BROWSING: Wireless Technology

Powerwave Technologies Inc. (PWAV) recorded a $7 million profit on $170.6 million in sales during the recently closed second quarter. The Santa, Calif.-based company grew its total revenue to $307.3 million in the first half of the year, up from $259.1 million in the...

Birch Communications, IP-based telecommunications and managed services provider, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the U.S. CLEC assets of Cordia Communications Corp., My Tel Co Inc., and Northstar Telecom Inc. Read more.Dell announced it has signed a definitive agreement to...

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. - The largest fire in New Mexico history still has some life left in it. The Las Conchas fire may be around 70% contained but continues to burn in the northern and western parts of the state. The fire is dwindling,...

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. – The largest fire in New Mexico history still has some life left in it. The Las Conchas fire may be around 70% contained but continues to burn in the northern and western parts of the state. The fire is dwindling,...

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 he was still new...

Few companies have seen as much technology change across the mobile space than InterDigital Inc., which for nearly 40 years has had a hand in developing the intellectual property for many of the advances that have propelled the industry. From its early years in...

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 and pricing. Not surprisingly,...

WARREN, Mich. — Like many of its competitors, General Motors Co. (GM) has adopted infotainment and telematics as one of its technical pillars. The company is working to roll out a pair of branded infotainment hubs — MyLink for Chevrolet brands and IntelliLink...

NOVI, Mich. — Healthcare and wireless technology are colliding more than ever today and the points of convergence are being driven in large part by the massive adoption of electronic health records. Here at Trinity Health's headquarters, VP and CIO Jim Elert is tasked...

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 as open as possible,...

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 as open as possible,...

The Freeport, Texas, Police Department is in the process of installing video-surveillance cameras in a project with ADT Security Services and Motorola Solutions Inc. The project underscores how wireless technology can be used to increase security for the nation's first responders. Police...

The Freeport, Texas, Police Department is in the process of installing video-surveillance cameras in a project with ADT Security Services and Motorola Solutions Inc. The project underscores how wireless technology can be used to increase security for the nation's first responders.Police Chief Ty Morrow...

NEW YORK CITY — To hear Kristy Sundjaja tell it, the City of New York can do a lot for the startup community. RCR Wireless News sat down with the senior director at the Center for Economic Transformation at the New York City Economic...

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), an agency created to foster information and communications technology globally, recently commissioned an impressive “emergency communications” map that addresses the need and organization for expedient emergency communications.The map can be found in high resolution, pdf format under the...

NEW YORK CITY — Mobile broadband is being delivered outside the carrier framework to this city's brass and dozens of of city agencies. After being solely reliant on carriers for mobility before, the city began making moves in 2006 to launch a private wireless...

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 us the wrong way....

More than 1 billion electronic products with embedded wireless technology will ship this year, and more than 2 billion will ship in 2015, as consumers start to demand that all of their devices have Internet connectivity, according to research from IHS iSuppli.“In today's world...

Despite the continued strong push by many of its rivals, Shaw Communications Inc. (SJR) appears to be again pushing off its plans to enter the Canadian wireless market.The company, which currently plays in the cable television, high-speed Internet and home telephone markets, said during...

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 us the wrong way....

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in RCR Wireless News' January Special Edition: "Unwrapping the Opportunities, the next generation of smart devices. To see all of the articles from that issue, click here. One constant in the wireless sector is that it constantly...

The mobile industry has seen considerable growth over the past 10 years fueled by consumers flocking to the advances made in mobile devices and the corresponding lowering of costs associated with owning such devices. However, with wireless penetration nearing 100% in the United States,...

Reaction to President Obama's Expanded Wireless Access Initiative was welcomed by wireless industry groups, which used the platform to continue to promote their own agendas. The initiative, announced at Northern Michigan University, is designed to bring high-speed wireless coverage to 98% of Americans in...

The nascent near field communication space received a much needed jolt today as Japanese telecom giant NTT DoCoMo Inc. (DCM) announced an agreement with Korean operator KT Corp. (KT) to use the wireless technology to develop “cross-border services for mobile payments, mass-transit ticketing, promotional...