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RCR Wireless News expands global and local market news coverage: Americas, Asia, China, India, Europe, Silicon Valley and Austin local news sites coupled with global mobile broadband tour will provide readers with local insights, news, video content and networking opportunities

In a move to provide readers with more authentic news and insights on how mobile broadband is changing the way we live and work at the global and local market levels, RCR Wireless News recently expanded its news coverage to include the Americas, Asia, China, India, Europe, as well as its U.S. coverage featuring Silicon Valley and Austin, Texas.
In addition, RCR Wireless News will be visiting more than 20 key global markets in 2011, conducting interviews and producing video news segments to showcase the deployment of mobile broadband and the impact it is having on carriers, device manufacturers, equipment companies, consumers, key vertical market enterprise market segments, and the economy as a whole.
“Mobile broadband will be a key global and local economic driver over the next couple of years,” said Jeff Mucci, CEO and editorial director of RCR Wireless News. “In order for RCR Wireless News to continue its 30-year tradition of providing editorial excellence, we believe that it is critical for news sources to move beyond the veneer of press releases and provide readers with real stories from the field.”
A key component of the RCR Wireless News 2011 editorial calendar is the 2011 Mobile Broadband Innovation & Opportunity Tour and Conference Series, where RCR Wireless will visit vital local markets worldwide and produce video news stories based on interviews with policy makers, regulators, industry associations, carriers, device manufacturers, equipment companies, consumers, employees and key vertical markets. These include the areas of healthcare, hospitality, education, public safety, real estate, utilities and energy companies. While in select local markets, RCR Wireless News will be hosting online and in-person events so that local industry professionals and business leaders can participate in the mobile broadband discussion and share their stories on how mobile broadband is impacting their bottom line.
The RCR Wireless News Mobile Broadband Tour and Conference Series is sponsored by Crown Castle and Anritsu and includes domestic stops in Philadelphia, Pa.; Charlotte, N.C.; Austin, Texas; Bellevue, Wash.; Chicago; Houston and Dallas,Texas; Atlanta; Washington, D.C. and the Silicon Valley region of California. International locations on the tour include Tapei, Taiwan; Barcelona, Spain; Toronto, Canada; and the nations of Argentina, Chile, Singapore and China. Upcoming events in January and February include conferences in Hershey, Pa.; Atlanta and The Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Registration details for the Hershey event are at http://rcrlocal.com/mbbpa/ and booking specifics for the Atlanta session can be found at http://rcrlocal.com/mbbatl/.
The second key component of the RCR Wireless News 2011 editorial calendar includes the launch of local news sites in Silicon Valley, Calif., the world leader in mobile innovation, and Austin, Texas, a hot bed for software development and home to many of the industry leading mobile technology and software companies. On top of adding local news sites in these markets, RCR Wireless News has launched local and regional news sites for the Americas, Asia, China, India, and Europe.
“In addition to providing our readers with greater global insight, the RCR Wireless News editorial team will be more accessible to the industry and closer to key trends as a result of our expanded editorial staff, heightened global news coverage and through visiting key markets worldwide,” said Tracy Ford, executive editor of RCR Wireless News.
About RCR Wireless News
Founded in 1981, RCR Wireless News provides uncompromising, editorial excellence, while connecting technology companies, in-person, in print, and online, with their industries, their customers and talent using its portfolio of publications, websites and events. RCR Wireless News is owned by Arden Media Company, which through its properties, RCR Wireless News, ITjobs.net, and TelecomCareers, pairs credible industry information with measurable sales and recruitment lead generation programs to procure customers and talent. For more information, visit www.RCRWireless.com.

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Tracy Ford
Tracy Ford
Former Associate Publisher and Executive Editor, RCR Wireless NewsCurrently HetNet Forum Director703-535-7459 tracy.ford@pcia.com Ford has spent more than two decades covering the rapidly changing wireless industry, tracking its changes as it grew from a voice-centric marketplace to the dynamic data-intensive industry it is today. She started her technology journalism career at RCR Wireless News, and has held a number of titles there, including associate publisher and executive editor. She is a winner of the American Society of Business Publication Editors Silver Award, for both trade show and government coverage. A graduate of the Minnesota State University-Moorhead, Ford holds a B.S. degree in Mass Communications with an emphasis on public relations.