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If you knew the real journey a mobile application makes from where you are standing to the application server, you would find it hard to believe that the entire mobile …

Intelligent buildings are a unique segment in the “Internet of Things,” an industry that has several different types of use cases for connected technology. For example, energy management and how …

There has been no shortage of news affecting the telecom and wireless industries. First, as many expected, a three-way merger among Charter, Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks was announced …

More than 75% of all mobile phones used in the United States are smartphones, according to ComScore’s most recent MobiLens report. That’s 184 million Americans using Web-connected devices every day. …

Can PayPal compete against Apple, Google, Android and other mobile commerce platforms? The online and wireless payment space is growing, changing and maturing and that is threatening existing leaders like …

For enterprises in all industries, reliable wireless local area network connectivity is table stakes. It’s the backbone that delivers true mobility and, ultimately, worker productivity. But does your WLAN really drive …

The role of mobile phones today has evolved beyond a general-purpose communications tool to become an extension of a user’s persona and everyday routine. New revenue opportunities for mobile operators …

Our world is exploding with new connected devices designed to simplify and improve modern living – connected cars, smart homes, wearables and even objects like toothbrushes and umbrellas. The rise …

If we asked who the winners in wireless on the handset side eight years ago were, we would have said BlackBerry and Nokia. Today’s leaders are Apple iPhone and Google …

The connected home market is witnessing growth that is targeting the mass market. Security and alarm monitoring are the solutions that historically drove demand in this segment; however that is …

As promised, this week we draw some conclusions from the results of our mobile first poll, which resulted in three ways to be an innovative leader as your company is planning for …

No Jitter’s recent research sheds some light on Skype’s initiative into the business communication arena, known as Skype for Business, previously Microsoft Lync. The study reveals that 90% of Skype …

RF spectrum paramount for continued LTE expansion across Latin America LTE has been fast to arrive in Latin America if compared to the time from the first launches of GSM …

Best practices for using data to support app deployment and user adoption Businesses are launching more enterprise applications than ever before. In fact, nearly half of enterprises have already deployed …

Virtualizing server and storage resources to run private and hybrid clouds is an increasingly entrenched practice among Asia-Pacific businesses and government agencies. To empower greater capability from our robust and …

Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for …

A hot topic is the upcoming incentive auction. The amount of available spectrum per subscriber tells us how much capacity the carrier has to serve its customers and therefore what …

The drop in revenue growth and margin in traditional telecom services has led Latin American operators to seek opportunities to provide new services and business solutions for verticals. The low …

This was a very active week in telecom, with AT&T extending its termination date on its DirecTV merger to the end of June; Charlie Ergen making headlines defending the designated entity structure …

“Messaging services are killing SMS” – Beta News “There are more WhatsApps than texts sent each day. A lot more” – TechRadar “Texting is in decline” – Business Insider “How …

Secrets are pervasive in the high-tech industry. For many years, members of the industry have been wary about sharing their intellectual property with others. They believed doing so would jeopardize …

Could a nationwide stock of connected umbrellas (see here for a $43 prototype) replace the National Weather Service? Is a weather forecast by crowdsourcing more accurate than a room of …

When it comes to today’s marketplaces, there’s no doubt we’re operating in a buyers’ market. Consumers can buy anything almost instantly, from computer software through to the latest movies. We …

 Greetings from Chicago (INTX show), Philadelphia and Albany (the back of the NY State Capitol shown).  This has been a busy earnings week, with Comcast, Cablevision, CenturyLink, Frontier, Windstream and …

Technology innovation has been a significant disruptor of established markets for quite some time – and the telecom industry is no exception. In fact, there is arguably more disruption going …