Next-generation technologies for various types of networks are allowing operators to push forward with fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) and even fixed-mobile substitution (FMS) strategies. A range of ...

One of the UK's top wireless analysts has warned businesses to consider carefully any deployment of converged fixed-line and mobile solutions. Fixed-mobile convergence allows phone calls to be routed ...

An interesting thing happened in 1999. The unit price of a long-distance voice call to consumers, which had been falling since the early 1980s, finally crossed over the cost curve and long-distance ...

The term “convergence” covers many dimensions of networking. Users seek convergence of voice and data applications on a single network and device. They would like this over multiple flavors of ...

Although RIM is not the first vendor to support VoWiFi, its announcement is important because it has long been the "gold standard" in the enterprise. Although RIM is not the first vendor to support ...

First off, a happy new year to all! I am very pleased to be back as a columnist for 2007, and I’m looking forward to another year of rapid innovation in wireless. There are more exciting developments ...

Fifteen years since iPhone begat the modern smartphone, mobile now sits at the center of almost every interaction we make. It’s been 15 years since the iPhone gave rise to the modern smartphone, and ...

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. has unveiled the latest in mobile convergence devices -- the SPH-P9000 Deluxe MITs, which it says is a "true convergence device" capable of voice and multimedia data ...

Technology alone is no longer enough. Organizations face an unprecedented proliferation of tools, platforms and systems, each ...

DALLAS—Phil Langley sees the convergence of security, A/V (audio-visual) and IoT technologies as key elements in organizations’ digital transformation journeys. Langley, Wesco’s SVP, global enterprise ...