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AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson met with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto last Thursday and announced that the company would be investing approximately $3 billion to bring the new AT&T network up to global standards (full announcement here). Contained in the …

Nokia is getting ready to re-enter the smartphone race. This is going to be a very interesting story to watch. Will it succeed? Nokia and BlackBerry once led the wireless handset and smartphone space. Then Apple iPhone and Google Android jumped …

Artificial neural networks use deep learning to interpret images; underlying tech for self-driving vehicles In a particularly meta experiment involving artificial neural networks, Google software engineers have visualized how an artificial intelligence makes sense of visual noise. Software engineer Alexander …

California disclosure comes following challenge from media organization After a back and forth with The Associated Press, the California Department of Motor Vehicles this week turned over data related to traffic accidents involving the self-driving cars being tested on West Coast …

If you have a Samsung or Apple product, listen up. Vulnerabilities in your device could allow hackers to steal your passwords, data or even take control of your phone. Two separate reports claim that the two dominant devicemakers have serious …

Promise of increased spectral efficiency with LTE-U small cell deployments is balanced with potential for Wi-Fi interference WASHINGTON – Earlier this week federal regulators solicited input from telecom stakeholders regarding feedback on LTE-Unlicensed, particularly as the emerging technology relates to …

German company wants to double cloud revenue to more than $2.25B annually by 2018 Deutsche Telekom wants to dominate the cloud-services market in Europe. The German telecom company announced plans to double cloud revenue to more than $2.25 billion annually …

An infographic published by Dynatrace reveals just how pervasive mobile usage has become. For instance, mobile app downloads are expected to rise to 200 billion by 2017 – a 185% jump from 2013. A statistic of particular interest for merchants …

Finding the right smartphone can be difficult. Google wants to help with that by showing you which Android phone is right for you with their Android phone selector tool. The sizable search engine has created a new landing page for …

That’s possibly the trickiest Wi-Fi industry question to answer right now. I’ve long held that Wi-Fi is the only technology that can keep pace with the free-falling (and unstoppable) price/performance curve that the tech industry has been racing down for …

“Rebuilding the Internet in space,” is how SpaceX describes its plan to provide the entire world with Internet service via satellite. In a Federal Communications Commission filing, the company said that it wants to launch 4,000 low-orbit satellites that circle …

Council Bluffs, Iowa, is rolling out free municipal Wi-Fi WASHINGTON – Council Bluffs, Iowa, could soon become one of the first cities in the country to offer free Wi-Fi Internet as a public service to all of its residents. The …

There has been no shortage of news affecting the telecom and wireless industries. First, as many expected, a three-way merger among Charter, Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks was announced last Tuesday. Many, if not most, of you are versed …

Can PayPal compete against Apple, Google, Android and other mobile commerce platforms? The online and wireless payment space is growing, changing and maturing and that is threatening existing leaders like PayPal. How will new competition from entrants like Apple Pay, …

Yesterday’s Google IO keynote gives us plenty to talk about, with updates on Project Loon, Android Wear, and the introduction of cloud testing, an IoT solution for developers, Android M, Google Photos and more. Android M is particularly notable for …

Google has unveiled the newest version of its Android operating system as well as new mobile payment features that will be available later this year. Android M will have three stages of previews before becoming finalized, according to its program overview …

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, set the date for #TBT and enjoy …

Google’s highly anticipated wireless service has generated more interest than it can handle right now. The company is telling would-be customers that they will need to wait up to 30 days just to get an invitation to use Google Fi. …

BOULDER, Colo. – Spectrum sharing were the buzzwords of the week as a bevy of federal agencies came together at the National Institute of Standards and Technology to discuss the topic with industry and academia. Google was one of the companies …

Apps and websites ping mobile phone antennas up to 50 times per minute, according to an Israeli startup that makes ad-blocking software. Shine is the name of the company that is trying to convince carriers to block mobile advertising – and …

Lincoln Labs betting that political clout is a function of tech savvy WASHINGTON – Lincoln Labs, a self-proclaimed conservative technology group created in 2013, operates with the stated goal of: “To create and support a community of like-minded individuals who …

Blog: “Not once was the self-driving car the cause of the accident” After six years and 1.7 million miles covered, Google’s director of the self-driving car program has learned a number of valuable lessons about human error as it relates …

Analyst reactions are mixed Verizon Communications is diving deeper into digital content with an agreement to buy AOL for $50/share, or approximately $4.4 billion. The nation’s leading wireless carrier said that AOL will boost its LTE wireless video business, its …

Uber’s plan to develop self-driving cars may include Nokia’s Here mapping unit. The New York Times is reporting that Uber will bid up to $3 billion for the unit in an effort to outbid a consortium of automakers that includes …

Move to mobile is ‘tremendous opportunity,’ Google AdWords VP said WASHINGTON – More Google searches are initiated from smartphones than from desktops and other devices in 10 countries including the U.S. and Japan. Jerry Dischler, VP of product management for …