Near field communication (NFC) is on its way to getting launched in Brazil and could become a reality at the end of this year, told RCR Wireless News Mustafa Almansur, NFC programme leader for the Brazilian market at GSMA, a global association whose members represent more than...
Microsoft has invested $10 million in a tech center located in São Paulo, its second and biggest center in Latin America joining a previously launched center in Mexico City. Microsoft has tech centers in 17 countries.
Microsoft said the centers are collaborative environments that provide...
German software developer SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) today announced its intention to acquire Datango AG, a German provider of workforce performance support software. The transaction, scheduled to close during the first quarter of 2012, is subject to the usual regulatory approvals. The companies did...
IDC Latin America followed the company's global predictions in forecasting that 2012 will be the year of mobile and cloud platform wars as IT vendors vie for leadership while the industry redefines itself. The market intelligence firm also added the consumerization of IT, which...
Sify Technologies Limited, a company offering Managed Enterprise, Network and IT Services in India with growing global delivery capabilities, announced the operational readiness of their Undersea Cable Landing Station in Mumbai.
Worldwide PC shipments declined 1.4% during the forth quarter compared to the same period 2010, totalling 92.2 million units, according to a report from Gartner. The drop followed two quarters of positive growth. For the year, worldwide PC shipments totaled 352.8 million units, a...
IT services provider Atos said it plans to acquire a 50% stake in MSL Group, which provides real-time results and information systems for major sports events. Atos, which is a worldwide IT partner for the Olympic and Paralypic Games, noted that combined the operations...
Embracing enterprise-focused services has been a key strategy for several telecom operators around the globe. A recent cloud services study published by market research firm Infonetics Research shows that 70% of respondent operators are investing in cloud services in anticipation of demand.
Infonetics analysts interviewed...
Global ICT spending growth in 2012 is forecast to be lower than previously expected. Gartner Inc is now predicting growth of 3.7% this year. The firm's previous forecast for the 2012 growth rate was 4.6%, and the growth rate for 2011 was 6.9%. Gartner...
Broadcom Corp., a semiconductor solutions provider for wired and wireless communications, introduced its first family of 802.11ac (5G Wi-Fi) chips designed for a broad variety of product segments.
It has been more than a year since Orange Business Services decided on a new go-to market strategy. The company, which is a unit of France Telecom, is looking to increase its service’s share. The French enterprise is aiming to become a leader in...
With technology having become ubiquitous, consumerized, cheaper and more equally available to all, the second half of the Information Age will be focused on the exploitation of technology and the information it processes. During this period, the great fortunes are being made by companies...
Mexican electric power utility company Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE) is conducting a smart grid project to use wireless data radios to monitor and control crucial electric power applications. After CFE selected Elster Group’s EnergyAxis smart grid solution in April to power the utility’s...
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...
Nearly 2.2 million patients worldwide were using a home monitoring service based on equipment with integrated connectivity at the end of 2011, according to a report by research firm Berg Insight. According to the Swedish firm, the number of home monitoring systems with integrated...
Global cloud computing traffic will grow 12-fold from 130 exabytes to reach a total of 1.6 zettabytes annually by 2015, which means a 66% compound annual growth rate, according to Cisco's Global Cloud Index (2010 – 2015) report.
In conjunction with the report, Cisco also...
Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq “MSFT”) and General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) said they plan to create a global joint venture offering interoperability platforms and application solutions targeting healthcare providers and patients.
The new company, which has yet to be named, will be headquartered near the Microsoft...
Colombian public carrier UNE EPM Telecomunicaciones SA named David Escobar Arango as its president for a transition period effective Jan. 3, 2012. The move comes after outgoing President Horacio Vélez de Bedout submitted his resignation to the board this month.
Arango, an engineer by training,...
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.
After years trying to modify the market dynamic by not subsidizing handsets, Brazilian operator Oi...
Consumerization, cloud computing, consumer and enterprise social networks, mobile application, the shifting of sources of supply from Asia to the Americas, big data and cybercrime are some of the trends among research and advisory firm Gartner’s top predictions for IT organizations and users for...
After winning a contract in April to supply and manage an emergency services call system for El Salvador's national police force, the Panama unit of Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) has opened an office in the Central American country.
For CWC, which provides managed telecom services...
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.
Every once in a while a thunderbolt strikes in the communications, media and technology world that gets...
In its second edition, Ericsson's Networked Society City Index ranked 25 of the world's largest cities according to their ability to use ICT for social, economic and environmental benefits. The top three cities in the index -- Seoul, Singapore and Stockholm -- have successfully met many social, economic and environmental targets by making extensive investments in ICT, Ericsson noted.
Verizon Friday announced the creation of a new global organization that will oversee all business, government and wholesale operations from across the company’s wireless and wireline businesses.
