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
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Fueled by the availability of low-cost/high-functioning smartphones, the data demand on mobile networks is driving investments in LTE networks worldwide....
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
Convergence in telecommunications is blurring the traditional lines between competitors and collaborators. Communications service providers today face not only traditional foes, but also new
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
Self-organizing network is a promising new feature defined by the 3GPP standard to help mobile network operators to automate several recurring tasks required for activities such as cells deployment,
The question we should be asking is what will happen if smart watches, devices like Google Glass and other wearable devices don’t have a strong enough mobile signal to work indoors?
The future of network validation and optimization is in the lab. Think about the plane industry: 100 years ago no one was using flight simulators to build and fly planes. Try for a minute to
Last week we highlighted three metrics (revenue generating accounts per customer; machine-to-machine unit and revenue growth; and capital spending as a percentage of revenues) that will impact performance in the third quarter. Not surprisingly,
It goes by many names. “The industrial Internet.” “The Internet of things.” “Machine-to-machine,” or M2M for our purposes. And as amusing as the name game may be, the innovative and transformative power
Brand marketers need to ask themselves where mobile fits into their digital strategy and then drive the behavior and actions they want from their mobile audience.
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The onward march of mobile devices and apps is a strong indicator of the increasing maturity of the mobile market....
