Tag: communications

June 6, 2023

A team including researchers from the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology; Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd.; Nagoya Institute of Technology; and Waseda University has jointly developed the world’s first system for the transparent relay, routing, and switching of […]

May 31, 2023

Back in September 2021, I wrote an article, Rural Broadband May Soon Get a Boost, about the bipartisan infrastructure bill which was being debated in Congress. The Infrastructure and Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) was passed in November of 2021. […]

May 26, 2023

Telco providers face several challenges in network planning. New technologies require many more antennas to be more precisely placed and configured than ever before. For example, this requires delivering 17 million microcells and towers by 2025 – an order of […]

May 24, 2023

With half of pre-pandemic workers now remote and one in five reporting they don’t have an assigned workspace when they go to the office, hotdesking is quickly becoming the miracle tool of the hybrid office. As a concept, hotdesking is […]

May 18, 2023

Businesses are developing at a rapidly increasing pace. They are shrinking their real estate footprint and the hybrid workforce is becoming an accepted standard. The trend towards a borderless business is accelerating, where customers and employees can be anywhere in […]

May 16, 2023

Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. (NYSE: TDS) and United States Cellular Corporation (NYSE: USM) will present at the 51st Annual J.P. Morgan Global Technology, Media & Communications Conference on May 23, 2023 at 3:15 pm Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). LeRoy […]

May 11, 2023

I rarely write about the contact center business, as my practice focuses on the other part of the enterprise communications infrastructure, the various systems our employees use to communicate among themselves and with the outside world. When it comes to […]

May 10, 2023

NextNav Inc. (“NextNav” or the “Company”), a leader in next generation GPS and 3D geolocation, today reported financial results for NextNav’s first quarter ended March 31, 2022. Ganesh Pattabiraman, NextNav Co-founder and CEO, stated, “NextNav had a strong start to […]

May 4, 2023

Quantum Pigeon, Inc., today announced the expansion of its social access app-based community to include a broad range of TV, literary, music, and internet influencers, all of whom are building authentic relationships with, and earning real revenue from, their top […]

May 4, 2023

Tucows Inc. (NASDAQ: TCX) (TSX: TC), announced today that its subsidiary, Ting Fiber, LLC (“Ting”), has closed an offering by certain of its subsidiaries for $239 million. The offering consists of Series 2023-1 Fixed Rate Senior Secured Notes, Class A-2, […]

May 1, 2023

Welcome to Number of the Month, where we dig deeper into the research and data that’s shaping the communications technology industry. This month, we look at a report from technology expense and asset management firm Tangoe, which found that only […]

April 28, 2023

In last week’s piece, I recounted some takeaways from the Enterprise Summit general session at Enterprise Connect 2023, where our panel of enterprise decision-makers discussed the challenge of keeping up with a constantly changing hybrid work environment. We followed that […]

April 26, 2023

A question on top of communications technology professionals’ minds is “How do we reinvigorate growth in the business communications market? What type of innovation can be monetized to justify R&D investments and catapult the industry into high-growth mode again?” Some […]

April 24, 2023

Graybar, a leading distributor of electrical, communications and data networking products and provider of related supply chain management and logistics services, today reported record first quarter results. For the first three months of 2023, Graybar’s net sales totaled $2.7 billion, […]

April 21, 2023

One of the most frustrating things about hybrid work is that it’s been such a moving target: Are workers coming back to the office or not? Are people actually going to heed the CEO’s order to be in the office […]

April 18, 2023

Dialpad announced this week it plans to deliver a series of internally developed generative artificial intelligence (AI) advancements to enhance the company’s Ai-Powered Customer Intelligence Platform. The company plans to unroll a new capability on a monthly basis starting this […]

April 18, 2023

The “Rich Communication Services Global Market Report 2023” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. This report provides strategists, marketers and senior management with the critical information they need to assess the market. The global rich communication services market grew […]

April 4, 2023

Archiving technology has come a long way since its inception in the 1970s. In today’s multimodal, digital world, archiving communications is no longer just about storing and finding voice and phone calls; the practice has expanded to include email, chat, […]

March 15, 2023

Last Friday, cloud communications provider 8×8, held an event at Nasdaq’s headquarters in New York City’s Times Square. The company used the event to launch several AI centric product enhancements, but more importantly, 8×8 announced a pivot in strategy. The […]

March 15, 2023

With a reported 280 million monthly active users of Microsoft Teams, it is no surprise that there are multiple sessions at Enterprise Connect 2023 focusing on using Microsoft Teams to deliver increased business value for your organization. Enterprise Connect is […]