The amount of data consumed over mobile networks worldwide more than doubled every year for each of the last four years, according to a February report from the IT and telecom consulting company Cisco. Several other studies and forecasts of mobile data usage indicate that this phenomenal rate of growth shows no signs of slowing […]
Stories of bad behavior by airline passengers regularly make the news, but the most common kind of passenger misconduct doesn’t get widely reported (unless, perhaps, it’s perpetrated by a celebrity). Directives to turn off electronic devices or to cease in-flight cell phone use are easily the biggest causes of confrontations between flight crews and airline […]
It’s likely that your company or organization already has a policy that discourages cell phone usage by employees while they’re driving during work hours. If the National Transportation Safety Board were to get its way, such corporate cell phone policies might become just the second line of defense against unsafe practices such as talking while […]
It won’t show up on a phone bill audit, but a slice of the money that you and your organization budget for telecom expenses could very well be going to subsidize other people’s free teleconferences, “adult chat” conversations or other phone-based services. Providers of these kinds of services have partnered with some rural telecom companies […]
The way in which the Federal Communications Commission pursues its mission of ensuring that residents of every part of the United States have access to telecommunications services at reasonable prices is being re-evaluated to give greater importance to newer technologies. The method of funding “universal service” is also very likely to change, perhaps lowering the […]
The tablet computer made great strides in transitioning from tech toy to legitimate business tool in 2011. Early adopters have been learning how tablets do and don’t work in enterprise settings, while dealing with the new challenges that a tablet-equipped workforce can present in terms of network security, IT cost control and telecom cost management. […]