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Using big data to monetize free Wi-Fi With its recent announcement of a $5 million investment, United Kingdom-based Purple Wi-Fi is poised to expand its workforce and international heterogeneous network …

T-Mobile US is offering to put a bit of green in the pockets of consumers who are willing to let the carrier manage their finances. T-Mobile US CEO John Legere …

The Brazilian unit of Telecom Italia, TIM, closed a deal with WhatsApp. Under the agreement, TIM Brasil customers who have the post-paid “controle” plan can use WhatsApp without paying for the data consumption …

Editor’s Note: In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this Reader Forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We …

Editor’s Note: Looking to bring a younger perspective to the mobile space, RCR Wireless News has tapped Jeff Hawn to provide insight into what’s on the minds of the tech-savvy …

Editor’s Note: The ecosystem of big data and analytics, and its intersection with mobile networks and cloud computing has increasing relevance to wireless in areas that include service assurance, customer experience …

Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. Mobile networks are set for another increase in video traffic. Today Twitter said it is buying SnappyTV, a startup that …

Ad agency Omnicom reportedly it has a $230 million deal to integrate its Accuen ad buying unit with Twitter’s MoPub mobile ad exchange. The 2-year deal will give Accuen first …

Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. The Twitter hashtag #AmazonCart marks the social media giant’s latest foray into the world of e-commerce. If you include the …

Mobile advertising is coming into its own, and companies that sell advertising are racing to stay ahead of the curve. Google of course intends to be one of those companies. …

Telecom operators in Brazil have closed deals with the administrations of the Itaquerão stadium in São Paulo and the Arena da Baixada in Curitiba for the deployment of indoor wireless …

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

In today’s “socially connected” world, social media giants like Twitter and Google have become top targets for hackers and mobile devices are adding fuel to the fire. Today, hacks over social media

As the market was closing on Thursday, Twitter posted a tweet announcing that it had started the process of filing for an initial public offering. As Twitter prepares to spread …

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 …

Brazilians like to communicate. Recently, RCR Wireless News reported that Brazil was the leading country in growth of Facebook users and during 2011 among the top 30 countries by number …

India’s minister of information technology and communications, Kapil Sibal, is under fire for asking Internet companies like Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Yahoo to prescreen user-generated content posted from India.

The collective wisdom of Twitter is often called upon to provide answers. Where should I visit when I go on holiday to such and such a place?  Can anyone recommend …

A little while ago Google announced they had purchased the g.co domain name, and were planning to use it exclusively for linking to Google-owned sites. Their existing URL shortening service, goo.gl, was to remain for user-generated links to any URL they pleased.

Germany has a long, storied history of being both swift and overzealous in their enforcement of privacy and intellectual property laws. Today Germany’s Independent Centre for Privacy Protection has issued a blanket ban on the Facebook Like button.

Most of the UK has been transfixed by the rioting and looting that has been taking over our capital for the past few days – with many of the media pointing the finger at Twitter and BBM. Today London’s citizens showed that social media is indeed capable of organising large groups of people – but for the right reasons.