Yearly Archives: 2015

Hackers plan to remotely hijack connected car

DARPA researchers plan to demo vulnerability of connected car at conferences WASHINGTON – Cybersecurity researchers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek, funded by the federal government,...

Worst of the Week: Is adulthood next for T-Mobile US?

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...

Number of shipped smartphones reached 350.9M mark in first quarter

Apple smartphones continue surge in China; Samsung sees decrease Analysts with United Kingdom-based Juniper Research tracked 350.9 million smartphones shipping in the first quarter of...

PCIA Wireless Infrastructure Show 2015

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – Anyone who thinks a slowdown in carrier spending is threatening the health of the infrastructure industry was not at PCIA's Wireless...

TeliaSonera’s Q1 earnings disappoint

TeliaSonera on April 21 reported first-quarter earnings that fell below analysts’ estimates in the face of intensified competition in its Nordic and Baltic markets. Q1...

Analysts bullish on Telefónica’s plans to raise prices in Spain

Citi Research has raised its stance on Telefónica to "buy" from "neutral" and its target price to $17.39 per share from $14.59, according to Reuters...

Tourists rely on mobile, use public Wi-Fi in Tel Aviv

Public Wi-Fi part of Tel Aviv’s ranking as ‘World’s Smartest City’ Tel Aviv, Israel, has a robust public Wi-Fi network that’s free to use and...

Telecom operator NFV, SDN needs require telecom focus from vendors

Ubiqube touts telecom focus in dealing with NFV, SDN requirements European-based network and security orchestration software vendor Ubiqube recently announced it is working with French...

AT&T bolsters Mexico operations with closing of Nextel Mexico deal

AT&T plans to combine Nextel Mexico with Iusacell to form large Mexico operator AT&T completed its $1.875 billion acquisition of Nextel Mexico, bolstering its presence...

Cell Tower News: AT&T, Verizon sue over tower placement

AT&T, Verizon get litigious over towers The biggest wireless companies in the world are taking small towns and businesses to court on a seemingly increasing basis....

Sprint to offer free Wi-Fi access at Boingo airport locations

Sprint, Boingo Wi-Fi deal to provide seamless connections at 35 locations Sprint continues to push its Wi-Fi agenda, announcing a deal to offer customers access...

Analyst Angle: Fairness to Wi‐Fi is crucial to LTE unlicensed’s success

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aftIuIVkbWM&feature=youtu.be A conversation with Jim Miller, director radio standards, InterDigital Download a transcript of the complete interview and the complete report. With its focus on enhancing wireless technologies and expanding wireless access and usage, InterDigital...

AT&T fined $6.9M for overcharging low-income program

AT&T will pay $6.9 million to the Federal Communications Commission for over-billing a program designed to help low-income households pay their phone bills. An audit of...

UVA Mobile enters domestic MVNO ring across T-Mobile US LTE network

Latest MVNO entrant backed by former Cricket, Simple Mobile execs The domestic wireless market’s ultra-competitive environment is not preventing new entrants from trying to find...

AT&T axes ad sales prez for racist text

Employee suing AT&T and brass for racial discrimination AT&T fired Aaron Slator, former president of content and ad sales, for allegedly sending a racist text...

Crown Castle bets a billion on fiber for small cells

Crown Castle CEO Ben Moreland likes to call fiber "the horizontal tower" and this week he announced plans to broaden the tower company's fiber...

O’Rielly signals 600 MHz auction delay

Chalks up possible delay to ‘demand for infrastructure’ and ‘workforce shortage’ HOLLYWOOD, Fla., – Michael O’Rielly, commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission warned of possible delays...

China Telecom tops 188M subscribers

 China Telecom gained 9.67 million LTE subscribers in Q1 of 2015 Chinese mobile telephony giant China Telecom announced that its 4G base reached 16.75 million...

NTT DoCoMo spending $5.3B on LTE in 2015

NTT DoCoMo looks to Premium 4G offering Japanese mobile telephony operator NTT DoCoMo said it expects to invest a total of $5.3 billion during its fiscal...

LatAm: América Móvil Q1 net profit down 40%; Colombia to auction 700 MHz

Latin America's largest telecom group América Móvil ended the first quarter with revenue up 3.1% over the year before in Mexican peso terms, while...

#TBT: Merger-mania sweeps carriers; CDPD expands … 18 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...

Nokia/Alcatel-Lucent tie-up will change markets worldwide

Nokia's offer to buy France's Alcatel-Lucent for $17.5 billion represented further consolidation of the telecom infrastructure market. The joining of these two European network giants appears to...

P3 Communications benchmarks VoLTE

Network engineering and testing company P3 Communications is in the midst of drive-testing Voice over LTE implementations by AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile US in...

Telefónica taps NetCracker to update BSS platform across LatAm

Deal calls for NetCracker to update BSS in seven Telefónica markets International telecom giant Telefónica selected NetCracker Technology to update its business support systems supporting...

Sprint targets tablet promotion to spur growth

Sprint offers service discount, free LG G Pad Sprint is looking to encourage the uptake of tablet devices, announcing a deep discount on tablet data...
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