Virtualization and cloud infrastructure provider VMware (NYSE: VMW), announced this week that it will pay $1.05 billion in cash plus approximately $210 million in assumed unvested equity awards to acquire Nicira, …
July 2012
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As near field communications becomes standard, the NFC retail payments market is expected to exceed $180 billion globally by 2017, more than a seven-fold increase over 2012, according to a new …
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MetroPCS witnessed its stock price surge Thursday morning after the carrier announced second quarter results showing a continued focus on operating metrics, though a dramatic drop in customer growth. MetroPCS …
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Sprint Nextel’s second quarter results show that the nation’s No. 3 carrier could be laying the foundation for a payoff from its controversial and expensive plans to carry Apple’s iconic …
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One day ahead of schedule, Spanish telecom giant Telefónica reported its financial results for the second quarter and the first half of 2012. The company also announced that it will cancel …
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Peru’s ProInversión, which is an agency tasked with the promotion of private investments in the country, has again postponed the spectrum auction for the provision of public telecommunication services. The …
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The latest “State of Mobile Advertising” report from Opera Software found that business and finance generate more revenue per impression than any other publishing category. The report also shows … …
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The HTC Android phones are expected to be among the first to get Android 4.1 when Google’s latest version of its operating system is ready for users to download. We …
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Domestic wireless carriers are living through a strange time when slower sales of high-revenue generating devices is a good thing, at least to the investor community. Those are the folks …
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After a Brazilian court denied TIM Brasil’s request to overturn telecom regulator Anatel’s suspension of its mobile service sales, the local unit of mobile phone carrier Telecom Italia presented its 800-page action …
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Peru’s telecommunications investment agency, Osiptel, has proposed a measure to promote broadband development and the construction of a national fiber optic backbone. It aims to provide high-speed Internet access to …
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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 in the wireless industry. Brazilian …
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Apple missed analysts’ forecasts in every area except iPad sales, which came in above expectations.
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Americans are very comfortable using smartphones to track the whereabouts of family members, and some are willing to track family members who don’t know they are being monitored.
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The current onslaught of network upgrades has been a financial boon for the infrastructure market as the latest technology has required most operators to invest heavily in new equipment. However, …
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AT&T Mobility Q2: Slowdown in upgrades bolsters margins; 3.7M iPhones sold
by Dan Meyerby Dan MeyerAT&T Mobility customers seems to be holding their breathes for a possible new device launch later this year, as the carrier reported a slowdown in device upgrades during the recent …
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Freescale, Cavium and Texas Instruments are building integrated base station processors capable of supporting up to 1,200 users.
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The much-anticipated LTE spectrum auction in the United Kingdom is scheduled to begin this year, but there won’t be any bidding until 2013. The United Kingdom’s telecom regulating authority, Ofcom, announced …
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Reality Check: Short-term services driving long-term changes to OSS/BSS integration
by Dan Meyerby Dan MeyerHistorically, the primary focus for business support systems platforms has been the commercial side of delivering services, whereas the focus for operations support systems platforms has been on the technical control of services.
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The latest “State of Mobile Advertising” report from Opera Software found that business and finance generate more revenue per impression than any other publishing category. The report also shows that …
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The three Brazilian telecom operators suspended from selling new mobile services by telecom regulator Anatel have to present action plans within 30 days detailing future investments to improve their services. …
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We’re all facing an industry crisis with backhaul capacity. In this webinar you’ll learn about the entire backhaul solution, including antennas, mounts, installation, braided cable, monitoring systems and fiber to …
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Verizon Wireless released strong second quarter financial results last week setting expectations for what its rivals will need to shoot for. Obviously, those competing results are already fixed and just …
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A new report predicts that the distributed antenna system market will ship 2.5 million DAS nodes in 2017, or nearly doubling its current rate of sales. Read more about small-cell …
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When Apple reports earnings on Tuesday investors will be hoping for another blockbuster quarter from the Cupertino cash machine. Stakeholders throughout the mobile economy will be reading Tuesday’s report closely whether or not they own a slice of Apple. Here are some of the questions they’ll hope to answer: