Mobile application for iOS and Android automatically protects users accessing the internet over unprotected public Wi-Fi

Sprint has launched Sprint Secure Wi-Fi, an application for the operators’ subscribed smartphones and tablets. Sprint Secure Wi-Fi reportedly protects mobile users using unprotected public Wi-Fi by encrypting all data traffic

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Japan’s mobile operators launch RCS services based on GSMA specifications

The GSMA announced that Japanese mobile operators KDDI Corporation, NTT Docomo Inc and SoftBank Corp. have launched Rich Communications Services (RCS) based on the GSMA’s specifications.

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Sprint and Cavium collaborate for NFV testing on packet’s public cloud

Cavium, Inc. is collaborating with Sprint Corporation, a national carrier in the United States, using Packet, a cloud service provider, public cloud based on Cavium ThunderX2 ARM-based servers and virtualised

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A Week in Telco IT: T-Mobile buys Layer3 TV to boost revenues from new video streaming services

Quality TV programming from Layer3 will soon be gracing the T-Mobile US network and boosting profitability. Well, that’s the plan. The wireless network and content provider has been searching for

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A look at the future of CSP digital services operations

As Communications Service Providers (CSPs) invest in becoming Digital Service Providers (DSPs), providing new digital services, digitalising their operations, and virtualising their networks, what are the major new challenges? In

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Sprint selects Mavenir for NFV cloud deployment

Mavenir, the provider in accelerating and redefining software network transformation for Communications Service Providers, announced that Sprint is deploying Mavenir solutions in their nationwide Network Function Virtualisation OpenStack cloud deployment.

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Why experience matters – Part 1

Although churn is a global issue in the telecoms industry, a detailed look at the problem in a single market is instructive in putting it into context.

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Why MVNOs are edging out the competition

The ‘Big Four’ wireless carriers—AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, and Sprint—may own the marketplace, but over the past few years smaller carriers are getting a piece of the action. Mobile virtual network

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Sigma Systems appoints Glenn Gibson as vice president, Marketing

Sigma Systems, the global provider in catalog-driven software, announced the appointment of Glenn Gibson as vice president of Marketing.

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Mobile operators must embrace the $100bn mobile advertising market, says Strategy Analytics

Mobile operators should be doing more to leverage subscriber data in mobile advertising, particularly in the face of stalling service revenue.

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