Apple says it sold a record 9 million new iPhones this weekend. That includes sales of the 5S and the 5C. The company also says 200 million devices have downloaded …
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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The Federal Communications Commission has given AT&T the green light on its $780 million acquisition of Atlantic Tele-Network’s Alltel assets. The two companies closed the deal late Friday. The FCC …
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The contrast could not be more stark: This weekend while Apple was selling a record nine million iPhones and while 200 million iOS users were downloading iOS 7, the company …
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Just a few hours after the iPhone 5S went on sale, Apple is already telling customers and carriers that they must wait until next month if they want the gold …
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Carriers are courting startups more actively than ever as they seek new ways to innovate, differentiate, and disrupt, all while managing costs and network traffic more efficiently. AT&T, Verizon Wireless, …
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What do carriers want from software companies? This is the question the Telecom Council tries to answer each year at its annual TC3 event. “All year long software companies take …
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BlackBerry (BBRY) is reportedly planning deep cuts in its workforce just as it launches a new smartphone and extends its popular BBM service to the iOS and Android platforms. As …
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AT&T says it will share its application programming interfaces (APIs) with enterprise customers, wholesale collaborators and solution providers. Its partners can use its APIs for programs like location-based marketing, video …
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Mobile operators have learned that as subscribers gain access to faster networks, those networks can face congestion as users choose to download more video. Now videos that users don’t choose …
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Las Vegas, NV. – The Competitive Carriers Association has struck a deal with Devicescape to make the company’s curated network of Wi-Fi hotspots available to subscribers of its carrier membership. …
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Sprint is reportedly looking to one up its competition with an early upgrade program of its own. CNET reports that Sprint’s offer will be called One Up, and will be …
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Cisco has packed 4 billion transistors onto a single chip in an effort to create the world’s most scalable and programable network processor. The company says it is targeting the …
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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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Apple wanted to launch a lower-cost iPhone, but maybe not this low. Walmart has undercut Apple’s pricing, offering the 16GB iPhone 5C for $79 with a contract, $20 off the …
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As the market was closing on Thursday, Twitter posted a tweet announcing that it had started the process of filing for an initial public offering. As Twitter prepares to spread …
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Year-end demand for tablets is expected to drive fourth quarter shipments to record levels, meaning that tablet shipments will surpass personal computer shipments for the first time, according to IDC. …
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Genband is expanding its software offering for carriers with the acquisition of fring’s over-the-top (OTT) mobile IP communications service. A direct competitor to Skype and Google Voice in the consumer …
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Apple’s iPhone 5S breaks new ground with the first 64-bit processor in a mobile device, the A7 system-on-chip. The company focused on the A7’s superior performance and speed in its …
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Watch commentary and updates from RCR Wireless and Argus Insights recorded during Apple’s announcement :
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Apple unveiled two new iPhones today: the 5S and the 5C. The 5S is the successor to the iPhone 5, and the 5C is a lower-cost version that offers many …
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While the world awaits Apple’s announcement today, the company that once dominated the smartphone space has been trimming its ranks. BlackBerry (BBRY) has laid off a number of sales people …
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In his interview with Limor Schafman of U2U Connect, “Fleet Management Transformed with the Latest in M2M,” Roger Sanford, Chief Marketing Office of Apptricity, describes M2M as a derma layer …
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In case you were wondering why Yahoo decided to buy almost 40 years worth of Saturday Night Live “classic clips,” the company made its plans a bit clearer today. It’s …
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Today marks the beginning of Verizon Communications’ court case challenging the FCC’s net neutrality rule. The nation’s largest carrier, which is also an ISP, wants to have more choice about …
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A new iPhone launch is not the only thing Apple is reportedly prepping this week. According to The Wall Street Journal, the company is also getting ready to ship iPhones …