Comcast plans to participate in the upcoming FCC auction and exercised option to resell Verizon Wireless services
Consider this interesting scenario, which seems likely to happen within the next year:
You’re moving into a new place so you give Comcast a call to arrange to...
Qualcomm to remain the dominant supplier of LTE baseband chips
As mobile operators increasingly accommodate new applications and use cases – 360-degree video, virtual reality, augmented reality, immersive graphics, computer vision, machine learning,and natural language processing – as well as increase the capabilities of cloud...
Jim Patterson tackles the T-Mobile ‘to do’ list and looks at Samsung’s latest Galaxy smartphone
We have a lot to cover this week with T-Mobile US earnings and Samsung’s announcements from Mobile World Congress.
T-Mobile US ‘to do’ list
1. Continue to lead/dominate industry phone net...
Accenture predicts a needed shift towards as-a-service models for hardware companies looking to expand services
The biggest high-tech story is the shift by traditional hardware including smartphones, software and platform companies to deliver their offerings as services to business customers and consumers.
But there are...
Advice from a long-time wireless industry analyst
As a long-time industry analyst, my email box has exploded. It seems so many companies worldwide want to get on my radar. Especially in the weeks leading up to a trade show like this week’s Mobile World Congress...
Datameer provides tips on how telecom operators can take advantage of big data to boost customer experience
Data is king. Companies like Google and Facebook operate on this basis and virtually every business decision stems from what data says about their customers and how they...
Argyle Data parcels out insight from a recent report to study the impact new and emerging mobile fraud types on operator revenues
The overall reported cost of fraud was reported as down from $46 billion in 2013 to $38 billion in 2015, according to the...
WOTW loves what Sprint is doing, but for its own good thinks maybe it's time to sit out a few plays
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...
Recent announcements from Verizon and AT&T show a strong focus on 5G for U.S. operators
We have written extensively on “5G” in the past few months, including our report on how much 5G is likely to cost to implement in the U.S. We have more...
Battery life is an essential feature that directly influences a consumer’s purchase decision, brand choice and subsequent usage of a wearable device. A wearable device’s small size and mobile nature limits manufacturers' ability to use bigger or more densely packed battery cells. On the...
Jim Patterson lays out a CenturyLink ‘to do’ list focused on improving broadband speeds and customer experience
Quarterly and full-year earnings continue to trickle in, and this week we will focus on CenturyLink’s metrics and provide some updates on previous “to do” list columns.
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Digitization is key for operators in facing down growing competition
Times are tough for traditional communication service providers. Competition has traditionally been between telcos of a similar ilk, but with so much of the competition diversifying to exploit alternative revenue streams and the arrival of...
Managing a large venue neutral host distributed antenna system project is a challenging endeavor. These projects can make the best project manager dig deep into their toolkit of skills and expertise. The reader may assume these skills are technical by nature, but the challenge...
Verizon Wireless is the lone hold out
Customers are happy as three of the top four wireless carriers are offering unlimited data services once again. AT&T Mobility, Sprint and T-Mobile US have all jumped in with unlimited offerings. However, Verizon Wireless says no. Are they...
With mobile subscriptions now surpassing the number of people on Earth, it’s safe to say the global mobile market is starting to saturate. Mobile operator revenues are under pressure as a result.
What’s more, over-the-top services are siphoning off revenue from telcos’ existing customer base....
Flash solid state storage is becoming more viable in mobile devices as price per GB continues to fall
Let me ask you a critical question: How much storage do you need in your mobile devices? 64 gigabytes? 128GB? More? How about 1 terabyte?...
PwC Strategy& Consulting touts what telecom companies need to balance in order to sustain growth
For U.S. telecommunications services companies, much attention has been paid to the dynamics in core markets. Major wireless and wireline network operators are focused on driving subscriber growth and monetizing...
AT&T and Verizon have led the wireless space for the last decade. That’s been the main area of growth for both of these industry leaders. So, as the rate of traditional wireless growth slows, these two companies are moving into new areas of growth using...
Ceragon looks at challenges facing wireless backhaul as the mobile industry evolves towards 5G
The future of mobile technology is gaining steady momentum with “5G” targeted for early commercial deployment by 2020. This major infrastructure overhaul is yet to be fully realized with regards...
WebNMS likens the explosion of IoT to our diverse history
Editor’s Note: With 2016 now upon us, RCR Wireless News has gathered predictions from leading industry analysts and executives on what they expect to see in the new year.
Studying the fossil record, evolutionary biologists have...
WOTW congratulates Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile for perfect networks
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...
Amdocs looks at the impact the digital transformation and millennials will have on telecom in 2016
Editor’s Note: With 2016 now upon us, RCR Wireless News has gathered predictions from leading industry analysts and executives on what they expect to see in the new year.
Millennials,...
The Linux Foundation expects continued momentum for NFV- and SDN-based virtual networking in 2016
Editor’s Note: With 2016 now upon us, RCR Wireless News has gathered predictions from leading industry analysts and executives on what they expect to see in the new year.
Networking is set...
OpenMarket sees strong potential from mobile messaging to improve customer interactions
Editor’s Note: With 2016 now upon us, RCR Wireless News has gathered predictions from leading industry analysts and executives on what they expect to see in the new year.
Enterprise mobile technology has dramatically evolved...
