Yearly Archives: 2012

Cable providers consort on shared Wi-Fi

The cable industry’s dance around wireless continued today as a consortium of providers announced plans to partner on the deployment of 50,000 “metro Wi-Fi”...

Silicon Labs to buy Ember for $72M

AUSTIN, TX. -- Silicon Labs hopes to spark its M2M ambitions with the purchase of Ember Corporation, a leader in 2.4 GHz wireless mesh...

Google’s Motorola purchase set to close amid patent problems

Google's $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility has cleared its last regulatory hurdle just as U.S. trade authorities have ruled that Motorola's Android phones...

Prepaid MVNO space heats up; new entrants to test old guard

The domestic mobile virtual network operator space has seen its ranks swell as a slightly delayed launch finally took shape and an unexpected retail...

German operators complain about LTE approval delays

When Germany auctioned LTE frequencies in 2010, operators were required to first deploy the high-speed internet technology in rural areas before deploying to the...

Reader Forum: Will NUVO providers disrupt m-commerce?

A new, potentially disruptive phenomenon called network unaffiliated virtual operators, or NUVOs, has emerged in the North American e-commerce marketplace.

TM Forum 2012: Alcatel-Lucent’s managed CEM looks to solve implementation black box

DUBLIN – Alcatel-Lucent kicked off its TM Forum Management World 2012 presence by announcing a significant new addition to the CEM solution capabilities that...

Amdocs: ‘Omni convergence’ era is changing business models

MIAMI – Convergence is driving personalization, contextulizaton and a focus on the user experience across the telecom space. Customers want a seamless, real-time...

TIM Brazil, Oi dominate Brazilian market in April

Telecom Italia’s TIM Brazil led the Brazilian wireless market for growth in April with 808,000 net additions, according to Brazilian telecom agency Anatel. Rival...

Workforce update: State unemployment rates drop, layoffs expected at HP

Unemployment in most states fell slightly in April, according to data released Friday by the U.S. Department of Labor. The unemployment rate fell or...

From Facebook to AT&T, open source means job growth

AUSTIN, Texas - Open source computing is a job growth engine with potential to create world-class developers while enabling the mobile economy, according to...

CTIA 2012: WiMAX still a focus for NewNet

The rumor of WiMAX’s demise may have been a bit premature, at least to the folks at NewNet. The firm, which picked up Nokia...

Worst of the Week: Exec on the loose!

News this week that Verizon Wireless may or may not begin forcing customers currently on unlimited data plans for their smartphones to bucket plans sent many in the blog-o-sphere into a tizzy.

Smartphone app gives parents more control of teen drivers

The American Automobile Association says almost half of all teens admit to texting while driving. California's SecuraFone claims that 11 teenagers die each day...

TM Forum Management World Preview: An obsession with monetization

As I get ready to make the journey from Austin to Dublin for the TM Forum's Management World 2012 event, I'm scrolling through a...

Chilean telecom companies need to comply with new antenna law

The Chilean Constitutional Tribunal (TC) has approved a law that regulates the installation of towers and antennas for mobile telephony. The decision was announced...

Brazil’s ICT market grows 11% to $198B, telecom claims biggest share

The Brazilian information and communication technology (ICT) market topped $197.56 billion in 2011, which is a growth of 10.9% over the previous year, according...

Verizon Wireless clarifies unlimited data plans; pay full price, keep your plan

Verizon Wireless looked to clarify its position, and perhaps calm fears, that recent remarks by an executive hinted at a forced migration of customers...

T-Mobile USA slashes prepaid mobile data prices, ratchets up competitive pressure

T-Mobile USA continued its onslaught of the no-contract market, rolling out new mobile data plans set to be available May 20. The plans begin...

Baidu launches new Android smartphone in China

Determined to put more homegrown products into the pockets of China's 1 billion mobile subscribers, Baidu is launching a new low-cost Android smartphone for...

T-Mobile USA clarifies job cuts; net loss of 350 positions

T-Mobile USA looked to head off bad publicity generated this week when it was reported the carrier was set to cut 900 jobs as...

Puerto Rico’s Open Mobile to launch smartphone LTE service

MIAMI – Following the launch of LTE data commercial services, Puerto Rico’s telecom operator Open Mobile is preparing to launch a smartphone LTE service....

Amdocs: The core business does not change

MIAMI – “Maybe you get the impression that we are doing too much, but we are not.” This was how Eli Gelman, Amdocs’ president...

America Movil to mimic Claro in standardized IT systems

MIAMI - Latin American telecom operator giant America Movil has begun a project to standardize its company's primary IT systems in the region. Named...

Held up in customs, but not at CTIA: Hands on with HTC’s Evo 4G LTE and One X

HTC's new Evo 4G LTE phone was scheduled to go on sale in Sprint stores tomorrow, but instead the phones are stuck in customs...
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