Cloud computing, OTT video drive data demand
Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong are the latest locales in which Verizon Communications has deployed a 100G fiber network, adding some 11,681 miles of cable to the carrier’s global high-speed backhaul footprint.
Verizon already controls more than 40,000 miles of...
SDN and NFV service-provider solutions
Having announced a joint venture with Avion Systems, India-based digital transformation firm Tech Mahindra is looking to help telecom service providers move onto telco cloud-computing platforms and take advantage of network function virtualization and software-defined network solutions.
Tech Mahindra is a...
Cloud migration and public Wi-Fi included
Networking powerhouse Cisco recently announced a renewed partnership with Belgian digital television provider Proximus. The deal includes public Wi-Fi deployments and migration of the service provider’s content from the edge of the network into a centralized cloud architecture.
Scott Puopolo,...
AUSTIN, TEXAS – Alicia Abella, AT&T’s AVP of the cloud technologies and services research organization, discussed the communication giant’s ongoing transition to operating on a telco cloud platform.
In an interview with RCR Wireless News at the IEEE GlobeCom show in Austin, Abella called the...
AUSTIN, Texas – Speaking at this week's IEEE GlobeCom expo in Austin, AT&T Chief Security Officer Edward Amoroso proposed that enterprise cloud security could potentially be based on the same network architecture used by an infamous piece of malware.
Amoroso gave a keynote speech envisioning...
Fans of the Durham, N.C., Bulls Minor League Baseball team can now access fast, free cloud-based Wi-Fi in the park and the surrounding American Tobacco Historic District, according to a Nov. 11 announcement from Frontier Communications.
Frontier recently installed ADTRAN’s ProCloud Wi-Fi, a managed cloud...
Nokia Networks and Hewlett-Packard this week announced a partnership to provide a telecommunications-focused cloud with network function virtualization designed to help mobile operators become more competitive in the market.
The new initiative is based on a combination of Nokia Network’s virtualized network functions, which allow...
Andi Mann, VP of strategic solutions for CA Technologies, stressed the importance of DevOps — the confluence of software development and IT operations — at CA World 2014 in Las Vegas, and laid out software solutions that power the growing mobile app economy.
Mann told...
Shanghai — The U.S. market remains a focus for Huawei, although the U.S. government has labeled the Chinese giant IT and telecommunications company as a security threat. The main driver to grow in the U.S. market relies on the enterprise business, which, according to...
SHANGHAI — Huawei has set a target for its recently launched enterprise business to become the leader in the IT infrastructure field.
“We are leveraging our strength to the IT field,” said Eric Xu, rotating CEO and deputy chairman of the board at Huawei Technologies,...
LAS VEGAS — Cloud and mobile are key growth pillars for IBM. During the opening sessions of this week’s Impact event, held in Las Vegas, IBM executives set a scenario in which enterprises of all industries are going through a disruptive moment in their...
AT&T and data center company Equinix announced an alliance that seeks to expand adoption of cloud services by offering secure cloud access via AT&T's virtual private networks (VPNs), instead of the public Internet.
AT&T's NetBond offering will be embedded in select Equinix data centers in...
Verizon Enterprise Solutions is using F5 Networks' solutions for network traffic and security management in its new Verizon Cloud.
F5's Big-IP product suite has been embedded in Verizon Cloud Compute, the company's new infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) platform, which is currently accepting beta customers. Big-IP Global Traffic...
Mobile start-ups have attracted a lot of attention from entrepreneurs and investors. Given the right combination of a strong service and the right timing, the potential for growth is absolutely stunning.
U.K.-based telecom provider BT reported a deal with Truphone to market a mobile recording service targeting U.S. forms looking to conform to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act.
The service requires a user to insert a specific Truphone SIM card into an unlocked mobile...
Recent shifts in how companies are buying customer relationship management software illustrate the speed with which mobile apps are changing the enterprise IT landscape. Increasingly, many enterprises see mobile- and cloud-based CRM apps playing a
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.
Brazil is a vast country, occupying more than 8.5 million square kilometers—and dominating the map of South America. Brazil’s sheer...
About one billion people are employed by small- and medium-sized businesses around the world. At first glance, it seems unlikely these SMBs would have much in common; they cover all sorts of
The combination of mobile, cloud, social, big data and the "Internet of things" is driving company efforts from many different industries, and telecom operators are in a good position to take advantage of these trends, according to Mike Riegel, IBM VP for mobile and WebSphere...
LAS VEGAS — In a darkened room, a single light focused on a white Ford Fusion with Robert LeBlanc, SVP of the IBM software group, and Vijay Sankaran, Ford Motor Company's director for application development, inside. They got out of the car and walked to the...
Uruguay is the latest Latin American country to move forward with LTE. After Colombia announced it had set an LTE auction date for June 26, Uruguay's Regulatory Unit of Communications Services (URSEC) released that América Móvil's Claro and Telefónica’s Movistar have paid a total of...
Cloud computing is gaining momentum, and telecom operators are battling for cloud computing customers. Carriers face fierce competition in this emerging market and many have to solve several issues before becoming strong competitors.
Almost all data center and infrastructure providers have included some kind of cloud service...
Ericsson and SAP AG announced at this week's Mobile World Congress (MWC – check out all pieces) that they have signed an agreement to jointly market and sell cloud-based, machine-to-machine solutions and services to enterprises via operators around the globe. The solutions will...
The global market for unified communications as-a-service is expected to grow from $2.52 billion in 2013 to $7.62 billion by 2018, at an estimated compound annual growth rate of 24.8%.
A recent study conducted by MarketsandMarkets shows that UCaaS will be one of the key enabling...
