Last week, when AT&T and Verizon announced their earnings, I was asked to be a guest on the TD Ameritrade Network to discuss their future and that of the wireless industry. We discussed the changes, the challenges, and the growth opportunities, and what the...
When you think of enterprise Wi-Fi, what comes to mind is an office with many laptops, smartphones, and other devices all seamlessly connecting over wireless. However, the irony is that it takes lots of cabling and rooms full of wired routers and switches to...
We’ve all heard the horror stories about stolen identities when our names and photos are stolen and used to create fake accounts on social media like Facebook and Twitter. It has happened to me before on Twitter, but they corrected the problem quickly. Then...
Mid-September greetings from the Midwest, Georgia and Alabama, where we are wrapping up our Moundville Telephone Company acquisition. Pictured is Tuska, a 7-ton elephant statue that was recently moved to the Bryant-Denny stadium in Tuscaloosa. Legend has it that the association with elephants dates back...
We’ve been hearing so much about the amazing future of autonomous and self-driving cars for several years. And while I do believe the future will be filled with a wide variety of self-driving technologies that today we only see today in sci-fi movies, getting...
5G Advanced, or as some vendors call it, 5.5G, is the next iteration of cellular standards and promises to enhance current 5G networks with not just organic updates, but also introduce major new functionality primarily targeting enterprise networking. These new features include Sidelink, Reduced...
Editor’s note: We are very thankful for friends like Jennifer who are there when parental moves come into the picture. Today’s opening picture was snapped last night as we prepared for the last leg of the “Planes, Automobiles, Hurricane, U-Haul, Trains” variant of the...
Telehealth, or telemedicine, uses modern electronics and telecommunications technology to connect patients to medical services, long-distance. Wireless is playing a growing role in this important and growing space. As it continues to advance, telehealth is now taking healthcare to new levels in areas which...
CEO Hans Vestberg is focused on creating a Verizon turnaround and sustainable comeback. This has been the challenge he has been wrestling with since taking over the leadership position in 2018 from Lowell McAdam. Let’s take a closer look at how he is doing...
Mid-September greetings from the Midwest. We’re back to doing media interviews for Fastwyre Broadband – his latest appearance with the USDA Missouri Program Director, Kyle Wilkens, is here.
This week, after a full market commentary, we will look back on the impact of a decade of...
The wireless industry is about to take the next big leap into the future with satellite connectivity. In the early days it was analog and voice. Then it changed to digital with 2G, 3G, 4G and now 5G bringing a wave of new apps...
It’s amazing how quickly things can change in the wireless industry. A few short years ago both Qualcomm and Huawei were at the top of their games, battling it out for dominance in the minds of the global wireless marketplace. Today, things are much...
The mobile industry is witnessing a fundamental shift in the way in which Radio Frequency (RF) systems are handled. In no small part, this is mostly due to the shift to 5G and its related use cases, which brings with it a massive burden...
Labor Day weekend greetings from the Midwest. Since there was not a particularly attractive opening picture (most this week were of competitor’s sloppy hole digging), we are including a wonderful shot of a hot air balloon from our Colorado trip in July. Hope your...
Elon Musk of SpaceX and Mike Sievert, CEO of T-Mobile US, against a backdrop of rockets recently announced they are joining forces to take wireless to the next level… satellites. They will use Starlink satellites to connect calls, texts and data sessions when the...
After a long wait, Cox, the Atlanta-based media giant which has its hands into more industries than you can shake a stick at, finally entered the wireless business with Cox Mobile. Let’s take a closer look at how the cable TV companies are doing...
Huawei recently held its Win-Win Huawei Innovation Week conference, July 18-22, 2022, with a commitment to building “simplified, green and intelligent” Information and Communications Technology (ICT) infrastructure. In addition to making recommendations for a joint industry standard for energy efficiency, Huawei also launched its...
If you are a Xfinity Mobile customer, you may have heard about their lower price offer. If you are considering this, there is something you need to be aware of. In recent years, Comcast has been showing growth with wireless offering. Now, they are...
TiVo contacted me to speak at their upcoming Pay TV Executive Summit. They wanted me to discuss the reemergence of Video over Broadband, and if done well, how it would help operators grow their business. While this is important, it is only one slice...
Greetings from the Midwest and Southeast (at left, toting the week’s produce from Kansas City’s open-air City Market). The freshly-picked watermelon we purchased there was far sweeter than the Chiefs performance in their first preseason game (and narrowly beating the Commanders did not assuage...
Frontier Communications has been through the ringer in recent years. They are now in the process of recovery and rebuilding in a marketplace that is tougher than ever with the weak economy, pandemic recovery, new technology and increasing competition. Early on they focused on...
Huawei recently held its Win-Win Innovation Week in late July 2022 in Shenzhen, China. After a flurry of presentations on a wide range of topics, it is possible to see how the telco landscape will continue to evolve over the next three to five...
The telecommunications industry is no stranger to sustainability development and goals. It is one of the first sectors to surpass the 20% target for the net-zero target by 2050 set by the United Nations (UN). Based on a recent GSMA report, operators accounting for...
Amazon continues to hit the ball out of the park. Last week, they reported strong earnings. They also announced that they are acquiring One Medical which will help them move further into the medical and healthcare industry. This is a strong and rapidly growing...
