Big Data Analytics

IAB looks at trends relative to mobile video consumption as industry invests heavily As mobile video consumption becomes more and more widely adopted, consumers are apparently getting comfortable watching longer …

NICE, France – The heart of the TM Forum Live show this year was the Catalyst demonstrations that allowed companies to show off the innovations they have been working on …

There is concern about invasion of privacy in effort to drive profit WASHINGTON – In a continuing effort to maximize profits, companies are increasingly turning to “people analytics,” the practice …

NICE, France – As TM Forum Live draws to a close, it’s time to highlight some of the interesting discussions I had while navigating the event, which feels larger this …

Telecom industry needs to up its game One of the biggest issues many people have with the government is that it doesn’t listen to what the people are saying. It appears telecom …

CSP partnering with VC firm to eventually invest $1 billion with other telcos to advance digital transformation Mardrid, Spain-based telecom provider Telefónica has partnered with an American venture capital firm …

CANCUN, Mexico – Big data analytics has been a frequent topic in several discussions about trends in the telecommunications business. While vendors make an effort to sell their latest solutions, …

ORLANDO, Fla. – A technology called TreatmentMAP, developed by German biotech company Molecular Health, won the SAP Hana Technology Trailblazer Award at this week’s Sapphire Now event. TreatmentMAP received the …

Application analytics company App Annie has purchased mobile measurement company Mobidia, in a transaction that closed Friday and expands App Annie’s geographic reach, workforce and portfolio. App Annie serves as …

WASHINGTON – Jerry Dolinsky summarizes his firm Verisae’s mission statement as: “Connecting every facility, every asset within that facility, and every person who services those facilities and assets through our …

The Federal Trade Commission reached a non-monetary settlement with Nomi Technologies based on a complaint that the firm helped retailers track millions of customers via their mobile phones. “Nomi will …

In an apparent attempt to help fight cyber attacks, IBM has announced it will make its 700 TB database filled with raw cyberthreat data available to private and public companies. …

From big data to customer engagement, ASPIDER-NGI delivers solutions as a service An eye on providing network operators with disruptive service solutions, ASPIDER-NGI has taken a forward-thinking approach that enables …

There is a great deal of speculation about how companies can best capitalize on the increasing abundance of collected data. Newer technologies like Hadoop get all the attention when it comes …

Pushing its new Watson Health business unit, IBM on April 13 announced that its cloud-computing platform will store health data using iOS apps like Apple’s ResearchKit and HealthKit. Doctors, researchers …

25,000 users join Europe v. Facebook suit An Austrian law graduate and 25,000 other Facebook users in Europe are taking on the social media giant claiming the company invaded their …

Telkomsel, Indonesia’s largest mobile operator, selected Cloudera, which it claims is the first unified big data platform powered by Hadoop, to help them become a higher-value broadband service provider. Up until now, …

Big data analytics lets carriers identify and solve network issues ATLANTA — In the crowded and competitive carrier space, network operators are looking for the best ways to leverage big …

Data pools are growing every day and, with that growth, companies are facing increased pressure to jump in head-first. Many startups are using data to gain an edge on their …

Big data is sometimes hard to wrap your head around. That’s what led Adeptia, a data integration company, to partner with Matt Zajechowski on an infographic that addresses what you don’t …

BARCELONA, Spain – RCR Wireless News had the opportunity to sit down with Mikko Jarva, CTO intelligent data for Comptel at Mobile World Congress to discuss the topic of intelligent fast …

Oracle and Ericsson are stepping up their big data analytics games with new product announcements ahead of Mobile World Congress, set for March 2-5 in Barcelona, Spain. Ericsson announced its Expert …

Virgin Mobile is teaming up with cloud-based predictive analytics company Razorsight to bring analytics to Virgin Mobile’s Latin American operations. The move sees Virgin Mobile Latin America join Razorsight’s client …

  ipoque, a Rohde & Schwarz company, announced an all-in-one IP traffic and subscriber analytics solution allowing operators to customize services offered to their subscribers based on usage attributes. Gaining …

What to do with big data? Everyone talks about it as if it’s some elusive holy grail, but do companies really understand how to use it and do operators really …