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Analyst Angle: Another setback for Canada's wireless industry

A quote often attributed to Bernard Shaw actually comes from the German philosopher Georg Hegel: “We learn from history that man can never learn anything from history.” Perhaps the Canadian Radio-Television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) should pay attention to that bit of wisdom. ...

Analyst Angle: Tablets – The new strategic battleground

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.The tablet market is exploding, ignited by Apple Inc.'s iPad launch last April. By the...

Analyst Angle: Revolution in Helsinki

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.What a week for revolutions: Egypt has changed from a dictatorship to democracy in just...

Analyst Angle (Special MWC Edition): Mobile operators are winning the battle against churn – but cannot afford to get complacent

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.Mobile operators can expect to see continued reductions in churn. Recent research from Analysys Mason’s...

Analyst Angle (Special MWC Edition): Operators should position mobile broadband as a complement to fixed broadband, not a substitute

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.Mobile broadband operators should prepare for a decline in market growth. Recent research from Analysys...

Analyst Angle: The future of mobile commerce is here; it’s tap to pay

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.Would you be willing to pay for coffee, a new sweater, or a movie ticket...

Analyst Angle: Gigabytes and terabytes – the future of mobile storage

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.Recently, I had an interesting dialog with Tom Coughlin of Coughlin Associates. Tom is an...

Analyst Angle: CES roundup – bigger isn't better

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.Things tend to be big at the Consumer Electronics Show, the annual gadget-fest held this...

Analyst Angle: Finally! The iPhone 4 on Verizon Wireless

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.After almost five years under an exclusive relationship with AT&T Mobility, Verizon Wireless announced the...

Analyst Angle: Mobile advertising lessons

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.It is a new year … the time when we are told this is “The...

Analyst Angle: Mobile and wireless trends for 2011

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.I have always tried to give readers some perspectives on the coming year – trends...

Analyst Angle: Transformation from ASP to SaaS and now to the cloud

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.“… a cloud of mystery surrounds the new ASP business concept,” --Intellisoft, 1990 Today, the...

Analyst Angle: Mobile app search

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.Oh my god! There must be well over 300,000 mobile applications available when you consider...

Analyst Angle: What to expect when you’re expecting consumer devices in the year 2011

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. In many ways, 2010 was a landmark year in consumer devices: after years of...

Analyst Angle: Will the real 4G please stand up

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. Normally, I hate when marketing departments or sales guys get ahead of a...

Analyst Angle: Letter to Santa

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.Santa ClausThe North PoleDear Santa –There’s only one thing I want for Christmas: For President...

Analyst Angle: Mobile-centric computing

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.One thing you may not know is how the World Wide Web is being re-created...

Analyst Angle: Global mobile broadband trends

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.Mobile broadband has seen something of a marketing revival with the arrival of new device...

Analyst Angle: Mobile devices – Which company will lead the next innovation cycle?

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.Handset and mobile operating system manufacturers are scrambling to differentiate their offerings in an increasingly...

Analyst Angle: Voice recognition in mobile

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.“Call Alicia’s mobile number”“Text message to Bryan and Jason – Congrats on the Giants winning...

Analyst Angle: How to fund your mobile startup

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.Here’s a question I frequently get from young entrepreneurs, “How do I fund my new...

Analyst Angle: M&A in the mobile games sector – who will be next?

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.October was a busy month for mergers and acquisitions in the mobile games sector. Ngmoco...

Analyst Angle: Why I hate mobile e-mail

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.I have been thinking for quite some time about writing a column on why I...

Analyst Angle (Special Edition): Mobile operators need help in moving to the age of software: Enhanced back-end systems can help them unleash digital vitalities

Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in our September Special Edition, Behind the Scenes, a focus on integrated subscriber and network management systems. To download the complete Special Edition, click here. The increasing use of mobile devices to access Internet content – or what...