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AT&T aims for top spot in Mexico’s telecom market AT&T is preparing to become the leader in the Mexican telecom market over the next 10 years. Citing AT&T Mexico CMO Víctor Tiburcio, local paper Dinero reported AT&T plans to take the top …

Recently I had an opportunity to meet with Martin Hunt, senior business development director of the automotive industry practice for BT Global Services, to better understand how BT is working in the connected car space. It’s important to clarify that BT …

Researchers report Wi-Fi hack, Ericsson to build LTE in Delhi for Bharti Airtel 5 things to know today in mobile and wireless 1. Researchers say a popular Wi-Fi router is vulnerable to hackers. Some models of Belkin’s N600 DB Wi-Fi …

Last year, active tower sites in the U.S. declined for the first time ever, according to analysts at SNL Kagan, but the setback is expected to be temporary. The tower business is healthy, but it is also going through some …

The applications of big data continue to be an ongoing transformative force across a number of industries, including telecom. RCR Wireless News rounds up some of the 2015 predictions and recent reports that give insight into the latest trends and …

Hetnets are heterogeneous networks, wireless networks that combine different technologies in order to maintain the user experience indoors or in crowded urban environments. Operators may use small cells, Wi-Fi and/or distributed antenna systems in combination with macro cells to keep …

3-year OSS deals to support Cisco SON, Tektronix analytics services The movement to align operating support system platforms received a boost this week as Ericsson said it has licensed its OSS interfaces for integration to Cisco Systems and Tektronix Communications. …

T-Mobile US targets cheaters, CommScope closes on TE, Apple threatens mobile ads 1. T-Mobile US is taking aim at customers that it says cheat the system on LTE data. CEO John Legere said in a blog post that about 3,000 …

Union: carrier turned down FCC money for rural broadband WASHINGTON – The Federal Communications Commission recently announced the telecom companies that will receive federal subsidies through the Connect America Fund. Surprisingly, Verizon Communications accepted only $48 million in comparison to …

Top routing and switching vendors include Alcatel-Lucent, Brocade, Cisco, Huawei Growing consumer demand for fixed and mobile broadband services is driving significant growth in the carrier routing and switching market, according to a new report from ACG Research. The firm …

Signals Research Group recently took a look at the performance of voice over Wi-Fi as part of its in-depth exploration of all things voice-over-wireless related, using Spirent Communications‘ Nomad User Experience Analytics System to measure POLQA voice quality in various …

Siri whispers for Apple, Lenovo talks up Motorola … 5 things to know today 1. Siri appears to be a big part of Apple’s upcoming product announcement. The company has invited media to a September 9 launch event and the …

Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs …

1. Carriers and equipment makers are taking their fight to Washington as they work to launch LTE in unlicensed spectrum. Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile US, Qualcomm, Ericsson and Alcatel-Lucent have all signed a letter to the Federal Communications Commission in an effort to …

In the middle of rumors that TIM would make an offer to buy Nextel in Brazil, which was denied by both telecom carriers, NII Holdings announced a new CEO for Nextel Brazil. Francisco Valim, former CEO of América Móvil’s NET …

Smart traffic systems could save commuters two to four days per year of time spent in traffic In a new report, the GSMA projects the city of Bangkok could save some $1 billion per year by implementing intelligent transport systems …

Huawei’s SBC platform designed to support VoLTE, RCS, voice-over-broadband services Spain’s Telefónica continues to push virtualization technology across its network, with the latest move coming in a deal with Huawei to provide the vendor’s session border control platform in support …

LTE technology represents more than 23% of the operator’s overall mobile subscribers The world’s largest mobile telephony operator China Mobile ended the first half of 2015 with 189.6 million subscribers in the 4G segment, according to the operator’s latest financial …

The feds want to detail how wireless infrastructure upgrades will impact historic buildings The Federal Communications Commission has solicited public comment on how it should consider deployment of small cells and distributed antenna systems in historic buildings. Specifically, the FCC …

ICT ecosystem, authentication, network security all covered by the deal Networking powerhouse Ericsson has partnered with SK Holdings of South Korea to jointly develop “Internet of Things” platforms for the health care and transportation verticals. The Swedish company and SK …

Tektronix launched new signal generators this week, adding to its lineup with two options designed to deliver better performance than similarly priced equipment from competitors. The AFG3000C Arbitrary/Function Generator Series has two 150 MHz bandwidth models: one with a single channel priced at about …

Northstar claims move was politically based and goes against tenants of DE program The Federal Communications Commission’s decision this week to revoke a $3 billion bidding credit tied to Dish Network drew a strong rebuke from one of the designated …

Court case in Berkeley; carrier aggregation in Europe, and Sprint’s network upgrade 5 things to know today: 1. Carriers have a lot riding on a California court case scheduled for today. The city of Berkeley wants mobile phone retailers to …

Competition between communication service providers and over-the-top players could be set to change. According to Ovum’s “Telco-OTT Tracker” survey, Latin American telecom operators are increasing the number of partnership deals signed with OTT players. The tracker counted more than 500 …

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