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...
Samsung may be outsourcing some of Apple's chip fabrication to GlobalFoundries. An Albany newspaper is reporting that GlobalFoundries will start making iPhone and iPad processors at its foundry in Malta, New York. A Samsung team is reportedly visiting the factory to share Apple's chip...
This past week, many in the telecommunications community began to take T-Mobile US seriously. For the second quarter in a row, the Bellevue-based wireless carrier posted net additions of over
Apple's launch of its 64-bit A7 processor has clearly turned up the heat on its competitors, even though there is still very little a mobile device can actually do with a 64-bit chip. Nonetheless, analysts invited to meet with Samsung this week were told...
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WTB makes cellular geographic service area map files available online.
When it comes to acquisitions,...
Welcome to our weekly wrap-up of everything in the world of telecom software. After last week's focus on looking back, this week seems to be all about the new: new high-profile lawsuit; new version of Android with new security and headaches for Verizon Wireless;...
With Samsung and Apple dominating the mobile device market, Qualcomm is feeling the pressure as these powerful buyers push for lower chip prices. Qualcomm (QCOM) is the leading supplier of modems and applications processors for high-end smartphones, but the company says the high end...
CAMPBELL, Calif. – A small company in California with a defense-contractor pedigree is looking to make a big splash in telecom networks, using a new dual-technology wireless connection for mobile backhaul and hopefully luring fiber-happy tier-one carriers to adopt their solution with the promise...
Citrix this week released a quarterly report detailing a variety of statistics related to the mobile industry, including statistics on application usage and e-commerce habits. This infographic was especially revealing about trends in commerce from mobile phones (m-commerce):
Pictures are certainly worth a thousand words...
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...
Qualcomm has emerged as a reported 11th-hour bidder for BlackBerry, which has abandoned its plan to go private in a $4.7 billion deal with Fairfax Financial. Qualcomm is reportedly considering a bid in partnership with Cerberus Capital Management and two of BlackBerry's founders, Mike...
Welcome to our weekly wrap-up of everything in the world of telecom software. It was a week of reflection on past victories and financials, as well as looking toward to the future with new codec standards and IPOs. The top story this week was...
NetCracker Technology launched a new platform for service providers this week, designed to help them increase profitability while driving down the costs of transactions and customer interactions.
The Digital Business Platform addresses four key areas, according to NetCracker: customer management, including customer information, self-service, orders,...
Intel wants to be inside your mobile device in more ways than one. Its Atom processors have already made into several new tablets, and now the chip giant has launched a multimode LTE modem as well. The XMM 7160 is a 2G/3G/LTE, multi-band solution...
“M2M is a worldwide opportunity.” So says Steve Brumer, partner at 151 Advisors during his interview with Limor Schafman of the U2U Connect show on RCRTV.
Brumer goes on to provide an in-depth look at how companies need to remove blinders, think creatively...
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...
The Federal Communications Commission finally received official new leadership late Tuesday as the U.S. Senate approved the nomination of long-time telecommunications veteran Tom Wheeler as the new chairman of the FCC. Wheeler will replace Julius Genachowski who left the government agency in May.
Wheeler, who...
ZTE has tapped Freescale (FSL) to power LTE small cell base stations to be deployed throughout China and Japan. Freescale's QorIQ Qonverge BSC9132 base station on a chip will provide embedded intelligence for a new line of TD-LTE femtocell products.
TD-LTE is the 4G wireless...
Acquisition, analytics and mobile payments. These are just a few of the recurring topics in the world of telecom software this week. Welcome to our weekly telecom software wrap-up, where we gather together all of the biggest news stories on the topic in one...
Wireless trade association CTIA announced today that current president and CEO Steve Largent would be leaving the group at the end of next year when his current contract expires. The CTIA board will immediately begin searching for a new leader.
Largent noted in a statement...
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...
Anite gave a trading update this week that included reducing its expectations for its full-year results. An anticipated second-quarter uptick in handset testing didn't pan out, and the company said it is also being affected by projects taking longer due to reorganizations and consolidations among...
RCR Wireless News’ editors Dan Meyer and Kelly Hill discuss top headlines from the week in wireless, including Verizon Wireless’ third quarter results and what they might mean for rivals; Sierra Wireless investing in the machine-to-machine space; and the potential impact on FirstNet from...
Smartphone applications processor market
Qualcomm continues to dominate the smartphone applications processor market, with a 53% third-quarter market share according to Strategy Analytics. Samsung, MediaTek, Apple and Spreadtrum were the other top vendors of smartphone applications processors. Spreadtrum is a new entrant into the top...
