Due to the phenomenon of more and more data and video traveling over telecom networks, operators need to protect and optimize their data services, noted Radware's (RDWR) David Aviv during a conversation with RCR Wireless News.
Aviv noted that the company is focusing at...
Wireless carriers made it clear at this week's Mobile World Congress that they are feeling squeezed by "over-the-top" content providers. The cost of building and upgrading networks to support exploding data traffic is not shared by companies like Google, Facebook and Netflix, although AT&T...
Nokia Siemens Networks says it will cut 3,500 jobs in Brazil after ending a big contract with Brazilian telecom operator Oi. During a press conference held at this week’s Mobile World Congress, NSN CEO Rajeev Suri said part of the company's strategy is to...
The integration of small cells and Wi-Fi has been a theme throughout this week's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
Just ahead of the show, Alcatel Lucent, NetGear and Broadcom launched an integrated Wi-Fi and small cell router with femtocell technology. On day one of...
In the United States, operators are turning to small cells to boost network capacity and revenue opportunities. Small cells are no longer seen as alternatives to DAS or to Wi-Fi; instead operators are starting to see all these technologies as key parts of heterogeneous...
Looking to the corporate market, global mobile messaging provider Acision unveiled a stand-alone messaging network, the Acision enterprise network (AEN) at Mobile World Congress 2012. The solution will provide a single point of entry to connect operators, businesses and consumers. The company says it...
At Mobile World Congress, Hewlett Packard (NYSE: HPQ) demonstrated the solutions it launched last week which enable telecom companies to provide customers with a personalized mobile experience as they move to high-speed Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks.
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Almost 90% of all base stations will be small cells by 2016, according to the Small Cell Forum. Wi-Fi integration is a key to leveraging these small cells, according to the independent industry group, which has published a report at Mobile World Congress...
Indian telecom major Bharti Airtel lacks green agenda in its investments in Africa, Greenpeace Tuesday stated in its briefing paper on International Green Telecom Leadership.
Spain’s Telefónica announced LTE deployment atMobile World Congress, saying it will use Alcatel Lucent's LightRadio technology in the 2.6Ghz frequency band. Deployment is expected to begin in Chile and Brazil.
According to the company, the service will provide download speeds of 100 Mbps, and...
With mobile video projected to be 71% of all mobile data traffic by 2016, coverage is an ever-increasing challenge, said Cisco’s Murali Nemani in an interview with RCR Wireless News ahead of Mobile World Congress. “Cisco is using licensed and unlicensed spectrum to complement...
Picocells and distributed antenna systems (DAS) solutions are not necessary competing solutions, on the contrary, they are complementary. Recently, TE Connectivity and Ip.access announced they have teamed up to integrate picocell technology into a distributed antenna system.
During Mobile World Congress 2012, TE Connectivity is announcing an...
Device life cycle management has been a complex issue for corporations that need to deal with an increasing proliferation of device types, business demands for flexibility, and the consumerization of devices.
Indeed, CIOs note that managing a wireless portfolio is becoming more complex than ever...
With Mobile World Congress 2012 this week, analysts on the judging panel of this year’s GSMA Global Mobile Awards have predicted the hot topics and themes to come from Barcelona, Spain.
Amdocs (DOX) launched an automated planning and design solution, dubbed Amdocs Single Click Network Rollout, that the company said supports accelerated LTE rollouts. Amdocs explained that the solution is designed to enable service providers to reduce the design time for new base stations and...
BARCELONA, Spain—Dan Hays, an analyst at PRTM, says the MVNO model 3.0 could see success in the United States under wholesale models like that offered by LightSquared and Clearwire Corp. Nevertheless, Hays notes that with 2011 being the year of 4G technologies, operators are...
BARCELONA, Spain—Invest Sweden is a government initiative formed to get foreign research and development dollars in Sweden in the telecom and IT sectors. Swedish companies are making huge advances in graphics on mobile devices this year, said Niklas Johnsson, head of information and communication...
BARCELONA, Spain— LG Electronics Co. Ltd.’s Optimus 3-D mobile phone takes a little getting used to, reports RCR Unplugged Editor Sylvie Barak from the show floor during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, last month.
Depending on the angle the user is holding the phone...
BARCELONA, Spain—Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.'s new 10.1 -inch Galaxy Tablet 2 has a nice user interface and is an improvement from its first version, reports RCR Unplugged Editor Sylvie Barak from the show floor during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, last month.
The tablet,...
BARCELONA, Spain—With 35 million downloads, The Weather Channel is the second-highest smart-phone application in the United States. Now the company is reigniting its international efforts. The Weather Channel's Mike Zarrilli spoke with Executive Editor Tracy Ford about those plans during Mobile World Congress in...
BARCELONA, Spain — The GSMA's mWomen Programme is aiming to close the gender gap between men and women in developing countries by helping to develop sustainable business models that operators can use to help women become mobile-phone users.
Trina Dasgupta, program director for the program...
BARCELONA, Spain – Machine-to-machine communications are gaining traction among the world's top wireless operators and vendors, which recognize the potential of the emerging market, characterized by lower revenues, but also lower churn and the potential to gain new business partners and customers as enterprises...
