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Analyst Angle: Voice over Wi-Fi and the potential impact on VoLTE

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...

Analyst Angle: Why Atlantic-ACM is bullish on fiber

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...

Analyst Angle: Are you in prison in Malibu or Miami?

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....

Analyst Angle: Is there a limit to how much mobile data people can use?

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;...

Analyst Angle Report: The emergence of the NFV ecosystem: Laying the foundation for a new way to run mobile networks

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....

Analyst Angle: Partnering — telcos that walk the walk

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...

Analyst Angle: Backhaul isn’t always about fiber

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...

Analyst Angle: A clear path to market in telecom?

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...

Analyst Angle: Timing on the Apple Watch

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...

Analyst Angle: The great telco debate

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...

Analyst Angle: Looking for the ROI in IoT

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...

Analyst Angle: Dark fiber’s role in the mobile backhaul ecosystem

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...

Analyst Angle: Sprint's next steps

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...

Analyst Angle: Latin America’s OTT mobile messaging apps threat

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...

Sprint and T-Mobile US: three other reasons it might not have worked

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...

Analyst Angle: Connecting on connected cars

First, the good news: between August 2013 and April 2014, the number of consumers who admitted to reading and replying to e-mails, and watching video

Analyst Angle: Apple and IBM – a logical enterprise partnership finally comes of age

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.

Analyst Angle: Changing consumer views on wearables … or not?

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.

Analyst Angle: NFV, SDN – the evolution beyond virtualization

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 –

Analyst Angle: How much data is T-Mobile US giving away with Music Freedom?

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 cell market continues search for economic sense

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...

Analyst Angle: Security and the 'Internet of Things'

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.

Analyst Angle: Personal smart devices drive Latin American mobile security services demand

Security is becoming a central focus for mobile services as personal smart devices occupy an increasing position in storing personal and professional data.

Analyst Angle: Wireless infrastructure value chain consolidation?

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.