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Analyst Angle: Death of the hard disk drive in mobile

Flash solid state storage is becoming more viable in mobile devices as price per GB continues to fall Let me ask you a critical question: How much storage do you need in your mobile devices? 64 gigabytes? 128GB? More? How about 1 terabyte?...

HP to target service providers with video optimization partnership

VoIP veteran Charlie Vogt sees $40 billion market for video optimization and delivery, partners with HPE Video optimization has received a bad wrap lately, but carriers and other service providers know it is the reality of IP-based video delivery. "Nobody's getting uncompressed video," explained Charlie Vogt,...

Microsoft successfully tests underwater data center

Project Natick is Microsoft's effort to make a more efficient, better located data center under the sea Cloud computing heavyweight Microsoft, looking to boost the operational efficiency of data centers while physically locating content closer to users, has tested running servers sealed in a pod located...

Google Fiber phone, DOCSIS 3.1 forecast … 5 things to know today

Google Fiber Phone, underwater data center ... 5 things to know today ... 1. Trusted testers is the name Google gives to its Google Fiber subscribers who are willing to test new services, and this month some of those people may be testing Google phone...

Smartphone-powered ATMs, Apple’s wireless charging … 5 things to know today

5 things to know today ... 1. Smartphone apps that will let you draw cash out of your bank at an ATM are coming this year, according to Bank of America. The nation's second-largest bank says it will test the technology with its own...

2016 Predictions: Enterprise and managed mobility trends for 2016

Mobile-first mentality seen as key enterprise and managed mobility trends for the new year Editor’s Note: With 2016 now upon us, RCR Wireless News has gathered predictions from leading industry analysts and executives on what they expect to see in the new year. As we head...

Kagan: Apple update kicked me to the Internet slow lane

My Apple MacBook got another OS update yesterday. Now suddenly I am in the s-l-o-w l-a-n-e on the Internet. You want to talk about frustration? Updates are appreciated, however, when something goes wrong, users should be given the ability to go back to where...

3 data center trends to watch in 2016

The global data center market is expected to grow into a $22.73 billion business, according to research firm Research and Markets. The study predicts between 2015 and 2019, the industry will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 9.3%. Migration to cloud technologies...

Microsoft to donate $1 billion in cloud services

Microsoft CEO: A 'public cloud for the public good' Hardware and software giant Microsoft plans to donate $1 billion in cloud computing resources and services to nonprofits, CEO Satya Nadella said in a company blog post. From the post: "We will donate $1 billion in cloud...

Ericsson to buy TV company

Ericsson said it will buy FYI Television, a Texas-based company that stores and distributes TV entertainment content and scheduling data from TV networks. Ericsson already distributes programming to more than 500 TV channels worldwide through its broadcast and media services unit, and the company...

#TBT: AT&T, Sprint slash jobs; Samsung looks for growth … this week in 1998

AT&T and Sprint slash jobs, while Samsung looks to CDMA for growth … 18 years ago this week Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time...

Nokia cleared to sell new smartphones

As the new year gets underway, Nokia is busy completing its acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent, though that may not be the company's only big news. The new year also marks the end of restrictions that have kept the company from selling Nokia-branded smartphones. Those rules...

Google teams with Lenovo, Microsoft MVNO … 5 things to know today

1. Google tapped China's Lenovo to build its first Tango smartphones. Tango uses 3-D scanning to superimpose information about a location onto the image seen when a user looks through the camera lens. It is also expected to provide navigation indoors. Lenovo bought Motorola...

Microsoft, Samsung announce Internet of Things partnership

IoT partnership focused on open ecosystem ideal for makers LAS VEGAS – Microsoft and Samsung, two heavyweights in the consumer electronics space, are joining forces to bring Windows 10 to future Samsung devices with an eye on appealing to "Internet of Things" applications developers. The two...

Sprint to end new contracts, Lenovo sunsetting Motorola brand … 5 things to know

5 things to know today... 1. Sprint will no longer offer subsidized pricing or two-year contracts to new customers. The move comes less than a week after AT&T said it will stop offering contracts. Sprint said back in August it would stop offering contracts by...

Microsoft bringing 3G and 4G LTE service to Windows 10 devices

French mobile virtual network enabler Transatel providing 3G/LTE SIM to Microsoft Tech powerhouse Microsoft, in partnership with Transatel, is bringing 3G and LTE connectivity to Windows 10 devices; customers will be able to purchase cellular data service in-browser with no carrier interaction. Transatel provides various support...

White box servers: What’s the appeal?

Cloud providers Amazon.com, Facebook, Google and Microsoft are driving demand for white box servers The explosion in demand for streaming video content – to both homes and mobile devices – has set the stage for cloud-based content delivery, supported by constantly expanding server-packed data centers. In...

The importance of NFV orchestration development

On this week's NFV/SDN Reality Check show we look at NFV orchestration development and top news stories of the past week Orchestration platforms remain a significant barrier for the development and deployment of virtualized platforms as carriers rely on such platforms to manage network functions...

HPE and Microsoft partner on hybrid cloud platform

Computing giants tap respective specialties in powering hybrid cloud offering Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced a deal with Microsoft to use the software giant’s Azure platform as the preferred public cloud partner for HPE customers, and in turn having HPE serve as the preferred infrastructure and...

AT&T capex, Ruckus acquisition, Wall Street winners … 5 things to know today

1. AT&T appears ready to ramp up investment in its networks now that it has completed its purchases of DirecTV, Iusacell and Nextel Mexico. The carrier said it is still forecasting total 2015 capital expenditures in the $21 billion range, although it only spent...

Dell and Microsoft partner on hybrid cloud

AUSTIN, Texas – Focused on enabling business transformation and enterprise agility, Dell and Microsoft announced an integrated hybrid cloud solution during Dell World. More specifically, modular Dell infrastructure will include Microsoft Cloud Platform System software and Azure services. The hybrid cloud configuration allows an enterprise...

Reality Check: It’s an Android world (Oct. 2015 edition)

This week, we’ll turn our attention to the world of smart devices and the companies that make and distribute them. Before we do, however, a quick note on the Federal Communications Commission’s first net neutrality test. CNS denied peering status by the FCC At the end of...

Microsoft’s new reality

Microsoft is facing reality in the smartphone world even as it launches another high-end device. Priced at $549, the new 5.2-inch Lumia 950 is powered by Qualcomm's top-of-the-line Snapdragon 808 processor and sports a 20-megapixel PureView camera. For Microsoft, the most important part of...

Google and Microsoft end patent feud

By dropping 20 lawsuits filed in both the U.S. and Germany, technology powerhouses Microsoft and Google have effectively resolved numerous patent issues dating back to 2010. While financial terms were not disclosed, the companies made a joint statement. "Microsoft and Google are pleased to announce an...