In the last five years mobile data has grown significantly and now generates just under 700 petabytes per month. According to internet firm Akamai, there is now four times as much data as voice traffic on mobile networks. In the first ...
Tags: Mobile Data, Computer Products, Akamai
Appster today announces a week-long promotional discount on Smart Wifi set to kick off on August 3rd in celebration of the universally compatible Android app's most recent update! CHICAGO, IL, August 05, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Appster ...
Tags: Smart WiFi, Google, Smart Wifi set, Android app
CAMAS, WA, August 23, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- CritterMap Software, maker of the Android GPS App BackCountry Navigator, brings you a chance to explore your world beyond the limits of roads and cell coverage. Wherever you're going, ...
Tags: Navigator Software, Android, GPS, CritterMap Software
More than half of the peak-time traffic to the London 2012 Olympic Games' web servers came from mobile devices – a huge demonstration of the consumer switch to mobile at the highest–profile sporting event of the year. Users ...
Tags: mobile devices, web servers, mobile app, Gerry Pennell
Hewlett-Packard, ZTE and mobile operators such as AT&T and SK Telecom have pooled their LTE patents under a program led by Via Licensing, aiming to provide a one-stop shop for companies to license their technology. Via Licensing organized ...
Tags: LTE Patent, Technologies, ZTE, HP
Japan's Softbank, the country's third-largest carrier, is in negotiations to acquire U.S. mobile operator Sprint in a deal worth over $30 billion, the Japanese business newspaper Nikkei reported Thursday. The deal, in which Softbank would ...
Tags: Japan, Softbank, U.S.mobile operator, Sprint
Samsung today announced it would be providing the backbone for 3 when it rolls out its 4G network in the UK. The deal is Samsung’s first commercial mobile network deployment in Europe, which will see it install an LTE radio access ...
Tags: Samsung, backbone, 4G network, commercial mobile network
The bid will start in January 2013. The bidders will be competing to have the ability to roll out 4G mobile broadband services across the UK next year. Ofcom says the new spectrum will increase the amount of airwaves available to mobile ...
Tags: bid, 4G mobile broadband services, Ofcom, airwaves
Huawei Technologies will invest €70 million (US$90.6 million) over a five-year period to establish a research and development centre in Helsinki, Finland; its first task will be to build software for smartphones and tablets based on ...
Tags: Huawei, R&D, smartphones, Huawei Technologies, Android, Windows Phone
As mobile network and device makers explore many paths to using wireless spectrum more efficiently, one possible solution is still hard to achieve: Sending and receiving data on the same frequency at the same time, in the same space. ...
Tags: mobile network, mobile device, radios, mobile spectrum
Mobile operators are rapidly adopting new network software, called EPC (Evolved Packet Core), that will give them more control over service quality but also new tools for metering data usage. EPC is the next generation of software for ...
Tags: mobile operators, new network software, EPC, service quality, data usage
Ericsson has unveiled a Wi-Fi access point and controller for offloading cellular traffic in densely populated areas such as stadiums. Its goal is to allow users to switch seamlessly from the cellular network to a local Wi-Fi network to ...
Tags: Ericsson, offloading cellular traffic, densely populated areas
Extending its line of enterprise management software for mobile devices, Citrix is acquiring device management software provider Zenprise. Citrix will fold the Zenprise software into its own Citrix CloudGateway. The company claims the ...
Tags: BYOD, bytemobile, Citrix, Zenprise
Embattled satellite carrier LightSquared proposed on Friday that the government let it share spectrum with federal uses such as weather balloons so it can get enough spectrum to launch its proposed national LTE mobile network. ...
Tags: LightSquared, LTE mobile network, spectrum
Mobile networks have been the focus of a lot of regulation, debate and rumour in the past few years, but this has mainly focused on the strengthening of existing 3G networks or the future of 4G deployments. However, whilst all the ...
Tags: mobile network, 3G network, network, technical development