Yearly Archives: 2012

Report: Data centers to drive global optical network market to $20B by 2017

Sales of optical networking equipment could reach $20 billion by 2017, a 5% compound annual growth rate, driven by new data center demands, said...

Ready or not, VoLTE hits the market

Whether it’s ready or not, Voice over LTE is here as a pair of carriers on different sides of the world unveiled commercial services...

Prepaid sales power smartphone market

The latest research on smartphone sales shows purchases of prepaid devices surging while sales of phones purchased with contracts is basically flat.

Square gets a java jolt

Mobile payments innovator Square is getting a $25 million investment and a major contract from Starbucks.

Analyst Angle: Mid-year biopsy – Google, Apple and the mobile ecosystem duopoly

Strategy Analytics' Neil Shah analyzes the Apple/Google smartphone platform duopoly.

Analyst Angle: Choosing the right backhaul for small cells

There is a near universal consensus among mobile operators that small cells are the way of the future – the only solution that will enable them to provide the capacity they need to meet the expectations for the fast growing numbers of smartphone users.

Algar Telecom faces rebranding challenge with well-known CTBC

Following its holding company's rebranding strategy, the CTBC name will be changed to Algar Telecom in the near future. It will be a very delicate move,...

AT&T, unions reach agreement in Southeast; strikes called in West and East

A brief contract extension agreed upon over the weekend between AT&T and union workers in the Southeast appeared to bear fruit, while the same...

Leap continues Q2 struggles, stock down 20%; management notes all options on the table

Leap Wireless has had a history of challenging second quarters, and this year was no exception as the no-contract operator suffered operationally and announced plan for changes designed to turn around operations.

FreeMonee raises $34 million to help banks get mobile

Silicon Valley's FreeMonee Network has just raised $34 million and it's ready to start giving it away. The software company works with banks to analyze data and predict consumer spending patterns,

LTE testing: National Instruments says new device cuts test time from weeks to hours

With a little history and a bit of mystery, National Instruments has been working hard to build anticipation for its newest test instrument for mobile device makers and chip designers.

Reality Check: Let’s hear it for voice

The disruption that the advent of Skype caused to telecoms operators was initially viewed as a challenge to the fixed line market – to international calls from landlines.

Reality Check: An enterprising proposal – targeting business clients to bolster revenues

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...

Reality Check: Cloud is not a question of ‘if’ but ‘when’

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...

AT&T Mobility to rollout Mobile Share plans Aug. 23

AT&T Mobility said it will begin offering its Mobile Share plans beginning Aug. 23. The carrier had originally announced the offerings last month with...

AT&T looks to shutter 2G GSM/EDGE network by 2017

AT&T’s aggressive moves in the spectrum space are set to include some internal adjustments as the carrier noted in a recent government filing that...

Smartphones found to bring more dropped calls, spam

American smartphone users report more dropped calls and unwanted text messages than users of feature phones.

Sprint Nextel taps Alcatel-Lucent for LightRadio small cells

Alcatel-Lucent’s LightRadio offering garnered a significant domestic customer as Sprint Nextel said it will use the “metro cells” to augment coverage in high-traffic areas....

Reader Forum: How to turn customer service into a win-win

With smartphones and other connected devices powering so much of our daily activity, it becomes a big headache when something isn’t working right. A broken link in the productivity chain

Inside Brazilian Algar Telecom: president reveals company’s strategies

Headquartered in Uberlândia, a city with 600,000 residents in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, Algar Telecom is the biggest part of the Algar...

AT&T and CWA agree to brief contract extension

AT&T Inc. has until midnight on Thursday to sign a new contract with 22,000 CWA members in the Southeast.

Smartphone sales surge in China

Millions of Chinese citizens watching their country's athletes win medals in London this week are using smartphones to share messages and updates. The latest...

Anatel allows Brazilian carriers to resume sales, with conditions

Anatel is lifting the ban on new sales that it imposed last month on three carriers whose service was found to be unacceptable. The agency says it will keep a close eye on service quality, and that fines or a new suspension could result if quality does not improve.

Time Trippin’: Will consumers buy smartphones? Unlimited for all! … 4 years ago this week

The maturing U.S. handset market continued to chug along in the first half of the year – though slowing relative to years past – and analysts offered an array of views on what forces will shape the market in the second half of the year.

Worst of the Week: Apple’s redemption

Last week, I used this soapbox to go into some detail regarding Apple’s current “issues” in regards to the iPhone and how it’s positioned in the market and comparing its current 4S model to a non-too-handsome product of the U.S. automotive industry.
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