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Barcelona, Spain. Alcatel-Lucent clearly sees software as the key to its comeback, and has made that clear with a slew of announcements at Mobile World Congress. The company is partnering …

Software is expected to be big news at this year’s Mobile World Congress event as the wireless industry looks to glean greater efficiency from mobile networks. Leading up to the …

Facebook (FB) is set to buy the mobile messaging app firm WhatsApp for $19 billion. The Wall Street Journal reports this is the largest-ever buyout of a company backed primarily by venture capital. …

The Federal Communications Commission looks set to propose new rules designed to ensure unfettered access to the Internet while also complying with a recent court decision tempering the government agency’s …

Welcome to this week’s edition of cell tower industry news, brought to you by Towercrews.net. Ever since the fatalities a few weeks back, the tower industry has been very quiet. …

Setting itself up to garner leadership in network function virtualization for telecom, Alcatel-Lucent today announced its portfolio of virtualized mobile network functions including the Evolved Packet Core (EPC), IP Multimedia …

Given the ever-changing conditions of the telecom industry, it’s wise to stop and take a look at the sector’s capital markets activity, as stock fluctuations can provide a good indication of which way a particular company is trending. Here are a few of the most noteworthy events to occur recently within telecom capital markets.

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The move to make your smartphone the key to all your other connected devices continues with Google’s purchase of a security solution that allows the smartphone to authenticate a user …

Huawei looks set to expand its software portfolio, with reports indicating the Chinese-based telecom equipment giant is in the process of acquiring Australia-based Fastwire, which specializes in operating support services. …

Motorola Mobility’s red ink will soon be history, according to China’s Lenovo Group, which recently agreed to buy the struggling smartphone maker from Google for $2.9 billion. Today the company’s …

The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) sent a stern warning to telecom employers in the wake of three recent tower-related deaths, and is working with the National Association of …

Editor’s Note: The RCR Wireless News Time Machine is a way to take advantage of our extensive history in covering the wireless space to fire up the DeLorean and take …

Welcome to this week’s edition of cell tower industry news, brought to you by Towercrews.net. The tower tragedy in West Virginia we reported on last week that led to 3 …

Operator service provider Opera Software achieved a number of milestones last year, including reaching 100 million users on its mobile app store platform.

Cloud-based software solutions take center stage in this week’s telecom software news round-up.

Two industry groups that support wireless infrastructure are asking the Federal Communications Commission to  “categorically exclude” distributed antenna systems and small cell deployments from environmental and historic review processes. PCIA–The Wireless …

Leading network and subscriber intelligence provider Astellia recently unveiled a new look for the brand, including a previously unseen logo and overall company identity.

It is with a heavy heart we bring you this week’s cell tower news. It was a devastating weekend, with two tower tragedies in different parts of the country that …