Changes appear to be brewing at the Federal Communications Commission, as current Commissioner Robert McDowell announced plans to step down while rumors continue to circulate that current Chairman Julius Genachowski could be following McDowell out the door.
McDowell said yesterday that he planned to step...
Intel is looking to take its Atom processors beyond smartphones and tablets. This week the world's largest chipmaker unveiled a hardward/software toolkit for set top boxes at the TV Connect show in London. Based on the Intel Atom processor CE5300, the solution targets OEMs...
Nvidia says the future of mobile lines up perfectly with its core strength in graphics processors. More than half of all mobile data traffic is now video, according to Cisco, and that percent is expected to increase as smart devices and connections become faster...
The Samsung Galaxy S4 is already generating an almost iPhone-like buzz, and the hype is likely to accelerate next month as carriers prepare to sell the phone. But while Samsung has been trumpeting the smartphone's features it has had less to say about the...
Warren East is stepping down from the top position at ARM Holdings (ARMH) after leading the British company to become the world's premiere architect of processors for mobile devices. Simon Segars, head of ARM's American operation, will replace East in July.
"I have worked...
The Samsung Galaxy S4 is the first smartphone to boast an "octo-core" processor. The chip is based on ARM's big.LITTLE architecture - four ARM A15 processors running at 1.8 GHz and four smaller ARM A7 processors running at 1.2 GHz. The A15 chips do...
Ericsson (ERIC) and STMicroelectronics (STM) have agreed to dissolve their ST-Ericsson joint venture, calling it quits on the effort to establish a competitive European semiconductor supplier for the wireless industry. The dissolution of ST-Ericsson will result in 1,600 layoffs. Last spring, ST-Ericsson cut about...
How will increasingly detailed service intelligence and network data change the game for wireless service providers? Of late, it seems like everyone from traditional equipment manufacturers to testing companies to BSS/OSS software vendors are making service and network assurance claims to help carriers defend...
Verizon Communications is set to take advantage of its $612 million acquisition of Hughes Telematics with the rollout of its Networkfleet solution. The offering is a fleet-management service that will work in concert with Verizon Wireless’ cellular network to provide monitoring, management and route...
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Video collaboration has not yet taken off around the globe, with the lack of bandwidth and interoperability holding back adoption, according to Damian Artt, Polycom’s president for the Americas region. However, this scenario is starting to change mostly because of LTE deployments.
“The issue with...
State wireless associations have increasingly become the focus of larger wireless industry trade groups looking to bring more hands-on experience to their causes. This has been especially true of wireless infrastructure groups like PCIA and NATE that focus their efforts on the nuts-and-bolts of...
Chip maker ST-Ericsson announced that president and CEO Didier Lamouche would be leaving his position to pursue other opportunities effective March 31. The company, which is a joint venture between STMicroelectronics and Ericsson, did not name a successor.
Lamouche was previously CEO of STMicroelectronics...
Intel may look outside the semiconductor industry for its next CEO. The world's largest chipmaker has traditionally promoted from within, but ever since CEO Paul Otellini announced his departure rumors have been circulating that his replacement would come from the outside, as Intel tries...
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Regional operator C Spire signed a deal with NetCracker Technology to provide the operator with a BSS solution to consolidate its billing, customer account and service activation needs. Terms of the deal were not released.
NetCracker noted the deal will meld C Spire’s billing services...
Airlines are expanding their Wi-Fi services and according to a new global report, are expected to become the industry that spends the most to target mobile consumers.
Tata Consultancy Services predicts that by 2016, airlines will spend $37 million per company on reaching wireless users,...
Qualcomm told Nvidia that its day in the sun was over, boasting at Mobile World Congress that the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor is faster than Nvidia's Tegra 4, touted as the "world's fastest mobile processor" when it launched in January. It's hard to...
Many people in emerging markets will experience the Internet for the first time this year, and most of them will do so on a smartphone. For many, the gateway to the web will not be Android or Safari; it will be Firefox OS. Firefox...
Chip sales got off to a good start in 2013, with sales up 3.8% year-on-year to $24 billion. According to the Semiconductor Industry Association, North and South America were the biggest drivers of growth; sales were up 10.5% year-on-year. Manufacturers in Europe and Japan...
The interconnection and data center company Equinix made two announcements on Feb. 28 about a public offering of senior notes. The company plans to sell up to U.S.$1.5 billion in senior notes with the intention to use the net proceeds to redeem its outstanding...
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 mobility a top priority for enterprises, software firm SAP has made the move into securing content management. The company launched its SAP Mobile Documents solution at this week's Mobile World Congress event(MWC – check all pieces), noting the solution is designed to meet...
Small cell deployments continue to be a big topic across the mobile space as carriers continue to look for ways to squeeze as much coverage and capacity from their current spectrum positions.
Vendors supplying these solutions, whether they be femtocells, picocells, Wi-Fi or distributed...
