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 a trip back in time to re-visit some of the more interesting headlines from...
With more than half of all smartphone sales now occurring in Asia, chipmakers are keenly focused on the priorities of Asian users. Location and mapping technologies are key requirements for Asian smartphone users, according to Broadcom (BRCM), which has just launched a new global...
Mobile analytics company Mobidia Technology Inc. says that it analysis of mobile shopping data revealed a 48% jump in mobile shopping applications on Thanksgiving and 86% on Black Friday.
The analysis examined the usage of more than 25 retail, Internet, deal and shopping aid apps...
Welcome to our weekly wrap-up of everything in the world of telecom software. Due to the shortened holiday week last week, this week's collection of stories includes information from both last week and this week, so if you were busy with turkey and family...
Welcome to the weekly wrap-up of everything in the world of cell tower companies. We cover top-level industry stories, DAS, and regional/local news. This collection of news spans last week's shortened holiday week and this week. Good news for tower climbers everywhere is the...
Telecom software is increasingly being used by mobile operators to manage the customer experience. The need for more advanced platforms has been caused by the growing use of various networks and technologies to handle the data and voice demands of consumers. This is especially...
Mobile data roaming has become the enemy of international travelers, with many coming back from trips abroad with monumental bills tied to their continued use of cellular and Wi-Fi services or to a pile of e-mails and missed correspondence because they turned off all...
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 a trip back in time to re-visit some of the more interesting headlines from...
Cloud platform provider Akamai (AKAM) hopes to secure its future with the purchase of Prolexic, a Florida-based developer of cloud-based security solutions for protecting data centers and enterprise IP applications from distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. Akamai says it has in-house solutions in...
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 a trip back in time to re-visit some of the more interesting headlines from...
A recent Deloitte survey of mobile users around the world turned up both surprising and unsurprising reflections of the market.
Surprising? That app downloads have leveled off and even declined, which the company said points to app saturation among users and a mature market.
Unsurprising? The...
Welcome to the weekly wrap-up of everything in the world of cell tower companies. We cover top-level industry stories, DAS, and regional/local news. In national news, AT&T is giving the Denver Broncos' stadium a huge boost in reception and there was a cell tower...
Wireless carriers rely on a variety of contractors, program managers and "turf vendors" to build and maintain wireless infrastructure. This report will examine the infrastructure services ecosystem by looking at the differing approaches that the major carriers take to deployment, sharing the perspectives of...
Welcome to our weekly wrap-up of everything in the world of telecom software. While last week seemed to be spent on reflection and awards, this week sees an embrace of the new: Oracle, CenturyLink and Teoco's acquisitions, CVidya and Ruckus' new software and new...
ABI Research released two reports this week that paint a picture of rising interest in connected vehicles, as the Connected Car Expo at the Los Angeles Auto show gives a glimpse into the future.
One primary area of interest is taking human error out of...
Wireless carriers rely on a variety of contractors, program managers and "turf vendors" to build and maintain wireless infrastructure. This webinar will examine the infrastructure services ecosystem by looking at the differing approaches that the major carriers take to deployment, sharing the perspectives of...
Carriers are sure to hear a lot about Qualcomm's newest mobile processor in the months ahead, but the chip giant is also eager to focus carrier attention on its new line of Internet processors. "I spend a lot of time answering the question 'What...
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 a trip back in time to re-visit some of the more interesting headlines from...
Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son plans to create the world's biggest company, and he sees the mobile Internet as the foundation of that empire. After Softbank closed on its $21.6 billion purchase of a controlling interest in Sprint, Son has moved forward this fall with...
Verizon Wireless taps Altair Semiconductor: Verizon Wireless' first carrier-branded tablet will use an LTE-only modem from Altair to connect to the carrier's network. Altair's FourGee-3100/6202 chipset is a single-mode LTE chipset, meaning that Verizon Wireless' Ellipsis 7 tablet will only connect to the carrier's...
The Federal Communications Commission has sent a letter to wireless industry trade association CTIA asking that the trade association include device unlocking into the consumer code that its member carriers have voluntarily committed to providing. The letter comes just weeks into newly approved FCC...
Highlighting an evolving ecosystem in vehicle connectivity, Airbiquity Inc. has been chosen by Nissan Motor Co. as a provider for a global platform enabling smartphone integration in vehicles.
NissanConnect Apps service will allow vehicle users to access their smartphone applications via the vehicle controls --...
Welcome to our weekly wrap-up of everything in the world of telecom software. Winter chill is in the air and that means it's the end of the year and a time for reflection on the past year, which usually means giving out awards. NetCracker,...
Mavenir Systems (MVNR) got something of a chilly reception on Wall Street last week after pricing its IPO on the same day as Twitter. The telecom software provider sold 5.5 million shares at $10 each, well below the $15 floor of its target range....
