Monthly Archives: April, 2012

Schoology gives cloud startups a lesson in fundraising

Schoology, which develops cloud-based learning platforms for schools and colleges, has raised $6 million from New York's FirstMark Capital, bringing its total funds raised...

NSN, union finalize steps to preserve 2,000 German jobs

Nokia Siemens Networks reported late last week that its plans to maintain about 2,000 employees in Munich is set to be approved following the...

Reader Forum: Why Wi-Fi offloading is needed with the expansion of 4G networks

Solving operators’ “capacity crunch” has been a primary goal of mobile data offloading to Wi-Fi networks. Even with the expansion of 4G networks such as LTE and WiMAX, the benefits of mobile data offloading to a carrier-class Wi-Fi network are extremely compelling:

Openwave to sell business units, focus on patents

Openwave (OPWV), the software company that describes itself as "the inventor of the mobile internet," is selling its mediation and messaging businesses to private...

Nextel’s 3G plans could limit competitive advantage across Latin America

Nextel Communications, owned by U.S.-based holding company NII Holdings, could lose its competitive advantage across Latin America due to delays of its 3G network...

Technology individualization complicates corporate IT environment

IT consumerization and the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) trend are changing companies and as consequence, their IT departments. If a couple of years ago, a company's...

Google gives a little; stays focused on mobile

Like its archrival Apple, Google is giving shareholders a carrot. While Apple (AAPL) chose to share some of its cash hoard through a dividend,...

Nokia Lumia: winning on YouTube but not in the market

Nokia may be trailing Samsung in smartphone sales, but it definitely has a publicity edge this month with its on-the-street smartphone speed tests. Nokia...

Brazil’s Anatel releases 2.5 GHz, 450 MHz auction rules

On April 12, the Brazilian National Telecom Agency Anatel approved bidding documents for the frequency bands 2.5 GHz (to be destined for fourth generation...

Telefonica/Vivo re-brand is more about marketing than background integration

After 18 months working on the Vivo integration, Telefonica announced that starting April 15 all Brazilian products, including mobile, fixed, pay-TV and broadband services for consumers...

Worst of the Week: Cats in action

This week saw me whisk away to lovely Atlanta for the DAS Forum’s DAS in Action event. Now, this is not one of the bigger events on the yearly wireless telecommunications calendar, though I do give it credit for having one of the better names.

Senators make plea for LightSquared

Senators from both sides of the aisle have come together to ask the Federal Communications Commission to give LightSquared one more chance. Senator John...

AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile USA agree to block stolen phones

All four of the major US wireless carriers have agreed to work with the Federal Communications Commission to disable lost or stolen mobile phones....

DAS In Action: Regulatory challenges remain hurdle for small cells

ATLANTA – Regulatory issues took center stage during day 2 of the DAS in Action event in Atlanta this week as a pair of...

Level 3 to launch CDN in Latin America forecasting $80M in five years

With high expectations, Level 3 plans to launch its content delivery network (CDN) solution in the Latin American market during second quarter this year....

Brazilian telecom providers invested $11.81 billion in 2011

Brazilian telecom services providers, including mobile, fixed, broadband and pay-TV, invested a total of U.S.$11.81 billion (R$21.7 billion) during 2011, according to the Brazilian Association...

Despite skepticism, Pyramid predicts 18 million LTE users in Brazil by end of 2015

The LTE implementation in Brazil has been at the heart of several telecom market discussions, since Brazilian telecom agency Anatel might put the 450...

Nokia lowers earnings forecast, fixes Lumia 900 bug

The world's largest seller of mobile phones says its devices and services unit will lose money during the first half of this year as...

DAS In Action: Small cell options, coexistence, public safety drive conversation

ATLANTA – The wireless industry’s move to small cells has been accelerated by consumer demand for service in increasingly difficult places to reach with...

Analyst Angle: Reviewing Latin America’s MVNOs scenario

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics...

Virgin Mobile launches MVNO operations in Chile

After securing a U.S. $26.5 million in new equity funding to develop its regional business, Virgin Mobile Latin America (VMLA) launched its operations as a mobile virtual...

HP announces public and converged cloud services

HP (NYSE: HPQ) knew it had to move toward offering public cloud computing if the company wanted to compete with major public cloud players such...

Eyeing mobile improvements, SAP to acquire Syclo

Mobile is a key pillar for the German enterprise software giant SAP's future growth. SAP is relying on mobile platforms to reach its global...

300,000 Colombians kept numbers when switching telecom operators

Colombia’s government has unveiled its telephone number portability results. During the first three months of this year, 167,914 mobile users  kept their original phone numbers...

Mobilisafe targets out-of-date firmware as security threat

Next time your mobile device asks you to update firmware, think twice before procrastinating that update. A new study on mobile device security found...
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