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Much of the Pacific Rim is on high alert this morning, following a magnitude 8.9 earthquake off the coast of Japan. Within hours, a 23-foot tsunami unleashed its fury on the coast of Japan and began its long journey eastward …

VMware, virtualization and cloud infrastructure provider, announced that major Japan-based telecommunications operator, Softbank Telecom Corp., has joined the VMware vCloud

A group of top mobile operators have publicly committed to launching and supporting Near Field Communications technology in short order, according to the GSMA.The group of 15 global operators making the early commitment to launch NFC services in some markets …

International Business News  | February 2011 | Alex He China’s Synacast Corporation, or PPLive, the operator the leading online TV service “PPTV”, said on Thursday that Japan’s Softbank has acquired a 35 percent stake into the company. The Japanese mobile …

AT&T Mobility announced it will begin to offer McAfee Enterprise Mobility Management software. The software will enable businesses to offer employees their choice of mobile devices across multiple operating systems, while delivering highly secure access to corporate applications. Businesses will …

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.Chinese are voracious consumers of mobile data. In fact, 80% of …

Following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past week: Alcatel-LucentChina: With China Mobile to deploy its IMS solution in Shanxi, Shandong and Gansu provinces to support enhanced communications services.Value: UndisclosedFrance: With Bouygues Telecom to provide its IP/MPLS-based mobile backhaul solution …

Following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past week: Alcatel-LucentChina: With China Mobile to deploy its IMS solution in Shanxi, Shandong and Gansu provinces to support enhanced communications services.Value: UndisclosedFrance: With Bouygues Telecom to provide its IP/MPLS-based mobile backhaul solution …

Nokia Corp. (NOK) and Renesas Electronics Corp. formed a strategic business alliance that calls for Renesas to acquire Nokia’s wireless modem business for about $200 million. The alliance also calls for long-term joint research cooperation on future radio technologies.ComScore Inc. …

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 as the femtocell is primarily designed to enhance the user’s …

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 …

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 is available here. Few metaphors more aptly describe the 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.The iPhone zooms to No. 1. Competitors react to declining market …

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.Each year the mobile industry starts with a bang as attendees flock to …

Following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past week:ADC Telecom United States: With Messiah College in Grantham, Penn., to deploy its InterReach Fusion indoor distributed antenna system to provide indoor cellular coverage initially in five academic buildings with a planned …

What is it with carriers? Every time there is a ‘new’ infrastructure technology, it takes years for the actual deployment to take place. My rule of thumb is now a decade or longer between when a vendor starts promoting a …

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. As the end of the year approaches, the question many people are …

The carrier-led Joint Innovation Lab project announced that four handset manufacturers have agreed to support its widget specification in devices beginning next year.The device manufacturers include LG Electronics Co. Ltd., Research In Motion Ltd., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Sharp …

SAN JOSE, Calif. – JIL, the Joint Innovation Lab, is an effort by four of the world’s largest wireless operators to put carriers back into the revenue-sharing equation as consumers move from voice-based applications to content. Speaking at The Telecom …

After months of speculations, Apple iPhone 3G S is about to make its “official” entry in the Chinese market, following China Unicom’s announcement of a three-year deal with Apple to sell the watershed device in China in 4Q. Through this …

In North America, the swift growth of mobile broadband has been instrumental in shoring up ARPU (average revenue per user) numbers, which were threatened by the commoditization of voice. With new applications and ideas coupled with improvements in key mobile-phone …