Last week, a post on GetVoIP discussed an important trend in the hosted telecom carrier arena: The unified communications sector is more directly targeting small and midsize businesses. This has given rise to arrangements in which the heavy lifting is done away from the...
SDN service targets enterprise customers with scalable solutions
AT&T said it has expanded its enterprise-focused Network on Demand service to more than 100 cities, allowing customers to manage their network needs in near real time. The platform, which was unveiled last year, relies on the...
T-Mobile US' 'Un-carrier 9.0' set to disrupt enterprise market
Throughout the course of telecommunications history, the pricing alchemy between business and consumer plans has been convoluted at best, and perverted at worst. This started with landline – voice – pricing in the previous century, and continues...
Hackers have been featured on the news recently as credit cards and passwords have been obtained in breaches, leaving millions to worry about whether their bank accounts or e-mail addresses are secure. However, there is another area that unethical hackers are targeting that isn’t...
Latest 'un-carrier' push discounts multiline plans, pays off EIPs
T-Mobile US angled toward the enterprise market for its latest “un-carrier” marketing push, announcing new rate plans targeted at enterprise customers and a pair of consumer-facing initiatives. The move comes as the carrier admits its position...
Workplace-as-a-Service ties together telecom needs, including rivals
Sprint ratcheted up its efforts in the enterprise space with the launch of its Workplace-as-a-Service offering, which bundles a package of telecom services into a platform managed by the carrier.
Sprint said the managed offering is part of its...
How to optimize UX development and increase return on mobile app investment
In an increasingly interconnected world, it’s not difficult to see why the user experience – all facets of an end-user’s interactions with a particular product or service – can enhance or diminish a...
Infonetics Research report found robust SDN plans across North America
The market for software-defined networking solutions is expected to blossom over the next several years, with robust SDN opportunities for both incumbent and new entrants, according to a new report from Infonetics Research.
The report, “Data...
Mobile applications continue to explode, and there is a new trend among enterprise application developers. With the pervasiveness of smartphones and tablets, the delivery vehicle is in place for businesses to expand with new mobile services to reach their customers. Businesses no longer need...
The trend in the enterprise world to a “bring-your-own-device” environment has reached a tipping point. Up until now, company-owned devices have represented the majority of enterprise mobility, but that will change in 2015. It is safe to assume that there will be far more...
Editor’s Note: With 2015 now upon us, RCR Wireless News has gathered predictions from leading industry analysts and executives on what they expect to see in the new year.
As we look into the future of technology, it’s clear that 2015 will be a monumental...
Editor’s Note: With 2015 now upon us, RCR Wireless News has gathered predictions from leading industry analysts and executives on what they expect to see in the new year.
Ten years ago, tablet computers didn’t exist and mobile phones could only make calls and do...
Editor’s Note: In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this Reader Forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible, but we maintain some editorial control...
Editor’s Note: In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this Reader Forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible, but we maintain some editorial control...
The first wave of enterprise applications have emerged from the partnership between Apple and IBM, and the duo has snagged some large customers -- including Sprint. But whether they can help Apple maintain its strong position in the enterprise device market remains to be...
Editor’s Note: In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this Reader Forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible, but we maintain some editorial control...
IBM has signed a seven-year, $1.25 billion contract with Lufthansa to integrate mobile, social and analytics technologies across Lufthansa's business.
The outsourcing contract, worth a billion Euros over its period, will involve "(incorporating) business analytics with mobile computing and social business" both in terms of...
SAP has announced two major deals: one with Nokia, to integrate geo-location data from its Here unit into SAP's HANA in-memory data platform, and one with Samsung to develop an enterprise mobility ecosystem based on Samsung mobile devices, including wearables for business applications.
SAP "plans...
Mobility in the enterprise has moved beyond device management to applications and from stand-alone solutions to a full platform approach to mobility, and adoption of custom business apps is exploding, according to the latest quarterly mobility survey from Good Technology.
Custom app adoption in the...
Seeking to leverage big data, mobile and social technologies to impact customers' banking experience, IBM and Bank of China's Tianjin Branch have completed a new, flagship "smart branch" location in the northern Chinese port city.
IBM provided industry insight and consulting on the branch project,...
With enterprises constantly looking for ways to manage operational expenses, costs related to ever-increasing dependence on mobile services have come under greater scrutiny. One model for enterprises to get a handle on these expenses is through the use of managed mobility services, which can...
Enterprises continue to be a maddening market for the mobile space as corporations are often some of the more profitable wireless consumers while at the same time often seen as taxing mobile operators in terms of the support needed to broadly deploy wireless services...
Editor’s Note: In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this Reader Forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible, but we maintain some editorial control...
Sprint is looking to attract high-value enterprise customers from rivals with a new promotion that mimics what it has already been offering to consumers.
Sprint said that through the end of the month, business customers that bring their phone number to Sprint and activate a...
