Analyst Angle

  Outlook search presently reviews all the email in the designated mailbox or folder(s). It would search much faster if they just looked at a few desired occurrences first before …

  The year kicked off, as usual, with the big CES show in Las Vegas. Some of the hot trends on display this year were AI, IoT, and Robotics. And …

Like you, I have done business with Amazon.com forever. And generally speaking, I have been very satisfied with their business model. However, that does not mean things have been perfect. I do …

Everybody’s situation is different, and goals for MWC vary widely. This is my rough suggestions for people like me, who are senior executives attending MWC in a free-form individual manner. …

Enterprise (not just IT) are finding that mobile is a strategic asset. From the Board to the CEO to all his direct reports and the lines of business, they all …

We’ve been talking so much about artificial intelligence in wireless, but one thing we haven’t touched on is getting AI to synch with the way each of us think. Each …

  While 5G will support unlicensed and shared spectrum, Wi-Fi has been moving in the other direction, taking on many characteristics of cellular technologies such as enhanced quality of service, …

Frontier Business, the business services side of Frontier Communications, has a significant growth opportunity in 2018, by helping small- and mid-sized businesses grow using their advanced cloud-based communications services. Let’s …

  Let me declare right up front: I didn’t attend this year’s International CES in Las Vegas primarily due to my wife and I having to attend an important family …

  This increasingly variegated platform drives the requirement for coexistence between 5GNR, LTE and unlicensed technologies — close integration at core and even radio level now, and a harmonized migration …

Major MNOs are in a very challenging position as mobile data demand continues to expand at breakneck pace. As smartphone usage becomes an inherent part of everyday life, MNOs are …

It all started innocently enough with software to manage mobile device assets. Then, with an explosion in mobile devices, software & services, MDM has evolved into much more capable mobile …

  Deploy LAA. Consumers are only beginning to use LTE in unlicensed spectrum. So far chatter has mostly been about operator trials, commercial chipsets and sales of devices to seed …

Walk through CES 2018 and you can see the wireless industry continues to expand its footprint and grow in other industries. All of a sudden, we see pay TV is …

I’m just back from CES, and it’s clear that IoT in the home offers a certain magic that interests press and consumers. But even though voice agents are gaining traction, …

After reading an IBM article, this spurred the idea to discuss blockchain for business applications, as well as how blockchain might impact IoT. Blockchain continues to enter the mainstream business …

  Over one billion people now use the iOS interface. It is often the user interface that most young people first come to know. They know it is a screen …

There should be quite a bit of embarrassment at Apple in the last couple weeks since they admitted to the iPhone slowdown. But is there? I wrote about this problem several …

  5G, IoT, Services (vs. Apps), Over the Top (OTT), Smartphones, App Layer vs. OS Layer, Augmented Reality (AR), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Virtual Reality (VR) are hot mobile topics …

Cellular technology innovation has been instrumental in creating wealth in recent years and has contributed significantly to global economic growth, either directly or indirectly. Each mobile network generation, including 2G, …

  Internet of Things (IoT) has become a rallying cry for the world of connecting (mostly small devices) together and to the Cloud. This could be one of the largest …

The wireless industry was full of expansion, growth, activity, excitement and some disappointment in 2017. So, what can we expect in 2018? Wireless will continue to be the center of …

  It used to be that providing access to content was valuable. Now, the value is in creating original content and making it easy to consume on (primarily) mobile devices. …

Cellular network efficiency increases significantly with each generation, especially as the value chain discovers new technologies to improve spectrum use. The following chart illustrates how 3G, 4G, and 5G started …

  Although much of the dialogue on 5G spectrum in the US has focused on millimeter (mmWave) spectrum, it is not clear whether the mmWave spectrum is suitable for mobile …