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Worst of the Week: Potty talk

Worst of the Week: Potty talkHello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever...

Analyst Angle: Data traffic growth drives the content delivery platform (CDP) market: As mobile data traffic explodes, operators will increasingly turn to CDPs to manage—and profit from—it.

The torch has been passed: Mobile data traffic now surpasses voice and it will continue to grow indefinitely. As a consequence, operators need to find ways to not only support this new wave of traffic, but also profit from it as well. Content delivery...

Analyst Angle: Why the Intel-McAfee deal could be important for 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.You have to hand it to firms like Intel Corp. (INTC) and Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)...

Analyst Angle: 3G comes to China … and no one cares

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.Chinese are voracious consumers of mobile data. In fact, 80% of the 777 million Chinese...

Gov'ts, industry must balance economic needs, security concerns

Recent actions by Middle East and Asian governments, as well as eight U.S. senators, that question whether telecom equipment manufacturers could undermine national security issues underscores how governments around the globe are going to have to balance the fact that wireless communications are an...

Reality Check: Resuscitating wireless service

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace. It almost goes without saying, but our communications world has changed a lot over the past...

Reader Forum: It's all about the customer experience

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...

Reader Forum: As mobile services evolve, so does backhaul service verification

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...

Worst of the Week: Byte me!

Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....

Analyst Angle: The press-analyst 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.As an industry analyst, I conduct over 500 mobile and wireless “briefings” every year, sometimes...

Reality Check: Break down the walls – it's time for wireless operators to open up

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.Keep an eye on your bid on eBay (EBAY), hold a table at the hot new...

Reality Check: Break down the walls – it’s time for wireless operators to open up

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.Keep an eye on your bid on eBay (EBAY), hold a table at the hot new...

Reality Check: The Internet needs a new roof, not another layer of shingles

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.Greetings from the heart of America, where temperatures are finally dropping and kids are headed back to...

Reader Forum: Take a load off your customers – manage mobility for them

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...

Reader Forum: Wireless network performance metrics – are you measuring reality?

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...

Worst of the Week: Time to take a breath

Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....

Net neutrality: A contrarian viewpoint

Have wireless operators been outplayed by device manufacturers and applications developers? Is being a network operator pass

Analyst Angle: Why all smart phones & networks should be open

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.Imagine for a minute if highway toll roads only allowed certain makes of cars to...

Reality Check: Navigating the mobile ecosystem to leverage the ‘iPad effect'

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.Consumers are hooked on sharing data, whether they're streaming video, sending presentations or swapping photos.The mobile culture...

Reality Check: Where have all the pre-paid subscribers gone? (and other earnings insights)

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.Greetings from Kansas City, where the weather and political climate are both scorching hot. We had an...

Reader Forum: What will the first LTE phone do?

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...

Reader Forum: Backhaul to the future

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...

Analyst Angle: RIM faces bans, trapped between competing security imperatives : But banning BlackBerry may not be an easy call for most nation-states

It is no small irony that the very feature that has made Research In Motion the darling of the enterprise – its security architecture – has now become the company's biggest headache as it seeks to expand its footprint in high-growth emerging markets. The...

Worst of the Week: Big Brother a Canuck, eh?

Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....