NTT DoCoMo promotes LTE speeds with shrimp cannon
Japan's NTT DoCoMo is promoting the speed of its LTE network by frying shrimp. The video advertisement shows shrimp flying through cannons and open flames. The shrimp is "cooked" in 3 seconds. The cooking demonstration and advertisement...
American Tower is reportedly preparing to spend up to $1 billion to buy 51% of India's Viom, a tower company controlled by Tata Teleservices. According to reports, American Tower wants to merge Viom's estimated 42,000 towers with the 12,000 towers it already owns in...
Claudia Bacco, Managing Director – EMEA for RCR Wireless News, has spent her entire career the telecom, IT and security. Having experience at an operator, software and hardware vendors and as a well-known industry analyst, she has many opinions on the market. She’ll be...
Claudia Bacco, Managing Director – EMEA for RCR Wireless News, has spent her entire career the telecom, IT and security. Having experience at an operator, software and hardware vendors and as a well-known industry analyst, she has many opinions on the market. She’ll be...
British Telecommunications in preliminary talks to buy EE
Deutsche Telekom and Orange may be considering selling consumer network EE to BT. EE is the largest mobile operator in the United Kingdom. Orange and Deutsche Telekom have previously considered whether they should list EE on the stock...
"Internet of Things" is one of the hottest topics around today. The projected figures for the number of things to be connected and the revenue potential are huge. Gartner is predicting a 30-fold increase in IoT by 2020. In 2009 there were .9 billion...
AT&T turf vendor Velocitel has named a new CEO effective immediately. Former CEO James Estes, who will continue with Velocitel as chairman of the board, told employees late last week that Kevin Hostetler will take on the CEO role and will be charged with...
Indonesia's largest mobile operator Telkomsel is partnering for IOT/M2M Cloud services
Telkomsel is partnering with Jasper to bring "Internet of Things"/Machine-to-Machine services to businesses across Indonesia. The partnership will allow Telkomsel business customers to use the cloud-based Jasper IoT Service Platform to launch, manage and...
The rush to facilitate voice-over-Wi-Fi for service providers continues with a partnership that will place Genband's evolved packet gateway in Nokia Networks' mobile broadband portfolio. The solution will be integrated into Nokia’s Liquid Core portfolio to support multimedia voice, data and video sessions.
Genband has...
Both Vodafone and Telefonica recently made announcements related to a stronger linkage in the telematics space. One is a partnership and one is an acquisition. On the surface I wasn’t really sure why these moves made sense from companies mainly focused on the value...
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column where C-level executives and advisory firms from across the mobile industry share unique insights and experiences.
With Black Friday and Cyber Monday right around the corner, people are about to get more mobile. From new wearables...
Denmark ranks first in global ICT Development Index
The United Nations' International Telecommunication Union released its annual report on Monday. The ICT Development Index ranks 166 countries on their level of ICT access. South Korea ranked second in the report and almost every country improved their...
A $1.2 billion deal is expanding American Tower’s reach in Brazil while, in India, telco giant Tech Mahindra is expanding its global reach with acquisition of U.S.-based Lightbridge Communications.
http://youtu.be/9dK30CBxS1A
American Tower made that deal with Telecom Italia’s TIM Cellular. That price tag buys American Tower...
5G standards are still undefined, but the companies involved in 5G research and standardization are already creating tools for next-generation networks. Today Ericsson said it is collaborating with IBM to design phased-array antennas for 5G networks.
Phased-array antennas can increase bandwidth by multiplying the number...
Social media is a large part of how today’s society communicates with each other on a personal level, so why shouldn’t it play a role in how companies and their customers communicate?
According to a Coleman Parkes consumer study, 50% of consumers would like to communicate...
Multifaceted IT service provider Tech Mahindra, headquartered in India, on Nov. 20 announced its acquisition of U.S.-based Lightbridge Communications for $240 million.
Pending necessary regulatory approval, the deal is expected to close in early 2015.
Manish Vyas, Tech Mahindra’s head of business development for communication solutions,...
American Tower is expanding its tower portfolio in Brazil with the purchase of more than 6,400 towers from Telecom Italia's TIM Cellular for roughly $1.2 billion. Of the 6,400-plus towers, 1,240 are subject to certain preemptive acquisition rights held by third parties.
The company expects the new...
The startup that delivered live TV to mobile devices has filed for bankruptcy after a lengthy court battle that ended in the U.S. Supreme Court. Last summer, the Justices voted 6-3 against Aereo and in favor of the broadcast and cable networks that were...
Telefónica telco cloud expands with Equinix Cloud Exchange
Telefónica telco cloud has expanded through a partnership with Equinix to connect multiple cloud service providers through the Equinix Cloud Exchange. The partnership is designed to allow direct access to multiple cloud networks across Europe, Asia and North America. Telefónica said the partnership...
I spent yesterday at Alcatel-Lucent/Bell Labs' annual FutureX Days. This event showcases the topics the research teams are working on to a mix of customers, partners, press and university professors. The top executives of the organization also share their strategic direction. I have to...
Slush 2014 took place this week in Helsinki, Finland. Started in 2008 with only around 150 attendees, this year’s attendee count clocked in at just over 14,000 showing amazing growth. The atmosphere was a mix of nightclub and conference, with participants from a range...
• China Mobile has completed field testing for pre-5G base stations. Partnered with ZTE to test pre-5G 3D/massive multiple-input, multiple-output technology, the company reports that the tests exceeded expectations and improved coverage in buildings and in rural areas. Both companies believe the new technology...
DALLAS – "5G" connectivity is in the works, but what exactly the service will include and when it will be ready for commercial deployment is very much up in the air, according to panelists at the LTE North America conference in Dallas.
What is clear...
The CEO of Deutsche Telekom said this week that selling T-Mobile US could still be an option, but that the German carrier is not looking for a "fire sale." Timotheus Hoettges named Comcast, Dish Network and América Móvil as potential acquirers, but said he...
