BlackBerry (previously called Research In Motion), created the smartphone market segment. Early BlackBerry devices had no phones, cameras, multimedia capabilities, or real apps, they just did email and later contacts and calendar, all over a dedicated data network. Arguably, before the BlackBerry, carriers had...
Brazilian telecom regulator Anatel is looking to implement a new rule that guarantees customers the automatic cancellation of telecom services (fixed telephony, mobile telephony, broadband and pay-TV),
With a freshly installed chairman and full complement of commissioners now in place at the Federal Communications Commission, the details of upcoming spectrum auctions are now taking center stage
It’s impossible to know what the next “Candy Crush” will be. It is even harder to predict the next five mobile gaming wildcards. In fact, the only future worth doubling down on is that certain games
In today’s mobile marketplace, attrition is the main enemy of customer lifetime value. Roughly 75% of the 17 million to 20 million subscribers who sign up with a new wireless carrier every year come
It’s not news to any of us at this point that the entire telecommunications industry and the role of service providers in it are rapidly changing. Changing consumer expectations. Changing market demands.
As the calendar has now turned over to December (do people even have “turnable” calendars any more), thoughts begin to turn towards what the hell just happened over the past 12 months?
This week we start an end of year “trends” series which looks at six large movements across wireless and wired worlds. This week, we will focus on two ways the industry is tackling the problem of growing data usage.
On Oct. 22, Apple announced that it has sold 170 million iPads since the launch of the tablet in 2010. The unprecedented use of tablets at a mass-market level in Western countries has many implications
Small cells may be one of the hottest topics in the wireless infrastructure space today, but their impact has yet to show in the United States and many are beginning to question their relevancy:
Before we begin our two-part discussion of several important trends that will impact the telecommunications landscape over the next year, I want to respond to several questions posed
Smartphones are set to become smarter than their users by 2017, according to analysts speaking at the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo, held earlier this month in Barcelona, Spain. Accumulated apps and contextual information
All around the world, communications service providers are facing growing challenges with declining revenues and shrinking margins from traditional telecom services. However, the good news is
Wireless operators are struggling to handle explosive growth in data traffic on their networks. Tools and processes for managing spectrum, deciding where and when to add or remove capacity,
Digital signal processing is the key technology that enables connection from humans (and machines) to the Internet, whether by wire or wireless. Furthermore, there is no digital multimedia without DSP technology.
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column where C-level executives and advisory firms from across the mobile industry share unique insights and experiences.
Fueled by the availability of low-cost/high-functioning smartphones, the data demand on mobile networks is driving investments in LTE networks worldwide....
Faster device launches, reduced device install times and cross-platform compatibility are a few of the benefits mobile operators and device manufacturers can experience when incorporating the mobile broadband interface model
Despite predictions from some industry analysts that mobile devices are reaching saturation in developed markets, it seems that every fall we get a fresh reminder
The world of wireless location-based services is a marketplace in flux. In the early 1990s, when LBS first emerged as a commercial service, wireless carriers benefited from the success of in-car navigation,
Security continues to be a hot topic in all areas of technology, including machine-to-machine applications. While most analysts agree that the current security risk is relatively low, the consensus
What a week for spectrum news. For those of you not amazed by talk of billions of dollars worth of charged air currently running through your body, you may want to click on one of the other interesting stories we pump out each day
Mobile enterprise value-added services are on the radar of information and communication technology companies as one of the most promising revenue streams over the next several years.
This past week, many in the telecommunications community began to take T-Mobile US seriously. For the second quarter in a row, the Bellevue-based wireless carrier posted net additions of over
