Reality Check

The media landscape has changed more in a short amount of time than ever before. The big catalyst has been the explosive growth in mobile and the introduction of the tablet, which has triggered

If only 5% of customers formally complain, where do the rest go to vent their frustrations? Many may take to posting #epicfail on Twitter, through a status on Facebook or lamenting to friends at the local pub.

Enterprise mobility is changing the way business is done while also introducing new challenges for development, quality assurance and information technology teams. Businesses are adopting

With projections of a 35% compound annual growth rate in tablet PCs through 2016 and consumer demand for bandwidth at an all-time high, one would think that manufacturers would be …

With a freshly installed chairman and full complement of commissioners now in place at the Federal Communications Commission, the details of upcoming spectrum auctions are now taking center stage

It’s impossible to know what the next “Candy Crush” will be. It is even harder to predict the next five mobile gaming wildcards. In fact, the only future worth doubling down on is that certain games

This week we start an end of year “trends” series which looks at six large movements across wireless and wired worlds. This week, we will focus on two ways the industry is tackling the problem of growing data usage.

Before we begin our two-part discussion of several important trends that will impact the telecommunications landscape over the next year, I want to respond to several questions posed

Smartphones are set to become smarter than their users by 2017, according to analysts speaking at the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo, held earlier this month in Barcelona, Spain. Accumulated apps and contextual information

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column where C-level executives and advisory firms from across the mobile industry share unique insights and experiences. Fueled by the availability of …

Faster device launches, reduced device install times and cross-platform compatibility are a few of the benefits mobile operators and device manufacturers can experience when incorporating the mobile broadband interface model

Despite predictions from some industry analysts that mobile devices are reaching saturation in developed markets, it seems that every fall we get a fresh reminder

This past week, many in the telecommunications community began to take T-Mobile US seriously. For the second quarter in a row, the Bellevue-based wireless carrier posted net additions of over

Real estate is said to be about three things: location, location and location. The same is true of radio access networks. Spectrum and heterogeneous networks are all about location.

What if, when you walked in to Walmart – the world’s largest retailer – and inquired about refrigerators, their “greeter” directed you across the street to Sears? What if

This past week we had had earnings releases from Comcast, Time Warner Cable, U.S. Cellular and Sprint (as well as Facebook, Apple and Amazon). On top of this, we had the “what can happen” announcement of Sprint Spark,

This past Wednesday afternoon, AT&T announced third quarter earnings. Generally they were well received, although some analysts searching for an “AT&T loses to T-Mobile US” story have been quick to point out that postpaid phone net additions were negative for the quarter

From the 1990s to mid-2000s, all was in place for telecom operators to deliver substantial results for their shareholders. It was a time of innovation in the industry. Data capabilities were

Last week marked the beginning of the third quarter earnings season for the telecommunications providers. Leading the parade was Verizon Communications, which posted good revenue growth and

There is no doubt that mobility can be a powerful tool to increase the productivity and flexibility of individual employees. But it can also mean that enterprises are under greater pressure

Traditional passwords – even those containing numbers, letters, both uppercase and lowercase, and symbols – are just not good enough anymore. Hackers, like those who attacked

The benefits and drawbacks of being a market “first mover” have always elicited a diverse range of opinions. Some claim that first movers must go through trial by fire and learn through their own