Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. In the blink of an eye, the mobile app that delivers self-destructing messages has self-destructed by selling out to Yahoo. …
Intel’s new CMO: from razors to chips Intel has a very strong history of promoting from within, but the chip giant has looked beyond its Santa Clara, Calif., campus for …
Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. Motorola is making a play for feature phone users who are finally ready to upgrade to a smartphone. It’s ad …
Many of the wireless technologies that are integral to the way we use our phones are based on patents developed by InterDigital Communications. The company’s patent portfolio covers packet data, …
Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. Pinterest joins the list of social media sites that will use advertising to try to make money from its millions …
Neither LightSquared nor Charlie Ergen received what they wanted from the latest bankruptcy court ruling in New York. U.S. Judge Shelley Chapman did not approve LightSquared’s latest reorganization proposal, saying …
DAS contracts increase in size, outpacing market growth Typical distributed antenna system contracts for hardware only (hubs, nodes, remote radio heads, antennas, etc.) now range from $5 million to $10 …
Apple is reportedly making a move into mobile content that could impact AT&T’s foray into streaming music. The iPhone maker is expected to pay $3.2 billion for the Beats premium …
The nation’s three largest tower companies continue to benefit from demand for tower space driven by the transition to LTE networks, and by the seemingly insatiable consumer appetite for mobile …
Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. One of the creators of the Uber app is bringing the same idea to healthcare, with an application that lets …
Mobile operators have invested billions of dollars in 3G and 4G networks, and when users get access to them they don’t hesitate to download and upload video. When stalling and …
Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. Mobile service providers are preparing to support text-to-911, for situations in which a victim cannot or will not speak. Texting …
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Hewlett-Packard is betting its future on the cloud with a commitment to invest more than a billion dollars in software-based solutions that have the potential to replace HP servers and …
Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. Google has announced a major upgrade to its Google Maps app for iOS and Android. The app will now suggest …
Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) stock is up this morning on renewed rumors that Nokia wants to combine forces in order to take on market leader Ericsson. Nokia has a new CEO, a …
Altera FPGA solution speeds up test and measurement Altera (ALTR) says its Stratix 10 FPGAs (field-programmable gate arrays) and SoCs are delivering 2X core performance gain in their designs compared …
According to Nielsen data, Instagram was the fastest growing app in 2013, seeing its audience surge 66% to 32 million. With nearly 200 million users combined, video apps like Instagram …
Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. The Twitter hashtag #AmazonCart marks the social media giant’s latest foray into the world of e-commerce. If you include the …
Beyond Wi-Fi offload As cable operators increase their public Wi-Fi deployments, mobile operators may see some Wi-Fi hotspots reaching out to grab their customers. Last week during The Cable Show, …
On paper, Apple has clearly won the latest battle in its ongoing patent war with Samsung. A California jury awarded Apple $119.6 million, saying Samsung had infringed three of Apple’s …
Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. The White House wants to limit the way companies can use big data. Obama Administration advisor John Podesta is calling …
In wireless infrastructure news this week, Sprint is demanding more accountability of its tower crews, and Foxconn will reportedly target service provider networks with server hardware. Sprint prioritizes tower crew …
When AT&T executives talk about their network, they are more likely to discuss platforms and APIs than they are to mention servers and routers. Like other Tier I operators, AT&T …
Even as carriers rush to add more LTE coverage and capacity to their networks, the download speeds experienced by the end users are declining. Video is one of the main …
