WiFi Goes Big & Goes Global: Insights from Infonetics

Perfect timing given the big  Network Virtualization and SDN World Conference in London this week for the latest report from Infonetics on “Carrier WiFi.”

The report, “Hotspot 2.0 and Virtualization Key to New Revenue for WiFi Carriers,” is enriched by in-depth surveys the Infonetics team conducted with service providers across the globe that operate carrier WiFi networks or will do so soon.

The headline? Infonetics found that “respondents expect to significantly increase their access point deployments by the end of 2016.”

Introducing GENBAND fring

The technology and telecommunications industries are littered with cautionary tales of innovative companies surrendering market dominance due to their inability to react quickly enough to new and disruptive competitive forces.

The fate of BlackBerry, the one-time 800 pound gorilla of the mobile device market, currently hangs in the balance, the result of a deer-in-the-headlights response to Apple’s introduction of the consumer-friendly iPhone, or so surmises a consensus of industry observers.

GENBAND’s Joe McGarvey Discusses the GENBAND-Samsung Mobile Alliance with RCR Wireless’ Martha DeGrasse

GENBAND’s Director of Strategic Marketing Joe McGarvey sits down with Martha DeGrasse from RCR Wireless via Google Hangout to discuss how the newly formed GENBAND-Samsung alliance allows the two companies to deliver the ultimate mobile office experience by combining GENBAND’s Unified Communications SMART OFFICE software with Samsung Mobile’s market-leading SAFE™(Samsung for Enterprise) devices.  With the newly formed alliance GENBAND and Samsung are bringing a “SAFE, SMART, and SIMPLE” us

GENBAND and Samsung Bring a SAFE, SMART, SIMPLE Communications Experience to the Enterprise Market

Our recently announced collaboration with Samsung only serves to further validate our Making Networks Smarter vision and create a significant evolution for the enterprise communications experience.  The new alliance combines Samsung Mobile’s market-leading SAFE™ (Samsung for Enterprise) designated devices with GENBAND’s

GENBAND S3 Session Border Controller: The Intelligent SBC

The communications landscape continues to change and the pace of change is now accelerating at a very rapid rate. This growth is being driven by a number of factors related to the growth of IP-based communications services including the rise of SIP Trunking, Unified Communications, IP-to-IP Interconnect, IP Exchange, and LTE. Traditional telecommunications business models are under attack from Over-The-Top providers and Av­erage Revenue Per User (ARPU) is not keeping pace with network costs.