Amdocs’ Network Rollout Solution provides end-to-end toolbox to increase Service Provider efficiency, agility and time to market
In an era of unprecedented growth in consumer demand for bandwidth, network operators have to quickly adapt to maintain a competitive edge in an increasingly saturated market. Gaining...
SAN FRANCISCO – Today at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, the company announced a number of updates to its software products and revealed Apple Music, a new service that combines streaming music, a new Internet radio service and a social component for artists. Here’s a...
In this episode of Coders I dig into the tools and techniques used to bring video app Pheebo to life. Pheebo is a video aggregation app for iOS that provides a slick user interface to quickly find and watch video content across the disparate...
Mobility and the cloud are the top two trends affecting enterprise networks, and application visibility is becoming increasingly important to network security as businesses put more of their functions into cloud-based apps, according to Yaniv Sulkes, AVP of marketing for Allot.
He said that while content...
NICE, France – RCR Wireless News editorial team members provide a video recap of news coming out of the TM Forum Live telecom software exhibition.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGI0wGMpgp8&feature=youtu.be
TM Forum is an industry trade association that brings together communications service providers and vendors to discuss the latest in...
NICE, France – RCR Wireless News editorial team members provide a video recap of news coming out of the TM Forum Live telecom software exhibition.
https://youtu.be/kbWNWDvbnCQ
TM Forum is an industry trade association that brings together communications service providers and vendors to discuss the latest in...
Best practices to deploy secure, archivable business apps
Now that mobile devices are universal business tools, companies are on a journey to move beyond basic MDM and email to containerized business apps that truly drive productivity and revenue. But will security concerns get in the...
Facebook offers hosted platform in move to connect the unconnected
NICE, France – The TM Forum scored a significant membership win this week with social media giant Facebook joining the organization in a move to increase collaboration with telecom providers and expand its Internet.org initiative....
Lisle, IL – Managing a fleet of vehicles can present challenges to businesses. Fuel consumption, vehicle effectiveness and employee behavior can add up to large business expenses without accurate and real-time data to identify efficiencies and determine where improvements can be made. Cellcom has...
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 and data can be a frustrating – and expensive – process marked by protracted interactions with customer service reps. But it doesn’t...
Analysts highlight telecom network virtualization plan challenges
NICE, France – Few argue that the telecom world in some capacity is moving toward a virtualized future led by network functions virtualization, software-defined networking and cloud, but even fewer would argue that the hurdles in place toward...
Yesterday's Google IO keynote gives us plenty to talk about, with updates on Project Loon, Android Wear, and the introduction of cloud testing, an IoT solution for developers, Android M, Google Photos and more.
Android M is particularly notable for the introduction of system-level support...
Google has unveiled the newest version of its Android operating system as well as new mobile payment features that will be available later this year.
Android M will have three stages of previews before becoming finalized, according to its program overview for developers. According to the...
TM Forum Live event set to showcase NFV, SDN and IoT advances
Advances in software technology are expected to be main talking points at the upcoming TM Forum Live event in Nice, France. Those advances include telecom operators beginning to move toward virtualization platforms as...
iOS text bug crashes iPhones, iPads and more
Imagine receiving an innocent enough text message from a friend, only to have your iPhone screen go black and the white apple logo appears, indicating that it has restarted. That’s what some Reddit users discovered earlier this...
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, carrier-grade software-defined networking “fabric for NFV,” and a current HP OpenNFV partner.
HP explained that ConteXtream’s...
In this week's Coders I touch on independent IT consultants, and what they learned at the first ACES Conference in New Orleans. Also, I'll tell you what I learned from those IT consultants about the Apple Watch.
Speaking of Apple, its World Wide Developer's Conference...
On this week’s NFV/SDN Reality Check we talked with Thomas Vasen, subscriber experience evangelist at Procera Networks, and Gerry Donohoe, director of solutions engineering at Openet, about the impact network functions virtualization is having on policy and charging systems.
https://youtu.be/T7klZF6g8Ao
With virtualization already...
Largest private wireless company in the country deployed new revenue management platform
Mississippi-based communications service provider C Spire this week went live with a new billing platform designed by NetCracker Technology.
C Spire offers pre- and postpaid 2G, 3G and LTE service, along with 1 gigabit...
In this episode of Coders, I look at some of the things Microsoft touted at this year's Build conference. The company continues to push itself as the "ultimate" platform, and now wants to provide a system of tools for all developers to use.
To this...
Lincoln Labs betting that political clout is a function of tech savvy
WASHINGTON – Lincoln Labs, a self-proclaimed conservative technology group created in 2013, operates with the stated goal of: “To create and support a community of like-minded individuals who desire to advance liberty in...
Mobile advertising spending could catch up to TV ad spends in 5 years
WASHINGTON – Amazon has unveiled a new advertising platform for mobile app developers in an effort by the e-commerce company to better compete against Google, which dominates the mobile advertising market.
“We work with...
New CEO named, will take over top spot on July 26
Networking giant Cisco on May 13 reported $12.1 billion in third-quarter earnings, which represents a year-over-year increase of 5%.
The reporting period covered ended on April 25. Net income was $2.4 billion, which equates to...
HP NFV System provides a pre-integrated solution for carrier-grade NFV production deployments
As communications service providers (CSPs) look to move network functions virtualization (NFV) from proof-of-concept to deployment, HP is ready to help with a reliable, scalable, carrier-grade platform poised to drive innovation and speed...
