Yearly Archives: 2012

SAP eyes Latin America’s potential growth

When mature markets are saturated, emerging regions become great opportunities. In general, emerging countries tend to grow at higher rates due to lower market...

Latin America counts 32 HSPA+, 5 LTE networks

A recent report for 4G Americas showed Latin America has 72 commercial deployments of HSPA technology in 31 countries, and of those, 32 have...

Reader Forum: 10GigE delivers mobile backhaul scalability

The explosive growth of 3G and 4G applications has placed significant demands on mobile backhaul. Wireless service providers require 50 megabits to 100 Mb at large capacity sites today, growing to 300 Mb to 1 gigabit by 2015.

Reader Forum: The connections that wired a city for the Super Bowl

Most of us are familiar with “wireless triangulation,” which involves identifying the approximate location of a wireless device using IEEE 802.11 standards.

Everything I learned about the wireless infrastructure industry, I learned from State Wireless Association events

Well, almost everything. When it comes to network deployments by mobile network operators large and small, I learned almost everything I know by attending...

Apple, Facebook, Twitter hit with privacy lawsuit

While thousands of people around the world were lined up to buy the new iPad, and Apple's stock price (AAPL) was soaring to new...

Spotlight on: YouMail

Few would argue that there is nothing as un-sexy, yet more useful than voicemail. Sure, in this day and age of rampant text messaging...

Worst of the Week: Small print, big lies

This week Verizon Wireless, often viewed as that carrier that is doing so well that it does not need to dirty its hands by acknowledging its competitors, unleashed a “4G Throw-Down” video punkin' all those that claim to provide a superior 4G network experience.

Cisco says NDS acquisition will serve carriers’ video needs

Cisco Systems says its $5 billion acquisition of NDS Group will position it to help service providers profit from video. The networking giant...

Webinar: Test and Measurement Solutions for Narrowbanding – On Demand

The FCC mandated deadline for land mobile radio licensees to complete migration to narrowband is less than one year away. Migrated LMR systems, especially after...

Feature Report: LTE for Little Ones

In the world of wireless, LTE is the new black. Operators are either marveling at their new LTE networks, are in the process of...

Cisco to acquire NDS for $5B, looks to boost video entertainment strategy

Cisco Systems announced its intent to acquire NDS Group for approximately $5 billion. NDS provides video software and content security solutions designed to enable...

Analysts react to Brazil’s LTE auction delay

Brazil’s plans to auction radio frequencies in the 450 MHz and 2.5 GHz band has again been pushed back from the end of April...

Avaya to pay $230M for Radvision

Avaya announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Radvision, a provider of videoconferencing and telepresence technologies over IP and wireless networks for approximately...

White Paper: RF Interference Hunting Techniques … Spot, Find, Fix

As wireless services grow, interference, once uncommon, becomes a fact of life for wireless and broadcast services. A metropolitan area of a million people...

White Paper: Device Lifecycle Services – Simplified to Highlight Significant Profit Opportunities

The demand for smart and connected devices is booming at an exponential rate. With that growth comes increased competition and added complexities that can...

Google launches local version of YouTube in Chile

YouTube owner Google launched a local version of the video site in Chile, the fifth on the list of Latin American countries that now have...

Mexican telecom sector grew 11.3% in 2011

Mexico's telecommunications sector grew 11.3%, surpassing the 10.6% growth posted for the segment in 2010, according to data from the Telecommunications Sector Production Index...

Aruba Networks sees growth potential in Brazil

Aruba Networks’ CEO has visited Brazil on a couple of occasions, though the frequency of those visits are expected to increase. Speaking with reporters...

Apple partners with Scopus, PromonLogicalis to tap Brazil’s corporate market

The recent consumerization of IT and bring-your-own-device phenomenon, which clearly has been boosted by Apple devices such as the iPhone and iPad, have been...

Canada lays out policies to enhance wireless competition

Canada’s Minister of Industry announced a number of initiatives intended to increase competition across Canada’s mobile industry that is dominated by a trio of...

SPONSORED CONTENT: From coax to fiber – Enjoying the magic of light

A logical transition We rely extensively on mobile networks in our daily life: to accomplish higher business efficiency, better communication with family and friends, for...

Apple iPad set to launch across 10 countries; 25 additional markets later this month

For those just coming out from their caves, Apple (AAPL) sent out a friendly reminder that its latest iPad is set to hit stores...

DoCoMo surpasses 60M customer mark, remains dominant Japanese carrier

Japan’s largest wireless operator, NTT DoCoMo, said it surpassed the 60 million subscriber mark on March 11. That total includes customers signed up to...

SXSW 2012: AT&T 3G faltered at SXSW, but LTE users were well served

Tens of thousands of geeks were in Austin, Texas, this week for the South by Southwest Interactive conference (SxSW or SxSWi if you prefer)...
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