2012

The cable industry’s dance around wireless continued today as a consortium of providers announced plans to partner on the deployment of 50,000 “metro Wi-Fi” hot spots under the “CableWiFi” brand. The service will allow customers of Bright House Networks, Cablevision, …

AUSTIN, TX. — Silicon Labs hopes to spark its M2M ambitions with the purchase of Ember Corporation, a leader in 2.4 GHz wireless mesh networking solutions. Boston-based Ember makes semiconductors and software for monitoring and control applications including smart energy, …

Google’s $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility has cleared its last regulatory hurdle just as U.S. trade authorities have ruled that Motorola’s Android phones infringe on a Microsoft patent. The patent in question covers the use of contacts and e-mail …

The domestic mobile virtual network operator space has seen its ranks swell as a slightly delayed launch finally took shape and an unexpected retail chain has quietly jumped into the fray. Having had its scheduled launch delayed last week due …

DUBLIN – Alcatel-Lucent kicked off its TM Forum Management World 2012 presence by announcing a significant new addition to the CEM solution capabilities that it officially brought to market in February. The new offering, entitled Managed Service Quality and Assurance, …

MIAMI – Convergence is driving personalization, contextulizaton and a focus on the user experience across the telecom space. Customers want a seamless, real-time experience across devices, technology access, lines of business, services, payment types and users. During the Amdocs’ InTouch event …

Telecom Italia’s TIM Brazil led the Brazilian wireless market for growth in April with 808,000 net additions, according to Brazilian telecom agency Anatel. Rival Oi posted the second strongest growth for the month with 507,000 new lines, followed by Telefonica’s …

Unemployment in most states fell slightly in April, according to data released Friday by the U.S. Department of Labor. The unemployment rate fell or held steady in every state except for Colorado, Maryland, New Jersey, Utah, and Rhode Island. The …

AUSTIN, Texas – Open source computing is a job growth engine with potential to create world-class developers while enabling the mobile economy, according to a panel of executives who spoke on the topic at the Austin Technology Council’s CEO Summit. …

The rumor of WiMAX’s demise may have been a bit premature, at least to the folks at NewNet. The firm, which picked up Nokia Siemen’s WiMAX business last year, a unit that was previously acquired from Motorola Solutions for $1.2 …

News this week that Verizon Wireless may or may not begin forcing customers currently on unlimited data plans for their smartphones to bucket plans sent many in the blog-o-sphere into a tizzy.

The American Automobile Association says almost half of all teens admit to texting while driving. California’s SecuraFone claims that 11 teenagers die each day while trying to text and drive. The company is the maker of an app for iOS …

As I get ready to make the journey from Austin to Dublin for the TM Forum’s Management World 2012 event, I’m scrolling through a few key checklist items in my mind: remember my passport, rationalize the need to pack sweaters …

The Chilean Constitutional Tribunal (TC) has approved a law that regulates the installation of towers and antennas for mobile telephony. The decision was announced last Wednesday and now telecom companies need to modify their towers to be in compliance with …

The Brazilian information and communication technology (ICT) market topped $197.56 billion in 2011, which is a growth of 10.9% over the previous year, according to a study commissioned by the Brazilian Association of Information Technology and Communication (Brasscom) for the …

Verizon Wireless looked to clarify its position, and perhaps calm fears, that recent remarks by an executive hinted at a forced migration of customers currently on unlimited data plans for their smartphones to shared, bucket plans. Verizon Wireless spokeswoman Brenda …

Determined to put more homegrown products into the pockets of China’s 1 billion mobile subscribers, Baidu is launching a new low-cost Android smartphone for China Unicom. Baidu is the Chinese search engine giant that is often called “the Google of …

T-Mobile USA looked to head off bad publicity generated this week when it was reported the carrier was set to cut 900 jobs as part of a broader corporate restructuring program. The carrier, which currently has approximately 36,000 employees, today …

MIAMI – Following the launch of LTE data commercial services, Puerto Rico’s telecom operator Open Mobile is preparing to launch a smartphone LTE service. Speaking at Amdocs InTouch event (check out all our stories) this week in Miami, Neville Cruz, …

MIAMI – “Maybe you get the impression that we are doing too much, but we are not.” This was how Eli Gelman, Amdocs’ president and CEO, ended a question and answer session with analysts for the press at the InTouch …

MIAMI – Latin American telecom operator giant America Movil has begun a project to standardize its company’s primary IT systems in the region. Named America Movil One, the project was launched after Brazilian Claro transformed its business process management systems …

HTC’s new Evo 4G LTE phone was scheduled to go on sale in Sprint stores tomorrow, but instead the phones are stuck in customs thanks to the company’s patent dispute with Apple. New shipments of the One X are also …