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In this day and age, there are several smartphone brands to choose from when business phones are concerned. BlackBerry has been on the front lines for years when it comes to an innovative new approach to business and how it connects with the telephone world. This fact makes them a likely choice when perusing for phones to use to get your job done in a satisfactory manner, but there are many to choose from, listed in no particular order.

According to Wikipedia, the first SMS message was sent over the Vodafone GSM network in the United Kingdom on 3 December 1992, from a man named Neil Papworth using a personal computer to Richard Jarvis of Vodafone using an Orbitel 901 handset.

The text of the message was “Merry Christmas”.

The technology behind the SMS text is 27-years old, having first been developed in the Franco-German GSM cooperation in 1984 by Friedhelm Hillebrand and Bernard Ghillebaert. It was then, eight years later, that the “Merry Christmas” text was sent.

The rising popularity of OTT (Over The Top) messaging services like BlackBerry Messenger (BBM), Apple's iMessage, MXit, WhatsApp, facebook messenger and Skype is starting to knock short message service (SMS)/Text volumes in mature markets.

Android is reportedly working on its own free messaging service.And, as already Android has major chunk of the smartphone market, it is definitely eat into mainstream SMS/Text messaging.

Facebook has released an update to its messenger platform that is said to potentially pose a serious threat to already embattled BlackBerry and its BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) service.

The updated Facebook Messenger app is now available for BlackBerry, in addition to iOS and Android. While the latest Facebook apps for smartphones include native chat features, the messenger app is a standalone app that is an extension of Facebook messages.

MEF Global Consumer Survey report reveals mobile internet access outpacing fixed-line internet access

•     72% use mobile internet on a daily basis with 18% no longer using Fixed Line to access the Internet at all

•     57% around the world have used Mobile Banking

•     MEF calls for industry action after security fears cited as greatest barrier to usage

Based on research conducted among over 8,000 respondents in nine countries across five continents, the MEF GCS found that 72% access the mobile internet on a daily basis with 18% no longer using fixed line internet access whatsoever. In each individual market, the number of consumers accessing the mobile internet daily is higher than the number accessing fixed-line internet.

Visible light communication (VLC) is a data communications medium using visible light between 400 THz (780 nm) and 800 THz (375 nm). Visible light is not injurious to vision.

Visible Light Communication uses light emitting diodes (LEDs), for the dual role of illumination and data transmission. Using the visible light spectrum, which is free and less crowded than other frequencies, wireless services can be piggy-backed over existing lighting installations. With this leading edge technology, data including video and audio, internet traffic, etc, can be transmitted at high speeds using LED light.

As IPv6 is set to grow in the coming few years, are you ready for it yet?

Want to find out your IPv6 readiness? Use this test.

IPv6 is an IP address standard designed to replace the current IPv4 protocol, which has been in use since the 1980s for routing Internet traffic. The new protocol has been available for several years now and supports several magnitudes more address spaces than IPv4, while also providing better security and reliability.

Today, May 17th is the World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD).

World Telecommunication Day has been celebrated annually on 17 May since 1969, marking the founding of ITU and the signing of the first International Telegraph Convention in 1865.

In November 2005, the World Summit on the Information Society called upon the UN General Assembly to declare 17 May as World Information Society Day to focus on the importance of ICT and the wide range of issues related to the Information Society raised by WSIS. The General Assembly adopted a resolution in March 2006 stipulating that World Information Society Day shall be celebrated every year on 17 May.

In November 2006, the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference in Antalya, Turkey, decided to celebrate both events on 17 May as World Telecommunication and Information Society Day.

The updated Resolution 68 invites Member States and Sector Members to celebrate the day annually by organizing appropriate national programmes with a view to:

At eComm 2010,Craig Walker, Google’s Group Product Manager in the Real Time Communications group, gave a key note on why communications is moving the cloud, why that is inevitable, and why it’s in line with Google’s vision.

“10 to 15 years ago, it was hard to get stuff into your phone such as addresses, phone numbers, and on on. And if you got a new device, you had to redo it. Same thing with your desktop,” said Walker. “With the cloud, it became possible to store that data remotely. But even with voice communications, it has not changed much in the last 20 years; all the services such as SMS are still trapped in the phone.

The results of the second annual global study on the quality of broadband connections done at end of 2009 reveal that 62 out of the 66 countries analyzed had improved the quality of consumer broadband services since last year. However, new data from the study highlights the extent of the digital quality divide between urban and rural areas and, for the first time, compares the quality of fixed and mobile broadband services.

The 2009 research delivers new insight into who the global broadband leaders are by combining data for each country’s broadband penetration with a measure of the quality of broadband services actually experienced by its citizens. The study was conducted by a team of MBA students from the Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford and the University of Oviedo’s Department of Applied Economics, and sponsored by Cisco.

According to Ericsson estimates, mobile data surpassed voice on a global basis during December of 2009. This finding is based on Ericsson measurements from live networks covering all regions of the world.