April 2016

Opening an era of indoor fully-connected experience [Shenzhen, China, April 18th, 2016] Huawei today announced Indoor Connected Solution (ICS), to assist operators in improving both indoor user experience and ROI. Additionally, this solution accelerates indoor digital transformation and helps operators …

The telco aims to cover 98% of indoor population by end-2017 U.K. operator O2 said that its 4G LTE services now cover 6,000 towns across the country, providing 87% coverage to the outdoor population. The telco said that its 4G …

Finnish vendor Nokia and Turkish mobile telephony operator Türk Telekom have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to accelerate the development of 5G radio access network technology. Under the terms of the MoU, both firms will work together on testing …

The new Huawei, Starhub offering achieves indoor speeds of 1Gbps Chinese ICT provider Huawei and Singapore telecoms operator StarHub have unveiled a new 4G LTE-Advanced solution which achieved 1 Gbps of indoor coverage. The new solution combined StarHub’s 55 megahertz …

Mitel announced April 15 it has entered into a definitive merger agreement to purchase video and voice conferencing firm Polycom for $1.96 billion in a cash and stock deal. In April 2015, Mitel acquired Mavenir Systems, which provides converged IP …

Google Fiber brought is 1 Gbps fiber-to-the-home network live in Kansas City, Mo., in its first step toward delivering high-quality, affordable fiber-based service in select metros around the country. Now, Google has received permission to deploy an experimental Wi-Fi network …

5 things to know today … 1. Today is the deadline for potential buyers of Yahoo to submit preliminary bids, and Verizon is widely viewed as a frontrunner. AT&T, Alphabet, and Comcast have all decided not to bid, according to …

Once again Verizon workers are on strike. However, things are very different this time. The problem is a strike is like treating a cold or flu with a Kleenex. It treats the symptom but not the real problem. The real …

In the ongoing machinations of a pending merger between Sprint affiliates Ntelos and Shentel, a new FCC filing sheds some light on the spectrum and network plans the three carriers are considerig. The deal will combine a pair of Sprint network …

Union alleges Verizon attorney hit two workers with his Porsche The Verizon strike continued on Monday with nearly 40,000 union workers in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions protesting offshoring of jobs, travel assignments and other contract issues. Wireless and wireline …

MaaS360 by IBM provides 6 tips for the decommission of bring-your-own-devices in the enterprise In the world of bring-your-own-device policies, users may run through multiple devices per year – a departure from the typical 18-month or two-year upgrade for the …

Excelacom sees opportunity in using big data and ACM to bolster the customer experience As systems become increasingly intelligent, companies are able to collect extraordinary amounts of data about their products and their customers. The term “big data” emerged several …

10 key indicators to watch Ubiquitous connectivity is set to bring about another industrial revolution. Connected sensors and controls will enable us to monitor and adjust almost every activity in real-time, empowering businesses, cities and individuals to become far more efficient …

Austin is a laboratory for IoT 5G innovation and a microcosm of the global trend towards urbanization Known to many as home to South by Southwest, barbecue, live music and 6th Street revelry, Austin, Texas, has emerged as a “laboratory …

RCR Wireless News recognizes inaugural list of leaders fueling the Fourth Industrial Revolution RCR Wireless News, a leading source of wireless, telecom and mobile technology news and actionable intelligence since 1982, recognized today its inaugural selection of leading Industrial IoT …

The Internet of Things is bringing new players into the wireless ecosystem and creating new opportunities for carriers. While mobile operators see opportunities in asset tracking, mobile health monitoring and industrial IoT, vendors are focusing on the low power, short …

Similar to 3G and 4G cases, ITU-R (International Telecommunication Union – Radio communication Study Groups) will request standard organizations to standardize a new interface based on their recommendations for performance and capabilities. After evaluation of each submission, the standards that …

The Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) initiative can improve user experience and save bandwidth resources, as well as provide endless possibilities for service innovation at the network edge. These benefits are achieved by moving computing power to the mobile edge node …

This white paper expands the foundation of 4G Americas’ view of 5G recommendations that was published in the October 2014 white paper titled, 5G Americas’ Recommendations on 5G Requirements and Solutions.

The Internet of Things (IoT) holds a great deal of promise for the future on many levels. With projections for anywhere from 20 billion to 100 billion connected things by the year 2020, there is a great deal of revenue …

Goldman Sachs views IoT as the third “internet” wave while predicting that IoT will exceed preceding internet waves by connecting 28 billion “things”. By extending mobile and wireless “pipes”, IoT will unlock product innovation, create new business models and expose …

The connected car poses a number of market, behavioral and technical challenges. RCR explores those challenges and some of the key players working to solve them. In this webinar, we look at market drivers and consumer desires for the connected …

This webinar will look at the current global state of the union on LTE as a baseline for discussion of VoLTE deployments. The topics that are helping and hindering VoLTE from becoming more widespread will be covered, along with interim …

RCR Wireless News talks with experts across the mobile ecosystem on key trends for the upcoming year, including the impact of new architectures and emerging technologies on networks and the telecom business. Topics to be covered include assessments of the …

Essentially since the advent of health care, diagnosis has been dependent on a direct, face-to-face interaction between the patient and the doctor. But now, as robust, high-capacity mobile networks transmit insightful data generated by sensors and other remote monitors comprising …