Welcome to our weekly wrap-up of telecom software news. It's been a week of big deals and big reports in the telecom space. Verizon Communications acquired Intel Media, VMware bought AirWatch, Subex landed $10 million worth of contracts and Redknee signed a $5...
Mobile technology, social media, and the cloud have fundamentally transformed communications and profoundly impacted the telecommunications industry. Traditional telecom operators are
It’s the time of year when we reflect and prognosticate. 2013 was a fantastic year for the “Internet of things,” and 2014 will be better. What’s hot and what’s not for IoT in 2014:
Given the breakneck pace at which the "Internet of things" is evolving, it won’t be long before our smartphones are ordering our appliances to turn on, chill the Chardonnay and simmer the soup, all before we get home from the office. Arrayent, which offers...
Join Qualcomm, Oracle and Gemalto to discuss the direction of Java for connected devices.
Connected intelligent machines are a rapidly growing technology that embeds logic in devices (controllers and operational systems) in order to harness machine data and drive value for businesses. We are now...
Samsung may be outsourcing some of Apple's chip fabrication to GlobalFoundries. An Albany newspaper is reporting that GlobalFoundries will start making iPhone and iPad processors at its foundry in Malta, New York. A Samsung team is reportedly visiting the factory to share Apple's chip...
AT&T, Cisco and Intel are all part of a broad new IoT partnership announced today by GE. IoT, or the Internet of Things, refers to the emerging capability to connect machines and devices to the Internet. This enables equipment to be remotely controlled by...
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Analyst Angle section. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.
Service providers in Latin America that focus on five strategic initiatives will find success in...
Ericsson is looking to transform operations and business support systems (OSS/BSS). The company is looking to help operators improve efficiency, bring services more quickly and simply to market while facing massive growth in video traffic, over-the-top services and applications in the next few years.
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April 30 was the final day to deploy LTE networks in the Brazilian host cities of the FIFA Confederations Cup, and the largest four carriers that were granted LTE licenses met the deadline. Telefónica held a press conference on April 30 to announce its...
The combination of mobile, cloud, social, big data and the "Internet of things" is driving company efforts from many different industries, and telecom operators are in a good position to take advantage of these trends, according to Mike Riegel, IBM VP for mobile and WebSphere...
LAS VEGAS — In a darkened room, a single light focused on a white Ford Fusion with Robert LeBlanc, SVP of the IBM software group, and Vijay Sankaran, Ford Motor Company's director for application development, inside. They got out of the car and walked to the...
Spend a week in Barcelona, Spain, at the Mobile World Congress event, and you will come back home with a lot of intriguing ideas. You can be overwhelmed by the plethora of new, elegant, sleek tablets, smartphones and the like,
The "Internet of things" is one of the most exciting emerging trends although a lot remains to be done to realize its potential. Steve Hilton, lead analyst for Analysys Mason's enterprise and SME strategies research programs, is betting that carriers will embrace the Internet of...
When New England Patriots fans in Gillette Stadium want information on their favorite team, Fred Kirsch is responsible for making sure they’re connected.
Kirsch, the Patriot’s VP of content, oversees all of the Patriots' media content, from a print newspaper to its website and three...
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.
Brazil has finally awoken to the enormous opportunities in the machine-to-machine communications market. M2M communications are roughly defined as the...
The information and communication technology (ICT) could move the climate change agenda forward, because technology offers practical means of cutting carbon emissions. This is what the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), together with a coalition of industry partners, will be working to convince delegates at...
