This won't be the year that near field communication (NFC) takes off in Latin America, since short message service (SMS) solutions are likely to see increased adoption. Although Frost & Sullivan chose mobile payments as one of the region's telecom trends for 2013, Renato...
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.
The mobile market is expected to grow 9.9% annually in terms of revenue until 2017, driven...
Spectrum auctions for next generation mobile services have two different strategic implications for our region. First, in developing markets such as Latin America, mobile broadband is a crucial, cost-effective opportunity to increase broadband penetration, fulfill local governments' goals of digital inclusion and bring digital...
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.
Mobile broadband is still a growing market in Brazil, led by Vivo with its wide HSPA+...
RIO DE JANEIRO—“Ninety percent of all the data that telecom carriers have are not used in an intelligent way to generate new revenues,” Frost & Sullivan senior market analyst Fernando Belfort said. According to Belfort, cloud computing, mobile security and big data are three...
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.
Latin America was considered one of the most flexible regions in terms of mobile termination rate regulation...
A couple of days before the Brazilian national telecom agency Anatel’s intended announcement of the final auction framework of the radio frequency in the 450 MHz, 2.5 GHz bands, mobile carrier TIM released a statement warning of risks in what the telecom operator calls...
If a picture is worth a thousand words, Apple's decision to invest in the new iPad's graphics capability is a smart decision. "Images will be fantastic," says semiconductor analyst Linley Gwennap. "Apple really did invest in the graphics side so the quad-core graphics will...
After Research in Motion (RIMM) announced Thorsten Heins as its new CEO, market analysts seemed to be looking for the company's next steps.
Tech analyst Jeff Kagan noted that with now former co-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis's stepping down was an incredible move,...
Chief information officers are looking forward to three main trends that will (and in several cases already are) challenging their own corporate strategies: consumerization, cloud computing, and mobile security and management. Pressured by chief financial officers to reduce the total cost of ownership and...
Brazil's telecom services market is poised to grow to U.S. $97 billion in 2016 from $66 billion in 2010, driven mostly by the increase of pay-TV, broadband and mobile data, consulting firm Frost & Sullivan said in a study presented in to a small...
Analyst comments are pouring in following Google Inc.’s (GOOG) somewhat out of left field announcement that it would make Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. (MMI) it’s largest acquisition target yet to the tune of $12.5 billion. And virtually everyone sees the move as a...
ZTE | June 16, 2011 | Press Release
ZTE Corporation (“ZTE”) (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), a publicly-listed global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, today announced that the company has been awarded “IPTV Vendor...
ZTE | June 16, 2011 | Press Release
ZTE Corporation (“ZTE”) (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), a publicly-listed global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, today announced that the company has been awarded “IPTV Vendor...
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,...
ChinaTel | April 4, 2011 | Press Release
Frost & Sullivan’s Next Generation Mobile and Wireless Team uncovers key success drivers that further demonstrate ChinaTel’s ability to deliver in emerging markets across the globe.
SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Frost & Sullivan, a leading research and growth strategies firm,...
ChinaTel | April 4, 2011 | Press Release
Frost & Sullivan’s Next Generation Mobile and Wireless Team uncovers key success drivers that further demonstrate ChinaTel’s ability to deliver in emerging markets across the globe.
SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Frost & Sullivan, a leading research and growth strategies firm,...
Business News Americas | February 18, 2011 | Matthew Malinowski
Government support has given a shot in the arm to Colombia's nascent position as an IT hub, but the local industry is increasingly seen on a collision course with neighboring Peru, Frost & Sullivan research...
Business News Americas | February 18, 2011 | Matthew Malinowski
Government support has given a shot in the arm to Colombia's nascent position as an IT hub, but the local industry is increasingly seen on a collision course with neighboring Peru, Frost & Sullivan research...
AT&T Mobility announced it will begin to offer McAfee Enterprise Mobility Management software. The software will enable businesses to offer employees their choice of mobile devices across multiple operating systems, while delivering highly secure access to corporate applications. Businesses will be able to...
Qualcomm Inc. announced the Wireless Reach 3G Connected Computer Classroom Project in Gansu province in conjunction with the Overseas Chinese Affairs Officeof the State Council, the Chinese Language and Cultural Education Foundation and China Telecom’s Gansu Bureau Linxia Branch. The project, which is being...
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,...
As Alcatel-Lucent struggles to regain its financial footing, the company is focusing on its new strategy that will combine its capabilities of the network environment with creative services of the Web.An example of how the company plans to make the transition from the old...
The maturing U.S. handset market continued to chug along in the first half of the year - though slowing relative to years past - and analysts offered an array of views on what forces will shape the market in the second half of the...
