Regional wireless operator Leap Wireless (LEAP) appears to be in the center of several possible spectrum transactions that could help reshape the wireless market. According to a story from Fierce Wireless, Leap and Verizon Wireless filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission to swap spectrum assets. The deal would see Leap pick up a [...]
AT&T, China Telecom expand partnership
Submitted by admin on Nov 30, 2011 - 2:49 pmChina Telecom’s (CHA) push into the U.S. market continues as the telecom giant announced an agreement with AT&T (T) to expand their existing relationship delivering telecom solutions to multinational companies. The expansion includes migrating AT&T’s existing IP-VPN service into China and jointly deploying an expanded suite of VPN-based services, tele-presence, managed hosting, cloud-based services, network [...]
Reader Forum (Special Edition): The time for consumer M2M is now
Submitted by admin on Nov 30, 2011 - 9:32 amHow important is connectivity to young Americans? For many, being connected to the Internet is as important as eating and drinking, according to Cisco’s second annual “Connected World Report.” The networking provider commissioned an international study of nearly 3,000 people, focusing on college students or recently employed college graduates, asking them for their views on [...]
The discovery challenge for app developers
Submitted by admin on Nov 30, 2011 - 8:55 amWith thousands of applications available across multiple platforms, it’s easy to get lost in the crowd. The Apple App Store alone has over 500,000 applications, with the challenge now for app developers is to get noticed or to get a large number of downloads in order to move up the rankings amongst the sea of [...]
Doctors need mobile apps, oversight panel says
Submitted by admin on Nov 30, 2011 - 8:52 amPhysicians who need to quickly communicate time-sensitive information about their patients should no longer use text messages, according to the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. The group issued a “ban” on physicians communicating patient information via SMS, saying that because SMS can never become secure, it can never be a HIPAA-compliant form of [...]
FCC blunt in dismissal of AT&T application
Submitted by admin on Nov 30, 2011 - 8:39 amUPDATED: Wonder no longer about how the Federal Communications Commission feels regarding AT&T’s (T) attempt to purchase rival T-Mobile USA as the government agency late yesterday released an order in connection to its dismissal of AT&T’s petition at the carrier’s request. The dismissal followed AT&T’s request to have its application removed from the FCC in [...]
Hiring picks up in U.S.; handset makers show strong demand
Submitted by admin on Nov 30, 2011 - 8:37 amAmerican businesses hired more workers in November than they have in almost a year, payroll firm ADP reported today, and a survey of job opportunities at wireless device manufacturers in the United States shows that a number of technical jobs have been open for as long as six months, suggesting that demand for engineers is outpacing supply.
Report: Leap possible suitor for T-Mobile USA assets
Submitted by admin on Nov 29, 2011 - 3:33 pmReports indicate that AT&T (T) is now in talks with Leap Wireless about possibly acquiring some of T-Mobile USA’s assets in order to make its attempt to acquire T-Mobile USA more palatable to government regulators. It appears that the government is concerned that AT&T’s acquisition of T-Mobile USA will result in a concentration of wireless [...]
CeBIT reports doubling of M2M participation
Submitted by admin on Nov 29, 2011 - 10:08 amGerman computer expo CeBIT, believed to be the world’s largest at more than twice the size of CES in Vegas, reports that participation in its machine-to-machine (M2M) section will double in size next year, for the second year in a row. Announced during the holiday week, the news is a major indicator of the commercial [...]
BlackBerry Mobile Fusion to manage Android and iOS devices
Submitted by admin on Nov 29, 2011 - 9:38 amShares of Research in Motion (Nasdaq: RIMM) shot up today after the company announced the introduction of BlackBerry Mobile Fusion, a unified system for managing BlackBerry, Android and Apple iOS devices. After years of watching competing operating systems cut into its market share, RIM says this enterprise mobility solution will allow corporate IT managers to [...]
