August 2012

Winners include Apple shareholders, software developers, and anyone associated with the Windows phone. The losers are you and me, plus the U.S. carriers, Samsung and Google.

4G and LTE technologies will only partially deliver the efficiencies required to handle the necessary network capacity. Service providers are looking towards the use of small cells to help alleviate the capacity issue.

Bolivian mobile network operator NuevaTel PCS, which offers services under the Viva brand, announced it has invested about U.S.$100 million over the last two years to install a new and …

The largest telecommunications company in Chile, Entel (Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones S.A), announced that it will enter the residential fixed service business in Chile, offering fixed wireless telephony, satellite television …

The Brazilian insurance company Porto Seguro has started mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) services, providing machine-to-machine connections (M2M) to track 2,000 vehicles owned by current customers. The goal is to …

The auction that will allow the deployment of LTE telecom networks in Peru is expected to take place during the first half of next year. The Agency for Promotion of …

The PBX market is down slightly on a global basis in the second quarter of 2012, both sequentially and year-over-year, and enterprises are generally remaining cautious with spending on telephony …

Mobile messaging app WhatsApp says it processed more than 10 billion messages in one day this week. That’s more than one message for every person on earth. On one app.

Verizon Wireless has gotten the final green light it needs to proceed with its acquisition of spectrum from seven different companies, including four cable companies.

PCIA – The Wireless Infrastructure Association announced today that FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski will deliver the keynote address at this fall’s Wireless Infrastructure Show in Orlando, Florida. The show runs …

The SuperPAC app records political ads from TV or YouTube and displays the name of the group that paid for the ad.

Sony Corp. is taking control of its mobile business. The consumer electronics giant says it will axe 1,000 jobs and move its mobile business unit from Sweden to Japan.

Brazil’s LTE journey has started a new chapter: América Móvil’s local mobile unit, Claro, announced yesterday that it has deployed LTE networks in three tourist cities in the states of São Paulo …

In the near future, small cells, which encompass femtocells, picocells and microcells, will cost less than smartphones, thus providing a wide avenue to support mobile data growth, Qualcomm CEO, Paul Jacobs …

IT vendors must create vertical offers, building them specifically for different segments, increasing their understanding of each sector’s issues to better meet customers’ requirements, several industry observers noted at this …

An Israeli business newspaper is reporting that Qualcomm (QCOM) is set to acquire Israel’s DesignArt Networks for between $120 and $140 million. The deal would not be a large acquisition …

The Association of Public Safety Communications Professionals is meeting in Minneapolis this week, taking stock of a series of offerings and announcements from vendors – many of which make use …

T-Mobile USA said it will begin offering unlimited data options without speed throttling to consumers beginning Sept. 5, signaling a new pricing war among the nation’s “non-big-two” carriers that could …

The cost of bringing 3G smartphones to China showed up in the China Telecom’s earnings report today as the nation’s third-largest carrier reported a sharp drop in quarterly profits.

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. Puerto Rico’s …

Paraguay’s wireless operators reached U.S.$466 million (2.067 billion guaraníes) in sales during the first half of 2012,  a growth of 19.5% over the cumulative sales of the same period of …

Facing a deep financial crisis, the Honduran government-owned telecommunications company, Hondutel (also known as Empresa Hondureña de Telecomunicaciones), needs to secure at least U.S.$500 million in new investments to be competitive …

Satellite communications provider Inmarsat said starting Sept. 1 it will begin offering prepaid services for voice calls originating in the United States and its territories. The offering is being made …