Yearly Archives: 2012

Telefónica jumps into video with TokBox acquisition

The Spanish group Telefónica is looking to add video chatting to its services. Through its unit Telefónica Digital, the company acquired U.S.-based TokBox with...

Short on mobile numbers, Brazil to add digit by 2016

All Brazilian mobile line numbers will have one more digit by December 2016.  The digit "9 "will be added to the left of the...

Sprint Nextel unveils no-contract tablet plans

On the heels of announcing plans to offer Apple’s slate of iPad products, Sprint Nextel released no-contract data plans catering to those devices that...

Microsoft launches Surface and Windows 8, Google looks ready with new Nexus

While Microsoft was busy unveiling its new Windows 8 operating system and Surface tablet today, Google's new Nexus 10 tablet surfaced a little earlier...

Sprint Nextel’s roller coaster ride continues in Q3; Network Vision plans delayed

Sprint Nextel (S) continued to show uneven financial and operational results during the recently completed third quarter, posting some metrics that beat expectations, while...

The telecom talent race: Where the jobs are now

While analysts debate the causes and cures for tepid job growth in America, wireless service providers and infrastructure companies are busy with their own...

NSN opens factory in Brazil with capacity of 15,000 RBS per year

Nokia Siemens Network (NSN) is ready to provide LTE equipment that is locally manufactured in Brazil, in line with LTE auction rules, to wireless...

Telecom talent race: Technical career paths take center stage

As major wireless employers fight for the best technical talent, they are learning that the traditional career paths of communications companies don't always work...

Strong iPhone sales not enough to bolster AT&T Mobility in Q3

While rival Verizon Wireless surprised analysts with a robust third quarter, AT&T Mobility surprise many by falling short on a number of operational metrics...

Analyst Angle: Sprint Nextel – Thoughts ahead of the earnings release

Sprint Nextel is the third tier-one carrier set to release its earnings and performance metrics, scheduled for Oct. 25. The company is in the midst of a turnaround cycle.

Report: ‘Big data’ to create 4.4M global IT jobs

The global phenomenon of big data could create 4.4 million IT jobs worldwide by 2015, of which 1.9 million will be in the United...

Brazil’s Claro partners with retailer to offer prepaid service

Claro Brazil has made a different move:  it has partnered with Magazine Luiza, one of Brazil's largest retail companies in terms of revenue and stores,...

Cisco: Cloud computing to reach 4.3ZB in 5 years

Global data center traffic is forecasted to grow fourfold to reach a total of 6.6 zettabytes annually by 2016, while cloud traffic is expected...

Analyst Angle: Foreign telecom investment in Mexico

As the second largest telecommunications market in Latin America, Mexico commands great interest from foreign companies. Nevertheless, over the last decade most of the attention has originated

Sprint Nextel added to iPad carrier plans

Apple’s release today of a smaller iPad, quaintly called the iPad Mini, along with updates to its “regular” iPad model, is expected to have...

Reality Check: Questions and priorities facing the next administration

Regulations are commonplace in the telecommunications industry, and the Federal Communications Commission has shaped providers’ roles, both for the Internet and the last-mile

Analyst Angle: AT&T Mobility – Thoughts ahead of the earnings release

AT&T is set to release its earnings and performance metrics tomorrow. Its earnings has followed Verizon Communications in the past and observers cannot help but compare the two.

Apple rolls out smaller iPad, updates current model

To the surprise of no one that has consumed any form of media over the past week, Apple today unveiled a smaller iPad device,...

Researchers trumpet bandwidth breakthrough

Researchers at MIT say several companies have licensed technology that can exponentially boost bandwidth by eliminating the need for networks to resend dropped data...

Egypt’s Orascom to take control over Canada’s Wind Telecom

In the shadow of a foreign takeover of domestic wireless operator Sprint Nextel by Japanese operator Softbank, the Canadian market is set for a...

Apple livestreams product launch to iPad, iPhone and Mac users

Apple (AAPL) is livestreaming its new product launch starting at 10 a.m. PST, sharing its latest news in real-time with its most loyal customers....

With ‘UC One’ BroadSoft looks at potential of UC, CaaS

Telecom operators want to avoid becoming dumb pipe. They are looking for ways to increase their revenue with value-added services that complement their regular...

Reality Check: Three things to expect from your wireless sensor network

In the 1980s, the proliferation of the personal computer was a disruptive technology that changed the way we live, work and play. In the 1990s the Internet made its debut, impacting the lives of people all over the world.

Brazil’s Telefónica sells towers, takes lead on infrastructure sharing

Although Brazilian telecom companies signed a commitment statement to enhance infrastructure sharing when deploying LTE networks, this subject is still hotly debated when it...

Reality Check: BYOD is a concept that is changing the way we work

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...
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