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AT&T Mobility's plans for T-Mobile USA set to cause uproar across industry

Wondering what the topic of conversation will be at this week's CTIA event in Orlando, Fla.? Wonder no more.AT&T Inc. (T) announced plans over the weekend to acquire the domestic industry's No. 4 player T-Mobile USA Inc. in a $39 billion deal that if...

AT&T to buy T-Mobile USA, become nation's largest operator again:

AT&T Inc. (T) announced plans to acquire T-Mobile USA Inc. in a $39 billion deal that if approved will create the domestic industry's largest player – by a sizeable margin – with more than 120 million wireless customers. AT&T Mobility is currently...

Reader Forum: From pipes to clouds: Strategic operator directions for 2011 and beyond

Having originally built and marketed “high-speed” broadband pipes as the access to the Internet, network operators have been disconcerted as these pipes have quickly contributed to a major loss of the operators’ value to Internet sites and over-the-top (OTT) players. Subscribers are certainly...

Reality Check: Dawn of a new era for mobile voice

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 insights into the marketplace.With 18 LTE networks now in commercial service around the world, LTE handsets will surely be unveiled...

Analyst Angle: Finally! The iPhone 4 on Verizon Wireless

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.After almost five years under an exclusive relationship with AT&T Mobility, Verizon Wireless announced the...

2011 Taipei WiMAX Summit Draws Global Buyers of WiMAX Equipment to Taiwan

CENS | January 12, 2011 | Steve Chuang Taipei, Jan. 12, 2011 (CENS)--The 2011 Taipei WiMAX Summit, held by Taiwan`s Ministry of Economic Affair officials on Jan. 10 at Grand Hotel in conjunction with week-long IEEE Session and WiMAX Forum Global Operator Summit, have drawn...

China’s ZTE targets 10 pct of LTE patents

Reuters | January 11, 2011 | Tarmo Virki * Holds 7 pct of essential LTE patents as of end-Nov 2010 * Targets 10 pct share by 2012 * Role of Chinese players in telecom patents rising fast HELSINKI, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Chinese telecommunications equipment maker ZTE Corp...

China's ZTE targets 10 pct of LTE patents

Reuters | January 11, 2011 | Tarmo Virki * Holds 7 pct of essential LTE patents as of end-Nov 2010 * Targets 10 pct share by 2012 * Role of Chinese players in telecom patents rising fast HELSINKI, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Chinese telecommunications equipment maker ZTE Corp...

Reality Check: Maintaining LTE’s momentum

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 insights into the marketplace.LTE (Long-Term Evolution) has got off to a flying start. Networks based on this high-speed mobile technology,...

China Mobile revs up TD-LTE push

Following a trial at last year's World Expo in Shanghai, China Mobile Communications Co. is planning to expand its technology choice for future 4G networks to six cities. The next phase of tests, which was approved by China's government last week, will put TD-LTE, or...

China Mobile revs up TD-LTE push

Following a trial at last year's World Expo in Shanghai, China Mobile Communications Co. is planning to expand its technology choice for future 4G networks to six cities. The next phase of tests, which was approved by China's government last week, will put TD-LTE, or...

Report: Wireless industry to generate $235.5B in equipment revenues

Industry market research firm iSuppli Inc. reports that due to the continued growth in the cell phone market, worldwide factory equipment revenues associated with the wireless industry will hit $271.3 billion in 2011. That growth will be on top of the $235.5 billion generated...

Reality Check: Four predictions for 2011

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 insights into the marketplace.The pace at which the mobile industry is changing right now has made crystal-ball gazing more difficult...

Reader Forum: LTE: Mobile data traffic savior or accelerator?

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...

SIM card evolves with LTE technology

Editor's Note: This article is an excerpt from RCR Wireless News' May Special Edition, "Enabling the Mobile Revolution: Mobile Chips, Devices and Accessories." The 80-page special edition is available here. The Subscriber Identity Module – that standard little chip that houses all of...

Analyst Angle: A market perspective on LTE's rollout

Editor's Note: This article is an excerpt from RCR Wireless News' May Special Edition, "Enabling the Mobile Revolution – Mobile Chips, Devices and Accessories." The 80-page special edition is available here.Long Term Evolution or LTE, a next-generation 3G technology that uses ODFMA (Orthogonal Frequency...

Analyst Angle (Special Edition): Apple iPhone 4 & AT&T metered data

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.You have to love the ritual: Every June at the Mac Worldwide Developer’s Conference in...

Analyst Angle (Special Edition): Apple iPhone 4 & AT&T metered data

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.You have to love the ritual: Every June at the Mac Worldwide Developer’s Conference in...

QNX shows off LTE connected car

We took a stationary spin in the back of QNX's connected concept car at the Embedded System Conference (ESC) in San Jose, Calif., this week

LTE or WiMAX? Regional carriers, MVNOs mull next-gen plans

It's become quite clear which technology the top four carriers have sided with in the next-generation debate between WiMAX and Long Term Evolution. Sprint Nextel Corp. is the lone supporter for WiMAX; Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility Inc. made public their plans to deploy...

VIDEO: CDG’s Perry LaForge outlines future of CDMA

In this week's RCR Wireless Newscast, the CDMA Development Group's executive director Perry LaForge discusses the current and future position of CDMA technology in the wireless market. ; cdma; In this week's RCR Wireless Newscast, the CDMA Development Group's...

VZW posts $12.1B in Q2 revenue: Data ARPU grows, customer churn drops

VERIZON WIRELESS MAY LAG BEHIND larger rival AT&T Mobility in total customers, but the industry's No. 2 players continues to hold a financial lead.Verizon Wireless posted an 11.8% increase in total revenues during the second quarter, reaching $12.1 billion, which was $85 million more...

UBS: Telus Mobility, Bell Canada looking at W-CDMA/HSPA overlay

Could the CDMA camp be losing a pair of stalwarts? According to a report released this morning by UBS Investment Research, Canada's two largest CDMA operators Telus Mobility and Bell Canada are set overlay their current CDMA-based networks with W-CDMA/HSPA technology."Based on our industry...

It’s official: Verizon Wireless to acquire Alltel and become nation’s largest: Combined carrier would have more than 80 million subscribers

Hours after media reports indicated a deal was close, Verizon Wireless announced an agreement to acquire Alltel Communications L.L.C.for $5.9 billion in cash and assume $22.2 billion in debt, for a total package price of $28.1 billion. If approved, the deal would create the...