Employment web site Indeed says that its job search data shows that nearly half of job seekers search and apply for jobs through a mobile device -- and it is making an acquisition to bolster its mobile offerings.
Indeed is buying the business and assets of...
The wireless industry is quickly heading towards relying on LTE-based next-generation networks that offer superior performance and efficiency compared to legacy 2G and 3G systems. However, in order to fully support those LTE efforts, wireless carriers are beginning to seed the need to turn...
Video now represents almost half of all mobile network traffic, and will soon account for most of the traffic on mobile networks. Mobile video motivates subscribers to buy more data, but it can also overwhelm the network, leading to poor user experiences and churn....
LAS VEGAS – The increased adoption of corporate mobile solutions impacts the telecommunications industry as they typically require more bandwidth and network performance improvements. Therefore, communications service providers need to understand what companies are doing (or planning to deploy) in order to anticipate traffic...
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...
Enterprises face significant disruptions to their business if they do not have coherent strategies to deal with the leading technology trends centered around the nexus of mobility,
The enterprise-focused telecommunications space is set to consolidation as Birch Communications announced plans to acquire Cbeyond for approximately $323 million. Birch provides communications, cloud and managed services, while Cbeyond provides IT infrastructure, including wholesale wireless services.
The proposed deal will merge the Atlanta-based companies into...
Today, applications are as personal as the mobile handset is to end users, and their usage continues to explode. Gartner predicts that by 2017, more than 268 billion mobile apps will be downloaded
Mobile network operators place a high premium on control – of their network, services, brand and most importantly, their customers. This is not surprising, as operators that invested heavily
Research from Ovum tells us that in 2013, mobile operators forfeit $32.5 billion dollars in messaging revenues to free applications like WhatsApp and Viber. There is an old Stoic proverb describing
A new report from cloud-services enabler Parallels predicts explosive growth of cloud adoption by small-to-medium businesses, amid a global market that it says is expanding at a compound annual growth rate of 26% to reach $125 billion by 2016.
In mature markets, the company reported...
AirWatch CEO John Marshall did not look like a man who had just spent four days at a trade show when he met with RCR Wireless News at the close of the recent Mobile World Congress 2014 event. Marshall is clearly energized by his...
Telecoms operators have historically proven they are adept at protecting their networks. As security risks increase in scope and complexity over time, the telecommunications industry
In the past few years the iOS and Android device revolution has firmly and irreversibly shifted consumer online activity to a mobile-first experience. The majority of consumer traffic growth,
2014 will be the beginning of a seven-year enterprise transition from 80% capital expenditure to 80% operating expenditure spending on mobility, opening the door to a $100 billion mobile managed services opportunity for mobile operators.
The workplace as we used to know has forever changed as remote and mobile workers become the norm, not the exception. Businesses will respond to this new breed of worker by
With the growth of data and devices rising exponentially, we’ve found ourselves in a world in which the idea of containerization – allowing users to separate their work and personal data within one device
As companies everywhere begin to re-examine their business processes, decision-makers need to consider the many benefits that machine-to-machine technology can bring to the table.
Security continues to be a hot topic in the age of the smartphone as consumers are becoming increasingly comfortable storing more personal information on their mobile devices. What was once an inconvenience of having to re-input phone numbers should a wireless phone be lost,...
Mobile application development and management is key to enterprise mobility success in today’s fast-moving, increasingly digital landscape. Yet, the growing number of devices and apps
Enterprise mobility is changing the way business is done while also introducing new challenges for development, quality assurance and information technology teams. Businesses are adopting
