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After announcing plans to acquire Mexico’s No. 3 mobile operator Iusacell, AT&T looks to be eyeing Nextel Mexico. Speaking at a recent investor conference in New York, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said the company doesn’t need América Móvil’s assets in …

AT&T will provide data service for Intel’s new MICA wearable, which will retail this holiday season at Barney’s and other high-end retailers. MICA, which stands for My Intelligent Communications Accessory, is a bejeweled bracelet that will retail for $495, a …

Some new numbers make two important points about social media giant Facebook: Facebook apps are driving user engagement, and mobile is driving Facebook. A new report from telecom analytics firm Mobidia, in partnership with ABI Research, looked at data from …

Conrad Wolfram, CEO of Wolfram Cos., is calling for an education overhaul when it comes to teaching mathematics to students. While speaking at the Ericsson Business Innovation Forum in Sweden, he made his message clear. “The math that people are …

In this week’s infrastructure news, Cisco blames service providers for its lower forecast, Hewlett-Packard partners with Nokia Networks, and Alcatel-Lucent affirms its commitment to router hardware, even as it launches new edge routing software. Cisco trims forecast as service providers trim …

The transformation of the Mexican telecom market has begun, following the passage of reform legislation. AT&T’s $2.5 billion acquisition of the Mexican operator Iusacell has breathed new life into the market. Although it will not reduce the market share of the dominant player …

SAP has announced two major deals: one with Nokia, to integrate geo-location data from its Here unit into SAP’s HANA in-memory data platform, and one with Samsung to develop an enterprise mobility ecosystem based on Samsung mobile devices, including wearables …

Mobility in the enterprise has moved beyond device management to applications and from stand-alone solutions to a full platform approach to mobility, and adoption of custom business apps is exploding, according to the latest quarterly mobility survey from Good Technology. …

Some of Europe’s biggest carriers, including Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom, Telefónica, Orange and Telecom Italia, reported quarterly earnings that beat expectations, leading to renewed optimism about a market recovery in Europe. “You have further weight to the theme that European wireless is recovering,” Guy …

Wi-Fi is a workhorse for the wireless Internet service providers who deliver broadband Internet to places that cable and telco providers do not choose to serve. Wireless Internet service providers (WISPs) typically mount antennas atop communications towers and use wireless …

AT&T says capital expenditures related to its existing businesses will be roughly $18 billion next year. The projection was included in the carrier’s news of a $2.5 billion deal to buy Mexico’s Iusacell. Taken together, the two announcements suggest some …

Argentina auctioned 10 bands of spectrum and raised about $2.23 billion. The bands auctioned were 850 MHz, 1900 MHz, 1.7/2.1 GHz and 700 MHz. The auction focused on increasing the country’s mobile Internet access, including LTE. Four pre-qualified companies bid in the auction: …

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 …

Microsoft clearly values mind share and market share more than software royalties when it comes to mobile, at least in the short term. The software giant is making more features of its ubiquitous Office software available for free on Android …

NFV predicted to dominate virtualized space In a new report, Infonetics Research said it expects the global service provider software-defined networking and network function virtualization market to grow from less than $500 million in sales last year to $11 billion …

China’s No. 2 mobile operator China Unicom reported a slowdown in customer growth for its third quarter, a trend echoed by rivals China Mobile and China Telecom. China Unicom said it added 2.1 million new customers during Q3, which was …

Stockholm’s thriving technology ecosystem, anchored by giants like Ericsson but also a huge draw for startups, is beginning to draw comparisons to the U.S. hub of innovation in Silicon Valley. RCR Wireless News recently sat down with three tech leaders …

AUSTIN, Texas – High-speed broadband takes on a whole new meaning in the world of Formula 1 racing, where data delivered a second too late can mean the difference between life and death, or between winning and losing. When driver …

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 …

In a move to expand LTE roaming capabilities, Japanese telecom giant NTT DoCoMo announced that it has installed Oracle Communications’ diameter signaling router platform. Oracle explained that the router will allow the carrier to rapidly launch services to leverage its …

AT&T continues to counter T-Mobile US’ requests that the Federal Communications Commission move forward with clarifying the “commercially reasonable” standard in its 2011 data roaming rule. Joan Marsh, VP of federal regulatory at AT&T, noted in a recent blog post …

A new survey of business leaders found that enterprise employees will probably have to learn more about data-based decision-making for their companies. The survey, sponsored by SAP and conducted by Wakefield Research, found that 86% of enterprise decision-makers believe that “all …

Increasing consumer demand for mobile data services is a boon for the backhaul space as mobile operators and their infrastructure partners look to stay ahead of potential bottlenecks in the system. The preferred method of meeting this demand is through …

Vietnamese-owned Viettel Group last week officially launched its Bitel-branded mobile service in Peru. The operator, the fourth entrant into the market, launched with a 3G network that it said covers 80% of the nation with mobile broadband service. Viettel in …

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 …