LIVE FROM CTIA 13, LAS VEGAS: US number one operator Verizon Wireless is teaming up with actress and musician Jennifer Lopez to launch a service dedicated to the huge Latino community living in the US. The first Viva Móvil store …
LIVE FROM CTIA 13, LAS VEGAS: Rovio COO Harri Koponen said the games maker welcomes closer cooperation with mobile operators to bring about benefits for both companies and consumers. “We see operators as friends, a potential partner for us. We …
Randall Stephenson, CEO of AT&T, expects the company to improve its mobile performance in the second quarter of 2013, as it focuses on better execution and new business models. Speaking at a JP Morgan event, Stephenson said: “The first quarter in …
NTT Docomo struck an agreement with LINE, one of the leading social messaging app providers, in a further sign of how mobile operators are looking to co-operate with Over-The-Top (OTT) players. The two companies will develop original LINE applications for Docomo smartphone …
Originally planned for commercial rollout in March, AT&T has now launched its home automation service – Digital Life – in 15 US markets. The so-called connected home, which has been trialled for some time, allows users to do various tasks …
SK Telecom, South Korea’s largest mobile operator, has notched up more than 10 million LTE subscribers since the 4G service was commercially launched in July 2011. That’s a much faster take-up than SK Telecom’s 3G service, which took over three …
VIDEO INTERVIEW: Christy Wyatt, chief executive of enterprise mobility specialist Good Technology, warned companies to think carefully about their long-term workforce mobilisation strategies. When addressing the BYOD challenge, Wyatt said there is a tendency among companies to “jump immediately on …
VIDEO INTERVIEW: Axel Dauchez, chief executive of online music subscription service Deezer (pictured), said a “critical mass” around mobile music can only be achieved through partnerships with operators. “To move from download piracy to subscription is a change of behaviour, …
VIDEO INTERVIEW: Kevin Johnson, chief executive of Juniper Networks, has emphasised the importance of networks in enabling services and innovation. “The network is not a set of dumb pipes,” he said. “Without it, there’d be no cloud.” And for Johnson, …
Struggling operator Vodafone Hutchison Australia has announced it will start to offer customers access to its LTE network in selected markets from June. Coverage will initially be available in Sydney and Perth, with partial coverage in Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane, Gold …
