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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 …

A quote often attributed to Bernard Shaw actually comes from the German philosopher Georg Hegel: “We learn from history that man can never learn anything from history.” Perhaps the Canadian Radio-Television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) should pay attention to that bit …

Canadian telecommunications provider Globalive Wireless Management Corp. found some high-level support from the government in its attempts to offer mobile services as Industry Canada said it would appeal a recent court decision that would prevent Globalive from operating due to …

Canadian wireless operator Globalive Wireless Management Corp. saw its plans tripped up late last week as Canada’s Federal Court overruled a previous government decision that allowed Gobalive to offer mobile services despite questions about its ownership structure.The court noted that …

More than 500 people are scheduled to attend a MobileMonday Toronto event tonight. RCR Wireless News Publisher Jeff Mucci will moderate an open mobile operator panel with Alek Krstajic, CEO of Public Mobile, and Anthony Lacavera, CEO of Wind Mobile.“As …

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.SMS use is on a steady rise worldwide, including messages sent to and …

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 …

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: This story originally appeared in RCR Wireless News’ January Special Edition, Wireless Infrastructure: The Engine for Economic Recovery. Look for our March Special Edition coming soon.Green wireless infrastructure is going mainstream, with vendors competing to offer energy-efficient equipment …

New Canadian wireless operator Wind Mobile is hiring retail outlet staff in Edmonton and Ottawa as it prepares to roll out services in those markets on its HSPA-technology based network.The company, owned by Globalive Holdings, already counts more than 700 …

Bell Mobility began selling its handsets and services in its own retail stores. The Canadian operator last March bought The Source’s 750 retail locations when parent company Circuit City declared bankruptcy, thus preserving about 3,000 jobs in the retail sector, …

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 …

Canadian telecom giant Rogers Communications Inc. is reportedly set to lay off 900 middle-management positions as part of a corporate restructuring designed to streamline the company’s operations.According to the Financial Post, the jobs cuts would impact about 3% of Rogers’ …

Often overlooked when discussing North American telecom markets, Canada is more than a smaller clone of its southern neighbor. Challenged by a land mass greater than the U.S., but with one-eighth the population, Canada’s wireless operators have still managed to …

The LiMo Foundation continues to make strides as it announced updates to its open platform, notched six new operators to deliver handsets and added two new directors to its board.NTT DoCoMo, Orange, SK Telecom, Telefonica, Verizon Wireless and Vodafone said …