Dish Network may have failed in its recent attempts to buy a wireless carrier, but the satellite TV provider appears poised to continue disrupting both wireless and media. Dish is a likely bidder for the H Block spectrum that the FCC will auction early...
RACO Wireless is buying GPS software developer Position Logic, adding asset tracking applications to its M2M connectivity solution. Both RACO and Position Logic offer 'white label' M2M solutions for carriers; RACO counts both T-Mobile USA and Sprint as customers. Both companies also work directly...
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-based application testing company Sauce Labs closed on a $5 million round of venture funding, and announced an expansion of its platform aimed at providing monitoring, reporting and collaboration for large enterprise users.
Sauce Labs says its managed cloud platform for mobile and web app...
The $600 million that Samsung currently owes Apple for patent infringement may be a drop in the bucket for the $180 billion conglomerate, but for a while it looked as if the dispute could have a serious long-term impact on Samsung's chip business. Samsung...
Ericsson bolstered its operating support system operations late last week with the acquisition of Thailand-based TeleOSS Consuilting. The transaction, which is expected to close during the third quarer, includes 50 employees based in Thailand.
Financial terms of the deal were not released.
Ericsson noted that TeleOSS...
ARM Holdings (ARMH) is the undisputed leader in licensing the intellectual property used to create chips for mobile devices, but now another British IP company is preparing to challenge ARM. Imagination Technologies (IMG), a leading designer of graphics processor cores, plans to launch CPU...
The National Association of Tower Erectors named Pat Cipov chairwoman of the trade organization, the first female named to that position in NATE’s 18-year history. Cipov will replace current chairman Jim Coleman, who is stepping down to assume the position of SVP of a...
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...
Social media is a huge driver of wireless network traffic, accounting for an estimated 24% of the time Americans spend using their mobile phones. Facebook alone accounts for 18% of mobile minutes. The social network's former marketing director, Randi Zuckerberg (sister of founder Mark...
While in the Nation's capital this week, it seemed appropriate to highlight recent policy related announcements from around the industry. Join us as we look for evidence that policy is driving investment and job growth.
For starters, the White House recently announced several initiatives designed...
MediaTek is better known for value than for innovation, but that may be changing as the Taiwanese chipmaker prepares to launch an octa-core processor using eight ARM Cortex 7 cores. The news comes from a Chinese source, which claims that the MT 6592 will...
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...
Imagination Technologies wants to control your smartphone, Qualcomm says today's LTE speeds are set to double, and Broadcom is making inroads in a key market for set-top boxes.
Imagination Technologies ready to challenge ARM
The ARM cores found in most smartphone processors will face competition 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...
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...
ABI Research released several recent reports on the Wi-Fi and in-building wireless space. The research firm estimated that Wi-Fi hotspots will reach a total of 6.3 million this year, from 4.9 million globally in 2012. That figure includes wireline and wireless carriers' hotspot networks,...
Mobile video is a double-edged sword for operators -- customers are willing to pay more each month to watch video on mobile devices, but processing that video is straining data centers to capacity and beyond. 40% of existing data centers will be maxed out...
Microsoft has launched an Office app on iOS, available only to users who buy a subscription to Office 365. Users will be able to create Word documents and Excel spreadsheets on their iPhones and iPads, and view and edit PowerPoint presentations.
Apple says the...
Broadcom launches new processor for entry-level smartphones
Broadcom is targetting the fastest-growing part of the smartphone market with its new HSPA+ mobile processor. The BCM23550 is powered by a quad-core 1.2 GHz processor and integrates an HSPA+ baseband.
HSPA+ offers the fastest network speed available to...
Silicon vendors from opposite ends of the wireless supply chain are "meeting in the middle" as they compete to power small cells in the enterprise. Established macrocell chipset suppliers like Texas Instruments and Freescale face growing competition from mobile processor experts Qualcomm and Broadcom,...
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...
All eyes will be on Apple as it kicks off its Worldwide Developer Conference in San Francisco today. Although iOS is no longer the world's top mobile operating system, it is still perhaps the most closely watched when it comes to innovation and design.
While...
Rohde & Schwarz has made a series of new additions to its portfolio recently, as well as some new customer wins.
The company introduced a new signal and spectrum analyzer with a range double that of the previous product, from 160 MHz to 320 MHz....
