Yearly Archives: 2015

RCR Speaker Series: Industrial IoT – Designing, Testing & Securing the Next Mega-Trend

Goldman Sachs views IoT as the third “internet” wave while predicting that IoT will exceed preceding internet waves by connecting 28 billion “things”. By...

SoftBank boosts NFV, SDN push with Cisco deal

SoftBank upgrades White Cloud SmartVPN platform with NFV, SDN technology Japanese telecom giant SoftBank said it plans to upgrade its White Cloud SmartVPN architecture using...

AT&T warns FCC about waning competition in cable

Following its $48.5 billion acquisition of DirecTV, telecom giant AT&T is now telling federal regulators a pending combination of Time Warner Cable, Bright House...

AT&T CEO admits ‘we blew it’ with response to customer advice

AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson admitted his company “blew it” by sending a letter from its lawyer to a customer who suggested ways to make...

Facebook fights YouTube for video dominance

WASHINGTON – Facebook has been busy of late. In addition to steadily gaining users and announcing plans to provided free Internet to Africa via...

Cisco looks to be an IoT leader

WASHINGTON – Cisco Systems has become a household name based on the near-ubiquity of its networking equipment, and now the company is looking to...

LatAm: Paraguay preps for LTE spectrum auction

Paraguayan regulator Conatel released the final bidding terms and conditions for the country's planned 1700 MHz/2100 MHz spectrum auction in support of LTE services....

Chinese mobile operators transfer assets to China Tower

The three operators are finalizing leasing contracts with the new joint venture China’s three mobile operators – China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom –...

#TBT: T-Mobile taps tablets; Apple, Nokia unveil devices … this week in 2013

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...

Apple loses patent lawsuit

Apple's custom processors that power the iPhone and iPad include patented technology that the company used without permission, according to a Wisconsin court. The...

5G, IoT and more depend on carrier-grade Wi-Fi

The list of wireless services is long and getting longer – public Wi-Fi services, the "Internet of Things," big data, converged services, smart cities and...

ETSI NFV group releases 3 new specs focused on security, reliability

ETSI NFV work targets lawful interception, open source software, cloud-based reliability The European Telecommunications Standards Institute’s Network Functions Virtualization Industry Specification Group this week released...

AT&T response to customer advice gives T-Mobile US ammunition

An AT&T customer in California got an unexpected reply to an email he sent to AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson about how to improve the...

Trans-Pacific Partnership proposes strict compliance for ISPs

WASHINGTON – The Trans-Pacific Partnership is a massive free trade agreement among the U.S. and 11 other Pacific Rim nations, including Australia, Japan and Singapore....

Vodafone India to launch 4G LTE in Mumbai

The Indian telco has deployed 1,000 mobile sites in Mumbai; looking to go live by year-end India’s second-largest mobile operator, Vodafone, announced plans to launch...

T-Mobile targets Sprint, Verizon and AT&T, brings back 10 GB family plan promotion

T-Mobile US claims initial offer was most popular of all time T-Mobile US said it is bringing back a previously launched promotion offering a fourth...

French regulator sets date for 700 MHz auction

ARCEP said the auction process will start Nov. 16 France telecom regulator ARCEP confirmed the process to award 30 megahertz of spectrum in the 700 MHz band...

Verizon expands SDN-powered cloud service

Cloud platform uses SDN to offer customization, scalability for end users Verizon Communications is expanding the availability of its software-defined networking powered Secure Cloud Interconnect...

Pittsburgh joins Verizon FiOS fight, mayor threatens suit

The complaints about Verizon Communications' failure to deliver on promises to build out its FiOS networks continue to grow; this time Pittsburgh is calling foul. The...

Ericsson eyes metro cable Wi-Fi market

Emphasizes the importance of providing customers with time-shifted content NEW ORLEANS – As cable and telecommunications companies continue to look increasingly alike, Ericsson has plans...

Outdoor DAS solutions evolve to better support mobile operators

Remote radio heads, better antennas, digital DAS and shared baseband resources help operators reduce the cost of ODAS Outdoor distributed antenna system solutions enable operators to offer...

iPhone 6s sales will be ‘disappointing’ study says

Research from an investment bank says Apple iPhone 6s sales have been “disappointing” thus far. Pacific Crest Securities expects sales to reach 67 million units,...

Sprint winning NYC subway carrier race

The massive network deployment under way to bring LTE to New York City's 279 subway stations has turned into a bit of a showpiece...

Four connected car infographics that capture the ecosystem

Looking for a quick rundown of the connected car market, expected trends and predictions? These four connected car infographics pack a lot of information into...

NFV and SDN set for open-source boost from ONOS, Linux collaboration

ONOS project to tap Linux Foundation’s open source expertise on NFV and SDN work The Open Network Lab’s Open Network Operating System project and the...
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