Monthly Archives: January, 2013

Cisco adds SON technology with Intucell purchase

Cisco (CSCO) is adding network intelligence to its mobile platform with the $475 million acquisition of Israel's Intucell. Intucell makes self-optimizing network (SON) software...

Testing news: JDSU outlines 2013 tech trends; Kaelus named PIM leader

JDS Uniphase Corporation gave its view of tech trends in 2013, outlining emerging applications that are changing how people communicate and interact with technology. Some...

Two deals highlight service provider focus on video calls

A decade after the Skype launched its first public beta, the ability to connect video calls as readily as voice calls is becoming table...

Analyst Angle: NRF 2013 – translating the interactive online experience into the store

NRF 2013 certainly lived up to its “The BIG Show” billing and delivered an extremely well attended tradeshow by both retail technology vendors and...

Report: LTE subscribers to double in 2013, approaching 200 million

The so-called Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology has not taken very long to evolve. Just three years after the first deployment of the 4G...

3,000 jobs at stake as Dish shutters more Blockbuster stores

Dish Networks (DISH) plans to close 300 more Blockbuster stores and could lay off as many as 3,000 people, according to the Wall Street...

2013 Predictions: Wireless location trends for 2013

ABI Research predicts revenues from wireless location-based services to surpass $4 billion in 2012, bolstered by consumer applications, enterprise applications and location solutions for public safety.

2013 Predictions: More LTE, OS options and NFC to come in 2013

The one thing that I’ll say about this industry is it never fails to surprise. 2013 will be no exception. Overall, we’ll see much more emphasis on mobile operators trying to take back the subscriber

Telefónica Peru grudgingly accepts government conditions for license renewal

Peru’s unit of Telefónica has accepted the requirements imposed that the Peruvian government for renewing its operating licenses. Telefónica classified the conditions and terms...

Oi posts preliminary financials after shares fall in wake of CEO’s departure

Brazilian carrier Oi had a difficult day yesterday. Following the resignation of its CEO Francisco Valim, who occupied the position for only a year...

Analyst Angle: Big appetite for data services will drive Latam growth in 2013

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...

Huawei profits surge as CFO criticizes U.S. policies (Video)

Huawei says profits surged 33% in 2012, as the company focused on expense control, customer service and management transformation. For all of 2012, Huawei...

Verizon misses earnings estimates; adds record number of new subs

Verizon Communications (VZ) reported lower-than-expected earnings as a record number of new wireless customers led to higher subsidies paid to smartphone makers like Apple...

Mobile apps expected to drive value, differentiation for all industries

Mobile applications will become critical to value, customer retention and differentiation for every industry, according to a new report by Strategy Analytics. The company has...

Ericsson to buy Devoteam’s IT operations in France

Ericsson is buying the French operations of Devoteam Telecom & Media in a move intended to strengthen the telecom equipment giant's consulting and systems...

Brazil’s Oi replaces CEO

Francisco Valim is no longer the chief executive officer of Brazilian telecom operator Oi. The ousting of Valim was confirmed Tuesday (January 22) after...

2013 Predictions: Mobile backhaul evolution in 2013 and beyond

Whether rushing through an airport, sitting at a coffee shop or simply walking down the street, it’s impossible to escape the fact that mobile devices and applications are reshaping our daily personal

2013 Predictions: Mobile devices overtake desktops

By 2014, mobile Internet usage is expected to exceed desktop Internet usage. That means that in 2013 developers and marketers will be hard at work fine-tuning their mobile apps

Good Technology finds enterprises supporting, embracing BYOD

Many enterprises are embracing the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) model and setting practices to support the trend that has kept many IT organizations busy around the...

Now hiring in Brazil: ICT job opportunities

Brazil has a huge shortage of information and communications technology (ICT) professionals. There are many reasons for the shortage including: universities graduating fewer people...

Reality Check: The importance of methods and processes in conducting projects

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the...

Reality Check: Shared data plans present challenge and opportunity for carriers

The adoption of mobile devices is seeing phenomenal growth. By some estimates, there are approximately seven billion mobile devices, one for every man, woman...

Bango, Telefónica partner to create direct-to-bill payment experience for mobile app stores

Another big contract for mobile payments and analytics company Bango. The company that already has Facebook, BlackBerry App World, Windows Phone Store and Amazon...

Carriers prep for huge network demand at Obama’s inauguration

President Barack Obama's second inauguration may break another set of attendance records: this time not in terms of people but in the number of...

Behind Apple’s lower component orders

Reports that Apple has cut orders for iPhone 5 and iPad components have investors on edge as they wait for the Cupertino company's fourth...
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