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TIA 2011: Windstream CEO talks transformation to broadband, enterprise

DALLAS – “Telecom is buzzing again,” said Windstream Communications President and CEO Jeff Gardner and Genband President and CEO Charlie Vogt during a keynote address today at the Telecommunications Industry Association's annual show, TIA2011: Inside the Network.Windstream, which was spun off from Alltel Communications...

TIA 2011: Taqua announces contract and new IP peering application

Taqua LLC, supplier of wireline and wireless switching and backhaul solutions, introduced a new high-capacity IP peering application. The new IP peering application provides low-cost, secure, high-capacity IP peering of voice, video, and data traffic utilizing its flagship Taqua T7000 Intelligent Switching System (T7000)...

Next stop for RCR Wireless News: New York City and New Jersey

RCR Wireless News is hitting the road next week for New York City and the Garden State. 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...

@ CTIA: Penetration hits 96%

ORLANDO, Fla.—CTIA’s semi-annual survey of wireless operators confirmed what the industry already knows: Americans are in love with their wireless devices, and using them more and more for data connections.Some quick stats from the survey:  Wireless penetration is at 96%, up nearly 5% from...

Partnerships: VMware and Softbank; China Telecom and Chunghwa Telecom; and more

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

Top stories of 2010 (Part 2)

Editor's Note: The mobile space witnessed a lot of news over the past 12 months that have and will alter the mobile landscape for years to come. With the end of 2010 just days away, RCR Wireless News takes a look back at the...

Top stories of 2010 (Part 1)

Editor's Note: The mobile space witnessed a lot of news over the past 12 months that have and will alter the mobile landscape for years to come. With the end of 2010 just days away, RCR Wireless News takes a look back at the...

Net neutrality rules 'turning point' in ongoing debate

New network neutrality rules adopted by the Federal Communications Commission are more likely to be a turning point in the ongoing policy debate, rather than an endpoint, noted research firm Medley Global Advisors L.L.C. Reaction to new network neutrality rules is mixed. Broadband provider...

FCC adopts net-neutrality rules along party lines

The Federal Communications Commission on a 3:2 vote adopted principles of what it calls a plan to preserve the open Internet, a move that likely will be met with lawsuits from companies and legislative attacks from some members of Congress. Commissioners voted along party...

Reality Check: The mobile data tsunami meets the spectrum shortage

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. For mobile operators, vendors and their customers, these are the best of times and the worst...

TIA Applauds the U.S. and Korean Governments for Resolving Final Issues in the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement

Washington, D.C. – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the leader in advocacy, standards development, business development and intelligence for the information and communications technology (ICT) industry, commends President Obama and President Lee for reaching a final agreement of the U.S.-Korea...

Ottawa economic agency tries to woo Swedish, Finnish companies

The Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation (OCRI) and member companies from Ottawa's wireless cluster are visiting Helsinki and Stockholm to try to lure the Northern European wireless sector to locate in the Ottawa area. The group is visiting in partnership with the Canadian...

Reality Check: 4G in the Americas: Reflections in the mirror

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.In Canada, they celebrate “Victoria Day” on the Monday closest to May 24. In the United States,...

Analyst Angle: RIM faces bans, trapped between competing security imperatives : But banning BlackBerry may not be an easy call for most nation-states

It is no small irony that the very feature that has made Research In Motion the darling of the enterprise – its security architecture – has now become the company's biggest headache as it seeks to expand its footprint in high-growth emerging markets. The...

@ Uplinq: Jacobs hints of sale of FLO TV

SAN DIEGO – During a press conference with reporters at Qualcomm Inc.'s Uplinq developer's conference, CEO Paul Jacobs said Qualcomm's relationship to its subsidiary, FLO TV, likely will change in the next year.Jacobs was touting the data-caching capabilities of FLO technology, which he said...

@ Uplinq: Qualcomm entices developers with augmented reality SDK, peer-to-peer support

SAN DIEGO – Qualcomm Inc. has paid $3 billion to developers using its BREW platform, CEO Paul Jacobs told a crowd of about 3,000 during yesterday's keynote speech at the company's first Uplinq conference. That $3 billion amounts to an average selling price of...

The RCR Ecosystem An Overview

The converging telecom and IT space is set to become a $5 trillion global business, fueled by relentless demand from individuals and businesses to be able to access information across any device at any time. The wireless/telecom/media/IT sector is growing two to five...

First responder terminals worth $3.6B in sales by 2013

The first responder terminal market is expected to reach $3.6 billion by 2013 from about $1 billion last year, according to a new forecast from ABI Research.Market growth is being driven by the standardization among agencies onto digital technologies like APCO/TIA Project 25 and...

2008: The dawn of wireless 4.0: WiMAX worries, 700 MHz dancing in the dark, desperately seeking the iPhone killer and more

The pieces continue to fall in and out of place in the ever-evolving wireless world, but it now appears the many changes - from the subtle to the spectacular emergence of Apple Inc.'s iPhone, Google Inc. and open access - have unwittingly joined in...

Bringing combatants together: Industry associations provide united front

With the wireless sector the most competitive in the telecom industry, it is hard to imagine that company executives can simultaneously beat each other's brains out in the marketplace and work in harmony on issues of common interest. But they do for the most...

U.S.-Korea pact scores key telecom provisions

Telecom vendors cheered the signing of a U.S.-Korea trade pact boasting key market-opening telecom provisions, but the bilateral accord faces an uphill battle in Congress and skepticism about whether wireless and other American high-tech sectors will gain as much as the Bush administration predicts....

Wireless issues face tough slog through new Congress: Newly gained Democratic control of House, Senate

WASHINGTON-Wireless carriers are renewing their fight for relief from new regulations and taxes levied by cities and states, while manufacturers find themselves caught in the crosshairs of a dispute headed for Capitol Hill between the mobile-phone industry and public-safety community over the latter's efforts...

TIA, USTA reconnect forces for trade show

WASHINGTON—The Telecommunications Industry Association and the United States Telecom Association announced plans for a new industry conference that will replace Globalcomm and TelecomNext next year. The conference, called NXTcomm, is scheduled for June 18-21 in Chicago. The two groups said the event will focus...

TIA, USTA re-join forces for trade show

WASHINGTON—The Telecommunications Industry Association and the United States Telecom Association announced plans for a new industry conference that will replace Globalcomm and TelecomNext next year. The conference, called NXTcomm, is scheduled for June 18-21 in Chicago. The two groups said the event will focus...