It’s been just over a month since AT&T network operations president Bill Smith told an audience at PCIA’s Wireless Infrastructure Show not to worry about the carrier’s $48 billion bid …
Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. Dish Network is giving a new meaning to the term “cord cutter” with its latest pay TV innovation: a set-top …
In IP networks, diameter signaling replaces SS7, but diameter does more than its predecessor. This report discusses current and emerging use cases for diameter signaling, as well as the potential …
The following interview was conducted at PCIA’s 2014 Wireless Infrastructure Show. Olivier Puech, CEO of Latin America at American Tower Jeff Mucci: Olivier thanks for joining us today, you’re the …
As the nation’s top four carriers work to offer nationwide, high-speed data service, more cell towers are now supporting multiple carriers. But co-location is not enough; operators and tower companies …
Analysts from IHS Technologies, Argus Insights and IBB Consulting joined RCR to discuss the outlook for the Amazon Fire Phone. Mobile operators have longed for a third device ecosystem that …
Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. Watch for a smart Apple wristband as soon as this fall — that’s according to The Wall Street Journal, which …
TE Connectivity says it will become “the leading provider of highly engineered connectivity and sensor solutions” through its purchase of Measurement Specialties (MEAS). TE Connectivity is paying $1.7 billion, or …
Vendors focus on signaling The explosion in mobile data traffic has led to an even bigger increase in signaling traffic within the networks, and infrastructure vendors are focused on helping …
June 23 will be the first day that consumers can sign up for a free iPhone 5S loaner phone from T-Mobile US. The “un-carrier” will deliver Apple’s latest to anyone …
Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. Mobile networks are set for another increase in video traffic. Today Twitter said it is buying SnappyTV, a startup that …
Amazon has finally taken the wraps off its new Fire Phone. The 4.7-inch LTE Android phone will be an AT&T exclusive, available July 25 on contract at $199 for the …
Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. BlackBerry says that the upcoming version of its mobile operating system will include direct access to the roughly 200,000 Android …
Cyber-attacks continue to become more innovative and sophisticated. Unfortunately, while organizations are developing new security mechanisms, cyber-criminals are cultivating new techniques to circumvent them.
Qualcomm in the hood The mobile chip giant wants to be part of your neighborhood, or your small business if you have one. At Small Cells World Summit 2014 Qualcomm …
RCR Wireless News caught up with Nokia’s Jane Rygaard, head of CEM, Core and OSS marketing, at TM Forum Live 2014. Rygaard shared an update on Nokia’s OSS interoperability initiative. …
Cisco continues its wireless shopping spree, this time with the $175 million acquisition of Tail-f, a developer of multi-vendor service orchestration solutions. The purchase is part of Cisco’s drive to …
Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. Amazon may be trying to create an iPhone-like buzz around its new smartphone by giving the device exclusively to AT&T. …
Telecom consolidation continues, with Level 3 (LVLT) announcing plans to buy TW Telecom (TWTC) in a $5.7 billion cash and stock deal that will give Level 3 a deeper fiber …
American Tower is expanding in Brazil, adding roughly 4,600 towers to the 7,200 towers it already has in that country. The company is buying BR Towers S.A for just under …
Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. Amazon is expected to bring a new dimension to the smartphone market this week with an Amazon-branded phone that will …
Small Cell Industry Awards The Small Cell Forum announced the Small Cell Industry Awards for 2014 as part of last week’s Small Cells World Summit in London. For small cell …
Who is the mobile worker? TOA Technologies defines the mobile worker as the person who interfaces with the customer in a broadband deployment — the new cable guy. TOA Technologies …
Verizon Wireless says it has spent roughly $4.2 million to measure RF levels at its 5,000 rooftop antenna sites. The carrier’s initiative came in response to a Federal Communications Commission …
Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. Powermat has reportedly won a mega-deal with Starbucks that will eventually put the wireless charging system into Starbucks stores nationwide. …
