Sprint signed international 4G roaming agreements with Digicel in Jamaica and Global Mobile in Taiwan. The agreement will allow certain Sprint devices to automatically detect the Digicel and Global Mobile networks and allow customers to connect and roam onto the networks. Pricing and launch...
Mobile penetration in Chile has surpassed the 100% mark, as the country’s National Statistics Institute released a report showing that there are now 1.13 mobile devices in the South American country for every person.The agency noted that there were nearly 19.4 million mobile devices...
Online freelance employment site Elance came out with its end of year employment trends, noting a 98% increase in the number of jobs posted on the site by businesses seeking mobile developers this year. Not surprisingly, Elance said it expects that growth to continue...
CTIA announced its 2011 officers and said six new members have been elected to its executive committee. The new officers are Dan Hesse, CEO of Sprint Nextel; Pat Riordan, president and CEO of Cellcom; Mary Dillon, president and CEO of U.S. Cellular; and Bret...
Austin, Texas, is home to an eclectic assortment of musicians, an unofficial city slogan that challenges people to “Keep Austin Weird,” a local celebrity transvestite and one of the premier wireless research institutes in the world. This mix of laid back and highly educated...
Scanbuy said customers who have downloaded its ScanLife mobile barcode scanning application on their smartphones have contributed to 30 times more traffic on the platform compared with last year. The application allows shoppers to scan barcodes to obtain information about products. The company said...
To the surprise of few mobile network managers, the recent proliferation of advanced mobile devices is putting an increased strain on carriers' networks, according to a report from mobile network management software provider Arieso.The study found that using usage models of Apple Inc.'s iPhone...
Telecom solutions company Argela selected Picochip as the core technology supplier for its femtocell developments. Argela will use Picochip's femtocell technology in products including a residential femtocell with home-zone applications as well as femtocell solutions for enterprise, metro and rural deployments.AT&T and Elster,...
AT&T Mobility took last place in Consumer Reports' annual survey of wireless service providers. The carrier has worked extensively to try to better its networks amid claims that its traffic has increased 5,000% in three years. Nevertheless, the No. 2 carrier received “worse” scores...
Employment in the computer and electronic products sector remained flat month to month, up just 700 jobs to employ 1.1 million positions in the space, according to new data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Surprisingly, the only sector that showed growth was...
Dominic A. Gomez has been named president and CEO of Movius Interactive Corp., which provides value-added communication services. Prior to joining Movius, Gomez was president of Purple Communications.Funambol appointed Amit Chawla as its new CEO. He replaces Fabrizio Capobianco, who is transitioning to the...
ID-WiBB, a non-profit organization created to encourage broadband interoperability in Indonesia, launched an Indonesian broadband roaming facility to serve wireless broadband service providers in the region. The initiative will enable roaming between WiMAX and Wi-Fi and potentially LTE operators in the future.Transaction Network Services...
AT&T announced a global strategic relationship with advertising and marketing communications firm Omnicom. The agreement includes a contract valued at $57 million. The companies said as part of their new relationship they are exploring the delivery and deployment of AT&T applications, mobility and cloud-based...
AT&T announced a global strategic relationship with advertising and marketing communications firm Omnicom. The agreement includes a contract valued at $57 million. The companies said as part of their new relationship they are exploring the delivery and deployment of AT&T applications, mobility and cloud-based...
John Roese has joined Huawei as senior vice president and general manager of the company's North American research and development unit. Roese joins the company from Nortel Networks, where he was CTO. He also has held positions with Broadcom Corp., Enterasys Networks and Cabletron.Consumer...
Just like more developed countries, mobile operators in India are looking towards data services to offset falling voice revenues, according to a recent report from Juniper.The report noted that operator billed data revenues in India will increase from $4 billion in 2010 to $10...
Ben Naskar has been named CEO and chairman of the board of antenna company SkyCross. He succeeds outgoing chairman and acting CEO Dennis McKenna, who is retiring. Naskar previously was a corporate officer, vice president and general manager of the wireless networking business unit...
The Open Rich Media Mobile Advertising (ORMMA) initiative unveiled its rich media advertising specifications and open source code for publishers who want to serve rich media campaigns across all mobile platforms and devices, said the group. The ORMMA initiative was founded by The Weather...
Chipmaker Sequans said it has partnered with Gemtek to accelerate the availability of TD-LTE consumer devices. The partnership calls for Gemtek to incorporate Sequans’ LTE UE chip into several devices it is currently developing, including a compact USB dongle and a desktop CPE....
Chipmaker Sequans said it has partnered with Gemtek to accelerate the availability of TD-LTE consumer devices. The partnership calls for Gemtek to incorporate Sequans’ LTE UE chip into several devices it is currently developing, including a compact USB dongle and a desktop CPE....
Citing recent interviews with carriers committed to deploying LTE networks, Infonetics Research recently increased its forecasts for the worldwide LTE infrastructure market and subscriber forecasts.The firm said it expects the LTE infrastructure market to grow 10-fold between 2010 and 2014 to $11.5 billion “fueled...
Telcordia said Garry K. McGuire has been elected non-executive chairman of the company's board of directors. McGuire has held a seat on the board since 2006 and is the former chief financial officer and senior vice president of corporate development at Avaya....
Editor's Note: The list below is a wrap up of third-quarter 2010 results for the nation's largest facilities-based and public wireless carriers. The results are from the carriers' quarterly reports and include all customers on their networks, including network partners.Verizon Wireless (VZ) continues to...
Several companies and individuals were honored for their contributions to the LTE industry at this year's LTE Americas event earlier this week in Dallas.Alcatel-Lucent won three of the nine awards. The company took home honors for best network or device testing product, best green...
