the need for network densification, the companies that supply and service the carriers are exploring the business models and technologies that can enable successful DAS …

Verizon Communications has hired the same investment bank that helped AT&T and T-Mobile US sell their towers to Crown Castle, according to Bloomberg. New York’s TAP Advisors is an investment …

Job openings across the wireless space look to remain ample, with mobile operator appearing to be aggressively targeting new applicants across their operations. According to the Boston Business Journal, Verizon …

DENVER – Even though no cable operators have emerged over the years as mobile operators in the sense of building out licensed-spectrum wireless networks, the desire for a mobility play …

A conversation with Masashi Usami, PhD, Executive Director, KDDI Download a transcript of the complete interview now and be the first to receive the complete report when finalized. Faced with an …

DENVER — Cisco’s booth was one of the busiest on the floor at the SCTE Cable-Tec Expo this week. In addition to set-top boxes with integrated Wi-Fi that it has been …

In the wake of Telefónica’s acquisition of GVT in Brazil, mobile operator Oi said it won’t bid in the country’s upcoming 700 MHz frequency band auction. Brazilian carriers had until Sept. 23 to present their …

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 up the time machine, put on …

Editor’s Note: Wireless industry trade group GSMA and its GSMA Intelligence division recently released its rankings of the world’s 30 largest mobile operators based on an equal weighting of total connections …

In infrastructure news this week, Alcatel-Lucent boosts small cell backhaul and NATE issues a warning to tower climbers. Infrastructure News Alcatel-Lucent adds wireless backhaul solutions for LTE small cells Alcatel-Lucent …

Sprint and Dish Network’s “interesting” relationship got a bit closer today as the two companies announced Dish would offer LTE-based wireless broadband services in Corpus Christi, Texas, using Sprint’s network …

The European Union appears to be taking a couple of regulatory steps that will please Europe’s biggest carriers. First, EU member states voted this week to deregulate the voice market, …

Matti Aksela, VP of analytics and technology for Comptel, spoke with RCR Wireless News’ Kelly Hill about trends in big data, including the impact of big data and the “Internet …

Indian IT company Infosys has gained or expanded a number of partnerships recently, including infrastructure vendor Huawei and Microsoft, and is increasing its focus on cloud and the data center. Infosys …

A conversation with Sameh Yamanu, CTO of Assurance and Analytics, and Rob Marson, Strategic Marketing Director, JDSU Download a transcript of the complete interview now and be the first to receive …