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...
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 these five words, a revolution began. Digital home products were floundering en masse (remember the...
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-speed wireless data applications are exploding in popularity. The Wireless Federation noted in late 2008 that “mobile...
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.Thanks to search, we have a lot of opportunities to find things. Some are useful, and...
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.Mobile e-mail, advanced messaging and data services are no longer the sole province of smartphones and high-end...
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.There are two embedded myths in your company that must be shattered to emerge from this recession...
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.As 2010 and the first launches of Long-Term Evolution (LTE) networks approach, the global mobile industry is...
Across corporations large and small, directly competing or related industries across the telecosm, CEOs are being asked one question by their primary investors and their boards: How will Google affect our business model? Are they a friend today, and a foe tomorrow...
There has been a surge in attention on the subject of the mobile data tsunami – the increasing burden on mobile networks from the explosion in data usage and the ‘I can't do without wonderful mobile web experience' it has unleashed in consumers. ...
Building a world-class Analyst Relations (AR) program is a worthy investment that delivers positive returns companywide. AR is a way for you to strategically influence the worldwide technologists who are recommending products and technologies, conducting research, and making industry projections that can directly impact...
The role of mobile devices is rapidly evolving - converged products like the iPhone are shaping consumer behavior and creating unprecedented expectation for video, web browsing, gaming, and GPS. As our handsets transform from primarily voice-driven devices to highly visual platforms for multimedia, the...
LTE is slated to become the next generation of wireless technology. The spectral efficiency alone, meaning the number of data bits supported on a given frequency, clinches the deal. The business case is compelling: with LTE you get more capacity, and therefore more revenue,...
In North America, the swift growth of mobile broadband has been instrumental in shoring up ARPU (average revenue per user) numbers, which were threatened by the commoditization of voice. With new applications and ideas coupled with improvements in key mobile-phone technologies, there is no...
The wireless industry is fueled by constant innovation. Few industries match our pace in a given year. But our achievements, ideas and products are not always widely adopted by customers. Why? Ease of use is our industry's killer app. ...
The elevator speech regarding the smart grid is simply that it is a communications system overlay on the existing electrical grid to make the electrical grid more controllable and much more efficient in the delivery of energy. The communications systems will be connected to...
The iPhone. The BlackBerry Storm. The Android. The Palm Pre. When we think about these phones, we think AT&T, Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile and Sprint, respectively. Phone exclusivity is a major headache for consumers who want the latest and...
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.Collecting a soggy newspaper from the end of the driveway in one's pajamas is familiar to many...
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.There have been some press releases lately announcing the formation of a White Spaces Database Group that...
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.Ever since the huge turn out last Fall in Chicago for the Wireless History Foundation gala, I've...
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.Billions of new dollars may become available for broadband in national stimulus spending, with wireless companies and...
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.Billions of new dollars may become available for broadband in national stimulus spending, with wireless companies and...
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.From an outsider's point of view, it's easy to say mobile applications should be a slam dunk...
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 concept of open wireless networks is not new. In fact, an obligation to support "reselling" was...
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.Like many of the most popular scriptural sayings, "and the lion shall lay down with the lamb"...
