Monthly Archives: June, 2015

Hurricane season is here and carriers are hardening networks

Verizon and AT&T invest in disaster prep initiatives The six-month Atlantic hurricane season kicked off on June 1 and Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility have...

Analyst Angle: Learning from early C-RAN, getting ready for 5G

A conversation with Chih-Lin I, Chief Scientist, China Mobile Download a transcript of the complete interview now as well as the complete updated report, "Charting the...

Verizon, China Unicom, Huawei garner TM Forum awards

TM Forum handed out awards to Verizon, China Unicom and Huawei at its Live event NICE, France – Verizon Communications, China Unicom and Huawei and...

Free Wi-Fi coming to Japan courtesy of SoftBank

Japanese operator currently counts 400,000 Wi-Fi sites throughout the country Japanese mobile telephony operator Softbank Mobile has made available its nationwide Wi-Fi network for visitors...

Tale of two markets: network backbone and RAN

Telco equipment spending is posting double-digit gains, driven by purchases of network backbone equipment and data center solutions as the radio access equipment market...

Terrorists kill tower workers in India

Terrorists are trying to put a stop to mobile networks in India, and they are using deadly force to do it. Two civilian tower workers...

IoT enabling the elderly and disabled

Smart Solutions tech uses eye control to change the TV channel, call a nurse or adjust temperature WASHINGTON – Smart Solutions, an Alabama-based company, has...

Reality Check: It’s an Android World (May 2015 edition)

There has been no shortage of news affecting the telecom and wireless industries. First, as many expected, a three-way merger among Charter, Time Warner Cable...

Is calling customer service a thing of the past?

NFV’s ambition of zero touch could sound death knell for the customer call center NICE, France – Business travelers know that activating international voice, text...

Reality Check: Telcos have all that customer data – now what?

More than 75% of all mobile phones used in the United States are smartphones, according to ComScore’s most recent MobiLens report. That’s 184 million...

Intel to buy Altera for $16.7B as chip mergers accelerate

Latest semiconductor merger follows Avago buy of Broadcom, NXP purchase of Freescale Chip-making giant Intel plans to purchase smaller competitor Altera for $16.7 billion – that’s...

Speak freely: NSA phone snooping program lapses

Presidential candidate Rand Paul blocks Senate reauthorization WASHINGTON – Despite support from both parties, federal collection of phone metadata has lapsed due in large part...

Challenges abound ahead of telecom network virtualization

Analysts highlight telecom network virtualization plan challenges NICE, France – Few argue that the telecom world in some capacity is moving toward a virtualized future...

Kagan: PayPal threat and opportunity

Can PayPal compete against Apple, Google, Android and other mobile commerce platforms? The online and wireless payment space is growing, changing and maturing and that...

T-Mobile US to break the 700 MHz barrier in NYC

A new 700 MHz network is headed to the Big Apple. T-Mobile US CEO John Legere announced via the live-streaming app, Periscope, that the...

IoT, 5G, NFV predicted to shape the future of telecom

IoT will require 5G, NFV NICE, France – Predictions are always a tricky proposition, even more so in the telecom market where unpredictable change is...

Nokia Networks flies into data centers

Nokia today announced its entry into the data center market with the launch of the AirFrame solution set, billed as integrating the worlds of...

Reader Forum: Moving WLAN connectivity beyond mobility to enable true worker productivity

For enterprises in all industries, reliable wireless local area network connectivity is table stakes. It’s the backbone that delivers true mobility and, ultimately, worker...

Reader Forum: VAS 2.0 – monetizing the 4th wave in mobile networks

The role of mobile phones today has evolved beyond a general-purpose communications tool to become an extension of a user’s persona and everyday routine....
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