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Facebook is following up on its decision to pay $19 billion for WhatsApp with a plan to sunset its own messaging feature. The social media giant is telling users that soon when they try to send a message through Facebook they will be...
WhatsApp has been all over the news after signing a $19 billion deal with Facebook. It has a lot of people speculating what it means for the telecom industry.
Welcome to this week’s edition of cell tower industry news, brought to you by Towercrews.net.
It is an understatement to say that this year has been tragic so far when so many tower climbers have died within the first quarter. In response, OSHA handed out stern...
Welcome to this week’s edition of cell tower industry news, brought to you by Towercrews.net.
2014 is quickly becoming a tragic year for the tower industry. It is with a heavy heart we report that there have been two more tragic tower deaths this week. The...
Top stories:
Sprint executive exodus continues
Sprint's revolving door continued to spin as reports indicated that another key exeicutive has left the company. ... Read More
<a href="https://www.rcrwireless.com/article/20140325/fcc_wireless_regulations/wheeler-cautious-on-incentive-auction-moving-forward-on-3-5-ghz-sharing/" target="_blank">Wheeler cautious on incentive auction, moving forward on 3.5GHz sharing
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler shares an update on plans to...
Mobile network operators place a high premium on control – of their network, services, brand and most importantly, their customers. This is not surprising, as operators that invested heavily
The truth is, it didn’t take Facebook to convince insiders that WhatsApp and its brethren are the social-networking and mobile entertainment future. For a few years now, hundreds of millions
AUSTIN, Texas – Mobile advertisements. They’re in our favorite free applications and games, and an everyday part of life for every mobile consumer. Yet, do we really pay much attention to their form or function? Industry experts from Havas Media, Starcom MediaVest and Renegade...
The recent Mobile World Congress 2014 event was stocked full of news announcements, though thankfully a good selection of industry analysts and observers were in tune with the events to make sense of all the noise.
The biggest news to come out of the...
It seemed like I picked a bad year to not attend the annual Mobile World Congress event, as from the sounds of it there was a really interesting dinner party that I am sure I would have been invited to.
Other top stories:
Telecom Capital Market News: Facebook causes waves
Facebook reportedly plans to add voice calls to WhatsApp after the acquisition is complete. ... Read More
Merger of equals: Triquint to merge with RF Micro Devices
RCR Wireless News interviewed the CEOs of these two smartphone component...
Facebook enters the fray, China Telecom faces investment concerns and telecoms lean on acquisitions to build out their offerings in this week's capital markets news round-up.
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.
What is WhatsApp?
WhatsApp acts as an alternative to text messaging. The app lets users send photos,...
Welcome to our weekly wrap-up of telecom software news. Partnerships abound this week as it seems like everybody's shaking hands with everybody to create some great deals. AT&T was especially busy on this front, furthering its partnership with Amdocs for its connected car program,...
2013 saw mobile network operators around the world continuing their tentative adjustment to an environment in which over-the-top content defined much of their network deployment, upgrade and
With another busy week in the world of Telecom Software, who has time to read/search for every story out there? RCR Wireless News vets the news to bring you the biggest, most important stories of the week on this increasingly critical topic. We'll probably...
In-store Wi-Fi is likely to be part of the pre-holiday checklist for many retailers as the year's biggest selling season approaches. Businesses are learning that they can use Wi-Fi to push targeted offers to shoppers, but in order to do that they need to...
Mobile operators have learned that as subscribers gain access to faster networks, those networks can face congestion as users choose to download more video. Now videos that users don't choose to download are also competing for network resources. Facebook is the latest over-the-top video...
With 250 million active users in the region (about 21% of total users), Facebook is looking at Latin America as a strategic area for the company. For example, over the next year, Facebook will open its fifth office serving Latin America. Located in Colombia,...
Google is taking direct aim at Facebook and Twitter with its new MixBit video editing app for YouTube. According to The New York Times, MixBit will work the same way Twitter's Vine and Facebook's Instagram videos work, in that users will hold down their...
Social media is a huge driver of wireless network traffic, accounting for an estimated 24% of the time Americans spend using their mobile phones. Facebook alone accounts for 18% of mobile minutes. The social network's former marketing director, Randi Zuckerberg (sister of founder Mark...
Facebook may be poised to make another billion dollar purchase, this time by acquiring mobile map technology. Waze is a "community-based" traffic and navigation app that uses satellites and user input to help drivers find the best routes. Waze was the judges' choice for...
Facebook means business when it comes to mobile – the company is spending an estimated $85 million to acquire Parse – that’s a hot startup that manages mobile for businesses.
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Parse manages iTunes apps for The Food...
