2012

Cisco is not among the top cloud computing providers, though that could be changing following recent announcements from the company pointing towards a strong play in the field. During its Cisco Live event, held this week in San Diego, Calif., …

The president of Brazil’s telecom regulatory agency Anatel, João Rezende, said investments for the deployment of next-generation telecommunications services could reach $1.93 billion (R$4 billion) over the coming years. In an interview posted by Convergência Digital, a RCR Wireless News …

Chile’s Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (Entel) and German software company SAP have teamed up to offer mobile services to Entel’s enterprise clients based on SAP’s mobile platform. “This is a step further in the offering of convergent services, complementing our …

AMD announced an expansion to its collaboration with ARM whereby the Sunnyvale, CA-based chip maker will be integrating ARM’s TrustZone technology into its future Accelerated Processing Units (APUs) in support of more robust security features on mobile devices, especially related …

Gemalto says it has added U.S. Cellular to the list of companies that will use its universal integrated circuit cards in LTE-enabled devices. The SIM cards allow carriers to authenticate subscribers to both LTE and CDMA networks. Verizon Wireless and …

The Caribbean poses an intriguing paradigm to telecom players in the Americas. Geographically it is part of the region, but unfortunately the development of its telecom sector is mostly ignored in the continental markets.

The first step to a national LTE deployment in Brazil began yesterday with the beginning of spectrum auctions conducted by government regulator Anatel. There were few surprises among first-day winners – the country’s big-four carriers, but the results pave the …

Looking to counter Carlos Slim’s telecommunications giant América Móvil, Mexican operator Grupo Iusacell and Telefónica said they will enter a network sharing deal. Details of the agreement haven’t been announced yet, but it is expected the companies will share wireless …

Brazil’s auction of LTE spectrum produced no surprises as the country’s largest operators secured spectrum assets in the 2.5 GHz band designed for the rollout of mobile broadband services. Brazil’s regulatory body Anatel noted that carriers bid a total of …

After months of hype, Verizon Wireless today rolled out details on new family share plans that allow up to 10 devices to share voice, messaging and now data allowances. The plans will be available beginning June 28. The new plans …

A new report from Berg Insights says the installed base of small cell base stations is growing at a compound annual rate of 44.8% a year, and is forecast to reach 14 million units by 2016. In 2011, there were …

Text messaging has long been a cash cow for mobile operators, currently generating about 20% of their revenue. But over-the-top services such as Facebook, Skype, WhatsApp, Twitter and Apple’s iMessage are rapidly siphoning off SMS revenue.

How many mobile wallets do you need? Many of us might say none, thank you very much, our credit cards work just fine. But service providers see a revenue opportunity in loading those cards into smartphones, and banks are paying …

China Telecom do Brazil, which is directly managed by China Telecom Americas, announced the introduction of their data services product portfolio that includes international private leased circuits, IP access, IP VPN and fully managed data services. The company said it …

Relevvant, a mobile ads firm targeting the enterprise retail segment, today announced a software tool that uses social, location, and purchasing data to target ads on mobile devices that the firm believes achieves a greater level of granularity than existing …

Venezuela’s three mobile network operators – state-run Movilnet, Telefónica subsidiary Movistar and domestically-owned Digitel – have responded to last month’s invitation to participate in a tender for three blocks of mobile spectrum in the 1710 MHz-2170 MHz mobile frequency bands, …

RACO Wireless made a pair of announcements on Tuesday at the Connected World conference that add breadth and maintain a level of depth in the Machine-to-Machine ecosystem. The first announcement stated that RACO Wireless and T-Mobile USA will partner with …

A new legal regime to manage and rationalize the deployment and use of cellular antenna infrastructure across Chilean cities is set to take effect this week with the enactment of the Towers Act. The new antenna law has been in …

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 marketplace. In two short years, the FIFA World Cup soccer games will descend on Rio de …

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 marketplace. There is an intimate connection between people and their mobile device. It has been coined …

As expected, Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference was light on direct impacts to the wireless space, with the biggest spotlight shinning on the company’s laptop computers. Those devices include higher-performance specifications, reconfigured auxiliary ports and in some cases crisper screen resolutions, …

Dish Networks’ attempt to enter the mobile communications space received somewhat of a boost as it announced Qualcomm would enable chip-level support for potential devices designed to work across Dish’s satellite and terrestrial-based network plans. Dish reported that the chip …

Typically a June announcement from Apple would have a significant impact on the wireless industry, but following last year’s announcement adjustment of an updated iPhone to the fall the wireless industry could be breathing a sigh of relief. Apple is …

Samsung denies reports that it wants to buy Nokia; some speculate that Microsoft will step in.