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The SDN market is poised to see considerable growth in the next few years. 

California’s state legislature has voted down a cell phone “kill switch” bill by a narrow margin. The bill would have required carriers to be sure that all phones sold in the state included a remote deactivation feature. The bill was …

Antenna and site solution company PCTel saw its revenues drop 6% year-over-year to $23.7 million, and recorded a loss for the quarter of $146,000. Marty Singer, PCTEL‘s chairman and CEO, said that core antenna sales “were soft for seasonal reasons …

This week’s reported first quarter results from AT&T Mobility and Verizon Wireless, along with strong results expected from T-Mobile US, has soured already low expectations for what Sprint is forecast to announce on April 29. Analysts were already predicting a …

Ericsson restructures networks unit The world’s largest maker of telecom equipment is splitting its networks unit into two groups. One group will concentrate on radio technologies while the other will focus on IP and cloud initiatives. Johan Wibergh, head of …

Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. Today Microsoft closed on its acquisition of Nokia, with the deal now valued up to $7.5 billion due to a rise in the value of the Euro. Roughly one-third of …

Software-defined networking continues to migrate across the technology space, with Big Switch Networks announcing a deal this week that will see computer giant Dell reselling its Big Tap application and Switch Light Operating System across Dell’s Open Networking switches. Big …

The ability to test network and device features and functions is an important piece of technology development and deployment. RCR Wireless looks weekly at the test and measurement space to see what’s afoot.   —Aeroflex says that its TM500 LTE-A …

The majority of emergency calls now come from wireless phones, but the people calling for help are difficult to find based on carrier-provided location information, according to a recent survey of managers and dispatchers at Public Safety Answering Points that handle …

Does SDN technology have staying power, or is it simply a passing fad?

Normally, I use this space to rant about a single topic and then sprinkle in a few extras at the end. Not this week! There was just too many WOTW-worthy items that came across my desk

The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday circulated a draft Open Internet Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to its commissioners regarding its future stance on net neutrality enforcement. The move comes after a federal appeals court earlier this year ruled against the …

Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler is denying claims that his agency’s upcoming rule changes will put an end to net neutrality. Those rule changes are to be made public today, and …

Qualcomm (QCOM), the leading maker of smartphone chipsets, reported lower-than-expected sales for its second quarter as China’s emerging LTE market failed to create the demand Qualcomm had hoped for. Sales were $6.37 billion, up 4% year-on-year, and operating income was …

Nuage Networks says it has conducted 30 successful trials of network virtualization around the world in the past year, and that its initial focus on the data center environment is bringing validation to the much-hyped prospects of software-defined networking. The …

It appears the recent pricing moves by Verizon Wireless were indeed caused by competitive pressures as the carrier announced slowing growth and increased churn. Verizon Wireless reported that it added 549,000 branded net customer additions during the first quarter, including …

Apple (AAPL) knocked the cover off the ball with its second financial quarter earnings report, scoring a 7.3% year-on-year profit increase as it sold 43.7 million iPhones. Smartphone sales were of course down compared to the previous quarter (51 million), …

Editor’s Note: Wireless operators are a busy bunch, and as such RCR Wireless News will attempt to gather some of the important announcements that may slip through the cracks from the world’s largest carriers in a weekly wrap-up. Enjoy! –T-Mobile …

On the same day the global Net Mundial event began in São Paulo, Brazilian president, Dilma Rousseff, enacted the Marco Civil da Internet bill, which aims to protect online privacy and sets up a form of net neutrality in the country. The senate passed the bill on April 22, …

The controversy over over-the-air testing standards – or lack thereof – for LTE MIMO, as well as cost and complexity, are some of the major issues in OTA testing today. A recent panel of experts debated those issues at the …

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The Federal Communications Commission’s move to free up spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band for small cells and other wireless broadband uses took another step as the agency solidified those efforts in a further notice of proposed rulemaking. Under the …

Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. There are few companies in the world that appear less in need of financial assitance than Samsung, but that’s just what the company may get in its patent fight with …

Wireless connectivity and distributed antenna provider TE Connectivity reported a strong second quarter performance, with net sales up 6% year-over-year to $3.43 billion. The company’s orders and sales were up in all regions, according to Chairman and CEO Tom Lynch, …

Ericsson (ERIC) saw sales slide 9% during the first quarter as the pace of mobile network buildouts slowed for two of its major North American customers. Although the company did not name those customers, AT&T and Verizon Wireless are both …