In parallel with the adoption of LTE in the wireless space, the fixed line community is undergoing its own long term evolution. Speaking to a small group of journalists and analysts outside the RAI yesterday morning, Ulf Ewaldsson, CTO of equipment vendor Ericsson, said the explosive growth in cloud technology was spurring the requirement for Software Defined Network (SDN) specifications for service providers and telcos.

German carrier Deutsche Telekom demonstrated its resilience to market forces on Friday, turning in financial results that beat expectations on both the top and bottom lines. Fourth quarter net loss improved from Eur750m in the last period of 2007 to Eur730m in 2008, while full year profits rocketed to Eur1.48bn, compared to Eur571m in 2007. [...]

Troubled Canadian kit vendor Nortel continues to shed assets from the safe haven of bankruptcy protection. On Friday, as the rest of the telecoms world is shaking off the hangover of Mobile World Congress, Nortel struck a deal with kit manufacturer Radware, to offload elements of its application delivery portfolio. Under the agreement, the products [...]

While all the talk at this year’s Mobile World Congress has centred on the launch of a variety of app stores, UK, mobile advertising-funded MVNO Blyk has launched On Blyk, a new content portal. The service is built primarily on messaging and is now available to all Blyk users in the UK. Blyk aserts that [...]

Mobile transactions firm mBlox has launched the world’s first mobile cross operator ‘sender pays data’ trial in the UK this week. The trial aims to remove consumer confusion over the purchase and download of mobile content, with mobile operators suffering criticism for stinging users with ‘hidden’ data charges. The model allows content providers and service [...]

Mobile revenues may be taking a battering as consumers worldwide cut spending, but carriers can take heart in anticipated growth in the mobile broadband market, according to research released this week. Speaking to telecoms.com at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week, industry researcher Nielsen said that European and US mobile users intend to dramatically [...]

Software giant Microsoft was banging the app store drum at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week, confirming plans to launch a mobile content marketplace of its own in the wake of similar moves by Apple and Nokia. Details of the app shop were thin on the ground however, with the Redmond Giant only revealing [...]

Handset manufacturer and Microsoft Windows Mobile device specialist, i-mate, has unveiled what it claims is the world’s first lifestyle mobile with a lifetime warranty. Designed to meet military specifications, the 810-F claims incredible durability but unlike other so-called ‘ruggedized’ handsets this one wouldn’t look out of place on the boardroom table. The phone comprises waterproof [...]

Almost half of UK mobile users don’t understand what mobile broadband can offer them. Moreover, better customer service would encourage mobile users to spend more. These are some of the findings from a survey released today by Convergys, a billing and OSS provider. “The findings are not exactly new,” says Mark Hennessy, director of products [...]