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It’s that time of year again – time to hop into our DeLoreans and make the short leap forward to 2014. What will the coming year bring for telecom? What technologies will make waves and

We’ve looked back on the trends from 2013, but the question remains: what will be the hot topics for the year ahead? There’s certainly no shortage of contenders and many issues from this year

LAS VEGAS – The big names as always dominated the device news coming out of this year’s CES event, but that has become expected as those players typically have the …

Smartphones connect us to one another through voice, text and video, and soon they will be connecting us to our home appliances as well. As connectivity chipsets find their way …

Now we are getting somewhere. After years of having wireless carriers “buying” customers with device subsidies, they have finally decided that the best way to lure new users is to just put cash in their hands. Cold, hard cash.

With the growth of data and devices rising exponentially, we’ve found ourselves in a world in which the idea of containerization – allowing users to separate their work and personal data within one device

It’s always exciting to think about what the future holds for the hyperdynamic world of mobile. From my vantage point in the middle of the mobile universe, helping the world’s mobile service providers and brands connect,

Welcome to our weekly wrap-up of telecom software news. CES 2014 may be dominating headlines this week, but some of the biggest stories in software came from companies not participating …

Dish Network (DISH) may have a new motivation to pursue a deal with a carrier – its bid to acquire spectrum by purchasing LightSquared appears to be dead. Today a …

T-Mobile US continued to attract consumers, reporting that during the fourth quarter of last year it added more than 1.6 million net new connections to its network. The growth pushed …

LAS VEGAS – For a company with the size and scope of Ericsson, to hear its CEO talk about the need to continue focusing on growth can be a bit …

Spanish telecom giant Telefónica denied a report that it is preparing a joint offer to take over Telecom Italia’s Brazilian unit, TIM. The Italian newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore published …

There will continue to be a slow rise in voice communication with the use of voice over Internet Protocol) relative to cellular calling. VoIP allows

LAS VEGAS – If 2013 was the fight against service contracts and device subsidies, 2014 is shaping up as the battle over family plans across domestic mobile operators. The latest …

Android may dominate the smartphone market, but Apple continues to own the most desirable smartphone customers: those who spend money. On the heels of two reports showing iOs users outspending …

In 2013, we saw unprecedented growth of wireless data with no signs of slowing down. In order to respond to this unabated growth, we expect operators will utilize a wide range

Wireless data will continue to grow at exponential rates, as will mobile data revenues (obviously): Atlantic-ACM forecasts that postpaid wireless data revenue will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 11.5% over the next five years.