TMCnet Next Generation Communications Week in Review

- Alert) fiber optic data network.  Second, Ankabut, which serves as UAE's National Research and Education Network educational hub, announced that it was using ALU to help expand its distance learning capabilities. And, the importance of SMEs adopting mobile strategies that properly accommodate the BYOD phenomena will be the subject of a roundtable discussion in the UAE this coming week hosted by ALU and FVC.

In other industry news:

TMCnet contributor Mini Swamy detailed how Altair Semiconductor’s achieving Verizon Wireless 4G LTE (News - Alert) Chipset certification was good news for Ecrio, a provider of real-time communications client software solutions for the mobile industry. It paves the way for the successful integration of Ecrio's (News - Alert) Mobile Communications Client Suite (MCCS) client software into Altair's global FourGee chipset portfolio. Mobile payments also shined with the announcement that EMVCo and the NFC Forum have entered into a collaboration to optimize the development and testing processes of Near Field Communication (NFC)-enabled mobile devices.

Industry trends were also in the news with the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) publication of its latest statistics on worldwide LTE deployments, and TMCnet Contributing Writer Frank Griffin’s roundup of some the latest on wireless service providers’ search for new revenue streams.

Features

Features this week included:            

Service Providers 

The move to extend distance learning was also the subject of an interesting feature by TMCnet Contributing Editor Susan Campbell about enabling the Classroom in the Cloud.

Enterprise

The move from rich communications to social communications will have profound impacts and as a recent piece by Alcatel-Lucent highlights.

Industries

Campbell as took a look at how Emergency Notification Service is enabling first responders to be more efficient and effective.

Weekend reading

Additional weekend reading to consider includes:

Alcatel-Lucent’s e-zine Enriching Communications,  BYOD Accelerates Appetite for Personal Cloud   The Alcatel-Lucent TechZine article, A Primer on Location Technologies in LTE Networks.

Plus, check out the Resource Center for access to whitepapers, videos and case studies. In particular the featured eBook, Innovating Innovation, and the whitepaper Getting Smart about Smart Cities - Enterprise Market Analysis are worth a read. 

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