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Brazil’s government has approved a tax break program that exempts companies from several federal taxes related to investment in telecommunications networks. A total of 1,400 projects are expected to fall under the tax relief program, totaling almost U.S.$2.67 billion (R$6 billion) …

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades and enjoy the memories! Sprint Nextel births …

Kris Rinne, SVP of network technology at AT&T Labs, is reportedly set to retire at the end of November, and will be replaced by Tom Keathley, who was recently appointed SVP of network and product planning. The news was first …

Apple has been gearing up for months to release the latest version of its mobile operating system, and the company has outlined rules that strictly limit developers’ use of personal health data that will be collected within the new iOS 8. Apple has …

Intel has struggled to find its footing with mobile processors, but the chip giant is determined to make headway in the mobile connectivity market. Its modem family has a new member in the XMM6255, which Intel calls the world’s smallest …

Opera Software’s Skyfire division updated its Rocket Optimizer platform with a streaming audio optimization feature designed to help wireless operators handle the increasing amount of digital music content traveling across their networks. The update taps into the network function virtualization-ready …

China Mobile, China Telecom, Telus and Verizon in on testing A handful of telecommunication operators have partnered with a pair of standards bodies to test transport software-defined networking technology, which when combined with advances in network function virtualization are expected …

U.S. carriers are learning to see Wi-Fi as a supplement to their coverage rather than a competitor, but they have been slower to adopt it than have some of their counterparts overseas. Analyst Claus Hetting of Hetting Consultants and Matt …


The blurring of the lines between the enterprise and service provider networks will extend the “edge” of the mobile network from the operator’s core into the enterprise premise…. The inside-out 2020 mobile network We have started the transition from a …

FCC studies spy towers No, it’s not the plot of some Cold War movie from the 80s, it’s the FCC’s involvement in the latest development in a story we reported on back in March. To catch you up to speed, these …

The mobile revolution has hit HP particularly hard, but the server giant finally served up some good news for investors yesterday, posting its first year-on-year revenue increase in almost three years. HP reported third quarter net revenue of $27.6 billion, …

Stadium DAS deployments continue Infrastructure providers say the DAS RFPs keep coming from public venues, especially sports arenas. This week JMA Wireless said that Crown Castle will deploy JMA’s Teko distributed antenna system at Rutgers University’s High Point Solutions Stadium. …

Telefónica, Brocade show NFV speed The move toward virtualizing network functions continues to gain momentum as wireless operators look for ways to cut expenses, increase agility in service offerings and remain competitive against over-the-top services. The latest push comes from …

Telstra preps for SDN, NFV future Australian telecom giant Telstra said it will continue working with vendor Ericsson to supply optical transport equipment and services, as well as packet-optical platforms from Ciena in support of the carrier’s move toward virtualization. …

The network test and measurement space is one where significant consolidation has been occurring over the years, or where major international companies such as Danaher (owner of testing companies Fluke Networks and Tektronix) and Cobham plc have made purchases in …

FCC streamlines antenna rules The FCC made a decision late last week sure to make tower owners happy. Part 17 of rules and regulations for towers was streamlined, giving greater clarity to tower marking, lighting and registration. The update is …

Mobile Minute: Verizon Wireless has reiterated its plan to launch voice-over-LTE late this year. Speaking at the Oppenheimer Technology, Internet & Communications Conference, Verizon CFO Fran Shammo said that VoLTE is coming to Verizon in the fourth quarter. AT&T and …

The telecommunications industry has seen operations transformed by advances in technology, which have spurred innovation and profits, while at the same time supporting leaner operation. This move was highlighted by a recent Reuters report that found across the nation’s largest …

Mobile Minute: Microsoft’s Nokia is apparently taking a high-low strategy when it comes to mobile phones. The company is NOT exiting the basic mobile phone business, despite last month’s announcement that “all Mobile Phones-related services and enablers are planned to …

The move to the cloud for enterprises continued to accelerate, with a new report from the Harvard Business Review and commissioned by Verizon Communications finding 70% of those surveyed had adopted cloud computing into their operations. Of those firms that …

Editor’s Note: The ability to test network and device features and functions is an important piece of technology development and deployment. RCR Wireless News looks weekly at the test and measurement space to see what’s afoot. –This week I spoke with …