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Analyst Angle: Why the industry will not move to $50 national unlimited calling

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.With the advent of the new Boost national $50 Monthly Unlimited plan, many consumers and...

Analyst Angle: The death of subsidies for mobile devices may be exaggerated

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 critical question for wireless operators in the US is whether prospective customers of wide-area...

Analyst Angle: Top 5 strategic trends to look for in the wireless industry in 2009

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 was a year most of us would like to forget, but one we're certain...

Analyst Angle: The dark side of the open OS handset trend

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 migration to mobile messaging and data was the story of the first half of...

Analyst Angle: Enterprise WLAN market expected to defy macroeconomic weakness

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 macroeconomic weakness and increased uncertainty has spurred enterprises to reduce capital budgets and increasingly...

Analyst Angle: The urgency of wireless voice service for cable operators: What do Cox, Time Warner and others need to do?

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.Cable operators are market leaders for pay TV and broadband services, and have done very...

Analyst Angle: More bytes for a buck: The fallacy of spectral efficiency improvements

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.Conventional wisdom suggests that the spectral efficiency of a wireless technology has a meaningful impact...

Analyst Angle: The open-data-pipe boogey man

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.When Apple launched the iPhone a little over a year ago, they disrupted the industry...

Analyst Angle: Rising expectations for WLAN in the enterprise

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.Enterprise spending on WLAN equipment has outpaced the growth rate of both the Layer 2+3...

Analyst Angle: Opportunities for growth and responsible teenage spending: Who doesn’t love data?

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.Data usage is an important component for future revenue growth as it becomes an ever...

Analyst Angle: OMG, the teen market is slowing

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 last few years have seen significant growth in the U.S. teen market, a market...

Analyst Angle: The ’emerging’ growth of GSM in a 3G world: India, Africa and China to continue reliance on 2G technology

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.Happy belated birthday to you, GSM. Last month, GSM technology celebrated its 21st birthday -...

Analyst Angle: Why you should buy your grandmother an iPhone this holiday season

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.Maybe you should buy your mother one, too. My mother (age 66) already packs a...

Analyst Angle: Foreboding cloud coming ‘off the deck’

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.Another CTIA show has come and gone. There was plenty of talk of new applications...

Analyst Angle: The Butterfly Effect of 802.11n

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.To adapt the words of famed chaos theorist Edward Lorenz who coined the term "butterfly...

Analyst Angle: Mobile social networking’s brave new world

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.Cellphones, with their index of personal contacts, knowledge of a user's location, ubiquity, and hallowed...

Analyst Angle: Counter-arguments for evaluating next-gen network rollout strategies: The glass is half empty

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.Over the next few years the three major mobile operators in North America will deploy...

Analyst Angle: Call-to-action advertising proves that dreams do come true

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.There is a ride in Disneyland called "Fantasy Land." The ride consists of park guests...

Analyst Angle: The evolution from 3G to 4G

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.To quote Bob Dylan. mobile networks are a-changin'. As more and more mobile users download...

Analyst Angle: Ads, ads everywhere, yet not the one I seek

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.As adoption of the wireless web grows, so too does the Holy Grail of advertising:...

Analyst Angle: Be mindful of the legal restrictions on mobile ads: Cellphone advertising may be the next frontier, but proceed with caution

For years, mobile advertising has been touted as the next frontier. Its day may finally have arrived. Recent reports suggest that almost 60 million consumers were exposed to mobile advertising in just one month, and there are predictions that the market will reach almost...

Analyst Angle: Mobile content providers beware, the iPhone is a Trojan iHorse

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 introduction of the iPhone was the most significant event in the 2007 wireless industry....

Analyst Angle: Mobile device management and the user experience

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.Why is the mobile user experience important?For many mobile service providers in developed markets, what...

Analyst Angle: My favorite WiMAX myths and misconceptions

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 the coming weeks look for columns from NPD Group's Ross Rubin, Enderle Group's...