BROWSING: big data

New advertising program set to begin in November Verizon Communications closed on its $4.4 billion purchase of AOL in June with an eye on boosting its content portfolio, and, based on an Oct. 8 privacy notification, better target consumer advertising via sharing personal data across...

Average commuter spends 42 hours each year stuck in traffic WASHINGTON – Every day AT&T collects millions of pings from its customers’ smartphones. These pings only provide a general idea – within 100 feet – of where an AT&T customer is and do not provide any...

With nearly a thousand jobs currently listed for telecom data analysts on Indeed and companies scrambling to design and implement big data strategies at telecom companies, a polished resume is a strong step toward a position in telecom's big data boom. Robert Half Technology categorized...

Hearing about the latest concerning data breach seems to be an increasing occurrence, and, following from that, cybersecurity is an increasingly hot topic. Cable and Internet provider Comcast is no exception; the company this week agreed to pay a $33 million fine related to...

The applications of big data continue to be an ongoing transformative force across a number of industries, including telecom. RCR Wireless News rounds up some of the 2015 predictions and recent reports that give insight into the latest trends and areas of movement and...

Due to the proliferation of mobile devices, higher demand for mobile data and increased competition, communications service providers are constantly seeking new ways to monetize the immense amount of data that flows through their networks. Operators now have access to unique subscriber information that can...

Interoperability and making the most of big data analytics are key to realizing full economic potential of IoT According to a new report from research firm McKinsey Global Institute, the economic value of the "Internet of Things" could be worth between $3.9 trillion and $11.1...

On this week's NFV/SDN Reality Check, RCR Wireless News takes a look back at the recent TM Forum Live event held in Nice, France. Network functions virtualization, software-defined networking, cloud, big data and smart cities were major themes at the recent TM Forum Live event,...

Carbon monoxide monitoring can alert to health problems, among other big data points WASHINGTON – Nicola Palmarini, a technology advocate with IBM Accessibility, helps the technology powerhouse leverage the power of big data. At the 2015 M-Enabling Summit, he sat down with RCR Wireless News to...

ZTEsoft's ZSaaS solution provider NICE, France – ZTEsoft today announced ZSmart Cloud Enabler, a software as a service platform designed to provide solutions to both service providers and enterprises that offer an end-to-end option including support services, if desired. The ZSmart SaaS offering, “ZSaaS” will offer...

As promised, this week we draw some conclusions from the results of our mobile first poll, which resulted in three ways to be an innovative leader as your company is planning for 2016 and beyond. Often, strategic planning sessions can be pretty dry and boring events...

CSP partnering with VC firm to eventually invest $1 billion with other telcos to advance digital transformation Mardrid, Spain-based telecom provider Telefónica has partnered with an American venture capital firm to invest $200 million in the CSP’s startup incubation initiative dubbed Open Future, which connects entrepreneurs...

I recently had an opportunity to speak with Nik Willetts, chief digital officer for the TM Forum organization about its vision for the digital business landscape. If you aren’t familiar with the TM Forum, it is a nonprofit industry association focused on working with its...

CANCUN, Mexico – Big data analytics has been a frequent topic in several discussions about trends in the telecommunications business. While vendors make an effort to sell their latest solutions, carriers haven’t spent much energy on making it happen. “Big data has been hype for...

The "Internet of Things," connected car, big data and data analytics are all popular topics of the day. Although many companies talk about the capability of their existing analytics tools to be used in these markets, a company named Parstream has developed data analytics...

Court ruled against NSA’s data collection program; case singles out Verizon Last week a federal appeals court decided that collection of mobile phone data by the National Security Agency is illegal and not covered by provisions of the Patriot Act. The ruling came after the American...

WASHINGTON – Jerry Dolinsky summarizes his firm Verisae’s mission statement as: “Connecting every facility, every asset within that facility, and every person who services those facilities and assets through our cloud network, so they can always be on.” Being "always on" is the very basis...

The Federal Trade Commission reached a non-monetary settlement with Nomi Technologies based on a complaint that the firm helped retailers track millions of customers via their mobile phones. “Nomi will be prohibited from misrepresenting consumers’ options for controlling whether information is collected, used, disclosed or...

Huawei ranks connected and developing nations in new report The United States is the most connected country in the world, according to Huawei’s Global Connectivity Index, which considers investment in networks, computing and storage, as well as e-commerce and other economic variables. Huawei, a global information and...

Booz Allen Hamilton recently published its views on the increasing battle for the dashboard in the connected car. I had the opportunity to learn more about the company and its work in this space. As more and more industry players traditionally known for expertise in IT and...

There is a great deal of speculation about how companies can best capitalize on the increasing abundance of collected data. Newer technologies like Hadoop get all the attention when it comes to the future of data management, but no one knows for sure just how...

$6B fine is apparently possible in EU probe of Google WASHINGTON – American technology powerhouse Google will face charges of violating antitrust regulations from the European Union’s Competition Commissioner, according to reports. Margrethe Vestager, former prime minister of Denmark, is expected to make an announcement Wednesday,...

The cloud, the cloud, the cloud – some of the most popular buzzwords in telecommunications, IT and now the connected car. It’s a fact that the connected car will rely heavily on the cloud to store data collected within the vehicle, data shared among vehicles and...

Telkomsel, Indonesia’s largest mobile operator, selected Cloudera, which it claims is the first unified big data platform powered by Hadoop, to help them become a higher-value broadband service provider. Up until now, Telkomsel has been largely a voice and text message-based business, but is hoping this partnership...