At Mobile World Congress the mobile network will begin its long journey into cloud. It will take some time, but one day the key component of the mobile network could be… Read more »
BroadSoft’s server will let Sprint layer on video, messaging and other IP communications apps on top of what would normally be a plain-vanilla VoIP service. Read more »
In 2014, carriers will tinker with some new network technologies. They’ll start broadcasting video, shrinking the size of their cells and moving voice calls onto LTE. They’ll even start connecting cars… Read more »
Mavenir Systems makes telecom infrastructure, which isn’t quite as sexy as social media, but nonetheless Mavenir went public the same day as Twitter, raising $55 million to fund its VoLTE technology. Read more »
Carriers thought WhatsApp and Skype would shine bright and then simply fade way, says Genband CEO David Walsh. They were wrong. Now the mobile industry is fighting back with the tools… Read more »
Startup TextNow has pulled off a feat no other mobile company has accomplished: a mobile service built entirely around IP communications. It’s selling voice and data plans on a pair of… Read more »
Hitting its 500th market, Verizon declared its LTE network is for all practical purposes complete. Now that the network covers 95 percent of the U.S. population, Verizon can now start focusing… Read more »
Verizon’s generated some impressive activation numbers in the normally slow first quarter: 5.9 million LTE devices; 7.2 million smartphones; and 4 million new iPhones, half of which were the LTE-capable iPhone 5. Read more »
There’s a lot of HD-Voice activity in the U.S., but chances are you’ve never made an HD-Voice call. The reason is the same one that has always plagued the mobile industry:… Read more »
Mobile network tester Spirent found that VoLTE 4G calling technology has made some big improvements in power efficiency since its last round of tests, but it still has far to go… Read more »