Skype is coming to Microsoft Outlook, adding voice and video calls to email. In other news, Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son reportedly will not raise his company’s bid for Sprint Nextel. …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Mobile Minute April 30: Skype comes to Outlook; Softbank CEO reportedly won’t raise bid >
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Galaxy Tab 3 launches; Samsung/Google Nexus 11 reportedly on deck >
Samsung’s newest tablet is the 7-inch Galaxy Tab 3, an offering that fits squarely into the “phablet” category. It makes calls on cellular networks and fits into a pocket or …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Mobile Minute April 29 >
The iPad is still the number one tablet with consumers surveyed by JD Power and Associates, and Time Warner Cable is bringing free citywide Wi-Fi to Austin, Texas. Today’s Mobile …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Samsung vs. Apple: battle of the billions >
Samsung says first quarter profit surged 42% to a record $6.4 billion, as the company’s smartphones, tablets, and telecom equipment continued to win market share from rivals. Mobile devices and …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Mobile Minute for April 26 >
Facebook means business when it comes to mobile – the company is spending an estimated $85 million to acquire Parse – that’s a hot startup that manages mobile for businesses. …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Apple reports slower growth, focuses on brand >
Apple took investors through its numbers yesterday, but not all those numbers were financial results or product sales. Faced with slowing growth rates and declining margins, Apple focused on numbers …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Nokia’s window of opportunity may be closing >
It’s been more than two years since Nokia CEO Stephen Elop decided that the struggling phone maker would make handsets based on Microsoft’s Windows operating system. Elop, a former Microsoft …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Apple slides on earnings concern, production worries >
Shares of Apple (AAPL) are off almost 5% this morning on concerns about the company’s upcoming earnings report, due next Tuesday. iPhone 5 buzz has died down somewhat, and many …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Feature Report: Regulatory Review: Regulations continue to shape wireless industry >by Jarad Matulaby Jarad Matula
RCR Wireless takes a look at the regulatory challenges facing the wireless industry, including spectrum issues, potential for additional spectrum auctions, regulations on the second-hand spectrum market, M&A regulations and …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">AT&T, U.S. Cellular, and Walmart open pre-orders for Galaxy S4 >
AT&T and U.S. Cellular are the first two U.S. carriers to offer Samsung’s new flagship, the Galaxy S4. Pre-orders start today, with the handsets shipping at the end of the …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">New iPhone reportedly set to begin production >
China’s Foxconn is hiring workers to produce a new version of the iPhone, according to Bloomberg. The news service says that Foxconn has ended a hiring freeze at its Zhengzhou …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Mobile Minute for Thursday April 25 >
Samsung says demand for the Galaxy S4 is stronger than expected, and that’s causing some U.S. carriers to delay the phone’s launch. Visit RCR Wireless for today’s Mobile Minute. Today’s …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Webinar: 2013 Regulatory Review: A deep dive into the wireless industry’s regulatory challenges >by jozolsby jozols
RCR Wireless News Editor-in-Chief Dan Meyer was joined by esteemed guests, including long-time industry analysts Roger Entner, former FCC Commissioner Harold Furchtgott-Roth, former Senior Attorney with the Competition Division in …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">F5 Webinar – Evolving to the Application Delivery Network >by jozolsby jozols
Service providers have been buffeted by the explosive growth in data traffic. Meanwhile many networks remain highly siloed and are becoming more complex even as service providers move to converge …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Google competitors seek help from EC >
Fairsearch, a business group formed to fight the dominance of Google, has filed a complaint with the European Commission alledging that the search engine giant uses “deceptive conduct to lockout …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">HTC profit slides; Huawei soars >
Taiwan’s HTC, the world’s fourth largest smartphone maker, recorded its lowest quarterly profit since it began reporting publicly in 2004. During the first quarter HTC earned $2.85 million (T$85 million), …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Set-top box market set to explode, led by video gateways >
Ericsson’s purchase of Microsoft’s Mediaroom underlines the growing importance of the video-on-demand market market for mobile operators. Demand for set-top boxes is set to skyrocket during the next five years, …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Facebook partners with AT&T and HTC on new user experience >
Facebook says its new mobile interface is all about shifting devices away from apps and tasks, and towards friends and people. Today the company shared the specifics about its new …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Samsung to open 1,400 stores with Best Buy >
Samsung says it will launch branded stores at 1,400 Best Buy locations by this summer. Best Buy employees will help customers purchase and activate Samsung devices, but will not service …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">BlackBerry gets support from Telefonica >
BlackBerry is getting a boost from its longtime partner Telefonica. The global carrier has made a commitment to buy roughly $200 million worth of smartphones, services and solutions from the …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Amazon kindles talk of smartphone >
Amazon joins Facebook this week on the list of companies hinting that they may be planning a smartphone launch. The company has hired Charlie Kindel, who formerly headed up Microsoft’s …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">AT&T gets HTC’s best >
The HTC One was one of the hottest new smartphones to come out of Mobile World Congress, and now it looks like AT&T will be the exclusive U.S. carrier of …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Facebook readies mobile announcement >
Facebook will unveil what it calls its “new home on Android” at a Thursday press event. Today 9TO5 Google is reporting that Facebook is planning a new HTC device that …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">BlackBerry surprises Wall Street >
BlackBerry (BBRY) surprised Wall Street with a small profit during the fourth quarter, and said that it has already shipped a million Z10 smartphones. The Z10 is BlackBerry’s new touchscreen …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Corning Webinar: The Future of Enterprise Wireless Networks >by jozolsby jozols
It’s no secret that the future of the enterprise network lies with wireless, especially as computing technology aggressively and constantly expands on a mobile level. But, to support the mobile device …