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Reality Check: The decade of ‘C’

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their...

#TBT: Sony says ‘sayonara’ to its U.S. handset business, Ericsson passes out the pink slips … this week in 1999

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire...

#TBT: PDAs gain market share; Siemens establishes US unit; Device syncing gets smarter … this week in 2004

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire...

The Sunday Brief: Third quarter earnings–what could dislodge wireless?

Greetings from Charlotte, North Carolina (picture is, from left, Frank Cairon, formerly of Verizon Wireless and Ryan Barker, currently with Verizon Wireless enjoying some...

Reader Forum: ‘Freemium’ models and sponsored data – giving the people what they want?

Following on the heels of increasingly common, albeit still fairly new “freemium” service offerings, AT&T’s recently announced sponsored data service launch has been unusually controversial.

Sprint hears the music

In the effort to alter consumers' perceptions of wireless phones, Sprint PCS turned up the volume last week with the introduction of an online...

Disney/Pixar deal clouds Apple’s wireless future

Steve Jobs may have just taken one step closer to wireless. The head of Apple Computer Inc. landed a spot on the board of...

Why network operators need to get smarter about streaming video (Reader Forum)

With practically every social media platform doubling down on video over the past decade, the emergence of apps like TikTok, and the rise of...

Why network operators need to get smarter about streaming video (Reader Forum)

With practically every social media platform doubling down on video over the past decade, the emergence of apps like TikTok, and the rise of...

2016 Predictions: Product innovation set to spur mobile market in 2016

Mobile operators will look towards product innovation in their battle for market share Editor’s Note: With 2016 now upon us, RCR Wireless News has gathered...

Reality Check: Sprint network overhaul, AT&T unlimited and FirstNet

A deep dive into Sprint network overhaul reports, AT&T’s unlimited data and the future of FirstNet Lots of news this week, and we will cover...

Wireless price wars: the end may be near

The land grab for subscribers has been motivating mobile operators to slash prices for months, as the four major carriers compete not only with...

Reader Forum: Backhauling the enterprise opportunity

Research from Ovum tells us that in 2013, mobile operators forfeit $32.5 billion dollars in messaging revenues to free applications like WhatsApp and Viber. There is an old Stoic proverb describing

Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint deep into 5G testing across high-band spectrum

FCC 5G spectrum focus only part of high-band airwaves currently being tapped by domestic carriers for next-generation technology testing The Federal Communications Commission’s move to...

3G iPhone reviews roll in: WSJ, NYT and USA Today tender assessments

You already know that Steve Jobs understands the power of deep device lust in American hearts and, indeed, in hearts around the globe. And...

Reality Check: T-Mobile ‘to do’ list and initial reaction to Samsung Galaxy announcement

Jim Patterson tackles the T-Mobile ‘to do’ list and looks at Samsung’s latest Galaxy smartphone We have a lot to cover this week with T-Mobile...

Beyond phones, Bluetooth popping up in cars, cows

While Bluetooth's emergence into the marketplace was probably over-hyped a couple of years ago, the short-range wireless connectivity technology is coming of age quickly....

Review: Network speed test – WiMAX vs. 3G

Last week's 4G World event in Chicago gave me the opportunity to try a commercially launched WiMAX network for the first time and for...

SMALL N.J. FIRM FILLS ROLE IN 3G STANDARDS PROCESS

NEW YORK-A key component of the IMT-2000 global wireless third-generation standard that the International Telecommunication Union evaluated this month comes from the kind of...

Standards group to include GSM work

The Third Generation Partnership Project, a standards body initially established by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute to work on W-CDMA technology, last week agreed...

GSM networks to survive in 3G era

DUBLIN, Ireland-At the beginning of the 1990s, analog was the dominant European cellular technology, but during the decade it has been superseded by GSM...

4G (yes, 4G) delayed

WASHINGTON-In an issue that could pit Japan and other Asian countries against the European Union (EU) at a major telecom meeting later this year...

PRODUCTS

E.F. Johnson Co. introduced its 9840 model UHF multimode mobile radio. Part of the company's 9800 Series radio platform, the 9840 operates in conventional,...

Canadian carriers vary 3G paths

TORONTO-The major Canadian carriers are cautiously laying the groundwork for third-generation (3G) wireless networks. But true, full-blown 3G in Canada is at least three...

Orange launches 5G in Botswana

Like other regional operators, Orange sees Fixed Wireless Access as a big growth opportunity in Africa Orange has announced that its Botswana affiliate is the...