In order for organizations to take full advantage of what software-defined networks have to offer, users must first understand what SDN means, what the process entails and how it can benefit their business.Â
A reinvented Nokia posted losses for the fourth quarter and the entire year of 2013. However, the Finnish company, which sold off its devices unit to Microsoft in 2013, remained upbeat about its continuing businesses in networking, mapping and advanced technology.
Nokia reported net sales...
Analysts and executives identified a number of emerging device trends during RCR Wireless News' Inside Devices program. Key takeaways include: growing demand for devices that can move from carrier to carrier, the emergence of very low-cost smartphone manufacturers, and carrier interest in on-board software...
Mobile technology, social media, and the cloud have fundamentally transformed communications and profoundly impacted the telecommunications industry. Traditional telecom operators are
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--SK Telecom continued to push the...
Forward-looking operators who are not deploying LTE yet will use 2014 to update their network equipment and architecture, preparing their networks for the arrival of LTE.
Mobile wallet, satellite broadband, carrier Wi-Fi, fiber-to-the-home, machine-to-machine services and LTE are the main technology trends in Latin America for 2014, according to Frost & Sullivan. The key technology this year according to the firm’s analysts is LTE, which is gaining relevance across the...
The first day of the Federal Communications Commission’s Auction 96 included three rounds of bidding and a total purse of more than $221 million pledged for the licenses up for grabs. Of the 176 licenses up for auction, 78 had received a potential winning...
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VMWare to buy AirWatch for $1.5 billion
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VMware is making the largest acquisition in the company's history to move into the mobile space: the purchase of enterprise mobile management and security company AirWatch for about $1.54 billion.
The purchase price includes $1.175 in cash and an additional $365 million in installment payments and...
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TE Connectivity Ltd. (TEL) recorded its best quarterly earnings ever, and the company is raising its guidance.
Sales were up 6% year-over-year to $3.33 billion. Operating income soared from $293 million in the previous year's first quarter to $479 million, and net income jumped from...
Verizon Communications released fourth quarter financial results for its majority-owned subsidiary Verizon Wireless that continues to show the operator does not operate under the same rules as its rivals. While its nationwide competitors continue to adjust rate plans and offerings in an attempt to...
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MasTec (MTZ) has purchased Dynis for an undisclosed amount, bringing together two leading infrastructure services vendors. MasTec executes contracts for all the Tier 1 wireless carriers in the United States. Its biggest customer is AT&T - MasTec is AT&T's primary contractor for wireless infrastructure...
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Google has pulled two Chrome extensions from the Internet after they were hijacked by marketers. Chrome extensions are free downloads that add capabilities to Google Chrome. Many extensions are created by developers who want to share useful applications with others. But lately some...
 Global Wi-Fi sharing network company Fon has just completed a $14 million round of funding. Qualcomm Ventures, Qualcomm Inc.'s venture capital arm led the round; it is already a significant investor in Fon.
Fon said it is in the process of developing a new router...
Skype users spent an estimated 214 billion minutes on international calls last year, according to the latest data from TeleGeography. The firm estimates that international Skype-to-Skype traffic grew 36% last year, while international telecom traffic (wireless and fixed) grew just 7%.
Growth in international Skype...
A new report from Actix found that different devices interact with wireless networks in different ways, resulting in the customers experience varying across a carrier’s handset portfolio.
The report, which included information from more than 4.2 million data sessions, 85,452 voice sessions and 56,712 combined...
Verizon Communications is diving deeper into content delivery with the purchase of Intel Media for an undisclosed amount. Intel Media has been working on set-top box technology and cloud-based content delivery, and initially planned to market products and services under the OnCue brand. But...
