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Reality Check: The winning formulas for wireline

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. One of my summer projects has been to relearn the economics of broadband connectivity. While this column focuses on the...

Reality Check: Mobilizing the telecommunications industry workforce

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. Telecommunication providers are typically our go-to source for the latest smartphones and tablets. Yet, even though selling mobility has become...

Reader Forum: Small cells increase venue coverage and capacity through open-RAN

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: Leveraging SDN and NFV technologies for better broadband service

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: Debunking myths regarding antenna design for wearable devices

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: ‘Unlimited’ data for the masses

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....

Mobile Martyr: Will the FCC please sit down

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News has made many questionable decisions over the years. One of which is agreeing to let a long-time industry observer provide commentary on what is chapping his hide across the wireless industry. His name is Hunter Gates. We call him...

Reality Check: How NFV accelerates revenue in the enterprise

Network Function Virtualization (NFV) has the potential to bring the same benefits attained in the data center to the network. Today NFV is being incorporated into wireless access infrastructure, from large macro cells to small indoor femtocells. This is unlocking new revenue opportunities for...

Reality Check: Localized and personalized edge computing with small cell systems

End users and software providers are demanding more of the telecommunication industry. While end users request personalized services, better performance, and better user experience, businesses need to get more information about their consumers, easier access to devices and greater flexibility for provisioning new services....

Analyst Angle: Partnering — telcos that walk the walk

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. By now everybody knows — in theory at least — that the concept of “not invented here” should...

Analyst Angle: Backhaul isn’t always about fiber

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. Discussion around the cellular backhaul market in the United States today places a heavy emphasis...

Reality Check: 10 events that shaped Q3 (Part 2)

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 week, we continue our look at events that shaped the quarter and will likely shape performance throughout the rest...

Reader Forum: ROI? — It’s all about adoption

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: Telcos and the supply chain — collaborative commerce at its best

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: Extending NFV efficiencies beyond the core

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: Straightening out this iPhone mess

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....

Mobile Martyr: The retail bounceback

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News has made many questionable decisions over the years. One of which is agreeing to let a long-time industry observer provide commentary on what is chapping his hide across the wireless industry. His name is Hunter Gates. We call him...

Analyst Angle: A clear path to market in telecom?

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. If only the dream of "build it and they will come" were true, startups and venture capital investing...

Reality Check: Impressions from Super Mobility Week 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. For the first time this year, the two major annual trade shows organized by the Competitive Carriers Association and CTIA...

Reality Check: Where the wearable device action is — the workplace

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. Corporate and industrial applications — rather than much-publicized consumer applications — will be the initial drivers of the wearable device...

Reality Check: 10 events that shaped Q3 (Part 1)

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. I received several comments on last week’s column indicating that I was being biased toward the “edge providers” meaning AT&T,...

Reader Forum: Accelerating ‘IoT’ with an open-source, embedded platform for connected applications

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: Data overload — one problem, many solutions

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...

Mobile Martyr: Eyes on the road

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News has made many questionable decisions over the years. One of which is agreeing to let a long-time industry observer provide commentary on what is chapping his hide across the wireless industry. His name is Hunter Gates. We call him...