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BlackBerry’s long-standing relationship with T-Mobile US looks set to come to an end as the Canadian smartphone maker announced it would not extend a license for the U.S.-based carrier to continue selling its devices past April 25. “BlackBerry has had …

Spanish telecom giant Telefónica will provide wireless Internet connections for the high-end electric car the Tesla S in Europe ― and reportedly its getting paid millions to do it. While the carrier showed off the car at the Mobile World …

Editor’s Note: The RCR Wireless News Time Machine is a way to take advantage of our extensive history in covering the wireless space to fire up the DeLorean and take a trip back in time to re-visit some of the …

Nuage, Cyan, VMware and Juniper are among the top SDN vendors today. 

It’s generally accepted that by the beginning of the next decade the machine-to-machine market, or, if you prefer, the larger-scope “Internet of things,” will have more connected devices

Apple is opening its iAd Workbench to anyone with an Apple ID, and plans to allow users who create mobile ads to start including video. These video ads are expected to behave like “interstitial” online ads, meaning that they will …

Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. Apple is reportedly ordering displays for the iPhone 6, expected to launch this fall with a 4.7-inch screen. That would be a major change for the iPhone, which has stuck …

T-Mobile US looks to have re-gained some of its LTE network reputation, with a new report from OpenSignal finding the market’s smallest nationwide operator providing the highest network speeds during the first quarter of the year. However, the scope of …

Capital markets news: The Oi-Portugal Telecom merger moves forward.

Aricent is taking advantage of an Intel reference design in rolling out software-defined network and network functions virtualization software that runs on the chip maker’s Open Network Platform Switch Reference Design. Aricent explained that the design, which is now available …

Sequans wins contracts for LTE-only modems LTE-only modems are gaining traction on both sides of the Pacific, with China Telecom announcing today that its upcoming LTE launch will include devices powered by Sequans’ single-mode TD-LTE CPE units. The devices will …

Normally, we take the end of the quarter to evaluate key long-term trends and see how they might change as a result of events. We are trying a new end of quarter theme

AT&T and Verizon recently invested in Texas’s telecom infrastructure. 

New data center opening highlights SDN and virtualization benefits.

Wireless Telecom Group reported that its net sales were up 16% year-over-year, driven by strong growth in its network solutions segment. The company designs and manufactures radio frequency and microwave-based products for wireless, including components for distributed antenna systems and …

Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. Jury selection is underway in the latest court battle between Apple and Samsung. This time the two leading smartphone makers are arguing about patents related to the iPhone 5 and …

Unlicensed wireless services, including Wi-Fi, is set to receive a spectrum boost as the Federal Communications Commission has moved forward with plans to free up 100 megahertz of spectrum in the 5 GHz band for unlicensed use. The FCC adopted …

To the cheers and jeers of an industry, the Federal Communications Commission announced licensing rules for its highly anticipated AWS-3 spectrum auction that appears to cater to concerns of smaller carriers and consternation of larger operators. In its notice of …

Policy news: Verizon makes a major investment in Texas infrastructure.

The First Responders Network Authority is on the path of a strategic roadmap to build a national wireless network for first responders. FirstNet’s board met earlier this month and has voted to proceed on its preliminary strategic roadmap for that …

The cost of a large scale small cell deployment is out of reach for most regional carriers in the United States, but the need to offload traffic and increase capacity can be just as urgent as it is for their …

Aerohive Networks (HIVE) stock began trading Friday. The company priced its initial public offering of 7.5 million shares at $10 per share, and it dropped 9% in the first day of trading but rebounded to close at $10. In its …

SAN ANTONIO – The Competitive Carriers Association has seen its prominence across the mobile space grow in recent years thanks to its ability to attract larger carrier members and significant wins in lobbying efforts for its traditional carrier members. CCA …

Alcatel-Lucent’s Nuage Networks has won a data center contract with Numergy, a French cloud services firm created by SFR, Bull and the French government. Numergy plans to open two data centers this year and ten more over the next three …