Competitive Carriers Association (CCA)

I spent the past week at the Competitive Carriers Association’s “spring fling” in San Antonio, where just steps away from the Alamo,

The ability to test network and device features and functions is an important piece of technology development and deployment. RCR Wireless looks weekly at the test and measurement space to see what’s afoot.   —Agilent Technologies says it now has …

SAN ANTONIO – If wireless carriers are involved, there is a good chance network infrastructure giant Ericsson is somewhere nearby, as was the case at this week’s Competitive Carriers Association event in San Antonio, where the Swedish company looked to …

SAN ANTONIO – Only months into its launch, Scratch Wireless said it has found a strong response to its “free” wireless service offering. The carrier, which announced its formation last October and officially launched in December, said that a majority …

SAN ANTONIO – Sprint Chairman Masayoshi Son took to the stage during a keynote address at this week’s Competitive Carriers Association event to reiterate his stance that the U.S. wireless market is broken citing the extreme dominance of Verizon and …

SAN ANTONIO – Sprint is looking to expand its LTE footprint with the help of the Competitive Carriers Association membership and an alliance with NetAmerica. The deals, which were announced at this week’s CCA event in San Antonio, look to …

Welcome to our weekly wrap-up of everything in the world of telecom software. The amount of news has slowed some due to the Christmas holiday, but that hasn’t stopped Oracle from announcing a new acquisition and the results of a …

Welcome to the weekly wrap-up of everything in the world of cell tower companies. We cover top-level industry stories, DAS, and regional/local news. This collection of news spans last week’s shortened holiday week and this week. Good news for tower …

The battle over the size of spectrum licenses that the Federal Communications Commission will put up for bid in its highly anticipated 600 MHz incentive auction received another opinion as the Summit Ridge Group released a report touting the smaller, …

Rural wireless subscribers are high value customers. Those of us working within the competitive carrier ecosystem already know this, but a recent survey commissioned by the Competitive Carriers Association shows it by the numbers. This past summer, CCA with the help …

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. …

Wireless carriers and trade associations looking to limit the level of participation of Verizon Wireless and AT&T’s in the planned 600 MHz incentive auction have increased their consumer-facing efforts with the launch of a new website mobilebroadbandcompetition.com. The site, which …

Rural wireless carriers look to be gaining more attention as the Rural Telecommunications Group has reigned in its focus, changing its name to the Rural Wireless Association in a move to “better reflect the association’s mission and focus.” RWA noted …

RCR Wireless News presents complimentary Livestream broadcasts of the keynote speakers at CCA’s 2013 Annual Convention! The livestream may be over, but all videos are now watchable at any time right here. Please press play on the embedded YouTube link above to …

The Competitive Carrier Association’s fall event is just around the corner, with wireless operators big and small set to descend on Las Vegas to compare notes on the current competitive and operational environment. According to CCA President and CEO Steve …

RCR Wireless is partnering with the good people at the Competitive Carriers Association to stream CCA 2013 Annual Convention in Las Vegas LIVE on RCR’s YouTube page. About CCA 2013 CCA events bring the decision-makers in the competitive mobile ecosystem – carriers, …