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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

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 …

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: …

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. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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. …

Dang! This week started off so promising, but just as quickly that promise was nipped in the bud by a certain Buzz Killington.

Facebook says its new mobile interface is all about shifting devices away from apps and tasks, and towards friends and people. Today the company shared the specifics about its new …

Facebook will unveil what it calls its “new home on Android” at a Thursday press event. Today 9TO5 Google is reporting that Facebook is planning a new HTC device that …

Shocking news surfaced this week that Apple had cut component orders for its recently launched iPhone 5, indicating that the company’s flagship

While AT&T customers are celebrating more cellular access to FaceTime, Imagination Technologies is marketing a competing video service to carriers — video chat via Facebook. The company says its carrier …

Facebook,which recently announced it had reached 1 billion users worldwide, is counting on mobile devices to reach the next billion users. “The first experience with Facebook for many people will …

More and more mobile device users are accessing Facebook from smartphones and tablets, and that’s a mixed blessing for the social media giant. The company says that more than half a billion people accessed Facebook from a mobile device in June, and that almost 19% of those relied exclusively on smartphones or tablets to connect with friends through the site. That means those people never saw the ads Facebook serves up to personal computer users, who are of course looking at larger screens with more room for advertising.