Yearly Archives: 2012

Nokia lowers earnings forecast, fixes Lumia 900 bug

The world's largest seller of mobile phones says its devices and services unit will lose money during the first half of this year as...

DAS In Action: Small cell options, coexistence, public safety drive conversation

ATLANTA – The wireless industry’s move to small cells has been accelerated by consumer demand for service in increasingly difficult places to reach with...

Analyst Angle: Reviewing Latin America’s MVNOs scenario

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...

Virgin Mobile launches MVNO operations in Chile

After securing a U.S. $26.5 million in new equity funding to develop its regional business, Virgin Mobile Latin America (VMLA) launched its operations as a mobile virtual...

HP announces public and converged cloud services

HP (NYSE: HPQ) knew it had to move toward offering public cloud computing if the company wanted to compete with major public cloud players such...

Eyeing mobile improvements, SAP to acquire Syclo

Mobile is a key pillar for the German enterprise software giant SAP's future growth. SAP is relying on mobile platforms to reach its global...

300,000 Colombians kept numbers when switching telecom operators

Colombia’s government has unveiled its telephone number portability results. During the first three months of this year, 167,914 mobile users  kept their original phone numbers...

Mobilisafe targets out-of-date firmware as security threat

Next time your mobile device asks you to update firmware, think twice before procrastinating that update. A new study on mobile device security found...

Toshiba gets excited about big screen tablet

Apparently taking its cue from Samsung, Toshiba is focusing on thinner, sleeker offerings in the tablet market, but the Japanese company is not skimping...

TIM calls Brazil’s 4G auction premature, cites risks

A couple of days before the Brazilian national telecom agency Anatel’s intended announcement of the final auction framework of the radio frequency in the...

Colombia extends comment deadline for 4G services draft resolution

Colombia’s Ministry of Information Technology and Communications (Mintic) extended the deadline for comments on the draft resolution for the auction of spectrum in the...

Gartner: CIOs must address nexus of mobile, social, cloud and information

Mobile, cloud, social and information are the four pillars of what Gartner calls a "nexus force." These topics will drive business in coming years,...

Reality Check: When customers are empowered, everyone wins

“The customer is always right” is an axiom that has never held more truth than in today’s hypercompetitive mobile market. Subscribers around the world have become accustomed to always-on mobile services,

Reality Check: Billing systems must transcend ‘business as usual’ to keep pace with demand for digital services

With the proliferation of mobile devices around the world, which includes the recent invasion of tablets, the number of mobile Web users has grown to 1.2 billion.

T-Mobile USA, Leap to swap spectrum, prepare for LTE

T-Mobile USA and Leap Wireless looked to shore up some spectrum shortages in their respective networks, announcing the exchange of licenses covering a handful...

Reader Forum: Shifting the MNO battleground toward RAN capacity optimization

Mobile network operators have recently seen a significant increase in network traffic due to subscribers’ addiction to mobile data services, presenting a considerable barrier to sustain MNOs’ bottom line – in fact

Reader Forum: ‘TMI’ to ‘TLC’ – Using analytics to turn big data into trusted customer experiences

Anyone exposed to a teenager has been witness to the hand raise and muttering of the letters “TMI” (a.k.a. too much information). I may not be hip to all of the latest and greatest in texting lingo

Worst of the Week: Numbers game

I have never claimed to be a numbers sort of guy, and in fact what drew me to a journalism education was the promise that all number games could be solved using a calculator.

Galaxy Note helps Samsung post record profit

Sales of the Galaxy Note propelled Samsung (005930.KS) to record earnings in the first quarter – estimated operating profit was $5.1 billion on revenue...

Device Review: HTC Flyer is a tablet worth noting

Taking notes on a tablet when you're on the go can mean balancing the slate in one hand while trying to type with the...

British American Tobacco taps T-Systems for $209M cloud contract

British American Tobacco has closed a $209 million deal with Deutsche Telekom's IT subsidiary T-Systems. The seven-year contract focused on cloud computing offerings represents...

ARM, Gemalto and Giesecke & Devrient form mobile security JV

Eyeing the growing range of connected devices, ARM, Gemalto and Giesecke & Devrient have created a joint venture focused on delivering a secure and...

Emerging markets will represent 31% of $3.7 trillion in global IT spending

Emerging regions will generate $1.22 trillion in IT spending in 2012, representing more than 31% of the worldwide total, according to Gartner. The consulting...

U.S. Cellular launches LTE smartphone

Regional wireless operator U.S. Cellular added some color to its LTE device plans, announcing the immediate availability of the Samsung Galaxy S Aviator. The...

Chipmakers see opportunity in connectivity

Sales of chipsets that enable connectivity for mobile devices are expected to surge in the months ahead, and this is seen as an area...
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