Attitudes in mobile shift quickly – even among the most staunch protectors of the past. Barely a year ago, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson, speaking at the annual mobile world conference,
The pieces continue to fall in and out of place in the ever-evolving wireless world, but it now appears the many changes - from the subtle to the spectacular emergence of Apple Inc.'s iPhone, Google Inc. and open access - have unwittingly joined in...
Hello! And welcome to our Thursday 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 RCR Wireless News to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the...
NEW YORK—Technological advances are leaving wireline providers increasingly vulnerable to competition from wireless operators, according to a report released this week by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.The study indicates that while wireless carriers can’t match the bandwidth of wireline service yet, carriers can best take advantage...
WASHINGTON-After hearing emotional presentations from users who were unable to successfully connect to 911 from Voice over Internet Protocol phones, the Federal Communications Commission last week adopted rules requiring VoIP providers to offer direct access to 911 services within about 165 days. "VoIP providers...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Growth is a major concern this year for the chief executive officers of the world's fastest-growing technology companies, according to the latest findings of Deloitte's Technology Fast 500 survey.About 75 percent of the CEOs surveyed during the first quarter said they are...
As the nation's largest wireless carriers consolidate, large questions remain about what these companies should do with their existing wireline businesses. And carriers are talking openly about potential plans to shed these slow-growing parts of their operations in favor of the explosive wireless business.Indeed,...
The number of worldwide mobile users will nearly reach 2 billion by the end of 2005 as penetration rates surpass 100 percent in some countries, according to a new study by Deloitte's Technology, Media and Telecommunications group. The study indicates voice will continue to...
RICHARDSON, Texas-Minorplanet Systems USA Inc., which provides telematics-based fleet management solutions, reported second quarter revenues of $15.6 million, in line with expectations but still down from the $17.2 million recorded for the year-ago quarter.The company also said it experienced a 59.6-percent decrease in net...
CINCINNATI-Convergys Corp. announced it has acquired the business and assets of bankrupt TelesensKSCL Ltd. of Edinburgh, Scotland, a subsidiary of TelesensKSCL AG of Cologne, Germany.TelesensKSCL, which was a developer and licenser of billing systems for voice and data services to 19 million telecommunications customers...
Globalstar L.P. reported revenues for the fourth quarter and year ended Dec. 31 of $1.1 million and $3.7 million, respectively, however the company continues to see minimal growth in voice traffic and said in its annual filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission it...
NEW YORK-Telecommunications companies pay insufficient attention to revenue leaks, possibly due to the misconception that these hidden losses have a minor impact on their bottom line, according to a report by the communications practice of Deloitte & Touche L.L.P., Atlanta.The consulting firm said it...
NEW YORK-Deloitte Consulting announced it has developed an evaluation system to help telecommunications carriers and equipment vendors think like portfolio managers before jumping at cross-border opportunities in the burgeoning but risky international telecommunications marketplace."There is a need to assemble a portfolio so that if...
Companies already are feeling the pinch from Brazil's falling currency, which, at RCR press time, had lost about 20 percent of its value against the U.S. dollar since Brazil's central bank first moved to devalue the real.BellSouth Corp. said it will record a foreign...
NEW YORK-Lucent Technologies Inc., the Murray Hill, N.J., telecommunications equipment giant, gobbled up two other properties last week.In its bid to become a single-source supplier to a rapidly growing industry with annual sales now totaling an estimated $200 billion, Lucent announced an agreement to...
Studies indicate the mobile phone industry may be in for more alarming churn figures as increased competition threatens to erode carriers' customer bases.Richard Siber, associate partner with Andersen Consulting in Boston, expects the industry's churn rate to average between 33 percent and 36 percent...
The Brazilian government still plans to license three wireline and one long-distance telephone service license by Jan. 15, despite the resignation of Communications Minister Luis Carlos Mendonca de Barros over a scandal involving the sale of state-owned Telebras.Several leading Brazilian magazines published transcripts of...
ORLANDO, Fla.-"We here are circumscribed by a group that accepts and celebrates technology, but we are a very rare breed, a tribe that thinks it is uniquely important because our reality depends on it," said James A. Taylor, chief marketing officer for Iomega Corp.,...
CARLSBAD, Calif.-Telecommunications executives convened in California last month to discuss the challenges facing the industry, including competition, regulation and technological change, as part of the 21st Century Telecoms Company Global Executive Symposium hosted by The Economist Intelligence Unit, Deloitte & Touche and Deloitte Consulting.Research...
As an industry, we are all too aware of the fundamental changes in our business. The days of high average revenue per minute of use, phenomenal subscriber growth numbers, low churn rates and duopoly markets are long gone.Industry transformation has resulted in eroding economics: decreasing...
NEW YORK-U.S. telecom giants GTE Corp. and Bell Atlantic Corp. on 28 July announced a US$50-plus billion stock-for-stock pooling of interests that would create the nation's largest cellular carrier. The new company, to be based in New York, will be renamed without vestige of...
NEW YORK-As mergers among telecommunications giants tear around the track at breathtaking speed, it may seem that domestic deregulation, intended to promote competition, has instead achieved consolidation.However, a glance in the rear-view mirror reveals a bevy of new competitive wireline local and interexchange carriers...
NEW YORK-Charles R. Lee, chief executive officer of GTE Corp., and Ivan G. Seidenberg, CEO of Bell Atlantic Corp., rode into town July 28 on a horse with no name, a planned combination carrier as yet lacking a new handle."Not so fast, boys," said...
U.S. utility companies could become significant players in the wireless telecommunications industry in coming years if they can figure out the right strategy to enter the business.Analysts indicate utilities seriously are evaluating opportunities to branch out into the telecommunications arena in light of deregulation...
