Telecoms Tech

Smartphone subscribers around the world will download about 36 billion mobile phone apps in 2012, according to the latest market study by ABI Research. This activity equates to almost 37 native apps for the average smartphone subscriber through the year.

Mobile broadband related advances are changing the legacy business models of the telecom sector. In developing nations around the globe, many people will likely encounter the internet for the first time via an inexpensive smartphone.

Following on from Apple’s unveiling on June 11 of the latest iteration of its iPhone operating system, iOS 6, Ovum has been examining what this means for IT departments aiming to manage iOS usage in the enterprise.

Many of the rumours around Microsoft’s product launch in LA were proved correct last night when the company belly-flopped into the tablet market, announcing its new range of Surface tablet computers.

From a mobile network service provider's point of view, the Apple iPad could become a disruptive device that threatens their legacy business model.

The time has come to see a new standard emerge, making its way up to the masses. The question is whether it will catch or just become the new "MMS".

Month after month we see companies running like crazy, announcing products and services that talk with the newly emerged 4G networks. But are we really ready? And if not what is all the fuss for?

A limited edition model of the Samsung Galaxy S3 will utilise Visa’s payment app, Visa payWave, and be used by athletes and selected partners for the duration of the Olympics.