May 2015

Earlier this year at the Consumer Electronics Show, Ford announced its Smart Mobility plan consisting of 25 global experiments to change the way the world moves. These experiments are really taking …

A newly published road map from the Public Safety Communications Research group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology looks at the potential rewards and challenges associated with the use …

Qualcomm is helping two of China’s biggest companies meet the demand for LTE. Huawei, China Mobile and Qualcomm said they have completed a commercial verification of LTE-TDD inter-band three-component carrier …

WebRTC-based white-label voice, video, messaging platform core to Fring Alliance plans ORLANDO, Fla. – One of the biggest challenges facing telecom operators are over-the-top services that compete against what the …

Google’s highly anticipated wireless service has generated more interest than it can handle right now. The company is telling would-be customers that they will need to wait up to 30 …

Germany’s telecom regulator, the Bundesnetzagentur, this week began the bidding process for spectrum licenses in the 700 MHz band, becoming the first European country to open up the spectrum band deemed ideal …

A conversation with Ziemowit Neyman, RAN Assistant Director, and Seppo Hämäläinen, RAN and SON Tools Assistant Director, Ooredoo Download a transcript of the complete interview and the complete report. LTE …

Wi-Fi Master Key connects users to any China Mobile hot spot Wi-Fi Master Key, a mobile app developed in China that provides users with usernames and passwords to log into …

Plan to cap Wi-Fi use at 50 megabytes per day The government of Delhi, India, plans to deploy free public Wi-Fi in the city, as well as other Internet-based transit, …

The network infrastructure is expected to be operational by the end of 2016 Telekom Malaysia has signed an agreement with Thailand-based Symphony Communication and Cambodian broadband Internet wholesaler Telcotech to form a …

The connected home market is witnessing growth that is targeting the mass market. Security and alarm monitoring are the solutions that historically drove demand in this segment; however that is …

HP said ConteXtream’s SDN controller will boost NFV plans Hewlett-Packard continues to bolster its network functions virtualization focus, today announcing plans to acquire ConteXtream, which is a provider of OpenDaylight-based, …

AT&T filed to acquire spectrum and network assets from Cellular Properties AT&T is looking to expand its spectrum holdings across a pair of cellular market areas covering 11 counties in …

T-Mobile US touted the expansion of a call center, while the CWA asks for action T-Mobile US continues to court controversy with its labor practices as the mobile operator announced …

As promised, this week we draw some conclusions from the results of our mobile first poll, which resulted in three ways to be an innovative leader as your company is planning for …

Telecom industry needs to up its game One of the biggest issues many people have with the government is that it doesn’t listen to what the people are saying. It appears telecom …

Update, 9:24 a.m. CST, May 26: Charter Communications today confirmed reports it is making a play to purchase Time Warner Cable, the second-largest cable provider in the U.S. behind Comcast, …

CSP partnering with VC firm to eventually invest $1 billion with other telcos to advance digital transformation Mardrid, Spain-based telecom provider Telefónica has partnered with an American venture capital firm …

Real-time traffic and passenger information management systems in development for LatAm market Networking giant Ericsson is partnering with Volvo’s Latin American business unit that sells buses for public transit to …

I recently had an opportunity to speak with Nik Willetts, chief digital officer for the TM Forum organization about its vision for the digital business landscape. If you aren’t familiar with …

No Jitter’s recent research sheds some light on Skype’s initiative into the business communication arena, known as Skype for Business, previously Microsoft Lync. The study reveals that 90% of Skype …

RF spectrum paramount for continued LTE expansion across Latin America LTE has been fast to arrive in Latin America if compared to the time from the first launches of GSM …

Best practices for using data to support app deployment and user adoption Businesses are launching more enterprise applications than ever before. In fact, nearly half of enterprises have already deployed …

Virtualizing server and storage resources to run private and hybrid clouds is an increasingly entrenched practice among Asia-Pacific businesses and government agencies. To empower greater capability from our robust and …

BlackBerry is preparing for a new round of layoffs as it seeks to reallocate resources. The Canadian company says partnerships and a fresh focus on sales and marketing are likely …