Yearly Archives: 2013

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...

Reader Forum: Who’s paying for free Wi-Fi?

Announcing another free Wi-Fi service for a New York neighborhood this week, Mayor Michael Bloomberg made an interesting point: “Keep in mind. Somebody’s got to pay for the Wi-Fi,” the mayor said.

Reader Forum: Carriers, don’t overlook the bigger BYOD opportunity

The tide of business mobility continues to rise as more companies realize the productivity benefits available from an always-connected workforce, and as users realize the flexibility corporate-connected

2013 Predictions: Green telecom trends

Mobile operators will start making their operations more environmentally friendly. Powering base stations in developing countries with dirty diesel fuel is not good for the brand

2013 Predictions: Mobile content and m-commerce predictions for 2013

MEF, the global community for mobile content and commerce, starts the new-year by unveiling its mobile predictions for the next twelve months. The international trade association is ideally placed

Brazil’s telecom landscape: More 3G connections, 261.8M total mobile lines

The Brazilian regulator Anatel's telecom numbers for 2012 included some interesting highlights: 3G connections increased and both pre-paid and GSM shares decreased in Brazil. Plus...

Uruguay to auction 900 MHz, 1.9 GHz and 1.7-2.1 GHz

Uruguay will auction spectrum frequencies in the 900 MHz, 1.9 GHz and 1.7-2.1 GHz bands. The Regulatory Unit of Communications Services (URSEC) announced that...

A future for LTE Broadcast?

For years, the wireless industry has danced around the mobile broadcast space, which seemed to be the final mountain to climb in the notion...

Agilent forges ahead with LTE-Advanced 8×8 MIMO testing

Agilent Technologies recently introduced what it claims is the industry’s first signal generator and analysis product for LTE-Advanced 8x8 MIMO. LTE-Advanced is designed to enable...

Worst of the Week: Apple, dragons and a platypus

Shocking news surfaced this week that Apple had cut component orders for its recently launched iPhone 5, indicating that the company’s flagship

Galaxy Note 10.1 device review (video)

Samsung's Galaxy Note 10.1 is distinguished from the iPad by two key features: a smart stylus and a split screen app that enables users...
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