Articles
The Consumerization of IT: Preventing a Security Nightmare
February 15, 2012 11:21 am | by Steve Durbin, Information Security Forum | CommentsUnfortunately, many of today's most popular mobile phones and tablets weren't designed from the start as business tools and therefore do not offer the level of security comparable to present-day desktop and laptop computers.
The Value of Independent Policy and Charging Systems
February 7, 2012 5:17 pm | by Doug Suriano, Tekelec | CommentsThe integration of the policy server (the 3GPP-defined policy and charging rules function, or PCRF) with charging and billing systems is emerging as one of the key considerations in the 3GPP Policy and Charging Control (PCC) architecture.
Addressing Mobile Data Growth & Impending Network Congestion
February 7, 2012 5:07 pm | by Joe Zeto, Ixia | CommentsHow operators can leverage quality of service (QoS) and policy management to meet growing demands.
Metro DAS Is the New Cloud
February 6, 2012 1:23 pm | by Tony Lefebvre, TE Connectivity | CommentsWhy is an urban DAS like a compute cloud? Because both offer multi-tenancy with a shared set of centralized resources. In the case of the DAS, the centralized resources are signal sources from a base station hotel. This architecture provides a lot of flexibility for mobile operators to optimize the capacity...
Windows Phone: the OEM Challenge
February 5, 2012 7:04 pm | by Maisie Ramsay | CommentsNot too long ago, it would have taken quite the stretch of imagination to picture a Nokia smartphone as the belle of the ball at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last month.
Siri Says Hello to Evi
February 2, 2012 7:08 pm | by Andrew Berg | Comments"The impetus wasn't to create a competitor to Siri," Tunstall-Pedoe says. "Evi is actually just the natural progression from what True Knowledge has been doing for the last four to five years."
Brands Tap Mobile for Sunday's Big Game
February 1, 2012 11:33 am | by Andrew Berg | CommentsWhile it's taken some time to integrate mobile with those flashy Super Bowl ads, every year more advertisers supplement their pricey air time with short codes and calls to action. Admittedly, success for mobile has varied, but there's no denying that viewers have their devices on them during the game.
Gadgets: New Connected Devices Put Smartphones in the Middle
January 29, 2012 7:12 pm | by Andrew Berg | CommentsFor years, the wireless industry has been talking itself blue in the face about the myriad devices that would one day be connected to the network. Whether by Wi-Fi or through a cellular modem, major vendors like Ericsson and Intel, as well as operators big and small, hope darn near every item in your house receives or sends a signal of one kind or another.
Key Market Drivers You'll Hear About at MWC
January 29, 2012 4:41 pm | by Pardeep Kohli, Mavenir Systems | CommentsWe all know that mobile video consumption is growing. Industry analyst firm In-Stat forecasts that worldwide mobile video consumption will surpass 693 billion minutes by 2015. A recent Yahoo study found that mobile video consumption had grown 29 percent since 2010.
Can Wi-Fi Really Be Used to Backhaul Cellular Voice?
January 24, 2012 7:36 pm | by Steven Glapa, Ruckus Wireless | CommentsUnder the strain of a mobile data onslaught, the move to small cells is opening the door to new and unexpected uses of smarter Wi-Fi.
Mobile Marketing at MWC 2012: Focus on Effectiveness
January 24, 2012 5:09 pm | by Marco Veremis, Upstream | CommentsIf mobile marketers move away from bombardment-style consumer engagement to avoid their customers "turning a deaf ear," they will need to speak less, and when they do speak, do it in more convincing ways.
Mini Review: Wi-Drive Works Great, Short on Use Cases
January 23, 2012 5:51 am | by Andrew Berg | CommentsAt the 2012 International CES in Las Vegas earlier this month, I was lucky enough to get my hands on a sample 16 GB Kingston Wi-Drive, courtesy of Kingston themselves. The Wi-Drive is a slim, portable solid-state hard drive that allows users to stream stored content to up to three devices.
Webcast - Getting to LTE
January 18, 2012 2:37 pm | by Editor, Wireless Week | CommentsWith many operators already committed to LTE and the number of users now exceeding 3 million, the charge to evolve is on.
Rural Turns to White Space
January 15, 2012 7:12 pm | by Maisie Ramsay | CommentsLike most wireless Internet service providers, JAB Broadband relies on unlicensed spectrum to get its service out to sparsely populated areas where there's only dial-up service.
Successful CRM for Carriers – There's an App for That
January 15, 2012 2:20 pm | by Jon Jackson, CEO of Mobile Posse | CommentsMost carriers ignore the problem, but, with limited resource investment, significant improvement can be made to the carrier/customer relationship, and with that comes an increase in revenue and a decrease in cost.
