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As 2011 continues to pick up speed, it looks more and more like this generation is “the next generation”, at least in the wireless realm. Of course, that’s sort of a nonsensical cliché, like saying “the future is now” or “today is tomorrow,” but if we look at everything that next gen networks...

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A titanium foot treads upon a skull. Red eyes survey a post-apocalyptic landscape. Armed aircraft hover, scanning their search lights across a post-industrial wasteland. These are the images that come to mind when the term “machine-to-machine” is uttered in my presence, mostly because I’ve watched...

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4G, the fourth generation of cellular standards, has promised to deliver broadband speeds into the hands of mobile users around the world. Technical stats aside, ask anyone on the street whether 4G is faster than 3G, and the numeral prefix alone guarantees their answer will be 4G. But how much...

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Is this the year 4G makes its grand entrance on the world stage? From the looks of press releases and announcements at Mobile World Congress, it would seem so, but the reality is that 4G is still a ways off. And even if you purchase a 4G device from a carrier that advertises 4G service, you are...

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The new 4G networks being rolled out across the United States can make those in the mobile industry feel like pioneers embarking on an uncertain journey; a journey fraught with peril but a journey with the promise of even grater reward at the end of the trail.With data demand skyrocketing and a...

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The ability to assemble service components like presence/location, integration, and media control is crucial if operators are to enable service “mashups” that innovate, entertain and empower customers. Offering such services is a necessity if operators are to stave off disintermediation by OTT...

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We all know mobile data traffic is skyrocketing, fueled by the rampant use of smartphones, tablets, and compelling applications such as mobile video and social networking. And there is no slowdown in sight.Operators know that their 3G networks are not equipped to manage this high level of traffic...

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The growth of next generation networks like LTE have ushered in quite a quandary for service providers around the world. Wireless providers are now, or will soon be, able to offer high-speed, low-latency data in many areas, but this is proving to be a double-edged sword as rapidly increasing...

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The Communications Industry is focused on the race to roll out 4G and LTE, but in the bigger picture this is just the first step into a “gigabit society.” Successive generations of higher capacity wireless broadband services are before us in which customers will expect high-quality, on-demand...

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“Futures made of virtual insanity” -JamiroquaiOkay, so I understand the irony of using a reference to a 14-year-old acid-jazz-pop song to encapsulate the complexity of next-gen networks, but when thinking about the increasing flood of complicated services being delivered over shiny new networks,...

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