Hedgehogging: hedge*hog*ging v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube.

It’s odd that at a show where PhDs, MBAs and so many smart people from the telecom space stroll the pavilions, Robert Redford can steal the headlines by talking about the possibility of mobile films.
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Mobile World Congress continues to grow and grow and grow. Indeed, more than one attendee got a bit nostalgic about the good old days when the show was manageable in Cannes, France. and you knew you could find Nortel employees at the Majestic. We understand the need for the name change, but the acronym MWC does not roll off the tongue like 3GSM did.
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Some on the RCR Wireless News’ edit staff are starting a movement to boycott the 3GSM/MWC show until someone replaces all of the pretty, but painful, cobblestone at the Fira with ugly, but more practical, asphalt.
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Evidently the warnings about smoking being bad for one’s health still have not made it across the pond; we’re fairly sure the entire European continent lights up.
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So Sprint Nextel this week decided to shutter its Reston, Va., co-headquarters and move its former east coast execs to the nation’s heartland. Seems to make sense on the outside as a struggling company like Sprint Nextel would seem to be more “stable” with all of its head honchos under one roof. Of course there might have been another reason for the move as the carrier noted in its press release that “the move will improve operational performance by immersing senior leaders in the company’s operations.” This leads to the question of what were the senior leaders previously immersed in while operating out of Reston?
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So the FCC this week approved T-Mobile USA’s acquisition of SunCom Wireless. Looked to be a good deal for T-Mobile USA as it expands its native network in the Southeast and Puerto Rico, as well as a good deal for SunCom’s customers as they will become part of a nationwide operator that is known as offering the most value in the industry. Sure some might lose access to their unlimited local plans, but I feel sorrier for the name merry-go-round they have been on for the past several years. First SunCom was an affiliate of AT&T Wireless Services, then that became Cingular, then SunCom was on its own, and now it’s part of T-Mobile USA. Aren’t mergers and acquisitions fun?