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RIO DE JANEIRO – Future profitability of LTE may be decided by service providers that enforce their usage policies more strictly and tailor new packages to a wider variety of …

RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazil’s major wireless providers are sharing the burden of building the backbone of a national network before the country hosts international sporting events in 2014 and …

RIO DE JANEIRO – Mike Roberts, principal analyst and head of Americas for Informa described Brazil as the “strongest mobile broadband market in the region,” during his opening keynote at …

RIO DE JANEIRO – Public safety communication networks will be targeted as an easily applicable market for LTE in the coming year, with major providers already working together in select …

Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) and Toyota Motor Corp. (TMC) have struck a new deal that will leverage the Windows Azure platform in the car-maker’s next generation telematics services.The companies plan to …

The quick takeaways from analysts on AT&T Inc.’s plan to buy T-Mobile USA Inc. in a $39 billion deal are largely positive, albeit slightly reserved in a congratulatory tone as …

Nokia Corp. has done the unexpected. Never mind, the news already leaked. The world’s largest handset manufacturer has taken its search for a modern smart phone operating system outside its …

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 …

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 …

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.Think femtocells are …

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.A decade ago, …

It used to be that messaging, which gained popularity as simple texting or Short Message Service (SMS), was just for teens—a way for them to interact in real-time via their …

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. Five billion …

While the Femto Forum just released a white paper touting how femtocells can take traffic off the macrocellular network, AT&T Mobility’s femtocell traffic still counts toward its total data usage …

A wider distribution of intellectual property rights for LTE could provide the new technology with an easier path to market than that witnessed by 3G technologies.In a report from Informa …

SHENZHEN, China—While Chinese operators are still working to get more subscribers onto their 3G networks, the world’s largest operator, China Mobile Communications Co. Ltd., is trialing a fourth-generation technology called …

Editor’s Note:This article is an excerpt from RCR Wireless News’ March Special Edition, “The Perfect Storm – A Focus on Mobile Messaging, Marketing, Content and Apps.” The 80-page special edition …

Not only is Apple Inc. falling short on iPad shipments due to hyped up demand decimating its supply, but it has now surfaced that the firm is having trouble getting …

Today’s mobile networks are painfully congested and they are about to get worse. Mobile data traffic in 2010 is conservatively predicted to increase by 50 percent, according to research firm …

Over the past 12 months any doubt over operator commitment to femtocells has been silenced. There are currently 10 deployments around the world and analyst firm Informa recently found operator …

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.Kelly …

Nortel Networks Corp. could get bypassed by the wireless industry as officials attempt to restructure the ailing company through bankruptcy, according to officials with a firm that advises carriers.Officials with …

Global mobile revenues are expected to exceed $1.03 trillion by 2013, generated by more than 5.3 billion subscribers, according to a new study from Informa Telecoms & Media.At the end …

Turin Networks Inc., which specializes in wireless backhaul, carrier Ethernet and converged access products, announced it will merge with Force10 Networks Inc., which builds networks. With the deal, the companies …

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.Up until very …