June 2012

AMD announced an expansion to its collaboration with ARM whereby the Sunnyvale, CA-based chip maker will be integrating ARM’s TrustZone technology into its future Accelerated Processing Units (APUs) in support …

Gemalto says it has added U.S. Cellular to the list of companies that will use its universal integrated circuit cards in LTE-enabled devices. The SIM cards allow carriers to authenticate …

The Caribbean poses an intriguing paradigm to telecom players in the Americas. Geographically it is part of the region, but unfortunately the development of its telecom sector is mostly ignored in the continental markets.

The first step to a national LTE deployment in Brazil began yesterday with the beginning of spectrum auctions conducted by government regulator Anatel. There were few surprises among first-day winners …

Looking to counter Carlos Slim’s telecommunications giant América Móvil, Mexican operator Grupo Iusacell and Telefónica said they will enter a network sharing deal. Details of the agreement haven’t been announced …

Brazil’s auction of LTE spectrum produced no surprises as the country’s largest operators secured spectrum assets in the 2.5 GHz band designed for the rollout of mobile broadband services. Brazil’s …

After months of hype, Verizon Wireless today rolled out details on new family share plans that allow up to 10 devices to share voice, messaging and now data allowances. The …

A new report from Berg Insights says the installed base of small cell base stations is growing at a compound annual rate of 44.8% a year, and is forecast to …

Text messaging has long been a cash cow for mobile operators, currently generating about 20% of their revenue. But over-the-top services such as Facebook, Skype, WhatsApp, Twitter and Apple’s iMessage are rapidly siphoning off SMS revenue.

How many mobile wallets do you need? Many of us might say none, thank you very much, our credit cards work just fine. But service providers see a revenue opportunity …

China Telecom do Brazil, which is directly managed by China Telecom Americas, announced the introduction of their data services product portfolio that includes international private leased circuits, IP access, IP …

Relevvant, a mobile ads firm targeting the enterprise retail segment, today announced a software tool that uses social, location, and purchasing data to target ads on mobile devices that the …

Venezuela’s three mobile network operators – state-run Movilnet, Telefónica subsidiary Movistar and domestically-owned Digitel – have responded to last month’s invitation to participate in a tender for three blocks of …

RACO Wireless made a pair of announcements on Tuesday at the Connected World conference that add breadth and maintain a level of depth in the Machine-to-Machine ecosystem. The first announcement …

A new legal regime to manage and rationalize the deployment and use of cellular antenna infrastructure across Chilean cities is set to take effect this week with the enactment of …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace. In two short years, the …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace. There is an intimate connection …

As expected, Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference was light on direct impacts to the wireless space, with the biggest spotlight shinning on the company’s laptop computers. Those devices include higher-performance specifications, …

Dish Networks’ attempt to enter the mobile communications space received somewhat of a boost as it announced Qualcomm would enable chip-level support for potential devices designed to work across Dish’s …

Typically a June announcement from Apple would have a significant impact on the wireless industry, but following last year’s announcement adjustment of an updated iPhone to the fall the wireless …

Samsung denies reports that it wants to buy Nokia; some speculate that Microsoft will step in.

Not since The Police has Synchronicity been this sexy. The coming together of two seemingly unrelated events such as Ethernet and timing, while not new, is profoundly necessary to make …

The United States and Mexico signed a pair of protocols for sharing spectrum in the 800 MHz and 1.9 GHz bands along the U.S.-Mexico border associated with rebanding efforts in …

AUSTIN, Texas – Competition for technical talent can be fierce, and often employers find that their best recruiting tool isn’t the job or even the corporate culture, but the city …