Open network APIs are arguably the most publicized alternative business model to the traditional voice, SMS and data operator offering. Network APIs are enablers for a variety of business models, including operator branded application stores, two sided business models, web mashups and developer communities.
During its swan song, Canadian vendor Nortel has teamed up with Korean manufacturer LG to demonstrate a 3GPP standards compliant data handover between a LTE network and a CDMA network.
US carrier Verizon Wireless said Friday that it has completed its first successful LTE data calls in Boston and Seattle using the 3GPP Release 8 standard in the 700MHz spectrum.
US carrier Verizon is to slash a further 8,000 positions in the face of falling profits and pressures in the fixed line market.
Mobile data is finally coming of age following years of dependence on messaging to drive non-voice revenues.
Satisfying the developing world’s demand for value added services
In emerging markets without pervasive fixed telecommunication infrastructures, mobile phones keep populations connected and current with the rest of the world. Mobile web browsing is becoming the cornerstone of mobile content.
Mobile data usage over handsets and dongles has more than doubled in the past 12 months to the end of February, according to mobile operator Orange UK.
Central and Eastern European mobile operators can expect their annual service revenues to jump around 30 per cent in the next five years as the value of data revenues doubles.
More than half of all mobile data traffic is predicted to be generated at home within the next five years, with voice not far behind. According to research released Thursday by analyst house and telecoms.com parent Informa Telecoms & Media, the growth in home usage of mobile services will drive the business case for femtocells. [...]
With 3G wireless broadband subscriptions forecast to exceed global DSL connections by as early as 2010, mobile carriers are slowly coming round to the realisation that the finite resources of the wireless last mile could pose some serious problems going forward.
A step in the right direction but does it go far enough?
Sharing an allowance among family members is one ...
I agree with Dan about this being a excellent read, and that QNX is not well known but sooner or ...
Excellent read with some actual facts compared to the hack journalist/bloggers on the interest. Many don't understand what QNX ...
The main issue with Telenor is that whether they made underhand payments to ge the licenses. If they did, then ...
Over The Top providers have become the staple wildcard in almost any sector set on a collision path with mobile. By and large they are very good at what they do: connecting a user with their chosen content or service by whatever means available.
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