Yearly Archives: 2013

Tech Mahindra acquires Anritsu mobile device test platform

International systems integrator and consulting company Tech Mahindra, said it has purchased a mobile device test platform from Anritsu to expand its LTE conformance...

CES 2013: Verizon Wireless to offer Samsung’s LTE Galaxy Note 10.1, WP8 smartphone

Verizon Wireless said it plans to sell Samsung’s LTE-enabled Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet and Samsung's first Windows Phone 8 smartphone. The announcements were made...

CES 2013: Sprint Nextel, Verizon Wireless throw support behind Windows Phone 8

Microsoft should be happy following this week’s announcements at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2013 – check out all pieces) as a pair of...

Verizon Wireless, AT&T Mobility report strong Q4 trends, stock prices suffer

The fourth quarter looks to have been a case of the big wireless carriers getting bigger as both Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility announced...

U.S. Cellular picks up more 700 MHz licenses from Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless continued to parse out spectrum licenses as it announced today that U.S. Cellular has agreed to purchase a 700 MHz A-Block license...

White Paper: 5 Supply Chain Best Practices For Bringing M2M and Other Connected Devices to Market

Decisions on the architecture of the supply chain directly affect profitability. Optimized supply chains adhering to supply chain network best practices can lead to...

CES 2013: Qualcomm launches Snapdragon 800

Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs used his opening keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show to introduce the company's newest flagship chipset. The Snapdragon 800 is...

2013 Predictions: TD-LTE devices ready for prime time

In 2012, LTE finally went main stream. Sure, there had been plenty of talk around this popular “4G” network type before, but this past year was all about deployment, deployment, deployment.

Reality Check: Getting into mobile services? The argument for buy vs. build

In the United States and many other countries, more than half of the population now has a smartphone. And regardless of whether they own a smartphone or a feature phone, most people use text messaging

Reality Check: Cooperation boosts M2M market growth

Machine-to-machine solutions are changing how we live and work. Smoke alarms do not just sound an alarm; they send an alert to the fire service at the same time.

2013 Predictions: Top-10 telecom trends for 2013 – What to watch in the coming year

2013 saw a raft of acquisitions, driven mainly by Tangoe burning their way through not one but two IPO war chests and buying anything that wasn’t firmly bolted to the floor.

CES 2013: tablets, smartphones to drive electronic industry sales in 2013

Tablets and smartphones are expected to continue to drive electronic product revenues in 2013 as they did in 2012. According to 2012 provisional global...

Telefónica’s new board member Rodrigo Rato generates controversy

The appointment of Rodrigo Rato, who is under investigation for fraud at state-rescued lender Bankia where he was chairman, to the advisory boards of...

Reality Check: How to unlock Brazil’s 4G profits

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: A case study of M2M deployment for monitoring buses

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...

MetroPCS in for rough Q4, stock sags

MetroPCS, which is in the process of being acquired by T-Mobile USA, released limited fourth quarter results today showing continued struggles in attracting new...

2013 Predictions: The challenges for enterprise mobility

So, after following technology trends for 18 years and 15 years of mobile addiction, (I got my first mobile when it was too big to carry and my first BlackBerry in 2002),

CES 2013: Nvidia shows off Tegra 4

Nvidia (NVDA) is kicking off its week at the Consumer Electronics Show with a claim that it has the world's fastest mobile processor. The...

2013 Predictions: Carrier, Wi-Fi, M&A trends for 2013

As 2013 begins, predictions invariably are the attention grabbing headlines. However, trends and some predictability and draw from past performance. Carriers are the foundation for service delivery and the keystone of the mobile ecosystem.

App wars: iOS and Android neck and neck

40 billion apps, 7 billion dollars and a quarter of a million different apps for iOS -- those are the numbers Apple is touting...

Reader Forum: How CSPs can capitalize on the rise of the mobile Web

The mobile Web is exploding.According to a recent Comscore study entitled “State of the U.S. Internet,” mobile Internet users will surpass desktop Internet users by 2014.

Reader Forum: Improving network uptime, QoS with managed connectivity

Through developing wireless networks that serve more mobile subscribers, in more places, with more devices, over licensed and unlicensed spectrum, mobile operators have developed remarkably diverse infrastructure.

A look at how the Chilean wireless market is evolving

Chile has reached 4,342,397 mobile broadband Internet connections, representing a 24.9% penetration, according to the latest report from Chile's secretary of telecommunications, Subtel. Smartphone...

Cricket lands another LTE smartphone

Leap Wireless' Cricket prepaid operations scored another LTE smartphone with the HTC One SV, scheduled to go on sale Jan. 16 for $350. HTC's...

Worst of the Week: Nothing to lose

Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so...
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