Yearly Archives: 2015

Reality Check: When roaming in Rome

Your mobile carrier has made it very expensive for you to leave the country with your mobile phone. Whether you live in the U.S.,...

Reality Check: 2015 halftime report – T-Mobile US’ ‘to-do’ list

T-Mobile US’ ‘to-do’ list Last week, the new No. 3 carrier, T-Mobile US, held its quarterly earnings session – it’s hard to classify it as...

Sprint management team revamped with naming of new CFO, COO and CTO

Just ahead of releasing its latest quarterly results, Sprint revamps its leadership In a strange move just hours ahead of its latest quarterly results, Sprint...

Apple MVNO reportedly back on the table

Reports claim Apple MVNO plans could include U.S. and Europe Apple is reportedly testing a mobile virtual network operator service in the U.S. and is...

Apple could make listening to voicemail obsolete

Tech company is testing voicemail transcription feature Many smartphone users, particularly those that fall in the millennial age range, find the whole receiving-then-listening-to a voicemail...

AT&T bundles DirecTV and mobile into new package

AT&T bundles discount on DirecTV or U-verse TV package when combined with mobile AT&T wasted little time putting together a package of services tying together...

Apple no longer China’s top smartphone maker

Apple is no longer the leading smartphone maker in China. On the back of more affordable devices, Chinese device maker, Xiaomi took back the...

Deutsche Telekom partners with Boingo on roaming

German communications service provider Deutsche Telekom has partnered with Boingo Wireless to provide global roaming tailored for business customers. Deutsche Telekom has more than 151...

Cricket Wireless expands Mexico roaming, Canada up next

Cricket Wireless prepaid service now offers unlimited voice, texting to and from Mexico on select plans AT&T Mobility is looking to maintain the competitive position...

SK Telecom reaches 17.93M LTE subs

South Korean telco plans to launch the world’s first pilot of LTE-M technology South Korea’s largest mobile telephony operator, SK Telecom, ended the second quarter...

Analyst Angle: Boingo’s Wi-Fi strategy

Boingo is a global provider of Wi-Fi, distributed antenna systems and small cell services with access to more than 1 million Wi-Fi hot spots...

Kagan: Enterprise solutions at CTIA Super Mobility

I met with Steve Brumer of 151 Advisors about the upcoming CTIA Super Mobility 2015. He invited me to speak at their APP-SOLUTELY Enterprise...

Verizon contract expires but union doesn’t strike

Employees will continue to work as negotiations continue after Aug. 1 contract expiration Despite the lingering threat of a work stoppage, some 38,000 unionized Verizon...

EMEA: Here is on the move

The buzz has finally come to fruition with the announcement of the sale of Nokia’s Here to an automotive industry consortium made up of...

Reader Forum: Living on the edge

What is the real promise of mobility in the enterprise? Is it the ability to read and respond to e-mails on the road? To...

Reader Forum: When enterprises and carriers get together, the result is a happy customer

More millennials enter the consumer marketplace each year and their effect is drastically influencing a multitude of industries. Millennial consumers are mobile driven and...

AT&T NFV, SDN progress update – NFV/SDN Reality Check Episode 22

On this week’s NFV/SDN Reality Check we talked with Andre Fuetsch, SVP of architecture and design at AT&T, to get an update on the...

Mobile apps need bandwidth – Coders Episode 20

This week I'm talking to Haseeb Qureshi, CEO and co-founder of Audiohand. Audiohand is a mobile app that records audio on your iPhone, then...

Network densification – HetNet Happenings: Episode 24

This week on HetNet Happenings, RCR Wireless News Managing Editor Sean Kinney discusses network densification with former FCC commissioner Jonathan Adelstein, the current president...

Telefónica reports Q2 revenue up 12.4%

Telefónica Spanish business showing signs of recovery Spanish telecom giant Telefónica reported revenue of 11.87 billion euro ($13.14 billion) in the second quarter of 2015,...

Nokia reports growth ahead of Alcatel-Lucent merger

With merger pending, analysts see Nokia turning up the heat on Ericsson Nokia on July 30 reported impressive gains in net sales, gross profit and...

U.S. carriers partner with Google (RCR podcast)

Google expands Android's enterprise reach through carrier partnerships Google has enlisted all four of the major U.S. carriers to support Android for Work, security software...

As deadline approaches, NY mayors join Verizon strike talks

Deadline for strike is Aug. 1 Midnight on Aug. 1 is the deadline for Verizon Communications and 38,000 of its union workers in New England to...

Worst of the Week: EIP under the microscope; and Sprint comes to fight … sort of

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...

Cell Tower News: Accident claims 5 tower climbers

 Auto accident claims climber lives, memorial fund set up Five tower climbers from Wingate Communications were driving in a pickup truck in Brooksville, Fla., this week...
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