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Reader Forum: Always on, always connected – LTE and the connected world

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,...

Mobility and electronic health records take root at Trinity Health

NOVI, Mich. — Healthcare and wireless technology are colliding more than ever today and the points of convergence are being driven in large part by the massive adoption of electronic health records. Here at Trinity Health's headquarters, VP and CIO Jim Elert is tasked...

Reader Forum: Understanding mobile virtualization – What, why and what’s next

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,...

16 million LTE subscribers by 2011, says ABI Research

LTE is gaining momentum fast, according to a recent report by ABI Research, which claims there will be 16 million mobile LTE subscribers by the end of this year.LTE networks are currently running in a dozen countries, and as of March, 100 LTE-ready devices...

FLO TV goes dark, what's next for mobile TV?

Qualcomm Inc.'s mobile TV service has gone dark and with it a new round of questions have cropped up about the future of mobile TV as a whole. Will there ever be a year that defines mobile TV? What will it take to finally...

@ CTIA: T-Mobile USA expands reach in tele-health, develops SIM for global M2M

ORLANDO, Fla. — T-Mobile USA Inc. announced a pair of new tele-health partners and the development of an embedded multi-mode international mobile subscriber identity SIM for global M2M deployment. GeaCom Inc. and BeClose.com both tapped the carrier to provide connectivity for their tele-health systems...

VZW, Motorola Solutions team for LTE solution targeting public-safety

Verizon Wireless and Motorola Solutions are teaming together to offer an LTE solution for public-safety groups, a move that would enable public-safety users to roam onto Verizon Wireless' LTE network where they do not have their own LTE coverage.“As a result of this alliance,...

Reality Check: Navigating consolidation in the network equipment industry

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. In my last column, “Wave of consolidation washing over wireless,” I summarized the key drivers of...

Analyst Angle: Mobile-centric computing

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.One thing you may not know is how the World Wide Web is being re-created...

Analyst Angle: Why Google is gaining so much market share

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.It’s very clear that Google Inc.’s Android operating platform is gaining a lot of market...

Metrico solution evaluates mobile video performance at handset level

Metrico Wireless Inc. launched a new product to test how mobile video performs on end users' handsets as wireless operators try to address the growing trend of viewing video on mobile phones.Increasingly, end users are viewing video over mobile devices, and operators are trying...

Analyst Angle: Open letter to Stephen Elop, Nokia’s new CEO: How to make Nokia great again

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.I congratulate you on assuming leadership of one of the great mobile and wireless companies...

Public Wi-Fi usage expected to boom, biz model remains uncertain

The recent explosion of wireless data services has inflicted a heavy toll on traditional cellular networks that were not designed to handle the demand. While carriers continue to furiously bolster their networks with additional capacity and new technology, many are also looking to offload...

Analyst Angle: The looming rich media wars: Apple vs. rest of the world”

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.Last week, Apple Inc. made a ton of announcements including a new iPod nano, a...

Analyst Angle: Why direct web access no longer matters

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.I’m sure the first reaction to this week’s column title caught your attention. You might...

Analyst Angle: Why the Intel-McAfee deal could be important for mobile

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.You have to hand it to firms like Intel Corp. (INTC) and Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)...

Intel unleashes revamped Atom, claims smartphone readiness

Chip giant Intel Corp. yesterday announced a new version of its Atom processor platform – the 45nm Z6xx – which the company claims consumes so little power that it will push the company into the smartphone and tablet game. Critics, however, say the move...

Apple ARM acquisition would cause massive mobile shake-up

As rumors go, it doesn't get more shocking than the whisperings Wednesday night, that gadget maker Apple Inc. was mulling a move to buy British chip shop ARM Ltd., the logic designer for the microprocessors and microcontrollers used in most of today's cellphones and...

Mobile ad market still tiny according to stats

Google may believe it's making money hand over fist from mobile advertising, but numbers from market research outfit and e-commerce specialist, ATG, beg to differ, saying people aren't yet using mobile phones for either researching or buying products.Polling 1,054 people, ATG asked whether mobile...

Tablets to accelerate mobile TV consumption

Having the whole family crowd around one screen in the living room is rapidly becoming a thing of the past, as a plethora of options have begun to pop up around the average home, be they PCs, TVs, handheld consoles, smartphones or tablets. But...

Reader Forum: Adding 3G radio to embedded devices: Five steps to success

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,...

@CTIA: Hollywood meets Twitter and big brother on stage

LAS VEGAS – For the final keynote at CTIA, a Hollywood juggernaut met on stage with his counterpart in social media and the government’s lead technologist to discuss innovations to come and how common-good can be achieved with the most rudimentary and widely-available services...

@CTIA; Products, demos and more

BridgeWave Communications announced the newest version of its FlexPort family of high-capacity 80 GHz radios for mobile backhaul. The new version incorporates quality of service into a high-frequency, high-capacity 80 GHz product. The company said the FlexPort product is designed to give carriers cost-effective...

Startup firm has ambitious augmented reality plans

Augmented reality is the ethereal name given to the newest set of mobile content applications. But once you get past the description, the application –which fuses relevant digital information with the real-world environment—is fairly concrete. In fact, the best example of augmented reality may...