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  • Pyramid Research: Middle East Will Surpass Europe in LTE Early Adoption

    Introduction Despite the early LTE lead of Telia-Sonera in Sweden, Pyramid Research predicts that the Persian Gulf countries of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and UAE will pioneer Long Term Evolution (LTE) adoption and surpass European LTE deployments.  The LTE penetration rate for those countries is expected to reach 11.8 percent, which is more than the projected…

  • New ITU-T Focus Group May Set Framework for Cloud Computing

    Introduction- The need for Cloud Computing Standards   Cloud computing deployments are being announced on an almost daily basis.  Cloud computing speeds and streamlines application deployment without upfront capital costs for servers and storage. For this reason, many enterprises, governments and network/service providers are now considering adopting cloud computing to provide more efficient and cost…

  • TiECon 2010 Wireless Sessions: Mobile Apps and Advertising

    Abstract: In this second TiECon 2010 article, we review the two other Wireless panel sessions that covered a variety of topics very germane to the mobile consumer market. The main themes were: mobile apps, mobile advertising, metrics to measure usage, Location Based Services (LBS), and the real time web. We report on thesse and related…

  • TiECon 2010 Report: Wireless Market Status, Trends and Future Directions

    Introduction TiECon is 'The Indus Entrepreneurs' (TiE) flagship annual conference and signature event. It typically draws a mix of entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, investment bankers, market researchers, technology executives and strategic marketing professionals from all over the world. The participants come together to network, learn and hear about latest industry and technology trends in the varied…

  • Will the iPad be a revenue driver or bandwidth killer for mobile operators?

    Disclaimer: This author has no business relationship with Pyramid Research or parent company Light Reading. Introduction: Mobile operators will be among the biggest beneficiaries of the Apple iPad's success, thanks to the iPad's use of mobile data services to access applications and digital content, according to a new report from Pyramid Research (www.pyr.com), the telecom…

  • “The Future of Video!” VLAB Panel Session: 4/27/10, Mt View, CA

    Introduction: This well attended panel session was more of an extended question and answer session, rather than new information or insights conveyed to the audience.  Nonetheless, there were a few significant points made, which will be discussed later in this article.  The event was organized by Draper Fisher Jurvetson and VLAB (MIT/Stanford) and took place…