Monthly Archives: April, 2012

Toshiba gets excited about big screen tablet

Apparently taking its cue from Samsung, Toshiba is focusing on thinner, sleeker offerings in the tablet market, but the Japanese company is not skimping...

TIM calls Brazil’s 4G auction premature, cites risks

A couple of days before the Brazilian national telecom agency Anatel’s intended announcement of the final auction framework of the radio frequency in the...

Colombia extends comment deadline for 4G services draft resolution

Colombia’s Ministry of Information Technology and Communications (Mintic) extended the deadline for comments on the draft resolution for the auction of spectrum in the...

Gartner: CIOs must address nexus of mobile, social, cloud and information

Mobile, cloud, social and information are the four pillars of what Gartner calls a "nexus force." These topics will drive business in coming years,...

Reality Check: When customers are empowered, everyone wins

“The customer is always right” is an axiom that has never held more truth than in today’s hypercompetitive mobile market. Subscribers around the world have become accustomed to always-on mobile services,

Reality Check: Billing systems must transcend ‘business as usual’ to keep pace with demand for digital services

With the proliferation of mobile devices around the world, which includes the recent invasion of tablets, the number of mobile Web users has grown to 1.2 billion.

T-Mobile USA, Leap to swap spectrum, prepare for LTE

T-Mobile USA and Leap Wireless looked to shore up some spectrum shortages in their respective networks, announcing the exchange of licenses covering a handful...

Reader Forum: Shifting the MNO battleground toward RAN capacity optimization

Mobile network operators have recently seen a significant increase in network traffic due to subscribers’ addiction to mobile data services, presenting a considerable barrier to sustain MNOs’ bottom line – in fact

Reader Forum: ‘TMI’ to ‘TLC’ – Using analytics to turn big data into trusted customer experiences

Anyone exposed to a teenager has been witness to the hand raise and muttering of the letters “TMI” (a.k.a. too much information). I may not be hip to all of the latest and greatest in texting lingo

Worst of the Week: Numbers game

I have never claimed to be a numbers sort of guy, and in fact what drew me to a journalism education was the promise that all number games could be solved using a calculator.

Galaxy Note helps Samsung post record profit

Sales of the Galaxy Note propelled Samsung (005930.KS) to record earnings in the first quarter – estimated operating profit was $5.1 billion on revenue...

Device Review: HTC Flyer is a tablet worth noting

Taking notes on a tablet when you're on the go can mean balancing the slate in one hand while trying to type with the...

British American Tobacco taps T-Systems for $209M cloud contract

British American Tobacco has closed a $209 million deal with Deutsche Telekom's IT subsidiary T-Systems. The seven-year contract focused on cloud computing offerings represents...

ARM, Gemalto and Giesecke & Devrient form mobile security JV

Eyeing the growing range of connected devices, ARM, Gemalto and Giesecke & Devrient have created a joint venture focused on delivering a secure and...

Emerging markets will represent 31% of $3.7 trillion in global IT spending

Emerging regions will generate $1.22 trillion in IT spending in 2012, representing more than 31% of the worldwide total, according to Gartner. The consulting...

U.S. Cellular launches LTE smartphone

Regional wireless operator U.S. Cellular added some color to its LTE device plans, announcing the immediate availability of the Samsung Galaxy S Aviator. The...

Chipmakers see opportunity in connectivity

Sales of chipsets that enable connectivity for mobile devices are expected to surge in the months ahead, and this is seen as an area...

T-Mobile USA blogs opposition to Verizon Wireless spectrum deals

Freed from its recent acquisition attempt by AT&T, T-Mobile USA has come out swinging against what it sees as anti-competitive spectrum deals concocted by...

DirecTV returns to TVs and tablets

About 5 million DirecTV subscribers in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago and 16 other U.S. cities are able to again watch local TV stations that...

Sprint Nextel adds Evo to LTE device line up

Sprint Nextel continued to add to its LTE device lineup with the launch of the HTC Evo 4G LTE smartphone expected to hit shelves...

Brazil’s Vivo expands HSPA+ services throughout country

Brazilian carrier Vivo, owned by the Spain's Telefónica, expanded its HSPA+ services to nearly all of Brazil’s states, except for Roraima and Amapá. The...

Gartner VP: CIOs have to ‘learn to lose control a little’ over BYOD

When it comes to bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policies, chief information officers (CIOs) tend to become resistant, mostly because of management and security issues. BYOD is...

IBM to buy 20% of Brazilian EBX’s SIX Automation; run EBX Group’s IT operations

The Brazilian holding company EBX Group,  owned by Brazil’s richest man Eike Batista, and IBM (NYSE: IBM) have reached an agreement under which IBM...

S&P upgrades Dish on wireless potential

Dish Networks’ nebulous wireless plans received a boost from Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, which today upgraded its outlook on the satellite television provider...

Ntelos, Cellcom, GCI to offer iPhone April 20, cheaper than nationwide rivals

Rural carriers are increasingly lining up to offer Apple’s iPhone device as this morning Ntelos Wireless Cellcom Alaska-based General Communication said they would begin...
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