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A survey from Informa Telecoms & Media showed impressive numbers of big data adoption among telecom companies. According to the study conducted with approximately 120 operators in June 2013, 48% …

The two largest telecom operators in Latin America have released their second quarter financial results. América Móvil beat expectations, reporting better-than-expected second quarter core profits and revenue, as more customers …

Last week, the international telecom standards regulator, 3GPP, completed the standardization of LTE technology for the 450 MHz spectrum band. This is an important step, especially for Brazilian operators that acquired this band

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. In …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Analyst Angle section. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. …

Since TIM acquired AES Atimus for $1 billion in November 2011, there has been speculation about how the company would integrate this asset into its existing portfolio. At the time of the acquisition,

What’s the real adoption rate of telecom analytics and big data solutions in the telecom sector? Observers interviewed for an upcoming feature report believe that both technologies will remain hot …

Nextel’s strategy is to migrate its Latin American operations from iDEN to 3G to become more competitive. Apart from Argentina, the operator has acquired 3G spectrum in all the countries where it operates, investing over $750 million in Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Peru.

RCR Wireless News spoke with Daryl Schoolar, principal infrastructure analyst at Ovum, to get his impressions of the recent Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona, Spain. Schoolar noted that with …

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 American …

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

Dominated by the two largest Latin American telecom operators, Peru’s wireless market still holds promise. As observers have noted, there is room to grow in Peru as mobile penetration is …

It is no secret that financial institutions, along with telecom companies, are heavy information technology (IT) users, spending more on IT, including software, hardware and services, than other firms. This …

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. While …

The era for mobile business intelligence (BI) solutions has arrived, or at least according to a new report from Ovum. According to the analytics firm, the arrival of high-performance mobile …

For the telecoms industry, 2013 will be a continuation of the “interesting times” that we have seen in 2012. The past year has seen slowing economic growth as a result of the continuing debt crisis in the developed 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. The London …

Carriers should jump into mobile cloud to build their portfolios, allowing them to take over a number of business processes and move them into the cloud.  Some of the main …

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 …

As cloud computing become more mature and ubiquitous, the mobile cloud emerges as the next hype once it allows you to  access data wherever you are and whenever you want …

Mobile is set to become a huge influence on cloud computing, with the so-called “mobile cloud” emerging as the next trend expected to impact not only enterprise IT management, but …

For the first time, smartphones has overtaken laptops as the most popular way to connect to Wi-Fi hotspots, according to a report compiled by Informa Telecoms & Media and released …

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. Even …

Among the many buzzwords in the IT world,  BYOD was one of the most talked about this year. The phenomenon known as “bring-your-own-device,” which refers to employees bringing their own equipment …

Smartphones shipped globally will hit 1.7 billion in 2017 with emerging markets seeing particularly strong growth, Ovum has predicted. According to the independent telecom analysis firm, application stores are also gaining …