Monthly Archives: February, 2012

MWC 2012: Brightstar focuses on device life cycle management solutions

Device life cycle management has been a complex issue for corporations that need to deal with an increasing proliferation of device types, business demands...

MWC 2012: Tata DoCoMo, Extent bring mobile gaming service to India

In an effort to satisfy the growing demand of Indian gamers for more features and sophistication from their favorite mobile games, Tata and Exent have partnered to bring the first mobile game subscription service to India.

MWC 2012: LG shows off new devices, impact muted

BARCEOLONA, Spain – Often viewed as a distant rival to fellow South Korean device powerhouse Samsung, at this week’s Mobile World Congress event LG...

MWC 2012: Nokia Siemens remains confident, sees LTE growth potential

BARCELONA, Spain – Competition in the vendor space is as hot as ever as various parties vie to supply the networks needed to keep...

MWC 2012: Base stations on chips set to speed broadband deployments

Small cell base stations packed onto a single chipset are set to help service providers dramatically increase capacity without a parallel increase in cost...

Reader Forum: The next-generation backhaul assurance challenge – Lacking performance visibility

The mass adoption of advanced mobile devices and the growing popularity of bandwidth-devouring websites and applications are fueling an explosion in mobile data traffic. This uptick – in combination with wireless service providers’ commitment to 3G+/HSPA+ and 4G/LTE and

MWC 2012: American Roamer takes new name, expands international presence

Alright, let’s get this point out of the way first. American Roamer has changed its name to Mosaik Solutions, in a move the company...

Reader Forum: 10 best practices for large-scale mobile app deployment in 2012 Reader Forum: 10 best practices for large-scale mobile app deployment in...

The first wave of early-stage mobilization has hit the enterprise, and the growth rates continue to escalate. Industry analyst group IDC predicts the worldwide mobile worker population to hit 1.19 billion in 2013, accounting for 34.9% of the workforce.

Uninor adds record 2.49 million new GSM users in January 2012

The total subscriber base of the company not stands at 38.79 million. Uninor is a joint venture between Norway-based Telenor and India's Unitech Limited.

India Telecom Tracker: Feb. 27, 2012

India's state-owned telecom service provider Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited has launched three tablets at a price of $66.23, $224.15, $275.12 respectively.

Everything Everywhere expands UK LTE trials

The rollout of LTE services in Europe has been a deliberate process, with only a handful of innovative operators having launched services in select...

MWC 2012: RCR Wireless News preview

Next week’s Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona, Spain, is regarded as the world’s largest wireless-only event, with nearly 100,000 attendees expected to descend...

Worst of the Week: Mythical rumors

The rumor mills seem to be running overtime in cranking out news Apple iPad related. This includes the name for the device (iPad 3? How original), specifications (faster, smaller, bigger) and release dates (tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, never).

Latin America drives Telefónica’s 2011 revenues

Strong growth of wireless data revenues across its Latin America business helped push Telefónica's 2011 total consolidated revenues up 3.5% in 2011 to $84.56...

NII Holdings to delay 3G launch; posts weak Q4 revenue, EBITDA

NII Holdings (NIHD), which operates in Latin America under the Nextel brand, is again pushing out its expected launch dates for 3G serivces. The...

Telefónica and MasterCard dub m-payment JV ‘Wanda’

The m-payment joint venture between Telefónica and MasterCard (MA) has a brand name: Wanda. The offering is expected to provide mobile payment solutions to...

Bharti Airtel launches mobile wallet service across India

India's leading mobile phone operator Bharti Airtel Thursday announced the pan India launch of 'airtel money', the country's first of its kind mobile wallet service by a mobile operator.

Launch of first fuel cell powered telecom tower announced

Delta Power Solutions, a part of Taiwan-based Delta Group, has announced the launch of first fuel cell powered telecom tower for Ideal Cellular in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.

Reader Forum (MWC 2012 Preview): Anticipating the big trends at Mobile World Congress 2012

With Mobile World Congress 2012 this week, analysts on the judging panel of this year’s GSMA Global Mobile Awards have predicted the hot topics and themes to come from Barcelona, Spain.

Four cars selected as connected cars of the year

Network-connected cars are fast becoming the subject of both excitement and controversy. As the public awareness of everything from value added services through self-driving...

MetroPCS’ stock surges on positive financials

MetroPCS (PCS) added fiscal details to its previously announced customer results for the fourth quarter of 2011, showing positive trends and a sharp increase...

T-Mobile USA hammered by customer defections in Q4

T-Mobile USA ended 2011 on a sour note as the carrier posted a marked increase in customer losses as well as the collapse of...

iPad in China: Apple scores small victory, big decision next week

The iPad will remain on sale in Shanghai for now, after a local court denied efforts by China's Proview to force retailers to remove...

T-Mobile USA unveils network initiatives, LTE planned for 2013; iPhone on the horizon?

Months after having its acquisition attempt by AT&T quashed by regulators, T-Mobile USA laid out its plans for remaining a strong No. 4 challenger...

MWC 2012: Amdocs launches solution to accelerate LTE deployments

Amdocs (DOX) launched an automated planning and design solution, dubbed Amdocs Single Click Network Rollout, that the company said supports accelerated LTE rollouts. Amdocs...
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