Mobile carriers, vendors eager to virtualize networks
There has to be a sea change in how mobile operators build their networks and implement new services, and virtualization will make it possible, carriers and equipment vendors say.
View ArticleFon and Deutsche Telekom hope to cover Germany with Wi-Fi
German operator Deutsche Telekom is joining forces with Fon to help expand its network coverage, as it does its best to keep up with growing data volumes.
View ArticleCopper still has a lot to offer broadband users, carrier exec says
Thanks to the higher speeds possible using a technology called vectoring, copper networks are still a viable option to cable and fiber, Deutsche Telekom says.
View ArticleDeutsche Telekom unveils real-time map of global cyberattacks
Deutsche Telekom launched a Web portal Wednesday that provides a real-time visualization of cyberattacks detected by its network of sensors placed around the world.
View ArticleReport: Deutsche Telekom OKs richer T-Mobile bid for MetroPCS
A sweeter offer for the merger of T-Mobile USA and MetroPCS reportedly has been approved by T-Mobile parent company Deutsche Telekom.
View ArticleMetroPCS gives shareholders more time to consider T-Mobile bid
MetroPCS has pushed back a hotly anticipated shareholder meeting that will decide the fate of the carrier's proposed merger with T-Mobile USA.
View ArticleSome foreign-backed US phone companies reportedly excluded from NSA...
At least two U.S. mobile operators, T-Mobile US and Verizon Wireless, reportedly do not participate directly in the U.S. National Security Agency's call metadata collection program because of their...
View ArticleFirst Firefox OS phone arrives in Spain on Tuesday
Telefónica will be the first to offer a commercial smartphone based on Firefox OS. The Spanish operator will start selling the ZTE Open on Tuesday for €69 (US$90) with a prepaid subscription.
View ArticleFirst Firefox OS smartphone debuts in Spain
The first Web-based Firefox mobile OS smartphones will be released soon in Spain and Poland, with more coming soon to other regions of the world, Mozilla announced Monday.
View ArticleEU competition watchdog raids Telefónica, Deutsche Telecom and Orange
It emerged Thursday, that Europe’s top antitrust watchdog carried out unannounced raids on Telefónica, Deutsche Telecom and Orange on Tuesday.
View ArticlePatent trolls will gain from a single European system, vendors warn
The creation of a pan-European patent system will help spread abusive patent litigation to Europe and could lead to E.U.-wide sales bans on products, leading tech vendors have claimed.
View ArticleVirtualisation will let operators develop new services faster, says...
To help operators virtualize their infrastructures, Alcatel-Lucent has opened up to third party vendors an internal cloud platform that will run features such as DNS and firewalls.
View ArticleDeutsche Telekom speeds up big data with hosted HANA
Enterprises have another option for accessing SAP's in-memory database technology: Deutsche Telekom subsidiary T-Systems has been approved to offer HANA Enterprise Cloud.
View ArticleFirefox OS gets performance boost, wider distribution
Mozilla Foundation is improving the performance of its Firefox OS software for smartphones, and devices running it will soon go on sale in more European and Latin American countries.
View ArticleTwitter, Deutsche Telekom team on Android
Twitter and Deutsche Telekom have joined forces to develop software for Android.
View ArticleEmbedded SIM spec ushers in new era for machine communications
The GSM Association, operators and vendors have published a specification that enables remote provisioning of embedded SIM identification modules, which should cut the cost of connecting cars and...
View ArticleReport: SoftBank, DT close to deal on Sprint, T-Mobile merger
Japanese conglomerate SoftBank and German carrier Deutsche Telekom are close to a deal that would merge T-Mobile US with Sprint, eliminating one of the four major mobile competitors in the U.S.,...
View ArticleFon working with Qualcomm on new router and chip integration
With new Qualcomm-based products, more funds and a U.S. expansion, free Wi-Fi aggregator Fon expects to reach 35 million hotspots by 2016.
View ArticleDeutsche Telekom, Paypal offer carrier billing for digital purchases
Through a deal with PayPal, Deutsche Telekom is letting mobile users purchase digital goods and get billed on their regular mobile phone accounts.
View ArticleThe 'Internet of things,' beyond the hype at Mobile World Congress
If you want to find out how the so-called Internet of things is shaking up the tech industry, Mobile World Congress in Barcelona is the place to be this week.
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