Editor’s Observe: RCR Wi-fi Information goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the highest headlines from the previous. Hearth up the time machine, placed on these sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and benefit from the recollections!
Cellular, social media to drive next-gen cloud computing
Cloud computing providers have remodeled how enterprises purchase know-how and even how chief data officers (CIOs) cope with company calls for. In Gartner’s Hype Cycle for Rising Applied sciences, cloud computing (typically) seems to be previous the height of inflated expectations, though in lots of international locations, the mannequin will not be extensively used but. Regardless, many say CIOs must be conscious that cell computing and social media would be the drivers of the subsequent stage of cloud computing. “Cloud computing, cell 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 cell doesn’t make sense. It’s mandatory to consider cloud providers built-in with cell, and it makes even much less sense if it’s not built-in with social.” This reality 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 cell providers and providing prospects a glimpse of future know-how. “The Magnificent Mile is a novel purchasing expertise and so is that this retailer,” mentioned AT&T North Central Area President Kent Mathy. “We have now put the perfect 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 providers and functions to display AT&T’s choices in automobiles and houses, and providers nonetheless to return. The placement contains: -AT&T’s first-ever retail demo of a related automotive, the 2012 Nissan Leaf. The automotive is positioned in a piece of the shop that additionally highlights an AT&T Labs prototype of providers to supply 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 12 months. Retailer guests will be capable of management a mock residence’s temperature and lift and decrease a window shade utilizing a wi-fi gadget. … Learn extra
GOP’s platform blasts the FCC
The platform adopted by the Republican social gathering this week describes the telecommunications business as an important a part of the U.S. economic system that’s being hamstrung by the federal authorities. “The present Administration has been frozen prior to now,” says the 2012 Republican Platform. “It has performed no public sale of spectrum, has supplied no incentives for funding, and, by way of the FCC’s internet neutrality rule, is attempting to micromanage telecom as if it had been a railroad community.” (The point out of a railroad community is a reference to the telecommunication business’s historical past. Earlier than the creation of the Federal Communications Fee in 1934, the telecom business 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 embrace navy 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 business that invested $66 billion in 2011 alone wants, and deserves, a extra fashionable relationship with the federal authorities for the advantage of shoppers right here and worldwide,” states the Republican Social gathering platform. “The Telecom Act of 1996 is woefully outdated.” … Learn extra
T-Cellular US throws down the limitless gauntlet
T-Cellular USA mentioned it’ll start providing limitless information choices with out pace throttling to shoppers starting Sept. 5, signaling a brand new pricing struggle among the many nation’s “non-big-two” carriers that would put stress on margins for these concerned. T-Cellular USA introduced that the brand new choices will enable prospects so as to add the limitless information providing for $20 per 30 days when deciding on one of many service’s “Worth” voice and messaging plans or $30 per 30 days when deciding on one of many “Basic” voice and messaging plans. That leads to a Worth plan with limitless voice, messaging and information priced at $70 per 30 days, whereas the Basic plan priced at $90 per 30 days. The brand new pricing undercuts the present “king” of limitless information, Dash Nextel, which has staked its latest advertising and marketing efforts round its limitless information providing. Dash Nextel’s plans start at $80 per 30 days for smartphones that features limitless messaging and information together with 450 anytime calling minutes, limitless weekend calling, limitless night time calling starting at 7 p.m. and limitless calls to different cell gadgets. Prospects can decide up a completely limitless plan from the service for $110 per 30 days for smartphones. Dash Nextel does proceed to have a slight higher hand within the competitors in that it does at present provide Apple’s iPhone gadget, which stays absent from T-Cellular USA’s portfolio. Nevertheless, many anticipate the service to achieve entry to the long-lasting gadget with the rollout of the subsequent iteration anticipated subsequent month. Analysts famous that the transfer by T-Cellular USA may place some short-term stress on Dash Nextel, which has seen its inventory value slowly rise over the previous 12 months. “We imagine this information may 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
In response to Dell’Oro Group, Voice over Lengthy Time period Evolution initiatives generated greater than $200 million prior 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 additionally within the wireline infrastructure.” MetroPCS (PCS) was the first U.S. service to make a VoLTE industrial launch. The corporate launched the LG Join smartphone for making VoLTE calls within the Dallas/Fort Price, TX market in early August. Korea’s SK Telecom has additionally launched VoLTE providers. Verizon Wi-fi is anticipated to add VoLTE functionality by subsequent 12 months, however has mentioned that it’s ready for high quality points to be labored out earlier than launch. Mavenir Techniques offered the IMS core and telephony software server for MetroPCS’s VoLTE service. … Learn extra
WhatsApp hits 10 billion messages in a day
Cellular messaging app WhatsApp says it processed greater than 10 billion messages in at some point this week. That’s multiple message for each individual on earth. On one app. WhatsApp is a substitute for texting that makes use of cell information reasonably than SMS. It permits group chats, photograph sharing and video sharing, and is obtainable 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 actual fact that there have been 2 billion extra outbound messages than inbound messages. The corporate says that’s due to the group chat function – a person can ship one message to a number of folks. … Learn extra
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