The recent onslaught of Android SMS viruses-including Gazon, Selfmite, and Heart App-have left mobile device users in financial sectors a bit anxious for better and safer networks for their employees. From Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Good Tec…

Mobile World Congress - a major telecom and IT event that attracted an estimated 90,000 people to Barcelona this week - winds down today. Key themes of the industry gathering this time around included 5G cellular technology, big data, mobile payments…

In the short term defaulting to Wi-Fi when travelling, despite the hassles this may involve is going to be the preferred solution for frequent travellers. How far Telenor can move the bar on having subscribers use Telenor's services instead of Wi-Fi …

With Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2015 now in the books, it is interesting to evaluate not just where the wireless industry is, but where it is going. While we are still very much in the early stages of obtaining ubiquitous 4G LTE coverage around the …

Mobile video is coming into its own, if Mobile World Congress 2015 is any indicator-and it spells a major transformation for the traditional television business. Already, several operators are rolling out personalized video offerings around the globe…

Anyone in the U.S. who watches the popular TV show Project Runway knows that at some point in every episode fashion icon Tim Gunn will look at the work of contestants and say, Make it work! As the Mobile World Congress 2015 (MWC) event in Barcelona h…

Out at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) event, a host of new developments are emerging to help shape the future of mobile as we know it. Vidyo announced one such development via its VidyoMobile mobile videoconferencing system, which is set to be part …

For those in the U.S. who watch the popular TV show Project Runway, you know that at some point in every episode fashion icon Tim Gunn will look at the work of contestants and say, make it work! As the Mobile World Congress 2015 (MWC) event in Barcel…

The Eye Tribe is a Danish startup company, which produces eye tracking technology. The company mainly sells the technology to software developers so the eye tracking device can be incorporated into their applications and programs. The Eye Tribe's sof…

Around the world we are still for the most part in the nascent stages of 4G LTE rollouts. However, as the now concluding Mobile World Congress 2015 (MWC) event in Barcelona has shown there is already momentum building around what comes next. In fact,…

Carrier iQ, a developer of mobile intelligence software, recently announced the latest updates to its iQ Care platform which, with its subset of programs, can help call centers decrease costs and improve customer service with analytics, diagnostics, …

Microsoft is prepping the launch of the Windows 10 operating system, with clear sights on powering if not dominating emerging categories like smartwatches and the Internet of Things. In fact, it's even gunning for Google's Android Wear OS, which has …

The Internet of Things (IoT) is moving beyond mere projections and forecasts, and this notion of billions of connected devices helping to make our lives better, the enterprise more efficient, and the customer experience more personalized and satisfyi…

Advertising has certainly become far more complex and integrated since the age of the Internet and social media. Businesses have options today that were a mere dream way back when, but with all of these options, it's imperative to plan, execute, and …

Voxox, a cloud-based unified communications (UC) provider, has announced that it has made its Cloud Phone available to mobile carriers and original equipment manufacturers for rebranding.

VoxImplant unveils enhanced Android and iOS SDKs with full WebRTC support at Mobile World Congress.

Amidst Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2015's flashy new smartphones, tablets and wearable devices, and all things IoT, M2M and 5G, it is hard to remember that without infrastructure transformation, none of this will happen any time soon. In short, what …

Mobile devices-and the ever-lengthening spectrum of unique applications-have altered the way we live. Apps help users track calorie intake, readjust their sleep cycles, comprehensively review symptoms, and even monitor blood pressure and take self-ad…

The phones also have a fast capture camera which should get you shots that other's miss (just tap on the camera button twice and the camera is ready to go). While Android often looks like a poor copy of iOS, they run Android Lollipop which looks more…

The Mobile World Congress is underway in Barcelona, and Blackberry has taken advantage of this event to announce it is bringing a slew of enterprise solutions to Sprint customers.

At Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2015 Mark Zuckerberg gave a keynote speech for the second year in a row and to me it really seemed like keeping your friends close and your enemies closer. After all, WhatsApp and Facebook are responsible for billions o…

At Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2015, I spoke with James Buczowski, a Henry Ford Technical Fellow, about the company's connected ecosystem experiments and the future. At its booth, Ford showed connected bikes talking to connected cars and subsequently…

In 1966 the Beach Boys had a hugely popular hit, Wouldn't it be nice, on their seminal Pet Sounds album. Having seamless high-performance user experience, including imperceptible handover between Wi-Fi and macro cellular networks, has always been in …

Carrier iQ adds three enhancements for obtaining actionable business intelligence from mobile devices.

The part of Cobham that was formerly Aeroflex is at Mobile World Congress this week demonstrating its 4G LTE-A test solution, network functions virtualization validation, and new algorithms for a 5G air interface.

Ericsson Cloud System gets hyperscale boost based on Intel Rack Scale Architecture.

Qualcomm is already a key player in connected car programs at over a dozen leading global automakers. Snapdragon Automotive Solutions have been incorporating cutting-edge mobile technologies into the next generation of in-car experiences. One such so…

We live in an age of mass customization. We've seen the trend for decades but its accelerating as customers can design their own clothes, perfume and more. Tattoos and body jewelry are yet other ways consumers choose to customize themselves. This tho…

TCS had a wealth of interesting news at MWC this week - probably the most interesting was their VirtuMedix solution which is a HIPAA compliant virtual telemedicine solution allowing doctors and patients to securely communicate in order to minimize th…

TCS had a wealth of interesting news at MWC - probably the most interesting was their VirtuMedix solution which is a HIPAA compliant virtual ?telemedicine solution allowing doctors and patients to securely communicate in order to minimize the need fo…

We all know the M2M and IoT spaces are growing like crazy... Our own growing M2M Evolution and IoT Evolution shows are just a few examples of how the marketplaces are on fire as a seamlessly never-ending flow of new customers come to each iteration o…

Citrix was showing off a lot of interesting solutions at MWC 2015, starting with the MPX 25000, a device which provides ADC functionality for carriers utilizing an NFV approach of using OTS hardware instead of customized solutions. The company tells …

Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) has recently announced it is launching its secure mobile transaction service, Convego CloudPay. The mobile cloud payment service comes at a time when there is a growing quantity of mobile and digital channels in the financia…

Seamless communication between IP messaging services is getting a whole lot easier. GENBAND and Jibe Mobile both made interconnection announcements to beat the tidal wave of news out of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain starting today. Federa…

Some of the other developments on display at Mobile World Congress include using Microsoft Lync for presence, chat and directory services, but keeping critical real time communications such as voice and video-services that cannot afford latency-on a …

It may not be the revenue stream it used to be, but voice remains a critical communications medium. A recent survey conducted by Voxox of OTT communications app users showed that, with a sample size of more than 2,000 respondents, 82 percent indicate…

Mobile security has always been one of the biggest issues involved in the mobile world. While there are plenty of applications for mobile technology-particularly powering the mobile workforce, which in turn depends on real time communications tools t…

When opportunity knocks, answer the door. Service providers are offered a unique opportunity to monetize services and create stronger ties to the enterprise and consumer through creative leveraging of services and technology.

One of the big knocks against WebRTC is that it uses other bits and pieces for signaling, including SIP and XMPP. The founders of the Matrix.org project are offering an alternative with open source code and a path to putting WebRTC into the Internet …

NFV is attracting a lot of big names to the table. Alcatel-Lucent, Cyan, GENBAND, HP, Intel, Kontron and Wind River will be demonstrating and discussing how NFV brings both greater flexibility and lower costs to operating a network by leveraging soft…

Communications Service Providers (CSPs) across the globe are on a mission to find the next best offering users want. The golden ticket is in real-time communications, across channels, and without boundaries.

More information about ADVA Optical Networking's technology can be found at the company's live demonstration at Mobile World Congress 2015, taking place Mar 2-5 in Barcelona, Spain.

More phone manufacturers are making LTE-capable phones, but mobile networks have been slow to catch up. ZyXEL is trying to change that with its LTE3301 and LTE3311 indoor routers.

They say a chain is only as strong as its weakest link, but the opposite can also be true: A chain is strong if all the links are strong as well. That's why it makes sense to learn that D2 Technologies, the market leader in embedded IP communications…

For those of you who have followed TMCnet's extensive coverage of Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, you are aware the theme for this year's gathering, What's Next, was spot on. From unusual and compelling keynotes by event newbies Facebook CE…

Voiceserve, a telecommunications and softswitch company, is the parent company of VoipSwitch, a provider of VoIP softswitch platform solutions. VoipSwitch is returning from an exciting week at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, where the company exh…

SK Telecom, a wireless telecommunications operator in South Korea, launched a new and innovative platform called 'Context Platform' at MWC 2014.

Opera found that while LTE networks in certain countries had better results than existing 3G and 2G networks - such as in the United States, where 18 percent of videos on LTE networks experienced stalling - the data reveals an overall need for video …

PCTEL has announced the launch of SeeWave, an interference detection and location system. Interference on 4G LTE network deployments can impact network performance, significantly reduce data throughput rates and quality of service.

This year's round of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) event has given us plenty to consider already, what with the rapid growth of machine to machine (M2M) communications and a host of other mobile developments slipping in. But there's something a lit…