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
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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.
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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 marketplace. There’s no denying it: 4G …
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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 marketplace. About 65 years ago, the …
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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.
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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.
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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 this column is a chance for …
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Reader Forum: How telco service providers can get in the black by going green
by Dan Meyerby Dan MeyerThe rise of cloud computing has led telecommunication service providers to examine their “big data” storage infrastructure with a renewed focus on improving performance and reducing costs.
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Being in the telecom industry for many years has given me numerous opportunities to smile. For instance, just the other day a mobile operator PR guy was quoted as saying,
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Wait … 2012 is over? What the what the?!? I was just beginning to get comfortable writing “2012” on all my checks and documents, my plans for the end of the world were just coming together and I was still
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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. The London …
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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 marketplace. More than buzzwords, bring your …
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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 marketplace. For Brazil, 2012 marked another …
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This month marks the 20th anniversary of the first SMS text message, and while the mobile industry has been commemorating this game-changing technology, it’s just as important to note the significant role
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The traditional definition of machine-to-machine is communication between two remote machines controlled by a central server. Now, mobile operators are viewing M2M on a broader scope by including the extension of connectivity to consumer electronic products,
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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 this column is a chance for …
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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 the …
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Reality Check: Telecom operators should capitalize on expected smart home growth
by Dan Meyerby Dan MeyerEditor’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 marketplace. The take-up …
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Reader Forum: Transforming customer care in the wireless industry through ‘big data’
by Dan Meyerby Dan MeyerA 2011 U.S. government study determined 32% of homes no longer used landlines – instead preferring to use a mobile phone as their home contact number. With this trend gaining momentum, wireless service providers,
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The leading mobile operating systems, Google Android and Apple iOS, are increasingly taking on the role of financial services platforms. Android and iOS smartphones and tablets host applications
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All I can hope for is that Clearwire makes the right decision and says no to this offer. Not because it’s not a good offer (heck, offer me $2.1 billion and see what I will do), but because it would put to end what has become one of the most compelling (sad) soap operas (reality shows) going in the wireless space.
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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. The …
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As we head into the holiday season, I thought it would be good to look back on five key themes that framed a momentous year. These events are really in no particular order, but we grouped them into themes to keep this week’s column true to its name.
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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 marketplace. We all know and care …
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Mobile applications undermine conventional online controls against fraud but open up several much stronger controls – although they are dependent on a deep understanding of mobile and fraud.
