Monthly Archives: January, 2012

Panama set to follow up mobile number portability with fixed Feb. 13

Panama is set to unveil fixed number portability Feb.13, completing its process to allow telephone subscribers to switch operators, but keep their numbers. The...

Atos to acquire 50% stake in MSL Group, extend position in event support

IT services provider Atos said it plans to acquire a 50% stake in MSL Group, which provides real-time results and information systems for major...

Microsoft looks to enterprise with Windows 8

Microsoft's message at this week's Consumer Electronics Show was that its Metro user interface for mobile "puts people first," but analysts say the company's...

Intel enters smartphone arena, starting in China

When the chips are down, mobile computing is not so much about the device as about the experience that device provides, according to Intel...

Q2 revenues of Indian telcos at $9.56 billion: TRAI

The gross revenue and adjusted gross revenue of the Indian telecom services sector for the quarter ending September 2011 has been $9.56 billion and $6.40 billion respectively according to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).

Visa certifies Samsung, LG and RIM smartphones for NFC payments

Visa announced it has approved NFC-enabled smartphones from Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics, and Research In Motion for use with Visa payWave, its mobile application...

Carriers are investing in cloud services, Infonetics Research finds

Embracing enterprise-focused services has been a key strategy for several telecom operators around the globe. A recent cloud services study published by market research...

American Tower buys 558 towers from Movistar Chile for $96 million

Telefónica’s Movistar Chile anounced the transfer of 558 telecommunications towers to telecom infrastructure giant American Tower's Chilean subsidiary ATC. The purchase price reaches approximately...

Telecom data: Tata Tele loses 4.4 million subscribers in Nov. 2011

The total number of telephone subscribers increased by 0.30% from 914.59 million at the end of October 2011 to 917.33 million at the end of November 2011.

Apple narrows gap in smartphone sales while Android bypasses iOS in ad impressions

The iPhone 4S is helping Apple's iOS operating system to catch up with Android, at least in the short term. The latest data from...

Indian regulator invites views for telecom exit policy

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released a pre-consultation paper on Issues relating to exit-policy for various telecom licenses.

GTD gives up the merger agreement with Entel

Little more than a month after its announcement, the merger of local data, fixed-line, cable TV and Internet provider Grupo GTD with Chile’s second-largest...

Number portability: more than 5 million Brazilian switched operators in 2011

During 2011, 5.37 million Brazilians, both mobile and fixed-line users, have switched their telephone operators without changing their numbers. That's an 18.37% increase from...

@ CES 2012: AT&T Mobility goes all in on LTE devices

LAS VEGAS – While it may lack the scale of rival Verizon Wireless, AT&T Mobility is aggressively boosting its LTE credibility with the launch...

@ CES 2012: Sprint Nextel adds LTE devices to network plans

LAS VEGAS – Days after announcing plans for initial market launches, Sprint Nextel added more color to its LTE plans with news on devices....

@ CES 2012: Verizon Wireless bolsters LTE line up

LAS VEGAS – One year after unveiling its first smartphones compatible with its nascent LTE network, Verizon Wireless (VZ) used the 2012 edition of...

Reality Check: Voice biometrics and mobile, a perfect match

The most user-friendly ways for humans to interact with machines often center on something that every person is born with. One of the best-known recent examples is how smartphones quickly shed the stylus in favor of touch.

MetroPCS launches 2 new LTE smartphones

Coming out of a disappointing fourth quarter, MetroPCS (NYSE: PCS) introduced two new LTE smartphones on Day One of the Consumer Electronics Show in...

Smith Micro shares soar on news of Sprint contract to offload traffic, Sprint plans reorganization

Shares of Smith Micro Software (NASDAQ: SMSI) are up more than 15% after the company said Sprint has chosen its Mobile Network Director client...

Apple buyers stay loyal, others may switch brands at last minute

The iPhone continues to inspire strong brand loyalty, but when it comes to other smartphones, retailers have a huge opportunity to influence buyers at...

Gartner reduces its 2012 ICT spending forecast; telecom equipment revenues projected to increase 6.9%

Global ICT spending growth in 2012 is forecast to be lower than previously expected. Gartner Inc is now predicting growth of 3.7% this year....

Paraguayan Copaco’s IPTV launch starts carrier’s triple play offer

The Paraguayan Communications Company (Copaco) launch of its Internet Protocol television (IPTV) services starts its triple play offer, which is set to be the...

London’s older 3G infrastructure performance beats newer networks in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro

Although 3G networks in Brazil's capital cities of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro are newer than those in London, their perforance is worse....

Reader Forum: Mobile leads the way in big data growth, but where will all the data go and how can it be tapped?

The communications industry is faced with transaction volumes in the billions of records per day. It is expected to grow rapidly over the coming years in large part due to increased adoption of smart devices, but also the fact that any one consumer now holds a number of different devices, each generating many gigabytes of data every day.

Reader Forum: Waging the war on ‘OTTrition’: Battle plans for mobile operators

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers, we have created this forum...
- Advertisment -

Most Read