RCR Wireless News

NFV provides faster time-to-market and improved customer satisfaction. 

Verizon’s stock woes highlight this week’s capital markets round-up.

SDN technology has myriad benefits to offer telco service providers.

A Sprint executive goes in front of Congress in this week’s policy news round-up.

New research from Gartner stated that tablet sales increased by 68 percent last year.

Broadcom announced a new OpenFlow specification for SDN deployments.

GL, SwitchRay, Qosmos and BT unveiled new telecommunications software. 

Huawei recently announced its latest development in carrier-grade SDN.

SAP, FiberLight, RWA, Frontier and Champion ONE welcomed new talent this week. 

Sprint faces charges alleging it overcharged the government for years.

RadioShack plans to close up to 1,100 stores due to financial results. 

Telefonica bounces back in this week’s capital markets roundup.

Aviat completed LTE microwave radio trials for FirstNet launch.

The NSA and some major telecoms clash in this week’s policy roundup.

This past week, several well-known device vendors unveiled new products, including BlackBerry’s flagship smartphone and Fujitsu’s STYLISTIC S01. Additionally, eRecyclingCorps also announced the collection of 20 million devices, 10 million of which were gathered last year alone.

This week, several service providers have announced the launch of new software solutions, including Verizon’s Cyber Intelligence Center and WIT Software’s new WebRTC platform.

A recent report out of Europe presents the latest bit of good news for the global SCD market.

The telecommunications industry saw a few employment changes this week, including talent being welcomed to the management team at Multi-Tech Systems, a chief executive office appointment at FiberLight and a new chief financial officer at Inmarsat.

Several companies, including LG, Nokia and Sony, have recently announced new smartphones and tablets.

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.

Verizon received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a converged health management software platform.

Berg Insight reported that alarm systems and vehicle tracking applications have helped spur the market for wireless M2M modules in European nations.

Telecommunications providers can now leverage a new big data analytics tool, a spectrum interference and monitoring system, an improved network testing tool and a platform for better deployment of business mobility services.

A number of telecommunications and technology companies underwent employment changes this month, including Syniverse, Lantiq and Extreme Networks. Texas Instruments also named a new vice president, a new head of education technology, and bid goodbye to a retiring individual.

Software is becoming an increasingly important component of wireless network deployments as mobile operators look to trim the billions spent on rolling out advanced, next-generation networks. One of the ways …