While big business may be crowning open source as the king of server-based computing, most enterprise movers and shakers vehemently deny any such moves in telephony. Yet, open source in telecom is ...

As mobile operators migrate to 3G networks and services, they see video telephony services as the killer app that will differentiate new 3G service from existing 2G and 2.5G ones. Although it is ...

Mobile telephony has evolved from a niche innovation to a ubiquitous component of modern communication infrastructures. This evolution is underpinned by the interplay of technological innovation, ...

The growing demand for mobile applications is set to challenge the apprehension that enterprise telephony buyers have toward open source telephony offerings. As IT departments strive to meet new ...

Modern communications technology means one can find anything, anywhere around the world, on the internet and via mobile phones. But people still live in communities and need information that is ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am passionate about enhancing broadband connectivity. What happened? Consumers flocked to mobile and Voice over Internet ...

The era of mobile telephony started much longer ago than one might imagine. On June 17, 1946, a man driving through the streets of St. Louis made a telephone call from his car—and thereby made history ...

This gem from the AT&T Archive does a good job of explaining the first-generation cellular technology that AT&T called Advanced Mobile Phone Service (AMPS). The hexagon-cellular network design was ...