Author Archives: Mind Commerce
Location API for Rich Communications Services
Rich Communication Suite (RCS) benefits greatly from API integration and location is no exception. While a large part of the market is yet to understand their technological and strategic significance, Telco Network APIs play a critical part in carrier networks … Continue reading
The Power of Branding and Market Positioning in Wireless
Why does the USA say “texting” and other places, particularly Europe, say “SMS”? How many people know what SMS (Short Messaging Service) means? Much more recently, why do all of the tier-one wireless carriers in the USA refer to their … Continue reading
Cellular Mobile Network Infrastructure
The first generation (1G) analog cellular systems supported voice communication with limited roaming. The second generation (2G) digital systems promised higher capacity and better voice quality than did their analog counterparts. The two widely deployed second-generation (2G) cellular systems are … Continue reading
Posted in 4G, Broadband Wireless, HetNet, LTE, WiFi, WiMAX, Wireless Carriers
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Square to trial Location Commerce
According to The Verge, Square is building a recommendation engine that suggests nearby places to visit based on the consumer’s mobile transaction history. Square now processes $10 billion in annual mobile payment transactions. More than 2 million U.S. businesses and … Continue reading
Carrier WiFi, Small Cells, and Advertising
Carrier WiFi and small cells offers the potential for new business models including advertising. For example, Ericsson’s City Site small cell allows add-on modules for video ad screens, clocks, touchscreen real-time information displays and more. Ericsson’s small cell, called City … Continue reading
Posted in Broadband Wireless, WiFi, Wireless Carriers
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RCS and the Enterprise Corporate Dashboard
Rich Communications Services (RCS) provides the ability for a corporate entity to allow their employees to customize their own mobile experience via the RCS interface while at the same time providing an enterprise interface or so called, Enterprise Corporate Dashboard, which is … Continue reading
Telephony API Management
We see the role and importance of API Aggregators as more than simply aggregating various API’s from disparate sources. We also see them as managing what we consider to be the Core API’s. The Core API’s are Presence, Location, SCM, … Continue reading
Posted in API, Infrastructure
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Overcoming Performance Issues in Distributed Antenna System (DAS) Node Coverage Area
Different components are used to split the signal power between the antennas in passive DAS. These components are passive, which means they do not need external power supply. With passive DAS, the signal is distributed between the antennas using the … Continue reading
