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Reader Forum: The next-generation backhaul assurance challenge – Lacking performance visibility

The mass adoption of advanced mobile devices and the growing popularity of bandwidth-devouring websites and applications are fueling an explosion in mobile data traffic. This uptick – in combination with wireless service providers’ commitment to 3G+/HSPA+ and 4G/LTE and

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The first wave of early-stage mobilization has hit the enterprise, and the growth rates continue to escalate. Industry analyst group IDC predicts the worldwide mobile worker population to hit 1.19 billion in 2013, accounting for 34.9% of the workforce.

Reader Forum (MWC 2012 Preview): Anticipating the big trends at Mobile World Congress 2012

With Mobile World Congress 2012 this week, analysts on the judging panel of this year’s GSMA Global Mobile Awards have predicted the hot topics and themes to come from Barcelona, Spain.

Reader Forum: Crossing the chasm – A mature market is an intelligent one

Just as cable and wireline telecommunications providers did before them, wireless network operators are getting smarter. They’re recognizing the need to make their networks smarter as well.

Reader Forum: Think like a hacker

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...

Reader Forum: How to sustain the expected 83% growth in the smartphone market and the resulting traffic

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...

Reader Forum: Helping operators and subscribers end mobile data usage confusion

Operators have reacted to the swell in data usage with a variety of strategies that include volume-based tiers, usage caps, time-of-day usage pricing and data-speed throttling. While this may address the immediate challenge of preserving network integrity for the majority of users, it has also led to increased customer confusion and “bill shock,” higher support costs and, ultimately, higher customer churn.

Reader Forum: Mobile video media processing in LTE networks

Advancements in communications technology can be seen everywhere today, but the most prevalent trend is mobile video. Mobile video and data demand is exploding, driven primarily by the growing popularity of mobile video applications. Mobile video traffic could reach 66% of all mobile data traffic by 2015 according to a recent Cisco report.

Reader Forum: The changing nature of mobile operator-vendor relationships

Facing increasing resistance to building more cell sites along with new services that demand much higher network capacity, mobile operators are looking for alternative ways to build out their infrastructure. This is changing the relationship between mobile operators and equipment vendors.

Reader Forum: Mobile leads the way in big data growth, but where will all the data go and how can it be tapped?

The communications industry is faced with transaction volumes in the billions of records per day. It is expected to grow rapidly over the coming years in large part due to increased adoption of smart devices, but also the fact that any one consumer now holds a number of different devices, each generating many gigabytes of data every day.

Reader Forum: Waging the war on ‘OTTrition’: Battle plans for mobile operators

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,...

Reader Forum: Everyone loves a champion: The top transformation success factors

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,...

Reader Forum: The calm before the storm: How to prepare for emerging HTML5 threats

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,...

Reader Forum: Five steps for making your e-commerce site faster for demanding mobile users

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,...

Reader Forum: NFC-enabled 2012: Securing a smooth take-off

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,...

Reader Forum: Old loyalty vs. new loyalty

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,...

Reader Forum: U.S. consumers turn to Wi-Fi for all the data they can eat

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,...

Reader Forum: Is the wireless tipping point here? Don’t ask; just get ready

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,...

Reader Forum: Wi-Fi holds the key to mobile operator strategy

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...

Reader Forum: Hackers and new forms to maliciously explore DNS

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...

Reader Forum: The future of the carrier

What the wireline Internet has taught the world is that eventually power shifts from the ones providing the pipes to the ones providing value-added service. Unless net neutrality goes away, I expect this same phenomenon will take place in the wireless domain.

Reader Forum: Permission-based mobile marketing a win-win for consumers and brands

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,...

Reader Forum: 5 key steps to leveraging buying power among wireless telecom carrier partners

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,...

Reader Forum: Affording the upgrade: the new world of network intelligence

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,...