Monthly Archives: August, 2012

Vietnam’s largest mobile operator, Viettel, which is set to launch operations in Peru next year, picked up more spectrum bands at yesterday's auction in Peru....

Worldwide sales of mobile phones to end users decreased 2.3% in the second quarter of 2012 to 419 million units, according to Gartner, Inc....

Published reports indicate that Verizon Wireless’ plans to acquire wireless spectrum from a handful of cable companies is on the verge of government approval,...

Before we dig into four examples of those who had to work straight through the summer, let’s update a few of the trends we have been developing over the past few months.

Brazilian telecom minister Paulo Bernardo has called for a requirement for carriers to share network infrastructure. "Wireless carriers have announced that all towers and...

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion saw its stocks rise late last week following a Bloomberg report stating that IBM was interested in acquiring RIM’s...

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the...

Google reported today in a government filing that it plans to cut 4,000 jobs, or about 20% of Motorola Mobility’s workforce in an attempt...

Anatel reports TIM disconnected calls on purpose A report released last week by Brazil’s telecom regulator agency Anatel claims that TIM Brasil purposely dropped calls...

Carriers and operators constantly face the challenge of containing costs while responding to rapidly changing business environments, especially when it comes to maintaining high visibility and compliance in their networks.

To many users, password policies are as daunting and ridiculous as the tax code. Nobody enjoys having to remember or type complex and difficult passwords day after day. Even worse is having to change those passwords month-after-month for no reason.

As mobile device users become increasingly comfortable switching devices and carriers, service providers are investing in value-add services that will give their customers reasons to stay on board.

The Federal Trade Commission has reportedly ordered Google to pay a $22.5 million fine for deceiving users of Apple's Safari web browser.

Just days after announcing a small cell partnership with Alcatel-Lucent, Sprint Nextel today said it has an agreement with Samsung to develop small cell...

Keeping everyone connected is a job that began more than a year ago for the wireless carriers and equipment providers involved in preparing the various venues that will host the RNC and the DNC.

Wireless customers transacting business in retail locations have become increasingly satisfied with the experience, even more so if that business is with Sprint Nextel,...

T-Mobile USA’s customer retention efforts continued to struggle during the second quarter as the nation’s No. 4 operator posted growing subscriber losses and declining...

In the short lifespan of the still nascent wireless Internet, the owners of the operating systems have already learned that best is not always enough. Palm, Windows CE and Symbian are the three OSs trying to slug it out with marketing strategies,

Not sure how much everyone is following the ongoing court battle between Samsung and Apple over who stole who’s designs, but it’s pretty funny.

Sales of optical networking equipment could reach $20 billion by 2017, a 5% compound annual growth rate, driven by new data center demands, said...

Whether it’s ready or not, Voice over LTE is here as a pair of carriers on different sides of the world unveiled commercial services...

The latest research on smartphone sales shows purchases of prepaid devices surging while sales of phones purchased with contracts is basically flat.

Mobile payments innovator Square is getting a $25 million investment and a major contract from Starbucks.

Strategy Analytics' Neil Shah analyzes the Apple/Google smartphone platform duopoly.

There is a near universal consensus among mobile operators that small cells are the way of the future – the only solution that will enable them to provide the capacity they need to meet the expectations for the fast growing numbers of smartphone users.