When New England Patriots fans in Gillette Stadium want information on their favorite team, Fred Kirsch is responsible for making sure they’re connected. Kirsch, the Patriot’s VP of content, oversees all of the Patriots’ media content, from a print newspaper to its website and three mobile applications. Wireless has been a cornerstone of the team’s [...]

Malicious mobile apps, government-sponsored attacks and sandbox avoidance are among seven major cybersecurity threats predicted by Websense Security Labs for 2013. The company recently released its 2013 threat landscape and noted that cybercriminals gained confidence and momentum in 2012. According to Websense Security Labs vice president, Charles Renert, the past year illustrated how quickly the threat [...]

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 them. However, it effects a vast stakeholders range and key questions emerge such as if enterprises are prepaid for mobile cloud and its impact to [...]

The 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 also the wireless world. As several observers have note, just like electricity and water, the Internet – for the most part – will be [...]

Facebook,which recently announced it had reached 1 billion users worldwide, is counting on mobile devices to reach the next billion users. “The first experience with Facebook for many people will be through mobile devices, especially in many emerging countries where you can see this trend more clearly,” said Leonardo Tristão, head of Facebook Brazil, during [...]

Microsoft announced earlier this week that the company is dropping its “Messenger” product and replacing it with Skype, which it acquired last year, for its online chat service. In a blog post, Microsoft said “Skype and Messenger are coming together, and that by updating to Skype, Messenger users can instant message and video call their [...]

Allot Communications (ALLT) announced that it has reached an agreement to purchase La Jolla, Calif.-based Ortiva Wireless for an undisclosed amount. With mobile video expected to comprise anywhere from 41% to 67% of telecom network traffic by 2015, Ortiva, a mobile video optimization specialist, supplements Allot’s Service Gateway platform in order to address what has [...]

Few events in the mobile industry can compare in size and scope to the annual Mobile World Congress event, and this year will be no different. With nearly 100,000 attendees and 1,400 exhibitors expected to swoop down on Barcelona, Spain, this year’s MWC event was buzzing with news. And as no one really expects you [...]

What the wireline Internet has taught the world is that eventually power shifts from the ones providing the pipes to the ones providing value-added service. Unless net neutrality goes away, I expect this same phenomenon will take place in the wireless domain.

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. I’ve been having fun this week playing – and working – with my new AT&T 4G LTE Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket smartphone. The biggest [...]