Fixed Mobile Convergence

Majority of Smartphone Users Not Purchasing Apps
Recent studies by ABI Research show that a little fewer than 70 percent of smartphone users have purchased an app on at least one occasion. Those who show a loose pattern of purchasing apps put forth an average of $14 a month.
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Wi-Fi Parent Available Now on Android, Google Play and Amazon Markets
A mobile device is a huge responsibility for children. Parents need to be proactive about how they control the mobile uses on their children's devices. They also need to understand how they are interacting with their friends. They need to set boundaries so that the device does not interfere with school, sleep, or other activities. But every parent knows that it is easier said than done.
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TMCnet Fixed Mobile Convergence Week in Review
This week a variety of mobile companies announced new products and services to improve day-to-day life. Ericsson announced the Verizon 4G LTE network, while Virgin Mobile offers a new smartphone to no contract customers. Lowes wants shoppers to have their shopping lists handy at all time, and Sprint aims to make families safer. Even Mobimanage announced a new business venture aimed at Destination Marketing.
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InToTally Debuts ToT-OLPC Network Optimization Technology
InToTally claimed that its newly released ToT-OLPC network optimization technology is capable of increasing operator's network performance by over 40 percent and the Outer Loop Power Control algorithm employed in the technology has supposedly received four international fundamental wireless patents.
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AT&T's VeriFone GlobalBay Solutions Enhances Shopping Experience
AT&T asserted that the VeriFone GlobalBay solutions available from it are capable of transforming an iOS device into a POS instrument enabling sales personal to process credit card and shoppers to pay for their preferred items right then and there on the shopping premises.
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Ericsson Announces First Verizon 4G LTE Network Certified Converged Workspace
Ericsson recently announced the world's first Verizon 4G LTE network certified Ericsson Converged Workspace (ECW) which has been designed to deliver voice, data, security, network resiliency, and Wi-Fi over a single device.
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