The worldwide Ethernet switch market reached record revenues of $6.06 billion in the fourth quarter of 2011 (4Q11), [...]
Intel (INTC) and Samsung (SSNLF) continue to dominate the global semiconductor market, but Qualcomm (QCOM), Texas [...]
16 May 2012 by Martha DeGrasse
Most of the costs companies incur by letting employees choose their own devices are not associated with the devices themselves. Companies are spending much more supporting and securing the devices, according to Cisco’s Internet Business Solutions Group. The global consulting group recently surveyed 600 IT managers working at companies with at least 1,000 employees across [...]
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16 May 2012 by Martha DeGrasse
Still reeling from the government’s rejection of its plan to merge with AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile USA says it will cut an additional 900 jobs. In March the company said it would cut 1,900 jobs as it closed call centers, but that many of those workers might be re-hired at its other call centers. T-Mobile USA [...]
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16 May 2012 by Ken Rehbehn, Principal Analyst, Yankee Group
The 2012 edition of the International CTIA WIRELESS show held in New Orleans served as the latest stop in this year’s trade show season and, just as with Mobile World Congress, provided a fantastic workout keeping me on the move from meeting to meeting. Taking advantage of 31 meetings and events over the course of [...]
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16 May 2012 by Jason Marcheck
On the day that Sprint tooted its horn as being the leading U.S. carrier in terms of customer satisfaction, the wireless operator’s service went down covering nearly the entire Austin, Texas metro area. Local station KEYE TV reported that “a marathon repair effort is underway on Tuesday to get Sprint back up and running in [...]
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16 May 2012 by Martha DeGrasse
It’s been a tough year for Nokia (NOK) in the U.S. and Europe, but the Finnish company’s low-end phones are still ubiquitous in the developing world and that’s where Nokia is focusing with its newest releases. The Nokia 110 and 112 are fast, flashy devices with 10 hours of talk time and SIM card slots [...]
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16 May 2012 by Sara Zaske
Industry advocates and policy makers alike have long held that broadband connectivity can boost economic growth and increase access to services like education and health. With the release of four country case studies, the effort has more evidence to back it up. The Broadband Commission for Digital Development, a joint effort between UNESCO and the [...]
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15 May 2012 by Dan Meyer
Verizon Wireless’ attempt to secure 1.7/2.1 GHz (AWS) spectrum assets hit a snag as the Federal Communications Commission has asked the parties involved to provide more details on the proposed transaction. The additional information relates to Verizon Wireless’ plans to potentially auction off current 700 MHz assets if the deals to acquire the AWS spectrum [...]
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15 May 2012 by Jason Marcheck
Beside hearing the obligatory merger rumors, and seeing an unbelievably massive amount of cell phone bling on display, last week’s CTIA showcased plenty of equipment vendors showing off technologies that can help operators serve up blazing fast mobile broadband connections. Clearly small cells are a huge part of the answer. As the pace of LTE [...]
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15 May 2012 by Dan Meyer
An attempt by Voyager Mobile to disrupt the prepaid apple cart took a step backwards this morning as the company’s planned launch of its mobile virtual network operator service was bedeviled by what its website is calling a “malicious network attack” that has forced the company to postpone its launch originally scheduled for today. The [...]
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15 May 2012 by Dan Meyer and Martha DeGrasse
According to a new study released by the American Customer Satisfaction Index, customer satisfaction across the wireless industry dropped from last year, despite aggregate gains across all sectors of the economy covered by the survey. The ACSI uses interviews with roughly 70,000 customers to measure satisfaction with more than 225 companies. This month the group [...]
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