Worldwide LTE connections will surpass the 100-million milestone this week, with the U.S. and Canada accounting for 57 million of the global total, according to data from Informa Telecoms & Media. There are 172 operators in 70 countries with LTE networks up and running, according...
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More and more Americans are turning to TV set alternatives to watch video, according to a new report from Leichtman Research Group (LRG). Twenty-seven percent of U.S. adults watch video daily on devices other than TV sets and 53% do so on a weekly basis....
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DALLAS and BANGALORE, India, May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — AT&T is making it even easier for businesses globally to implement machine-to-machine (M2M) solutions by expanding its relationship with Wipro Ltd., a leading global Information Technology, Consulting and Outsourcing company. Announced today at the Axeda Connexion...
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FreedomPop is taking its free wireless data offering nationwide. The company is now accepting orders for its new 4G/3G MiFi hotspot, dubbed FreedomPop Overdrive Pro, which will be supported by Sprint’s 3G network. FreedomPop plans to expand its 3G-capable device offerings in the future, said...
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The Competitive Carriers Association is meeting this week in New Orleans and a regional wireless carrier panel this morning urged the industry not to make the same mistakes with the upcoming 600 MHz spectrum auction that were made with the past 700 Mhz auctions. Chief...
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Small carriers that don’t already have low-frequency spectrum should have an opportunity to acquire some in the upcoming voluntary incentive auction of TV broadcast spectrum, said the Justice Department in a filing with the Federal Communications Commission made public last week (via Reuters). TV broadcast...
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Nine of ten working Americans use their personal smartphones for work purposes, while 40% of them do not use passwords to protect them. So found a study of the “Bring Your Own Device” (BYOD) phenomenon conducted by a network of Cisco partners. Further highlighting the...
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For the third year in a row, the FCC’s annual wireless competition report declined to conclude that the U.S. market is competitive, instead making “no formal finding as to whether there is or is not effective competition in the industry.” The report, released Friday, is...
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If they had to give up one service (video entertainment, mobile, broadband), U.K. consumers would ditch video (49 percent) or mobile (30 percent) before their fixed network broadband connection (two percent), a survey of more than 10,000 U.K. consumers has found. That might come as...
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Broadband adoption rates could get a boost as the result of new options announced today from Connect2Compete and FreedomPop. Connect2Compete is a public/private broadband adoption and literacy initiative targeting low-income users and supported in part by the telecom industry. FreedomPop, best known for a mobile...
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The number of devices consumers use to connect to the Internet from within the home is on the rise, with smartphone and tablet adoption contributing to a new benchmark of 500 million total connected devices, according to NPD Research. That equates to about 5.7 devices,...
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The release this week of new software from startup company Open Garden gives wireless carriers and/or their customers a new Wi-Fi offload option. As Open Garden CEO Micha Benoliel explained in an email and phone call to Telecompetitor, the software – which is available for...
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