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The Hindu Business Line | July 26, 2011 Mobile operators fear that Internet calls will affect their revenues; given their competitive rates, though, this apprehension may be baseless. After much dithering, and nine years after Internet telephony was introduced in India, …

Motorola Solutions and Northwestern University announced the selection of Motorola to deploy a new P25 system to replace a 14-year-old analog trunking system and will provide a standards-based IP system that enables interoperability and greater efficiency for the Northwestern University …

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Regional iDEN operator SouthernLINC Wireless announced today that president and CEO Bob Dawson will relinquish his position at the carrier on Aug. 1, at which point he will move to chairman of the board before retiring on Oct. 1. Don …

Innovation centers are popping up throughout the world as wireless operators, infrastructure vendors, device suppliers and even governments aim to further collaborate with applications developers on the next new product, service, device or application.…..

Virgin Mobile USA is set to refine its rate plans and data speeds, moves that align the company with its direct rivals and could provide a peak at the future of parent company Sprint Nextel Corp.’s (S) plans for data …

RCR Wireless News is set to visit Baltimore the week of July 18 as part of our Mobile Broadband Tour and Conference series. The RCR Wireless News Mobile Broadband Baltimore tour will include several days meeting with local telecommunication leaders …

Wireless operators will have to transition to handset-based enhanced 911 accuracy requirements after 2019, as the Federal Communications Commission sunsets accuracy requirements for network-based E911 technology. Handset-based E911 delivers better location information, the agency said as it adopted a report …

Canadian telecommunications provider Rogers Communications Inc. (RCI) rolled out the country’s first LTE network late last week, getting a jump on its rivals.The launch was limited to the Ottawa region, with plans to expand coverage to Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal …

Communications service providers are fighting internal battles between their financial, IT and marketing departments that prevent them from deploying innovative plans that would help them retain customers and increase consumer satisfaction, according to a new survey from the Chief Marketing …

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 …

BOULDER, Colo. – Recently installed Federal Communications Commission Wireless Bureau Chief Rick Kaplan ventured out west this week to participate in a question and answer session at a Silicon Flatirons event held on the University of Colorado-Boulder campus.Having acknowledged that …

eBay Inc. (EBAY) has reached a deal to acquire Zong for $240 million in cash. The Menlo Park, Calif.-based company provides mobile payments through carrier billing channels and has deals with more than 250 operators around the world.eBay plans to …

It takes the average American six to eight minutes to realize they’ve lost their phone whereas it takes them some six to eight hours to realize they’ve lost their wallet according to Citibank’s head of global new product development and …

International wireless conglomerate Vodafone Group plc (VOD) said it could receive up to $5.5 billion in an annual dividend from its 45% ownership stake in Verizon Wireless (VZ), according to published reports.According to a Bloomberg report, Vodafone’s CFO Andy Halford …

RCR Wireless News is set to visit Baltimore the week of July 18 as part of our Mobile Broadband Tour and Conference series. The RCR Wireless News Mobile Broadband Baltimore tour will include several days meeting with local telecommunication leaders …

A new fixed wireless access service from Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) is being targeted at the enterprise. If successful, Sprint 4G Enterprise WAN (wide area network) could replace traditional wired options by connecting businesses to the carrier’s multiprotocol label switching …

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski wants to be known as the broadband chairman, and as such has been at the forefront of removing obstacles that prevent wireless broadband deployments, said Josh Gottheimer, senior counsel to the chairman during PCIA’s DAS …

Daily News & Analysis India | June 27, 2011 | Satish John Early this month, Huawei Technologies Co Ltd’s sprawling campus in Shenzhen was host to an unusual visitor from India: Mukesh Ambani. The chairman of Reliance Industries held secret confabulations …

GUANGHZOU, China – More than 100 CDMA handset manufacturers have a presence in Guanghzou, China, contributing more than 100,000 jobs to the province, said CDMA Development Group COO James Person. The CDG held its CDMA World Forum in conjunction with …

Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs …

Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) is aiming to do what the International Telecommunications Union has not: define 4G wireless communications. The representative has introduced legislation that would require wireless operators to set guidelines for 4G, including minimum data speeds, coverage areas …

RCR Wireless News is hitting the road next week for Singapore As with every stop on our global tour, conference series and news desk, our team will engage the mobile community at the local level to better understand the impacts …

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 …