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Last month Spanish telecom operator Telefonica announced it was increasing its stake in the holding entity that controls a 22.4% stake in the largest Italian operator, Telecom Italia. While the new agreement

The machine-to-machine market in Brazil looks set to enter a high-growth phase as a result of recent regulatory activity. A history of protectionist telecoms policies and recent

Mobile payment is currently one of the hottest topics in the Brazilian ICT industry. Frost & Sullivan had the opportunity to discuss the trends of this market with telcos and value chain

The vast majority of this growth and revenue has been, and will continue to be, concentrated among the big four mobile operators – AT&T Mobility, Verizon Wireless, Sprint and T-Mobile US.

LTE is out of the experimental stage and is being deployed worldwide. Operators in all markets are in the process of implementing LTE, but the emergence of the Asia-Pacific and Latim America regions is set to

The deployment of distributed antenna system nodes is expected to double between 2013 and 2016, according to a recent forecast published by Mobile Experts. The report also predicts that 50% …

Infobright Webinar: Investigative Analytics for Customer Experience  Mobile carriers must maintain their networks and offer more products to retain customers. According to a new report from Accenture, “this will require …

Latin American regulators are more concerned about the mobile market concentration in some countries, such as Colombia, Mexico and Peru, and they have implemented a range of measures in an attempt to foster competition.

Machine-to-machine is often portrayed as a nascent industry sector. However, operators are already generating strong revenue in this sector, amounting to $10 billion worldwide in 2013, and

The recently held Andicom International ICT Congress held in Cartagena, Colombia, has gained during the past few years, an international reputation in the information and

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 topics in the wireless industry. At …

We all know that bullying is a major problem in K-12 education with it being more of a problem (but not exclusively) in high school (typically 9-12th grades). This problem is exacerbated by

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 topics in the wireless industry. Latin …

Earlier this month, BlackBerry announced that it was considering a number of strategic options including selling the company. My first reaction was sadness – similar to the time when I heard that

Today’s most popular mobile devices were never designed for business purposes and unfortunately, they don’t offer the same level of security that has been built in to traditional desktop and

According to a recent LTE capex and opex forecast published by iGR, Tier One operators (AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint, and T-Mobile USA) and Regional and Small Operators (RSOs) are projected …

Did Samsung’s Galaxy S4 boost sales of the iPhone during Apple’s third quarter? According to Argus Insights, analysis of consumer reviews on social media sites showed that many people who …

Last week, the international telecom standards regulator, 3GPP, completed the standardization of LTE technology for the 450 MHz spectrum band. This is an important step, especially for Brazilian operators that acquired this band

Over-the-top messaging players are capturing new users at high speed, benefiting from network effects and thus eroding SMS revenues, once a very relevant money stream for mobile players. OTT services are

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 topics in the wireless industry. After …

While telcos are experiencing stagnation in traditional service revenue, prices are expected to fall continuously as connectivity becomes a commodity. To guarantee revenue growth, telcos will have to

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 topics in the wireless industry. In …

On Feb. 11, 2011, Nokia CEO Steven Elop announced that the company would abandon the Symbian operating system. At the same time, he also announced a strategic partnership with Microsoft. The two would share

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 topics in the wireless industry. Telefónica’s …