Yearly Archives: 2015

Worst of the Week: Is Apple the next Sprint, or worse, BlackBerry?

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: National Wireless Safety Alliance launches website

Learn more about NWSA's mission and benchmarking efforts in the industry The National Wireless Safety Alliance has launched an official website. The organization officially launched in...

As strike looms, new app lets Verizon monitor union workers

WASHINGTON – Continuing to prepare for a potential strike, Verizon Communications has been distributing an app to its non-union employees that will allow them...

Fiber splicing training for CWA IBEW Union Members – Inside Telecom Careers Episode 5

Educational training, specifically fiber splicing training, is a key element of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and International Brotherhood Electrical Workers (IBEW) negotiated...

EMEA: Safe and intelligent mobility for connected cars

Connected cars require interoperability to be truly connected As the goal for car-to-x functionality becomes closer to reality in the world of connected cars, the...

AT&T VoWi-Fi coming this year

AT&T Mobility said it plans to launch Wi-Fi calling by the end of this year, following Sprint and T-Mobile US, which have launched the...

ExteNet Systems acquired by Digital Bridge

ExteNet Systems, a builder and operator of DAS and small cell systems, is set to become part of Digital Bridge Holdings, the investment group...

How will Sprint pay for 70,000 small cells?

Analysts say Sprint could bring on a network partner, air concern over vendors keeping pace with operator small cell needs The much-hyped Sprint network upgrade,...

Ericsson, Softbank team for 5G trials in Tokyo

Ericsson and Japanese telecom giant, SoftBank, are teaming up to test "5G" capabilities in Tokyo. The joint field trials in Japan’s largest city will reportedly...

Qualcomm to cut roughly 4,500 jobs and restructure

Pressured by Chinese competitors and domestic investors, Qualcomm has decided to undertake a "strategic realignment" that will include roughly 4,500 layoffs. Qualcomm said it...

Dish Network set to lose $3B bidding credit tied to AWS-3 auction

FCC set to revoke DE bidding credits from Dish Network controlled Northstar, SNR Dish Network looks set to lose a $3 billion bidding credit it...

Net neutrality could raise costs for ISPs, customers

WASHINGTON – Net neutrality may have been grudgingly accepted among Internet service providers and lobbyists, but the Title II order of the net neutrality...

Telenor makes half its money in Asia

Highest growth rates recorded in India and Malaysia Norway-based telecom group Telenor reported that its Asian operations accounted for 52.4% of the company’s overall revenue...

ExteNet Systems Restructuring; Marc Ganzi Chairman

Recapitalization to Fuel Long-Term Growth in Rapidly Expanding Small Cell Market Marc Ganzi, former CEO of Global Tower Partners, which sold to American Tower for...

LatAm: América Móvil income down; $6B investment in Mexico

América Móvil posted 219.999 billion pesos ($13.7 billion) in second quarter revenue, almost flat (-0.1%) compared to the same quarter in 2014. However, the company's...

#TBT: NBA bars Motorola pager broadcast; industry in upheaval … 19 years ago this week

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...

Verizon Wireless scorches T-Mobile, AT&T, Sprint in latest RootMetrics airport study

Verizon Wireless deemed best performing data network, Sprint a distant No. 4 Verizon Wireless continues to be the darling of network performance tests conducted by...

T-Mobile US launches RCS-powered messaging service

T-Mobile Advanced Messaging service taps IP, counters OTT moves T-Mobile US unveiled a new messaging platform that takes advantage of rich communication services to provide...

T-Mobile US CEO says AT&T, Verizon ‘self-destructing’

Legere blasts ‘duopoloy’ in series of seven tweets; concludes that he can ‘stay on vacation’ T-Mobile US CEO John Legere, continuing his outspoken posture against...

Apple Q3 results: 4 things carriers should know

Apple achieved another record-breaking quarter this spring, earning $10.7 billion on revenue of $49.6 billion. CEO Tim Cook said that the company surpassed its...

Verizon workers setting wheels in motion for strike

Workers set to rally, walk off jobs There are 38,000 Verizon Communication workers in the Northeast putting the wheels in motion to strike. The Communication Workers Association...

Connected cars: Hacks, crashes and purpose-built cities

It’s been a busy few days in the world of connected cars on many fronts. There’s been a live-hack, the crash of an autonomous...

KDDI and China Mobile enhance NFV, SDN plans

KDDI and China Mobile move forward on NFV PoC, SDN cloud deployments Proof-of-concepts continue to be a major focus of vendors and operators looking to...

Data explosion in India drives tower demand

Smartphones increasingly replacing cellphones on Indian subcontinent WASHINGTON – A new Deloitte India report paints the subcontinent’s wireless tower market as primed for a transformative...

Deutsche Telekom gets 7,700 mobile sites from Telefónica

Telefónica said the transfer of redundant infrastructure will allow the telco to focus on LTE deployments Telefónica Deutschland, the local subsidiary of Spanish telecom operator...
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