2012

Security experts are warning Android users about a potential new malware strain that they say has already infected more than 1,600 smartphones. DKFBootKit piggybacks onto legitimate apps that require root …

Spain’s Telefónica(NYSE: TEF) said Monday it has reached an agreement with Colombia‘s government to merge fixed-line operator Colombia Telecomunicaciones (Coltel) with mobile operator Telefonica Moviles Colombia. Telefónica owns 52% of …

Cloud services have rapidly moved from buzzword status to mainstream offering, but implementing a successful cloud service involves more than just buying some storage/computing from Amazon, throwing together a website …

Digicel Group announced it has acquired Haitian mobile operator Voilà from U.S.-based Trilogy International Partners for an undisclosed sum. The transaction closed last Friday. At least for the near term …

Brazilian carrier Oi has reported a drop of 80% in its 2011 fourth-quarter profit. According to its financial report, the telecom operator’s net income was $77.06 million (R$ 140.7 million), a …

Oracle has entered into an agreement to acquire ClearTrial, which develops cloud-based clinical trial operations applications. The deal is expected to close in the first half of 2012. The two …

ORLANDO, Fla. – Spectrum scarcity, data roaming and interoperability are three of the biggest key issues facing the US wireless industry, and carriers are hoping to see action from Washington …

ORLANDO, Fla. – Cricket Communications CEO Doug Hutcheson says his company has traditionally served the younger, lower income mobile subscribers, but even among these 6 million customers demand is growing …

Another quarter of disappointing results for Canadian Blackberry-maker Research in Motion (RIMM) has the company’s new CEO finally considering what his predecessors would not: a sale of the company. New …

Virgin Mobile Latin America (VMLA) has secured U.S. $26.5 million in new equity funding to develop its regional business and launch mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) services in Chile. The …

América Móvil’s Claro Brazil has reduced the time it takes to add a new customer into the telecom operators’ base from 8-10 days to 2-3 days. This is a result …

Mobility is a great enterprise tool for speeding up the decision-making process. Whether employees bring their own devices to the company (BYOD) or firms deliver them to their workforce, the …

ORLANDO, Fla. – Bob Azzi, SVP of Networks at Sprint Nextel, outlined the carrier’s network vision program today at the RCA Spring Expo. Azzi said the company is working with …

ORLANDO, Fla. – Saying that “too many devices and too little spectrum” have put the wireless industry “on track to run out of network capacity … threatening future innovation and …

What the telecom industry has not changed in the past ten years, it is changing now – and in a drastic way. The advent of new technologies, such as mobile …

While telecom operators in mature markets have used Wi-Fi hot spots to offload 3G data traffic, in Brazil carriers have just started to deploy them. During the TM Forum Latin America Summit held …

For most of the wireless industry’s history, Europe has played an important role in shaping the technology path. And, in combination with parts of Asia has led the way in …

“The members of OITA [telecommunications organization of the Americas] will work to find synergies in several telecom areas which we can take advantage of as a team, such as making …

As Louisville, Ohio State, Kentucky and Kansas head to college basketball’s Final Four this weekend, millions of fans will be compulsively following each point and play on their smartphones and …

Building on plans announced at last year’s Rural Cellular Association event in Las Vegas, NetAmerica Alliance unveiled its consumer brand as well as news that another member of its alliance …

“Cloud computing is a fantastic way to sell more data.” By stressing this definition, the director of innovation at TIM Brazil, Maurício Cascão, defined the telecom operator’s strategy in launching …

It has been a few years since the end of the telecom sector monopoly in Costa Rica. The Superintendent of Telecommunications Sutel says ending the monopoly has led to great …

Haiti is set to receive a major boost with the delivery of US $16 million worth of undersea cable (124.28 miles) which will link the nation to 21 other countries …

On Thursday Verizon Wireless will begin offering the LTE-ready LG Lucid for just $80 with a contract, hoping to trump AT&T Mobility’s upcoming launch of Nokia’s Lumia 900 for $100 …