4G Technology Journal

InfoVista, a global leader of proactive service assurance solutions, today announced the availability of VistaFoundation® Kit 4.3, a significant upgrade to the company’s service performance assurance technology platform, the most scalable, flexible and cost-effective performance platform on the market. The new release supports communications service providers’ (CSPs) and large enterprise IT organizations’ need to cost-effectively deliver a greater number of differentiated services transported by all-IP networks, maintain optimal quality of service (QoS) and end customer quality of experience (QoE), while reducing OPEX/CAPEX and lowering total cost of ownership (TCO). Today’s CSPs are facing serious threats to the sustainability of their business models from three main directions. The established downward trend in traditional voice and data revenues is set to contin... (more)

Adapting Telecom and Web Technologies and Techniques for Smart Grid Prominent in May IEEE Smart Grid Newsletter

IEEE, the world's largest professional organization for the advancement of technology, published the May edition of the IEEE Smart Grid Newsletter. Articles in this issue examine a common occurrence, adapting telecommunications and Web technologies and techniques aligned with Smart Grid, among other topics. The current issue is available online at the IEEE Smart Grid Web Portal: http://smartgrid.ieee.org/may-2012. “The multi-disciplinary, system of systems that is Smart Grid presents great complexity and requires innovation and adaptation in the development of its many component... (more)

T-Mobile Introduces New No Annual Contract Mobile Broadband Service Passes

T-Mobile USA, Inc. today announced that its new, flexible and worry-free No Annual Contract mobile broadband service passes will debut May 20, making it easier for customers to enjoy access to high-speed Internet on the go whenever they want. With T-Mobile’s new, more affordable No Annual Contract data passes, customers can experience T-Mobile’s blazing-fast 4G network speeds across a variety of mobile broadband devices including tablets, mobile hotspots and laptop sticks – with no strings attached. Starting at just $15, T-Mobile’s lineup of No Annual Contract mobile broadband p... (more)

CORRECTION FROM SOURCE/WiLAN Announces Release of Markman Order

OTTAWA, CANADA -- (Marketwire) -- 05/17/12 -- Correction to the release sent out at 6:30 AM EDT this morning. In the 1st paragraph, it should have read: Wi-LAN Inc. ("WiLAN" or the "Company") (TSX:WIN) (NASDAQ:WILN) today announced that Judge Leonard Davis of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a claims construction Opinion and Order, on May 16, 2012, in ongoing litigations between WiLAN and defendants Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., Ericsson Inc., Exedea Inc., HTC America, Inc., HTC Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications (USA) Inc., Sony Mobile Communicatio... (more)

Strategy Analytics: One Billion LTE Connections by 2017

LTE will make its presence felt in 2012 with connection volumes increasing nine-fold to reach 90 million by year-end, according to the latest research from the Strategy Analytics Wireless Operator Strategies service, “Worldwide Cellular User Forecasts: 2012-2017.” With LTE smartphones now pushing beyond their core early markets of US, South Korea and Japan, this technology is set for a rapid rise and will exceed one billion connections by early 2017. Strategy Analytics predicts that LTE, which has overwhelming support by global operators as their 4G upgrade path and offers impro... (more)