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If you manage an enterprise IT network, chances are that “high-quality video sessions” are the last words you want to see. As most businesses are still trying to figure out how they’ll deliver voice and
Once you were what you ate. Today, you are your mobile device. Mobile operators have an intricate and involved relationship with their customers. As technology evolves, smartphones are becoming
I know there is more going on in the wireless space than this battle of billionaires over Sprint Nextel, but I can’t for the life of me get enough of it.
President Obama’s visit to Myanmar a few months ago was considered as a major sign of U.S. interest in this part of the world. For the telecommunication industry, this is certainly the
Mobile operators and vendors alike are awakening to the sober reality of the complexity involved in deploying 10s and 100s of hundreds of small cells in a very dense indoor and outdoor area.
One of the enduring challenges in matching up a distributed antenna system with a mobile base station has been the need to use RF as the method of interface. Using RF as the interface adds complexity and
Most consumers are now familiar with the concept of the connected home, and some are even utilizing it today through services like Verizon’s Home Monitoring and Control offering.
Who knew billionaires were so petty, sensitive and funny? And, more importantly, how awesome is it that billionaires are so petty, sensitive and funny?
As diverse mobile devices continue to invade the workplace and employees demand more sophisticated mobile applications to get their work done, enterprises are increasingly combining mobile applications
The communications industry rarely hesitates when it comes to trumpeting the importance of its latest innovations. The market rang the “revolution” bell when wireless application protocol (WAP) came out back in the day,
Today carriers are racing to offer triple-play and quadruple-play service bundles which include TV, voice, high-speed Internet and mobile services to subscribers everywhere in America.
What will be the impact on network planning when the next generation of E-band radios (those that operate in the 80 GHz band) hit the market? Some have predicted they will become the mainstay radios
Man, a lot has happened in the mobile space over the past 168 hours that I feel as if my head has both exploded and imploded, or basically the same feeling I get when I over-indulge in bacon and eggs.
Since TIM acquired AES Atimus for $1 billion in November 2011, there has been speculation about how the company would integrate this asset into its existing portfolio. At the time of the acquisition,
For CIOs and IT managers, bring-your-own-device often seems short for “bring your own dilemma.” On the one hand, enterprises don’t want employee-provided devices undermining security, including
The mobile industry is very dynamic, has experienced major growth in subscriber counts over the last decade, and has witnessed fundamental changes in the very nature of mobile communications over
The vision of small cell and centralized radio access network (C-RAN) has recently generated significant interests among the research community, the device suppliers and the original equipment manufacturers
With 100 million LTE subscribers in 2012 and 381 operators currently investing in LTE in 114 countries (source: GSA), LTE has been growing much faster than predicted, driving increases in volume,
While emphatically stubbing out his umpteenth cigarette of the morning, Don Draper throws the story board on his desk “No one cares about your damn copy, Peggy.” Okay, so maybe this didn’t
In case you are not aware, Charlie Ergen really, really, really wants to get into the wireless business. I am not just talking about opening up a kiosk at the local mall
The Brazilian pay-TV services market has been growing at an annual rate of over 30% in terms of subscribers in the past two years. This comes from the low penetration of the service
As wireless devices evolve, so must their antenna systems, which play a critical but underappreciated role in both the user experience, original equipment manufacturers’ capability to make it all work
Machine-to-machine communications are set to play a key role in enterprise mobility strategies. Some sectors such as utilities, oil and gas, and transport and logistics already use M2M widely as a cost-effective means to
