Edgar Auslander to speak on day two of the event. iSuppli Corp. is pleased to announce that Edgar Auslander, senior vice president for strategic planning at ST-Ericsson, will be the keynote speaker at the wireless session of iSuppli’s 2010 European Briefing Series in Berlin in April. A wireless industry expert with more than 20 years of experience in the wireless communications and... [

I’ve been working in the wireless industry for about ten years now; about 80% of that time was spent in retail sales working closely with mobile phones during that 9:00-5:00 grind. Since then, I have yet to see an effective solution for the SIM card slots. Obviously this is targeting GSM carriers, but I’m confident

The FCC on Tuesday officially revealed the long-awaited National Broadband Plan, but few details were a surprise given the commission's various leaks about its details during the past few months. The plan has turned out to be a coup for the wireless industry as it calls for increasing wireless spectrum to accommodate the explosion of mobile data services. The FCC wants to free up 500 MHz of n...

The FCC's newly-unveiled National Broadband Plan could have a sweeping impact on the wireless industry, public safety and the Universal Service Fund (USF).

FIDO will be launching two new monthly prepaid plans March 28th in order to remain competitive in the changing Canadian Wireless Industry. The existing City Fido prepaid plan will remain unchanged. The addition of these new price points allow FIDO to cover all monthly price points with both prepaid

Dan Meyer is currently an editor at RCR Wireless News where he oversees the editorial direction of the magazine, reports on news from the wireless industry and provides opinion stories on topics of concern to the market.

Tracy Ford is an editor with RCR Wireless News. She started with RCR Wireless News in 1990 as a reporter and has been covering the wireless industry ever since.

Over the last few weeks, there have been some interesting news on various wireless industry issues so I thought I’d highlight some of them for you. I also included links to two op-eds I recently wrote and were published.   mHealth: The New York Times, A Little Black Box to Jog Failing Memory, 3/8   GigaOM, Smartphones Are the New Stethoscope, 2/26   Misc: U...

Few people know who Martin Cooper is (even in the wireless industry), though his work is easily the most influential in the business.   Cooper invented the cell phone that we know and love (or hate), and made the first call on one in 1973.  What's more, his name is on the "radio telephone system" patent filed in 1973. In the piece, Cooper spoke about spectrum space and future a...

There is good news for application developers, mobile marketers and anyone in the wireless industry who wants a piece of consumers' attention while they are on their smartphones, according to a new survey from research firm Compete. The survey found that most smartphone users are actively using their devices throughout the day. Though smartphones make up a minority of the overall handset mark...