Apple makes a statement each year by NOT attending Mobile World Congress, but its presence is felt in the product announcements made by its competitors. Samsung is of course Apple's top competitor in the device space, and although the Korean giant sells more smartphones...
Heterogeneous network news continues to stream out of Mobile World Congress with announcements in Wi-Fi and small cells dominating the proceedings.
Nokia Siemens Networks is highlighting new small cell products, including new micro- and picocell base stations for LTE and Wi-Fi that can be integrated...
--Swedish telecom operator TeliaSonera said it has become the first carrier in Europe to begin offering LTE roaming to Danish customers visiting Sweden. The carrier, which was the first operator to launch LTE services in 2009, said the move is the first step towards...
DAS has had to take a back seat this week, as small cells appear to be stealing the infrastructure show at Mobile World Congress, with a fresh crop of product announcements from both providers and component makers as well a new report calling for...
Building on its $840 million acquisition of BrightPoint last year, Ingram Micro debuted its Ingram Micro Mobility business unit, combining its existing mobile group with its BrightPoint assets. Ingram Micro noted the new unit will focus on providing end-to-end solutions for “the lifecycle of...
As carriers move to tiered pricing and shared data plans, the ability to track each device's data use is critical. The software that enables this is called the policy manager.
"The power of a policy management system lies in the information supplied to it,...
Raco Wireless expanded its presence in the machine-to-machine space, announcing carrier contracts with Telefonica and Sprint Nextel. The deals include the integration of Raco’s Omega Management Suite that allows its customers to manage their M2M services.
Raco noted the deal with Sprint Nextel provides the...
Vendors are scrambling to help network operators figure out smarter ways to manage and optimize their networks, drawing data from various sources in order to make informed business decisions on infrastructure and services and exploring the promise of software defined networks.
A barrage of announcements...
Small cells were a major focus last week at Mobile World Congress, with several semiconductor companies launching new products to power and connect everything from femtocells to enterprise small cell networks. Silicon vendors are increasingly focused on software, particularly when it comes to small...
As carrier networking has evolved, operators have seen new security threats grow, such as via instant messaging.
“Spammers are sending to IM asking people to go a site, for example," said Ciaran Bradley, VP of handset security at AdaptiveMobile. At this week's Mobile World Congress...
The two leading telecom groups in Latin America, América Móvil and Telefónica, are preparing to launch handsets featuring the Firefox OS. The companies released launch details at the Mobile World Congress (MWC—check out all pieces) in Barcelona this week.
The Spanish group Telefónica said their handsets...
Ericsson and SAP AG announced at this week's Mobile World Congress (MWC – check out all pieces) that they have signed an agreement to jointly market and sell cloud-based, machine-to-machine solutions and services to enterprises via operators around the globe. The solutions will...
While device makers are pushing to deliver download speeds of 150 megabits per second, chipmaker Sequans is promising speeds twice that fast through carrier aggregation. Carrier aggregation is the combination of spectrum from different bands, and Sequans today introduced an LTE-Advanced modem that the...
The world's leading maker of smartphones and the world's top credit card company are teaming up. Visa says its NFC payment software will be built into all future Samsung smartphones. NFC stands for near field communication, and devices with NFC chips can communicate with...
AT&T seems to have usurped Verizon Wireless as General Motors carrier of choice for the auto makers OnStar telematics offering.
AT&T reported today that is has signed a multi-year agreement to provide an “enhanced suite of safety, security, diagnostic and infotainment services” to OnStar deployments...
Huawei knows its newest LTE smartphone is one of many new products coming this week at the Mobile World event, but the Chinese giant seems confident that nothing coming up will be faster than the Ascend P2. The company says the phone can download...
Attempts to further global roaming abilities of the TD-LTE standard reportedly are progressing as the Global TD-LTE Initiative claimed that new testing had begun between operators in China, Hong Kong, the United States, Japan, Korea and India. The carriers involved include China Mobile, Clearwire,...
As the telecom world increases its use of analytical and intelligence tools to better understand customer and network behavior, several players will use this week’s Mobile World Congress event (MWC—check out all pieces) in Barcelona, to showcase their work in this area. Daryl Schoolar,...
While the wireless world begins its annual migration to the Iberian Peninsula for the Mobile World Congress event, I took a bit of a step back in time and found some unexpected comfort.
In thinking about what I expect from this year’s edition of Mobile World Congress, I don’t really have to look much further than my previous experience. I will eat lots of ham sandwiches
Few events in the mobile industry can compare in size and scope to the annual Mobile World Congress event, and this year will be no different. With nearly 100,000 attendees and 1,400 exhibitors expected to swoop down on Barcelona, Spain, this year’s MWC event...
Employers are getting used to the idea that workers want to bring their own devices to work and connect to the network, but if that network isn't fast enough they may soon see employees toting in another device: the mobile hot spot. Mobile hot...
With the iPad 3 already generating a huge media buzz, this is would not be a good time for Apple to see customers reconsider their purchase plans due to concerns about data privacy on mobile devices. So the smartphone and tablet pioneer wasted no...
