Yearly Archives: 2015

Verizon loses tower battle in New Jersey

An attempt by Verizon Wireless to build a 150-foot cell tower in a residential neighborhood in Bernardsville, N.J., has been shot down by an...

Worst of the Week: FCC fines – what’s the price of shame?

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...

MTN eyes Visafone buy, welcomes easing of Iran sanctions

MTN Group has reportedly begun the process of acquiring Nigeria’s Visafone Communications, according to reports from Bloomberg Business citing unnamed sources familiar with the...

EMEA: TeliaSonera, Telenor merger hits roadblock

The proposed merger between TeliaSonera and Telenor in Denmark is being investigated by the European Commission amid concerns that a joint venture between the...

Generation Wireless: CCA Global Expo in retrospect

As I think back over the recent Competitive Carriers Association 2015 Global Expo in Atlanta for this Generation Wireless column, I begin to see...

Intel building world’s largest supercomputer for feds

U.S. Department of Energy selects Intel, Cray to deliver Aurora WASHINGTON – Intel announced that the U.S. Department of Energy selected the California-based chipmaker to build...

Cell Tower News: Tornado destroys legendary KOMA tower

Tornado severely damages KOMA tower It may not be a cell tower, but the legendary KOMA communications towers looms large in the minds of those in...

Is your car in the cloud?

The cloud, the cloud, the cloud – some of the most popular buzzwords in telecommunications, IT and now the connected car. It’s a fact that...

Verizon faces federal probe of supercookie use

Verizon supercookies under review for violating consumer privacy and data laws WASHINGTON – The Federal Communications Commission is reviewing whether Verizon Communication’s use of "supercookie"...

Sprint store expansion to add nearly 3,500 jobs

Sprint said move will involve 1,435 locations, add nearly 3,500 jobs Sprint’s oft-discussed plans to tap into RadioShack retail locations in order to expand distribution...

Phoebe Hunt Live music and interview| Sponsored by Telecomcareers

Phoebe Hunt Live music and interview RCR Studio Lounge, hosted by Chris Martin | Sponsored by Telecomcareers, an industry-leading resume database and job board UPDATE: Missed...

Takeovers bear fruit for Cisco in mobile security

A string of takeovers has given Cisco new security capabilities, and this week the company revealed how it's putting the pieces together. The IT...

Europe v. Facebook: Facebook faces European privacy lawsuit

25,000 users join Europe v. Facebook suit An Austrian law graduate and 25,000 other Facebook users in Europe are taking on the social media giant...

FreedomPop application adds cellular, Wi-Fi handoff

MVNO FreedomPop unveils app to solve cellular/Wi-Fi handoff challenge FreedomPop continues to enhance its mobile virtual network operator-based service, this week launching its Premium Voice...

FCC’s text-to-911 program expanding

911 outage drew a $17.4M fine for operators responsible WASHINGTON – Following the steepest fines ever levied for 911 outages, federal regulators are taking steps...

Intel committed to a Chinese operating system

WASHINGTON – China has been working since 2014 to develop a domestic mobile operating system, largely at the behest of the Chinese government. The...

Brazil posts record smartphone sales

Smartphone sales soar in Brazil Brazil's smartphone market is growing rapidly, which could also push demand for data services. Last year, smartphones sales were up 55%...

LatAm: América Móvil consolidates OSS; Opera video interview

América Móvil has selected NEC and NetCracker Technology as providers for a consolidated, end-to-end OSS solution for its Latin American operations, which includes Argentina, Brazil,...

Intersection ahead: telecommunications and automotive

I hear quite often that telecommunications players are only just entering the connected car market and don’t have a great deal of value to...

#TBT: Can T-Mobile make it alone?; telecom leads job cuts … 10 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...

Sprint Apple devices to receive Wi-Fi calling option

Select Sprint Apple models inline for software update to support Wi-Fi calling Sprint said it plans to rollout Wi-Fi calling to select iPhone devices over...

Cricket launches trio of device financing options

Cricket also targets T-Mobile US, MetroPCS, Sprint, Boost with free month AT&T Mobility’s Cricket Wireless brand launched a device financing option for its prepaid service...

Telkomsel chooses Cloudera as big data platform

Telkomsel, Indonesia’s largest mobile operator, selected Cloudera, which it claims is the first unified big data platform powered by Hadoop, to help them become a...

AT&T hit with $25M fine tied to security breaches

Social Security numbers part of customer data stolen at 3 AT&T centers tied to mobile device trafficking AT&T was hit with a $25 million fine tied...

Verizon Galaxy S6 release date hits snag

Verizon may push Galaxy S6 release date Verizon Wireless' release of the Samsung Galaxy S6 has hit a bit of a snag ahead of its scheduled April...
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