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Samsung Galaxy S6 coming soon? The Samsung Galaxy S6 is rumored to be unveiled next month at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. South Korea online publication Chosun Biz reports that the Galaxy S6 will be announced on Jan. 6. According …

Xiaomi cracks top 5 smartphone vendors Gartner has released its third-quarter report on mobile phones, which reveals that smartphone sales grew 20% in Q3 of 2014. Sales in emerging markets showed the most growth ever, while sales in Western Europe declined. …

AUSTIN, TEXAS – Alicia Abella, AT&T’s AVP of the cloud technologies and services research organization, discussed the communication giant’s ongoing transition to operating on a telco cloud platform. In an interview with RCR Wireless News at the IEEE GlobeCom show …

Software is becoming an increasingly important part of telecommunication networks and deployments as both wired and wireless carriers look to add functionality to operations while increasing simplicity and reducing costs. RCR Wireless News is keeping an eye on recent developments …

Telecom giant adds Cisco, Ciena, Brocade to Domain 2.0 program AT&T continues to bolster its software-defined networking and network function virtualization plans, announcing the addition of Cisco Systems, Ciena and Brocade Communications Systems to its Domain 2.0 supplier program. The …

Claudia Bacco, Managing Director – EMEA for RCR Wireless News – has spent her entire career in telecom, IT and security. Having experience as an operator, software and hardware vendor and as a well-known industry analyst, she has many opinions on …

Oi’s board of directors has approved the sale of Portugal Telecom shares to Altice. The transaction is estimated at $9.1 billion and involves the transfer of all shares issued by PT Portugal. In a statement released on Dec. 8, Oi said …

From health applications to wearables and websites, there’s no question that mobile health is a surging industry. According to a report by research2guidance, mHealth is a $2.6 billion industry and is expected to reach $17 billion by 2017. There are …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. This week marks the continuation of the advanced wireless services …

The Federal Communications Commission this week reiterated its prohibition on the use of so-called cellphone jammers, including by state and local government and law enforcement agencies. “Jammers do not just weed out noisy or annoying conversations and disable unwanted GPS …

One of the toughest environments for cellular connectivity continues to be jam-packed sports venues where fans are increasingly looking to share their experience with those at the end of their social media channels. Wefi recently released a report showing 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 …

Software is becoming an increasingly important part of telecommunication networks and deployments as both wired and wireless carriers look to add functionality to operations while increasing simplicity and reducing costs. RCR Wireless News is keeping an eye on recent developments …

Big data solution adoptions in Brazil are being driven by telecom operators and the financial industry. Carlos Cunha, country manager for EMC Brazil, said at a press conference that big data projects increased this year in the country, but the lack of qualified …

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy …

Cisco talks QoS issues, virtualization potential The drive toward network simplicity continues to run up against the need for mobile operators to support two separate networks in order to handle voice traffic (2G/3G) and growing data demand (LTE). The solution …

Sprint added a new mobile virtual network operator to its stable, announcing that mobile virtual network enabler partner Unified Signal is powering a new service under the ITalk brand. The service will target the “data device/hot spot” industry. The ITalk …

After much speculation, Telecom Italia’s board of directors approved an investigation into potentially integrating its Brazilian unit, TIM, with rival operator Oi. Earlier this year, Oi saw its attempt to merge with Portugal Telecom fall apart after Rioforte defaulted on €897 million ($1.12 billion) debt held by Portugal …

Big data analytics often deal with identifying trends in known areas. But what about unrealized and newly emerging trends amid the spam? How do you recognize the big data “unknowns”? Katherine Matsumoto, natural language processing expert and product manager for …

Following the BT Group’s announcement that it was interested in buying Telefónica’s O2, the company is now also in talks with Deutsche Telekom and Orange about acquiring their jointly owned mobile operator EE. Deutsche Telekom and Orange confirmed on Nov. 26 that they were …

Carrier to provide consumer tools for speed monitoring Following an agreement with the Federal Communications Commission, T-Mobile US has agreed to provide more transparency to consumers who have their mobile data speeds throttled. The agreement calls for T-Mobile US to send …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column where C-level executives and advisory firms from across the mobile industry share unique insights and experiences. With Black Friday and Cyber Monday right around the corner, people are about to get …

According to Consumer Reports’ most recent customer satisfaction survey, a trio of mobile virtual network operators came out on top among postpaid service providers, while the prepaid survey found similar results. Canada-based Ting topped the postpaid survey, garnering an overall …

The Next-Generation Mobile Networks Alliance has created a standard approach to reporting the specifications for base station antennas, and now companies that supported the development of the standard are trying to get it more widely adopted across the industry. Kevin …

Software is becoming an increasingly important part of telecommunication networks and deployments as both wired and wireless carriers look to add functionality to operations while increasing simplicity and reducing costs. RCR Wireless News is keeping an eye on recent developments …