Syniverse Technologies spent much of 2012 conducting LTE roaming and interconnect trials with seven tier-one wireless operators around the world, and the company said this week that it expects the trials to lead to an increase in LTE roaming this year.
The trials laid the...
For the second year, Cellular Specialties is overseeing the project management, design and deployment of wireless infrastructure in and around the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans where the Super bowl will be held.
The company provided similar DAS and Wi-Fi network services in Indianapolis...
Softbank’s planned $20.1 billion purchase of a controlling interest in Sprint Nextel hit another potential snag this week as the Department of Justice sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission asking that review of the deal be deferred in order for “any national...
Canada’s Sierra Wireless is getting out of the AirCard business, announcing plans to sell its wireless modem business to NetGear for $138 million. The deal includes all assets and operations from Sierra’s AirCard operations, including customer relationships, products, intellectual property, inventory and fixed assets,...
Nokia’s quest for continued relevance in the mobile space continued today as the Finish device maker announced it would add $250 million to its Nokia Growth Partners venture firm.
NGP was set up in late 2004 to invest in mobile ecosystem businesses based in...
Oracle is pushing its cloud computing strategies by investing in its software as a service (SaaS), platform as a service (PaaS) and infrastructure as a service (IaaS) solutions. The giant IT company has made several acquisitions to boost its portfolio over the last few...
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It was a record-breaking year for smartphones. Device makers shipped more than 700 million units worldwide in 2012, the largest number to date, according to a recent report from Strategy Analytics.
The top seller, Samsung, led the field with its own record-breaking numbers. Boosted by...
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...
Carrier-grade small cells are expected to address wireless operators’ problem of limited capacity, according to three reports by Mobile Experts.
Mobile Experts noted that between 2009-2012, the small-cell market was dominated by consumer femtocells and that market has become anemic, “with weak support from mobile...
Skyway Towers has secured an additional $75 million from its investors. Tinicum and Permit Capital Private Equity Fund made the commitment to continue development of Tampa-based Skyway's wireless communication towers in strategic locations.
"This capital allows us to continue our mission of offering the highest...
German enterprise software giant SAP's revenues were boosted by its key innovation areas: SAP Hana, mobile and cloud computing. When SAP released its full year and fourth quarter results, the company noted that its mobile business contributed more than €220 million (about U.S$293.5 million) to...
Cisco (CSCO) is adding network intelligence to its mobile platform with the $475 million acquisition of Israel's Intucell. Intucell makes self-optimizing network (SON) software that helps operators manage traffic and bandwidth in real time. The startup scored a big win last February, when AT&T...
JDS Uniphase Corporation gave its view of tech trends in 2013, outlining emerging applications that are changing how people communicate and interact with technology.
Some of those key technology trends included:
Implementation of faster and more agile networks, including 4G LTE deployments that support traditional form...
The so-called Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology has not taken very long to evolve. Just three years after the first deployment of the 4G wireless standard, subscribers are expected to exceed 100 million this year, according to a new report by the research firm...
ABI Research predicts revenues from wireless location-based services to surpass $4 billion in 2012, bolstered by consumer applications, enterprise applications and location solutions for public safety.
The one thing that I’ll say about this industry is it never fails to surprise. 2013 will be no exception. Overall, we’ll see much more emphasis on mobile operators trying to take back the subscriber
Many enterprises are embracing the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) model and setting practices to support the trend that has kept many IT organizations busy around the globe. In its second annual customer survey, Good Technology found that 72% of respondents were already formally supporting BYOD programs, a...
Mobile operators will start making their operations more environmentally friendly. Powering base stations in developing countries with dirty diesel fuel is not good for the brand
MEF, the global community for mobile content and commerce, starts the new-year by unveiling its mobile predictions for the next twelve months. The international trade association is ideally placed
In the mobile era, both companies and employees want to access data from any location and at any time. Although it seems a great way to boost productivity, this trend creates new challenges for IT organizations, and CIOs are concerned about how to address...
Price pressures ensure the survival of the feature phone: Although the feature-phone category will continue to play second fiddle to the smartphone in 2013, price pressures will secure
Fixed-mobile convergence, a previously popular trend towards seamless connectivity between fixed and wireless telecommunications networks, will come to an end.
