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Ericsson’s (News - Alert) ���Ƕ���Ƶ in mid-May began industry testing related to its future role as the nation’s Local Number Portability Administrator. The testing commenced more than two years after the FCC (News - Alert) awarded the company a contract to manage the Number Portability Administration Center routing database. But getting this right is important, given everybody from consumers to businesses, emergency response and law enforcement, and carriers rely on NPAC. Indeed, this…

The deluge of spam robocalls has reached incredible heights this year, with up to 2.6 billion occurring in the month of May alone, according to the Federal Communications Commission. And it’s showing no signs of slowing down as calls are cheaper than ever to make on a massive scale. On the other side of the table, a suite of companies, government agencies, and trade groups are all working to solve the horrible scam. And the good news is that these groups have a plan. Despite bureaucratic…

By Arthur Cole | Posted Oct 24, 2017 The networking industry does not yet have the standards in place to enable a true, interoperable Internet of Things.   If ever there was a data ecosystem that depended on broad connectivity and interoperability, it’s the Internet of Things (IoT). But judging by the way the various IoT platforms have evolved so far, it seems we are a far cry from what many consider to be a workable environment. The specter of a fragmented IoT is starting to set…

Personally Identifiable Information or PII is leaking out of companies faster than ever. Equifax had two major hacks in a matter of months, Yahoo had three-billion emails stolen and so on. We could devote this entire post to various hacks but suffice it to say, each moment, more damaging information is leaked out onto the internet and dark web. A hacker can go to the dark web, buy iTunes account credentials, find the associated mobile account and socially engineer phone number port to their…

Not so long ago, tech industry observers guaranteed marketers that we’d soon get the best of both worlds on our TV screens, one that would allow consumers to view content on a big display from the comfort of the living room couch with the ability to interact with the content in a bi-directional “TV commerce” experience. For advertisers, this meant the possibility of selling the clothes the actors are wearing on a popular TV show to viewers in real-time, or enabling consumers to order…

Francisco Partners, a leading technology investment firm, has completed its investment in ���Ƕ���Ƶ, an independent subsidiary owned by Ericsson. Read article

The number of connected Internet of Things (IoT) devices continues to grow rapidly, driven by an increasing range of use cases and business models combined with declining device costs.   This growth rate is staggering and the need for connectivity, security and interoperability between applications and devices has never been more critical. In fact, ATIS sees it as essential to unlocking the IoT’s limitless potential. Read more