2012

Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded Nokia’s long-term credit rating by one notch to Baa3, just one level above non-investment grade, or “junk” status. The rating agency also left a negative outlook on Nokia, meaning a further downgrade could be next …

Payment doesn’t get much easier than swiping a credit card, but researchers are nonetheless predicting American consumers will switch to paying with smartphones over the course of the next decade. The Pew Research Center surveyed 1,000 respondents and found that …

Despite the increases in today’s mobile malware, many mobile operators and subscribers continue to be virtually blind to the full extent of the problem – they simply react to incidents as they occur and

RIO DE JANEIRO – Back in September 2007, Venezuelan pay-tv company Movilmax started to provide WiMAX access to people in Caracas, the country’s capital. After having attracted 10,000 subscribers to the service, the company plans to migrate the network to …

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 the current, fast-developing ICT industry, mobile networks are evolving in heterogeneous and complex ways. …

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. Spurred by the need to modernize and even transform their internal systems to meet growing …

Sprint Nextel’s (S) LTE plans look to be drawing ever closer as the carrier today provided a sale date for its second LTE-enabled device ahead of an expected launch by mid-year. The carrier said the previously announced Samsung Galaxy Nexus …

Nokia Siemens Networks said it has reached a deal with Japanese wireless operator Softbank Mobile to expand the carrier’s HSPA+ network using 900 MHz spectrum as well as a separate agreement to supply, deploy and integrate an LTE network set …

Schoology, which develops cloud-based learning platforms for schools and colleges, has raised $6 million from New York’s FirstMark Capital, bringing its total funds raised to $9.3 million. The Manhattan startup has attracted a number of high profile school district customers …

Nokia Siemens Networks reported late last week that its plans to maintain about 2,000 employees in Munich is set to be approved following the acceptance of a plan for those employees to join an “interim employment company.” “As a result …

Openwave (OPWV), the software company that describes itself as “the inventor of the mobile internet,” is selling its mediation and messaging businesses to private equity group Marlin Equity Partners for an undisclosed sum. Going forward the company will call itself …

Nextel Communications, owned by U.S.-based holding company NII Holdings, could lose its competitive advantage across Latin America due to delays of its 3G network deployment. Financial analysts have noted that the carrier’s 3G plans could result in the carrier becoming …

IT consumerization and the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) trend are changing companies and as consequence, their IT departments. If a couple of years ago, a company’s chief information officer (CIO) was “the man” who decided all, current employees – and many high-level …

Like its archrival Apple, Google is giving shareholders a carrot. While Apple (AAPL) chose to share some of its cash hoard through a dividend, Google (GOOG) is doubling the number of shares each investor will own. But the founders of …

Nokia may be trailing Samsung in smartphone sales, but it definitely has a publicity edge this month with its on-the-street smartphone speed tests. Nokia representatives offer cash rewards to any smartphone user who can upload a video to Facebook faster …

On April 12, the Brazilian National Telecom Agency Anatel approved bidding documents for the frequency bands 2.5 GHz (to be destined for fourth generation mobile telephony and LTE) and 450 MHz (to be dedicated for improving coverage in rural areas). …

After 18 months working on the Vivo integration, Telefonica announced that starting April 15 all Brazilian products, including mobile, fixed, pay-TV and broadband services for consumers and enterprise segments, will be re-branded under the Vivo name (which means “Alive” in English). Currently, …

This week saw me whisk away to lovely Atlanta for the DAS Forum’s DAS in Action event. Now, this is not one of the bigger events on the yearly wireless telecommunications calendar, though I do give it credit for having …

Senators from both sides of the aisle have come together to ask the Federal Communications Commission to give LightSquared one more chance. Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) wrote to the FCC in a letter obtained by …

All four of the major US wireless carriers have agreed to work with the Federal Communications Commission to disable lost or stolen mobile phones. The so-called PROTECT initiative will create a national database into which carriers will enter the IMEI …

ATLANTA – Regulatory issues took center stage during day 2 of the DAS in Action event in Atlanta this week as a pair of sessions touched on challenges in dealing with legislation impacting the DAS and small cell market. One …

With high expectations, Level 3 plans to launch its content delivery network (CDN) solution in the Latin American market during second quarter this year. The global provider of IP-based communication services to business, content, government and wholesale customers forecasts that …

Brazilian telecom services providers, including mobile, fixed, broadband and pay-TV, invested a total of U.S.$11.81 billion (R$21.7 billion) during 2011, according to the Brazilian Association of Telecommunications (Telebrasil). The amount includes network expansion, coverage increases and service quality improvements, among other …

The LTE implementation in Brazil has been at the heart of several telecom market discussions, since Brazilian telecom agency Anatel might put the 450 MHz and 2.5 GHz frequency spectrum bands out to bid in June – eyeing LTE deployment in …