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Worst of the Week: Metric System: Part Deux

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: Wireless shoppers and social networking

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.Those of us that spend hours a day, minutes a day, or even seconds a...

Reality Check: A proven track for mobilizing the enterprise

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.Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, iPhone, Android. What's next? The public's taste in smartphones seems to change much like...

Reality Check: Third quarter results summary: Signs of hope? Nope.

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.I know that many of you are thinking “Isn’t he a little late for 3Q comments?” Believe...

Analyst Angle: Is FMC dead or just resting?

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’s official — fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) has proved to be a failure in the enterprise....

Analyst Angle: The wireless operator of tomorrow

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 my background working for a major wireless original equipment manufacturer and spending most of...

Reality Check: Challenges at the inflection point : Growing demand for mobile data strains smartphone performance

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.The wireless industry is at a critical inflection point for smartphones. According to Gartner Inc., smartphone sales...

Reality Check: In essentials, unity. In non-essentials, liberty.

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.Today’s business teams are meeting, communicating, developing, storming, forming, and norming. Picking (if you’re...

Reader Forum: Smartphones and mobile identity

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: Mobile Device Overload Syndrome

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: App Stores: How many apps is enough? : (Do you really need that 79,873th app?)

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.Today’s article will be unusually short. Two reasons: One, I’m writing it on my netbook...

Analyst Angle: Evolution of wireless infrastructure OEMs

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.Wireless infrastructure OEMs such as the likes of Ericsson, Nokia Siemens Networks, Alcatel-Lucent, Huawei, etc.,...

Reality Check: The hunt for longer battery life – a necessary evil for operators, device manufacturers and application providers

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.Battery-life technology has fallen behind and has not kept up with the incredible progress made in other...

Reality Check: Fast. Pass. Talk.

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.With school-aged children come many responsibilities, including coaching youth sports. I’ve had the pleasure of working with...

Worst of the Week: The true iPhone killer

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: Brazilian mobile content/services market set to take advantage of the 4G revolution

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 150+ million wireless subscribers today, Brazil has become one of the largest wireless markets...

Reality Check: How the consumerization of IT is changing business

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 have a new passion – their personal mobile devices. Whether it's a smartphone, laptop or netbook,...

Reality Check: 3G is capable of meeting the growing demand for data

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.Even as we stand on the cusp of the first LTE market launches in a rapidly-expanding era...

Reality Check: When Nordstrom runs the iTunes App Store

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.Most of us know at least one spot for a satisfying retail (or service) experience: A...

Reality Check: LTE and the Butterfly 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.High in the Himalayas, if a butterfly beats its wings twice, rather than once, it could spark...

Reader Forum: Data control

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: Let’s play the Feud

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 economy helps boost the prepaid market

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.Interest in prepaid providers continues to boom. TNS Compete's behavioral panel tracks the online behavior...