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The advent of LTE technology has been transformational for the mobile industry. As carriers build out their LTE networks, users gain the benefit of a faster and richer user experience.

With apparently not enough on its plate, Sprint is reportedly looking at bringing back the Nextel brand to target enterprise customers as well as consolidate its prepaid operations under one …

In 2013, we saw the incumbents beginning to roll out or make progress in planning LTE roll outs to smaller towns and cities in rural America. This will catch fire in 2014,

Editor’s Note: The RCR Wireless News Time Machine is a way to take advantage of our extensive history in covering the wireless space to fire up the DeLorean and take …

Before we turn the page on 2013, we thought we would take a look back at the past 12 months by highlighting what we felt were the top 100 stories …

LightSquared is hoping that the second time will be a charm as the bankrupt spectrum license holder and satellite communications provider has reportedly filed a second attempt to exit bankruptcy …

Before we turn the page on 2013, we thought we would take a look back at the past 12 months by highlighting what we felt were the top 100 stories …

Apple finally reeled in the biggest fish, announcing over the weekend that it finally secured a deal with China Mobile to offer its iPhone products beginning next month. China Mobile …

The most fantastically horrible rumor again surfaced this week claiming that Sprint was looking at acquiring T-Mobile US in a deal that would combine the nation’s No. 3 and No. 4 operators to form a new No. 3 operator.

As wireless carriers continue to struggle with maintaining network integrity in the face of growing consumer demand, the move towards offloading some data traffic through unlicensed Wi-Fi connections has gained …

Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile US have proposed a spectrum swap that will see the carriers exchange AWS and PCS licenses across a number of CMAs around the country.

The First Responder Network Authority board has approved two long-sought spectrum lease agreements: one with the state of New Jersey, and one with Adams County, Colo. This brings FirstNet’s current …

The Canadian government is looking to curb nationwide roaming rates for wireless customers, announcing plans to introduce an amendment to the country’s Telecommunications Act designed to cap the amount carriers …

LightSquared’s future remains unsettled as the investment firm that had tentatively agreed to purchase LightSquared’s assets out of bankruptcy has backed out of the deal. According to The Wall Street …

Weekend reports that Sprint was looking at acquiring T-Mobile US stirred the pot, though most observers found the taste not quite to their liking. Following a report from The Wall …

Rumors over the weekend began to sizzle that Sprint and T-Mobile US were looking into a possible partnership that would provide a more formidable foe against the nation’s two largest …

Editor’s Note: The RCR Wireless News Time Machine is a way to take advantage of our extensive history in covering the wireless space to fire up the DeLorean and take …

With a freshly installed chairman and full complement of commissioners now in place at the Federal Communications Commission, the details of upcoming spectrum auctions are now taking center stage

The Federal Communications Commission has officially pushed plans to auction off 600 MHz spectrum licenses for use by wireless carriers until the middle of 2015, relieving pressure to meet a …

As the calendar has now turned over to December (do people even have “turnable” calendars any more), thoughts begin to turn towards what the hell just happened over the past 12 months?

Canada’s plan to increase competition across its wireless market through the upcoming auction of 700 MHz spectrum assets appears to be sputtering as a handful of potential bidders have dropped …