Editor’s Note: Welcome to Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.
The summer of 2014 could be labeled as the “Summer of voice over Wi-Fi” since the service seemed...
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.
On Oct. 17, Zayo began trading on the New York Stock Exchange, marking the return...
Editor’s Note: Welcome to Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.
As regular readers of my columns will know, our family is Apple-centric: Macs, iPhones, AppleTV, iPads, iTunes, etc....
Editor’s Note: Welcome to Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.
It will come as no surprise to anyone that the amount of mobile data consumed is increasing year-over-year;...
Download the complete report featuring Juniper Networks, Intel, AT&T, Telefonica, JDSU, KDDI, SpiderCloud Wireless, Ruckus Wireless, Metaswitch Networks, Hitachi and Mavenir Systems.
The transition to virtualized mobile networks is going to be a watershed in the way operators deploy, operate and financially benefit from their networks....
Editor’s Note: Welcome to Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.
By now everybody knows — in theory at least — that the concept of “not invented here” should...
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.
Discussion around the cellular backhaul market in the United States today places a heavy emphasis...
Editor’s Note: Welcome to Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.
If only the dream of "build it and they will come" were true, startups and venture capital investing...
Editor’s Note: Welcome to Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.
Pardon the pun in the title, but I could not resist. By now — unless you have been living...
Claudia Bacco, RCR Wireless Managing Director, EMEA recently had the opportunity to discuss with Chris Lewis, Managing Director, Chris Lewis Insight, some key topics facing the telco industry in today’s changing technology climate. With new players joining the competition, new technologies creating opportunities and...
The great thing about the “Internet of Things” is that, by definition, it is a very big space and covers everything from a connected washing machine to industrial machine-to-machine applications and solutions. The industry obviously loves this approach since many companies, no matter what...
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.
Dark fiber — the dirty word of early-2000s telecom — is back en vogue in...
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.
By now, you will all have read umpteen different stories about how Sprint has decided...
Over the Top (OTT) Services
The over-the-top trend started in the telecommunications sphere with free, IP-based telephony services but has now crossed to all other telecom services, gaining momentum by focusing on content and services. Currently, OTT providers are developing innovative ways to differentiate themselves...
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.
Regulatory hurdles have apparently put to rest Softbank's plans to bid for T-Mobile US, but...
While the markets have reacted to this announcement, both BlackBerry and MobileIron shares have fallen. I think we need look at the cause and effect in both the short and long term to truly understand the overall impact.
Between August 2013 and April 2014, consumer familiarity with both fitness devices and smart watches was unchanged. In fact, the responses to these questions were almost identical.
Slightly tired by the hype around network function virtualization and software-defined networking – and by the fact that everybody has to find some way to add these acronyms to their slide decks –
When T-Mobile US made its announcement, the immediate question was “how much data are they giving away?” Obviously, music streaming services can use a lot of data in a day, depending on how many hours they are streaming.
Small cells remain a bit of an enigma for the wireless space. Predictions for years have opined that the move to small cell deployments were just around the corner as surging demand for mobile data services had traditional wireless networks on the ropes.
Those predictions...
Cyber-attacks continue to become more innovative and sophisticated. Unfortunately, while organizations are developing new security mechanisms, cyber-criminals are cultivating new techniques to circumvent them.
Security is becoming a central focus for mobile services as personal smart devices occupy an increasing position in storing personal and professional data.
Historically, the wireless infrastructure value chain consisting of tower operators, fiber backhaul providers and neutral colocation facility providers has existed as three distinct provider groups.