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Analyst Angle: M2M success for Latin America service providers

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Analyst Angle section. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. Service providers in Latin America that focus on five strategic initiatives will find success in...

Telecom Analytics: OSS, BSS integration increases

Ericsson is looking to transform operations and business support systems (OSS/BSS). The company is looking to help operators improve efficiency, bring services more quickly and simply to market while facing massive growth in video traffic, over-the-top services and applications in the next few years. To...

LatAm Wrap-Up: Brazil’s carriers meet LTE goals for Confederations Cup

April 30 was the final day to deploy LTE networks in the Brazilian host cities of the FIFA Confederations Cup, and the largest four carriers that were granted LTE licenses met the deadline. Telefónica held a press conference on April 30 to announce its...

Telecom Analytics: Cloud, social, big data, ‘Internet of things’ can bring carriers more revenue

The combination of mobile, cloud, social, big data and the "Internet of things" is driving company efforts from many different industries, and telecom operators are in a good position to take advantage of these trends, according to Mike Riegel, IBM VP for mobile and WebSphere...

IBM claims open integration of big data, mobile, cloud, social and ‘Internet of things’

LAS VEGAS — In a darkened room, a single light focused on a white Ford Fusion with Robert LeBlanc, SVP of the IBM software group, and Vijay Sankaran, Ford Motor Company's director for application development, inside. They got out of the car and walked to the...

Reality Check: M2M will be the next revolution

Spend a week in Barcelona, Spain, at the Mobile World Congress event, and you will come back home with a lot of intriguing ideas. You can be overwhelmed by the plethora of new, elegant, sleek tablets, smartphones and the like,

Telecom Analytics: Carriers use analytics to embrace M2M, ‘Internet of things’

The "Internet of things" is one of the most exciting emerging trends although a lot remains to be done to realize its potential. Steve Hilton, lead analyst for Analysys Mason's enterprise and SME strategies research programs, is betting that carriers will embrace the Internet of...

New England Patriots keep fans connected

When New England Patriots fans in Gillette Stadium want information on their favorite team, Fred Kirsch is responsible for making sure they’re connected. Kirsch, the Patriot’s VP of content, oversees all of the Patriots' media content, from a print newspaper to its website and three...

Reality Check column: Is Brazil ready for ‘Internet of Things’?

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. Brazil has finally awoken to the enormous opportunities in the machine-to-machine communications market. M2M communications are roughly defined as the...

ITU points ICTs as the 21st century’s most valuable problem-solving tools

The information and communication technology (ICT) could move the climate change agenda forward, because technology offers practical means of cutting carbon emissions. This is what the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), together with a coalition of industry partners, will be working to convince delegates at...