Yearly Archives: 2012

PCD brings new technology to carriers

"The phone with a helmet on," is one of the many niche products that delivers cutting-edge technology to meet a specific consumer need. But...

Ruckus Wireless expands presence in India

Ruckus Wireless, a US-based global Wi-Fi technology company, Friday announced the opening of a new R&D centre in Bangalore, India.

Proposal to indigenize telecom equipment in NTP-2011 opposed

The draft National Telecom Policy 2011 has proposed incentivizing telecom service providers for using indigenous products.

Embratel’ América Móvil can take control of Brazilian Net Serviços

The board of directors of Brazilian telecom regulator Anatel has unanimously agreed to relinquish control of Globo Comunicação e Participações SA on the Brazilian...

Retail use of tablets will help drive market to $121.5 B by 2016

The tablet market will explode over the next five years with retail revenue increasing from US $34.5 billion in 2011 to US $121.5 billion...

In 2011, North American, Asian operators accounted for 90% of total cloud computing investment

When it comes to investing in the cloud, European carriers are not keeping pace with operators in North America and Asia, according to new...

Samsung nipped at Apple’s heels in Q4 smartphone sales

Samsung Electronics was neck-and-neck with Apple in the fourth quarter race for first place in the white-hot smartphone market. Estimates based on Samsung's fourth...

IBM Rolling Out BYOD Management Service

IBM is opening up beta availability of a new service called  IBM Endpoint Manager for Mobile Devices.  Built on the Tivoli Big Fix technology that...

Analysts say Nokia is on track with Lumia

The world's largest mobile phone maker put an end today to weeks of speculation today about sales of its Lumia smartphones, and what those...

Verizon expands its global enterprise network platform

Verizon has expanded its global enterprise network platform, enabling multinational corporations to take advantage of Verizon's Private IP service in six additional African countries, and Bahrain and Qatar in the Middle East.

Calls tariffs to rise if govt decides to charge for extra spectrum: Mittal

The Indian consumers will have to be prepared for higher tariffs if the government goes ahead with the proposal to charge extra 2G spectrum held by telecom companies, says Bharti Airtel's Sunil Mittal.

Motorola Solutions’ revenues up driven by government and enterprise segments

“Our record fourth quarter capped a very strong and exciting year for our company,” said Greg Brown, chairman and CEO of Motorola Solutions, Inc....

iPad manufacturing in Brazil? Foxconn gets tax breaks

Taiwanese manufacturer Foxconn Technology Co. Ltd., which manufactures the Apple iPad, has received federal tax benefits for producing tablets in Brazil. The manufacturer was...

UNE EPM, Digicel Haiti named new CEOs

Two telecom operators have named new CEOs. After announcing an interim president, Colombian public carrier UNE EPM Telecomunicaciones SA named Marc Eichmann as its...

Preparing Children for the Internet of Things (Cartoon)

Grandma and grandpa grew up without jet flight and TV, much less mobile internet and sensor-loaded fitness devices. Children of today are likely to...

Ericsson CFO says LTE rollouts hurt margins

Shares of L.M. Ericsson are down more than 15% after the Swedish telecom equipment and services company disappointed investors with its fourth quarter earnings...

Tata Communications announces Q3 results

Tata Communications' consolidated gross revenues were at $719.7 million in the quarter ended December 31, 2011 as against $673.7 million in the same quarter last year, according to the company's results for FY2012.

Mexican regulators do not disclose decision on Televisa’s Iusacell purchase; newspaper says they rejected it

The Mexican Federal Competition Commission (Comisión Federal de Competencia - CFC or Cofeco) decision on broadcaster Televisa's plan to acquire half of cell-phone company...

Sony Ericsson sales down 16% year-on-year

Citing intense competition, unfavorable macroeconomic conditions and the effects of a natural disaster in Thailand, the president and CEO of Sony Ericsson Bert Nordberg...

Brazilian Minicom budget increased to US $3B

Brazilian Communication Ministry (Minicom)'s annual budget for 2012 has been pushed up to US $3 billion (R$ 5.49 billion). The amount includes the budget...

Limits on machine to machine and person to machine messages removed

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Wednesday exempted the machine to machine and person to machine messages from the limit of 200 SMS per day per SIM.

Mobile data increase to boost Syniverse’s business in Latin America

With the increase of mobile data subscribers in emerging market, a growing number of telecom operators are seeking inform customers about their usage levels....

Analyst Angle: Embracing or fighting off OTT messaging? Lessons from Latam

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...

Analyst Angle: Why small is the next big thing for mobile networks

The case for deploying smaller cell configurations – such as picocells, microcells and femtocells – to supplement traditional macro-cell-network architectures, both for LTE and existing 3G networks, is becoming more compelling as traditional macro cells will soon not be able to cope with traffic demand in urban areas.

Feature Report: Chilean Wireless Market Set for Continued Growth

One of the most developed countries in Latin America, Chile faces very similar telecom challenges to Brazil, Colombia and Mexico. Its mobile penetration surpassed...
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