Tag: WiFi

Slow news week! 3 words that are never linked to…

Unsurprisingly this was the direct opposite of a slow news week for the mobile industry and for Gemalto’s Telecom business it was no different. We’ve announced new products, contracts, partnerships, oh and of course the unavoidable Facebook SIM

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Future gazing à la Brazilian

So, over the course of our series of posts on Digital Brazil so far we have seen the digital potential of this rapidly-expanding nation. From its fast-growing economy, the shift of more than 30 million citizens into the ‘middle-class’ income bracket and the increasing digital literacy among all Brazilians, from working classes to the rich, Brazil’s […]

What are the key challenges facing LTE?

Long Term Evolution (LTE) – it’s been around for a while now. Offering mobile network operators a new standard to initiate high-speed wireless communications, the possibilities arising from LTE, also called 4G technology, are endless. Aside from a better customer experience, just consider the revenue opportunities in terms of value-added services if consumers can take […]

Shop Safe With Your Mobile This Holiday Season

The holiday season is upon us, and it’s time to shop.  Every year on Black Friday consumers wake up early and head out to get the best deals on holiday gifts.  More and more, though, they are doing the shopping online from home, with some sleeping in or getting up at 3am to get the […]

Contactless Challenge Day 5 – finding NFC venues

We are now half way through the challenge. It is set to run until Wednesday at midnight when the final scores shall be counted and the winner of #GemaltoNFC announced. But that’s still some way off, and there are plenty more contactless challenges that our NFC battlers can complete. To summarize recent events, Ewan MacLeod […]

Facebook on your mobile – globally

Facebook mobile usage recently surpassed the number of users checking Facebook on the web. Mark Zuckerberg himself referred to the social network as a ‘mobile company’ and it’s hardly surprising given the number of users connecting on the go. With any major success story comes opposition, however, which manifests itself in cries and complaints of […]