For most of the wireless industry’s history, Europe has played an important role in shaping the technology path. And, in combination with parts of Asia has led the way in terms of the deployment and adoption of the latest and greatest. This has been...
In the world of wireless, LTE is the new black. Operators are either marveling at their new LTE networks, are in the process of deployment or are seeking a way to roll out the technology. With the surging demand for mobile data, increasing penetration...
Washington, D.C.-based think tank NDN released an economic study showing that the evolution of wireless networks from 2G technologies to 3G technologies created 1.585 million new jobs in the United States between April 2007 and June 2011.
The report, “The Employment Effects of Advances in...
The Saudi Arabian telecom market is expected to generate $17.2 billion in service revenues by 2016, a compound annual growth rate of 4.2% from the $13 billion posted in 2010, according to a report from Pyramid Research.
The report noted that the market will lean...
LTE services are expected to generate $265 billion in revenue by 2016, with a majority of that coming from enterprise customers despite that segment representing less than half of connections, according to a report from Juniper Research. The report added that LTE would account...
U.S. households are expected to increasingly rely solely on mobile connections to the Internet, according to a report from Strategy Analytics.
The report predicts that by the end of this year, more than 6 million U.S. households -- or roughly 6.9% of total U.S. broadband...
A new report from Juniper Research predicts that while LTE uptake over the next five years will be swift, the technology will have only a limited global reach and account for a small fraction of the worldwide mobile base.
Juniper predicts LTE networks will garner...
China Mobile (CHL) continued to accumulate customers at a breakneck pace, reporting it added more than 5.3 million net customers in October. The growth pushed the world’s largest wireless operator’s customer base to nearly 639 million subscribers.
So far this year China Mobile has added...
Employees infused with mobile devices spend about 28 minutes per day on technology distractions, according to a new report from iPass. The quarterly “iPass Mobile Workforce Report” noted that the top two most time consuming distractions employees face are work e-mail and technical issues,...
Software giant Oracle recently released a report focused on the mobile space showing that increased consumer demand of mobile data services is a worldwide phenomenon fueled by the rise of smartphone adoption and more robust network offerings.
The survey, “Opportunity calling: The future of mobile...
As data consumption continues to skyrocket, service providers are coming to terms with the fact that a once voice-centric market is rapidly turning into a data-centric one. Consumption of data on mobile networks is being driven by a perfect storm of ubiquitous mobile broadband, smart connected devices and new data services. While the growth in data consumption may be exponential, the growth in data revenues is somewhat less stellar. Service providers around the globe are tackling the very real issues of how to best monetize data services while ensuring the best quality of experience.
DALLAS – Leap Wireless’ senior vice president of strategy, Bill Ingram, threw down the gauntlet on his rivals during a keynote address at this year’s LTE North America event in Dallas, challenging his competitors to band together in their attempts to remain competitive in...
Even though it happened about four and a half years ago, I remember it like it was yesterday. It was the most depressing CTIA show I ever attended, March 2007 in Orlando Florida, and it definitely wasn’t the Happiest Place on Earth.
The problem was...
With just over a week on the market, Apple’s newest iPhone iteration – the 4S – has already made its presence felt across the mobile space. Apple reported earlier this week that it sold 4 million devices over the first three days of availability,...
Beleaguered wireless operator Clearwire Corp. said it added a record 1.9 million net wholesale customers to its network during the third quarter, ending the period with 9.5 million total customers on its network.
The carrier said that in combination with a reduction in operating...
SAN DIEGO – The GSMA poked its head into the domestic space this week, announcing a new report showing that connected devices are set to increase to 24 billion by 2020, with those devices connected to mobile networks surging 100% to 12 billion. That...
LONDON – According to a report from the Mobile Marketing Association, smartphone penetration in Europe’s five largest economies (the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy and Spain) is growing between 30% and 40% per year.
The study found that the Symian platform continues to...
Greenpacket has been awarded a 2-year contract by Wateen Telecom, WiMAX operator in Pakistan, for the supply of Greenpacket’s modem, the UH350. Wateen Telecom is a venture of the Abu Dhabi Group, which also owns Warid Telecom, Pakistan’s mobile operator. Value undisclosedDialogic announced that...
Taiwan’s mobile market is set to experience explosive growth in mobile data revenues due to rapid adoption of smartphones, tablets and netbook devices, according to a new report from Pyramid Research.The firm found that Taiwan could see a 15.9% compound annual growth rate in...
Current Analysis announced that it has named Tim Dowd as its new President and CEO. Dowd, former President and CEO of INPUT, will succeed Ray Keneipp. Mr. Dowd brings 25 years of experience leading growth-oriented information and technology-enabled service organizations.LightSquared has appointed Terry Neal...
InfiNet Wireless, manufacturer and provider of carrier-grade wireless infrastructure solutions, announced that LCR Honda has selected its InfiMan 2x2 wireless solution to provide a mobile team communications infrastructure for its race-day locations. Both engineering and mechanical teams rely on high-speed, high-capacity communications connections to...
InfiNet Wireless, manufacturer and provider of carrier-grade wireless infrastructure solutions, announced that LCR Honda has selected its InfiMan 2x2 wireless solution to provide a mobile team communications infrastructure for its race-day locations. Both engineering and mechanical teams rely on high-speed, high-capacity communications connections to...
“The mobile workforce is now working 24x7,” according to a new report on enterprise mobility trends and mobile usage from iPass. While that initially may seem like a negative thing, iPass said its quarterly report is showing that people are working when and...
ViaSat Inc. is supplying its Edge Access Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) system to Grupo TVSA of Argentina, enabling the CATV and broadband Internet provider to offer triple play services. ViaSat is also integrating a back office application for administration, provisioning, and billing from IPVision called...
