The machine-to-machine sector started making waves in 2012, and is set to boom through 2013. The notion of 50 billion connected devices originally sounded optimistic, but anyone who walked
Call this the understatement of the year, and perhaps the decade. You get tired just reading the release, and get the sense that Sprint Nextel is more than busy, they are overwhelmed.
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.
We all know that Brazilians are very sociable people who love mobile devices in all their variety. But now, no...
Carriers are realizing that what was once a problem confined to data centers and enterprise data networks, is now a problem for service providers as well. That problem is “big data.”
Voice control is the future. Just like touch-screen technology revolutionized smartphones, and the ability to use gestures launched new gaming and fitness applications, the possibilities
For a couple of weeks now I have had a Samsung Galaxy Camera device on my desk eyeballing me with its over-sized lens, a gift from Samsung in order to conduct a product review. Now, traditionally I have
You've probably heard talk about the "connected car" – a car that has a built-in cellular (or Wi-Fi) connection, and is connected to the Internet and cloud services. In fact, it's a lot more
Latin America Telecom Industry Projections
Beginning in 2013, many emerging markets — and among these many Latin American markets — will continue to be bright spots in an uncertain and challenging global economic landscape.
Economic growth in emerging markets is expected to be nearly quadruple the...
Is your network providing maximum value for you and your customers? It’s not an academic question, considering that in 2013, ABI Research estimates that North American mobile operators will spend a collective $10.5 billion on LTE and other network upgrades.
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers, we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible, but we...
Location service is an integral component of wireless technologies. Mobile devices, with their radio signal measurement and real‐time communication capabilities, are uniquely qualified to perform
It’s evident that bring-your-own-device programs have gained significant traction within enterprise mobility programs. And while everyone continues to talk about BYOD, most companies and IT departments
Sometimes it’s not even worth getting out of bed in the morning. Unless someone has made breakfast for you, and that breakfast includes bacon, but that’s another story.
The planning, authorization and subsequent implementation of broadband connectivity plans in Latin America will become increasingly important in upcoming years. Regional governments understand
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.
A study released last week by Associação Brasileira de e-business (Brazil e-business association) empirically proved something that has already been...
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.
Greetings from Dallas, home of Texas-style fog. It’s been a crazy weather week in “Big D” –...
You’re a security IT professional, and you think you’ve taken the steps to try to make your network secure. You feel relatively confident, safe even, as you walk the corridors of your organization.
Sporting events like the Super Bowl, World Cup and the Olympics have long been watched by thousands via television. Over the years, some sports have become more popular and mainstream
LTE brings a variety of new opportunities, but also sophisticated requirements and issues for which operators should plan. Operators’ challenges range from 700 MHz B-Block “use it or lose it” requirements,
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.
While many developed mobile markets are struggling to continue growing because of deteriorating economic conditions, Latin...
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.
Were you able to organize all the projects by the end of 2012 that must be conducted during 2013? If...
The adoption of mobile devices is seeing phenomenal growth. By some estimates, there are approximately seven billion mobile devices, one for every man, woman and child on Earth, and that number could grow to 10 billion by the year 2016.
From the mobile operator’s perspective,...
Announcing another free Wi-Fi service for a New York neighborhood this week, Mayor Michael Bloomberg made an interesting point: “Keep in mind. Somebody’s got to pay for the Wi-Fi,” the mayor said.
The tide of business mobility continues to rise as more companies realize the productivity benefits available from an always-connected workforce, and as users realize the flexibility corporate-connected
