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.”

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

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

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.

In today’s always on, always connected world we are busier than ever.   Wouldn’t it be great if we could simplify at least one aspect of our hectic lives? GENBAND Mobile Life allows you to do just that. 

One of the perks of working for a company that supplies solutions for communications companies operating in all four corners of the world is the occasional opportunity to do some globetrotting. The 2012 version of Futurecom, held in Rio de Janeiro the second week of October, presented me with such an occasion. 

One of the most overused and inaccurate phrases in the entertainment business is overnight sensation. As any successful musician or actor can attest, stardom is rarely achieved in an instant. Instead, the journey from neophyte to limelight can take years and includes multiple detours and blind corners.