Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. Mobile app acquisitions are making headlines, with two new deals announced this week and a third hitting a possible snag. …
Martha DeGrasse
Martha DeGrasse
Martha DeGrasse is the publisher of Network Builder Reports (nbreports.com). At RCR, Martha authored more than 20 in-depth feature reports and more than 2,400 news articles. She also created the Mobile Minute and the 5 Things to Know Today series. Prior to joining RCR Wireless News, Martha produced business and technology news for CNN and Dow Jones in New York and managed the online editorial group at Hoover’s Online before taking a number of years off to be at home when her children were young. Martha is the board president of Austin's Trinity Center and is a member of the Women's Wireless Leadership Forum.
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Developers of video optimization software have a number of tools to offer service providers who want to reduce bandwidth consumption, but these tools are of limited use when video is …
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LG is the brand carried by more U.S. smartphone users than any other save Apple and Samsung, and LG’s newest flagship is an effort to establish the company as a …
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Foxconn is best known as the manufacturer of Apple’s iPhones and iPads, and the human costs of its efficient fabrication processes are well documented. Less well known are the Taiwanese …
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Ad agency Omnicom reportedly it has a $230 million deal to integrate its Accuen ad buying unit with Twitter’s MoPub mobile ad exchange. The 2-year deal will give Accuen first …
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LTE broadcast The race to supply chipsets for Verizon’s LTE Multicast demo at last weekend’s Indy 500 was won by Qualcomm and Sequans. Qualcomm made the Multicast-capable chips inside the …
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Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. BlackBerry is imagining a world where contact lenses measure blood sugar levels for diabetics, and cows are connected to the …
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Ruckus Wireless (RKUS) may be a beneficiary of Google’s reported plan to subsidize Wi-Fi for small and medium businesses. Google is reportedly trialling the Ruckus Virtual SmallCell Gateway, a cloud-based …
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As the nation’s jobless rate shows tentative signs of improvement, the unemployment rate for veterans continues to exceed the national average. Meanwhile, wireless infrastructure is expected to generate 1.2 million …
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HP will cut more jobs as it works to turn its hardware businesses around and grow its software business. 11,000 to 16,000 more jobs will be eliminated, on top of …
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AT&T says consumer demand for mobile video is the primary reason it wants to buy DirecTV, and all wireless operators are busy trying to keep up with the demand for …
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Surging mobile data demand means that wireless operators need to add coverage and capacity to their networks, and that often means co-locating a cell site on a …
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Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to …
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Orlando, FL. AT&T’s Bill Smith, president of network operations and AT&T Services, told his audience at PCIA’s 2014 Wireless Infrastructure Show today that vendors should not worry that AT&T’s planned …
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Orlando, Fla. – Tower developers at this week’s PCIA 2014 Wireless Infrastructure Show were not united in their assessment of the opportunity in distributed antenna systems. Larger players are investing …
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Orlando, Fla. – Bill Smith, president of network operations and AT&T Services, told his audience at this week’s PCIA 2014 Wireless Infrastructure Show that vendors should not worry that AT&T’s …
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Orlando, Fla. – Leaders from the nation’s three largest tower companies took the stage to kick off PCIA’s 2014 Wireless Infrastructure Show. Crown Castle International, American Tower and SBA Communications …
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LTE baseband market projections Forward Concepts estimates that 219 million LTE baseband modems shipped last year, more than double the 103 million shipped in 2012. The firm’s analysts project 47% …
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AT&T neutral host DAS at University of Kansas AT&T says its distributed antenna systems business is separate from its wireless service, and can offer solutions that will serve customers of …
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Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. AT&T wants to buy DirecTV for $48.5 billion, and the carrier is doing all it can to encourage regulators to …
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Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. For now, mobile network operators are not subject to the same net neutrality rules that affect wireline operators, but the …
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New York requests RFPs for free citywide Wi-Fi Service providers have until June 14 to respond to New York City’s request-for-proposals for a free, citywide Wi-Fi service. New York’ wants …
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Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. More details today about the next generation of the iPhone, expected to launch later this year. 9-to-5 Mac is reporting …
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The nation’s four largest carriers are turning on text-to-911 services in several areas today as the first step in a process that should be complete by the end of the …
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Nokia’s David Letterman has a name that gets attention, even in Silicon Valley. As part of Nokia’s Technology Exploration and Disruption team, Letterman is tasked with connecting the valley’s best …