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According to the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) attitudes and investment by mobile service providers concerning carrier Wi-Fi hotspots has become bullish.
 Why You Need to Know: The survey acts as confirmation of what has become a consensus in the industry as equipment vendors and service providers realize not only is the world becoming mobility-centric but that Wi-Fi, particularly carrier Wi-Fi, is a critical driving force in making wireless broadband ubiquitously available. |
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In a post-Snowden world, surveillance is top of mind for many — as is the growing tsunami of cybercrime. Establishing secure VoIP communications is a crucial task necessary to prevent eavesdropping and surveillance that can make confidential information vulnerable, as well as man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks that can either intercept messages or inject fabricated ones.
Why You Need to Know: So-called "crypto phones" claim to prevent against these compromises, but new research suggests that they aren't as airtight as advertised. |
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Earlier this week, CaaS provider Bit6 announced that they are adding public switched telephone network (PSTN) to their Software Development Kits (SDK) for the iOS, Android and JavaScript platforms.
Why You Need to Know: The goal is to help app developers leverage the entire communications ecosystem, which will bridge smartphones with legacy telephone that include landlines and feature phones. |
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Artesyn Embedded Technologies is introducing Centellis 8840, a solution based on ATCA standard that amps up capacity and reliability to meet service provider requirements. Centellis 8840 is a NEBS-ready platform that accepts 40G ATCA blades and, when they become available, 100G blades.
Why You Need to Know: One of the key benefits of moving to new and more software-centric models leveraging network functions virtualization and software-defined networking is to enable network operators to run things on commercial off-the-shelf hardware. But some applications, especially those in the network core, require a higher level of performance than is available in current gear. |
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There can be little doubt that we have entered what I have described as "The Age of Awareness." It will be an era where literally "E"verything, including the clothes we wear, will have either embedded sensors or attached ones of all shapes, sizes and capabilities. It has been characterized more commonly as the coming era of the Internet of Things (IoT). The repercussions of this connected world will be profound.
Why You Need to Know: At the top of many OEMs' list of opportunities is taking raw IoT data and turning it into new monitizable applications and services. However, to get from here to there is not going to be without significant challenges. Indeed, security has emerged a top priority for getting this right. |
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