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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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. …

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 …

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. …

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 …

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) …

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 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.

In the same week that UNE EPM Telecomunicaciones President Horacio Vélez de Bedout submitted his resignation to the board, the government telecom announced that it has partnered with compatriot firm …

The first South American global cloud computing platform for Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com company, was launched today in São Paulo, Brazil. This is the eighth geographic region worldwide …

Nokia Siemens Networks has inaugurated a new center in Mexico to deliver remote services to operators across Latin America and around the world. The service delivery center will provide network …

Japan’s NEC and the Argentinian unit of Spain’s Telefónica have announced the first step in promoting cloud computing services in Latin America. As a result of previous partnership, Telefónica Argentina …

SAP’s strategy to go beyond traditional enterprise resource planning, moving toward mobile, big data and cloud computing has begun a new chapter. The German enterprise software giant has acquired SuccessFactors, a provider of cloud-based human capital management solutions.

The explosion in Brazil’s class C population — defined as families with monthly incomes of $660 to $2,850 — has been accompanied by changes in consumer spending habits by members of that class, especially in the mobile phone market.

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. Fifteen years …

Less than 15 days after selling the former Motorola Solutions’ WiMAX business to NewNet Communication Technologies, Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN)  announced today that Adtran Inc. (Nasdaq: ADTN) plans to acquire its …