Editor’s Word: RCR Wi-fi Information goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the highest headlines from the previous. Fireplace up the time machine, placed on these sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and benefit from the recollections!
Cell, social media to drive next-gen cloud computing
Cloud computing companies have remodeled how enterprises purchase know-how and even how chief info officers (CIOs) take care of company calls for. In Gartner’s Hype Cycle for Rising Applied sciences, cloud computing (on the whole) seems to be previous the height of inflated expectations, though in lots of nations, the mannequin shouldn’t be broadly used but. Regardless, many say CIOs needs to be conscious that cellular computing and social media would be the drivers of the following stage of cloud computing. “Cloud computing, cellular and social have gotten extra built-in,” mentioned Google Enterprise’s director Antonio Luiz Schuch throughout a lecture on the Latin American version of Cloud Computing World Discussion board final week. “Cloud with out cellular doesn’t make sense. It’s needed to think about cloud companies built-in with cellular, and it makes even much less sense if it isn’t built-in with social.” This truth is noticeable on the Gartner’s particular Hype Cycle for Cloud Computing, which locations MDM options in cloud computing on the early levels of the cycle, figuring as a “know-how set off” and forecasted to succeed in a plateau in 5 to 10 years. … Learn extra
AT&T opens new flagship Chicago retailer
AT&T Inc. (T) has opened a glossy, new retail retailer on Chicago’s Michigan Avenue, showcasing the corporate’s vary of cellular companies and providing prospects a glimpse of future know-how. “The Magnificent Mile is a singular procuring expertise and so is that this retailer,” mentioned AT&T North Central Area President Kent Mathy. “We have now put the easiest our model has to supply our prospects on show at this retailer.” The ten,000 square-foot retailer contains a lot of retail firsts for AT&T, and extends past conventional wi-fi companies and purposes to show AT&T’s choices in autos and houses, and companies nonetheless to return. The situation contains: -AT&T’s first-ever retail demo of a related automobile, the 2012 Nissan Leaf. The automobile is situated in a bit of the shop that additionally highlights an AT&T Labs prototype of companies to offer automotive connectivity, security and effectivity. -The primary-ever retail demo of AT&T’s Digital Life residence safety and automation service, which will likely be trialed later this yr. Retailer guests will be capable of management a mock residence’s temperature and lift and decrease a window shade utilizing a wi-fi system. … Learn extra
GOP’s platform blasts the FCC
The platform adopted by the Republican occasion this week describes the telecommunications trade as a significant a part of the U.S. financial system that’s being hamstrung by the federal authorities. “The present Administration has been frozen up to now,” says the 2012 Republican Platform. “It has carried out no public sale of spectrum, has supplied no incentives for funding, and, by means of the FCC’s internet neutrality rule, is attempting to micromanage telecom as if it have been a railroad community.” (The point out of a railroad community is a reference to the telecommunication trade’s historical past. Earlier than the creation of the Federal Communications Fee in 1934, the telecom trade was ruled by the Interstate Commerce Fee, which additionally regulated railroads.) The Republicans are calling for an “stock of federal company spectrum to find out the excess that could possibly be auctioned.” Federal companies that want to make use of spectrum embody army companies, the Federal Aviation Administration, the Division of Justice, the Division of Inside, and the Nationwide Science Basis. Authorities use of spectrum is monitored and managed by the Workplace of Spectrum Administration throughout the Nationwide Telecommunications and Info Administration. “An trade that invested $66 billion in 2011 alone wants, and deserves, a extra fashionable relationship with the federal authorities for the good thing about customers right here and worldwide,” states the Republican Occasion platform. “The Telecom Act of 1996 is woefully outdated.” … Learn extra
T-Cell US throws down the limitless gauntlet
T-Cell USA mentioned it should start providing limitless knowledge choices with out velocity throttling to customers starting Sept. 5, signaling a brand new pricing battle among the many nation’s “non-big-two” carriers that would put strain on margins for these concerned. T-Cell USA introduced that the brand new choices will permit prospects so as to add the limitless knowledge providing for $20 per thirty days when choosing one of many service’s “Worth” voice and messaging plans or $30 per thirty days when choosing one of many “Basic” voice and messaging plans. That ends in a Worth plan with limitless voice, messaging and knowledge priced at $70 per thirty days, whereas the Basic plan priced at $90 per thirty days. The brand new pricing undercuts the present “king” of limitless knowledge, Dash Nextel, which has staked its current advertising and marketing efforts round its limitless knowledge providing. Dash Nextel’s plans start at $80 per thirty days for smartphones that features limitless messaging and knowledge together with 450 anytime calling minutes, limitless weekend calling, limitless night time calling starting at 7 p.m. and limitless calls to different cellular gadgets. Clients can choose up a very limitless plan from the service for $110 per thirty days for smartphones. Dash Nextel does proceed to have a slight higher hand within the competitors in that it does at present supply Apple’s iPhone system, which stays absent from T-Cell USA’s portfolio. Nevertheless, many count on the service to achieve entry to the enduring system with the rollout of the following iteration anticipated subsequent month. Analysts famous that the transfer by T-Cell USA might place some short-term strain on Dash Nextel, which has seen its inventory worth slowly rise over the previous yr. “We imagine this information might trigger some concern in [Sprint Nextel] shares right this moment,” famous Wells Fargo Securities senior analyst Jennifer Fritzsche, in a analysis report. … Learn extra
VoLTE investments and progress
Based on Dell’Oro Group, Voice over Lengthy Time period Evolution tasks generated greater than $200 million up to now 4 quarters, as wi-fi operators have begun investing in community infrastructure to assist shifting voice from 3G to 4G LTE. “A very powerful development underway within the telecom voice market is VoLTE,” mentioned Chris DePuy, analyst at Dell’Oro Group. “It’s stimulating vital spending each within the wi-fi infrastructure, but in addition within the wireline infrastructure.” MetroPCS (PCS) was the first U.S. service to make a VoLTE business launch. The corporate launched the LG Join smartphone for making VoLTE calls within the Dallas/Fort Value, TX market in early August. Korea’s SK Telecom has additionally launched VoLTE companies. Verizon Wi-fi is predicted to add VoLTE functionality by subsequent yr, however has mentioned that it’s ready for high quality points to be labored out earlier than launch. Mavenir Methods supplied the IMS core and telephony utility server for MetroPCS’s VoLTE service. … Learn extra
WhatsApp hits 10 billion messages in a day
Cell messaging app WhatsApp says it processed greater than 10 billion messages in sooner or later this week. That’s a couple of message for each particular person on earth. On one app. WhatsApp is a substitute for texting that makes use of cellular knowledge fairly than SMS. It allows group chats, picture sharing and video sharing, and is accessible for iOS, Android, Home windows and BlackBerry gadgets. The corporate tweeted its milestone on Thursday: “new each day file: 4B inbound, 6B outbound = 10B whole messages a day! #freebsd #erlang.” The hashtags are references to the know-how behind WhatsApp: the app was developed largely on the open supply platform FreeBSD utilizing the Erland programming language initially written by Ericsson. The opposite doubtlessly complicated a part of the announcement is the very fact that there have been 2 billion extra outbound messages than inbound messages. The corporate says that’s due to the group chat characteristic – a person can ship one message to a number of individuals. … Learn extra
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