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Africa is fastest-growing mobile market
November 9, 2011 2:25 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsAfrica is the world's fastest-growing mobile phone market and is soon poised to have 735 million people using their phones for everything from transferring money to tracking animals for wildlife studies.
Adobe kills Flash Player, heralds HTML5 era
November 9, 2011 2:22 pm | by Andrew Berg, Wireles Week | News | CommentsAmid layoffs and a reorganization around digital content, Adobe confirmed that the Adobe Flash Player for mobile devices is going the way of the dinosaur, in deference of HTML5.
Ericsson forecasts 10-fold data traffic increase by 2016
November 8, 2011 2:54 pm | by Monica Alleven, Wireless Week | News | CommentsThe Traffic and Market Data report is based on measurements the company recorded over several years in live networks covering all regions of the world.
PCIA urges Congress to streamline zoning regulations
November 8, 2011 2:52 pm | by Andrew Berg, Wireless Week | News | CommentsPCIA is asking Congress to ensure "the streamlined deployment of wireless facilities as part of any spectrum policy recommendations" that might be adopted as the committee seeks to reduce the budget.
Coalition files with FCC to block LightSquared spectrum use
November 8, 2011 2:49 pm | by Andrew Berg, Wireless Week | News | CommentsThe Coalition to Save Our GPS called on the Commission to "promptly rule" that LightSquared can never use the upper mobile satellite spectrum (MSS) band for high-powered terrestrial operations.
Schmidt defends Google, mourns Jobs' death
November 8, 2011 2:46 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsGoogle Chairman Eric Schmidt defended his company as a great innovator despite allegations from late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs that the Internet search giant stole ideas from Apple's iPhone.
Sprint sees rating actions after bond announcement
November 7, 2011 3:38 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsSprint Nextel was the subject of a number of actions by ratings services Friday following its announcement that it plans to issue bonds in a private placement and may use proceeds to fund Clearwire.
U.S. Cellular: We turned down iPhone
November 7, 2011 3:14 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsIt's the first U.S. carrier to acknowledge turning down the phone.
Comcast snags Emmy for iPad app
November 4, 2011 3:46 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsComcast was in an elite group when it recently scored an engineering Emmy for its Xfinity TV iPad app. The Xfinity TV app also works with iPhone and Android devices.
Time Warner Cable beefs up iPad lineup with 37 Spanish channels
November 4, 2011 3:37 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsTime Warner Cable has bolstered programming for its iPad app with the addition of 37 Spanish-language channels.
Report: Faulty Android phones cost carriers $2B annually
November 4, 2011 3:18 pm | by Andrew Berg, Wireless Week | News | CommentsThe return and repair of Android smartphone devices is costing mobile operators as much as $2 billion per year, according to a study by WDS.
Wi-Fi Networks: A New Frontier for Cable Operators
November 4, 2011 1:35 am | by Mike Robuck | Articles | CommentsOutdoor Wi-Fi is the new black when it comes to data services for cable operators. Not only does Wi-Fi reduce customer churn in the face of increased competition from telcos, it does so by leveraging the existing DOCSIS plant while laying the groundwork for new revenue services in the future.
Verizon, AT&T Dominate TelcoTV
November 4, 2011 1:10 am | by Brian Santo | Articles | CommentsAt a keynote address at TelcoTV, during the last question he fielded at the concluding Q&A session, the last thing Verizon senior vice president of consumer product management Eric Bruno said immediately before thanking the audience and leaving the stage was an offhand-sounding comment that Verizon might start offering Home Control nationally.
Let’s Get Progressive With Multi-Screen De-Interlacing
November 4, 2011 12:55 am | by Ron Gutman, CTO and founder of Imagine Communications | Articles | CommentsIn the old days, “video display” used to mean “the TV” – more specifically, an analog input standard-definition TV. But that has all changed now. Today's new televisions are digital, and video viewing is becoming more popular on PCs, tablets and smartphones, creating a broader category of video display devices. These new devices are different from the old one in many ways, but one way in particular is that they’re not designed to support an interlaced (i) video format.
Multi-Screen Challenges and Benefits
November 4, 2011 12:41 am | by Jim Elayan, vice president of marketing at itaas | Articles | CommentsWith the launch of new consumer services, companies face business and technical challenges that impede time to market and successful deployments. Multi-screen app development for the cable TV industry is no different. Some unique business and technical challenges must be addressed to take advantage of the “appmania” that is sweeping the CE industry.
