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Reality Check: Am I really going to wear this? (CES preview edition)

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. The Consumer Electronics Show officially begins Tuesday, and 160,000 of us (including yours truly) will descend on Las Vegas to...

Reader Forum: Going paperless – the new reality of app forms

Editor’s Note: In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this Reader Forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible, but we maintain some editorial control...

2015 Predictions: The connected car – connectivity table stakes in 2015

Editor’s Note: With 2015 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. Who’s the biggest user of LTE technology in the world? Globe-trotting business executives? Think again. The...

2015 Predictions: Virtual EPC set for 2015

Editor’s Note: With 2015 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. There’s no question about why evolved packet core has lived such a fruitful life: mobile networks...

Generation Wireless: Next-generation infrastructure

Editor’s Note: Looking to bring a younger perspective to the mobile space, RCR Wireless News has tapped Jeff Hawn to provide insight into what’s on the minds of the tech-savvy youth of today. The giants of American wireless, AT&T Mobility, Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile US and...

Reality Check: Big ‘things’ to watch at CES 2015

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. You have probably been hearing quite a bit in recent months about the “Internet of Things” coalescing into a major...

Reality Check: Top 10 events of 2014

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. Sixty-eight readers sent “top ten” nominations that form the basis for this week’s column. These events (in chronological order) were...

Reality Check: Why, how mobile operators should embrace OTT

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. If over-the-top service providers are cannibals, somebody forgot to tell Atlantic Broadband, Grande Communications, RCN Telecom Services and Suddenlink. They’re...

Reality Check: Telecom workforce – ensure your company is attracting the best talent

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. The telecom industry is experiencing exponential growth and showing no signs of slowing down. Strategic growth, however, can only take...

Reader Forum: Text messaging – a wise choice for business?

Editor’s Note: In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this Reader Forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible, but we maintain some editorial control...

Reader Forum: Overcoming the hurdles of managing SDN and NFV

Editor’s Note: In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this Reader Forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible, but we maintain some editorial control...

Generation Wireless: The future of entertainment

Editor’s Note: Looking to bring a younger perspective to the mobile space, RCR Wireless News has tapped Jeff Hawn to provide insight into what’s on the minds of the tech-savvy youth of today. Wireless technology and interconnectivity are redefining how mass media and entertainment will...

Reality Check: Codeless application platforms as a way to reduce app backlogs

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. Key issues of today's mobile app development Today over 90% of Americans own a smartphone, and close to half own a...

Reality Check: Debunking 911 myths

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. Our current 911 system was designed in the 1950s and early 60s for landline phones. Today, 40% of households are...

Reality Check: Pursuing the industrial IoT market

The industrial “Internet of Things” is one of today’s biggest business opportunities in the electronics and high-tech industry. Accenture defines IIoT as the convergence of intelligent industrial products, processes and services that communicate with each other, and with people, over global networks. Conservative estimates suggest...

Reader Forum: 6 rules for BYOD success

Editor’s Note: In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this Reader Forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible, but we maintain some editorial control...

Reader Forum: Virtualized RAN – bridging the network architectures of today and tomorrow

Editor’s Note: In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this Reader Forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible, but we maintain some editorial control...

Worst of the Week: The worst of 2014, and how it gets worse in 2015

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 us the wrong way....

Analyst Angle: What OPEC, fracking, AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile have in common

Editor’s Note: Welcome to 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. For this column, a simple economics lesson of supply and demand. Bear with me as I build this...

Generation Wireless: LS is watching

Editor’s Note: Looking to bring a younger perspective to the mobile space, RCR Wireless News has tapped Jeff Hawn to provide insight into what’s on the minds of the tech-savvy youth of today. George Orwell’s classic dystopia novel “1984” popularized the phrase “Big Brother is...

Reality Check: The keys to solving the mobile security conundrum

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. Every day, it seems there is another high-profile security breach in the news. These stories have only served to highlight...

Reality Check: Drawing up the pre-nup for an OTT and carrier marriage

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. Since 2012, carriers have seen a steady decline in revenue and traffic from traditional telecom offerings given the popularity and...

Reality Check: Title II, T-Mobile US, Softbank and holiday reading

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. This has been an unusually active December for the telecom industry. We’ll begin this week’s column with an assessment of...

Reader Forum: Application-centric plans in a virtualized telecom world

Editor’s Note: In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this Reader Forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible, but we maintain some editorial control...