Analyst Angle

As I review the new crop of phones being launched, one thing strikes me about the different flagship phones being promoted by the various handset makers – “these phones are all the same!” ... Read More »

During the recent capacity crisis suffered by AT&T Wireless it was expected the carrier would upgrade, as it was announced, in tough capacity urban markets such as New York and Los Angeles. ... Read More »

Just back from the Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona, where almost 50,000 of us wireless industry people gathered for perhaps the most expensive week of business in our industry. ... Read More »

Mobile termination rates, the price a mobile operator charges to complete calls on its network, have been gradually decreasing over the last several years. ... Read More »

While the wireless carriers in the U.S. try to wrestle spectrum from the hands of the government and the broadcasters, many other countries are preparing to auction their digital dividend and other spectrum bands. ... Read More »

There is much talk these days about the need for additional spectrum to facilitate the deployment of new technologies. ... Read More »

Over the past two weeks, RCR Wireless covered the dropping rates of unlimited voice cellular plans. ... Read More »

For those WCDMA carriers that are facing a capacity crunch due to the success of the Apple iPhone and other smartphones, help is as easy as HSPA+. ... Read More »

With all the talk of 4G technologies and the U.S. national broadband plan, it seems like a good time to step back and take a look at the broader role that wireless technologies can play in extending broadband services and their ... Read More »

As wireless operators utilize 3G and march toward 3.5G and 4G, collectively they face a large hurdle to broadband-on-the-go at reasonable prices. ... Read More »

Do you remember back in 2005 when the term Cyber Monday was coined? Retailers noticed a large spike in online purchasing the Monday following Thanksgiving. ... Read More »

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. ... Read More »

For those that have been around the Wireless industry for some time, think back to the dated and present practices that operators and service companies have employed to validate the quality of the network or benchmark the quality ... Read More »

I just returned from a very enlightening trip to India, where I sampled some of the cellular phone offerings in that part of the world. ... Read More »

Over the past few years, mobile payment solutions have experienced strong adoption in emerging markets like Africa as they perfectly fit the needs of many Africans who have limited resources or don't have a bank account. ... Read More »

As I was driving to daycare this morning, listening to CNBC on Sirius, a few thoughts crossed my mind; I was paying a $12 fee per month to Sirius and yet I could not listen to some of the Indian or South African radio programming ... Read More »

Those of us that spend hours a day, minutes a day, or even seconds a day online are almost certainly familiar with at least one social networking site and the volume of word-of-mouth marketing that occurs on them. ... Read More »

With my background working for a major wireless original equipment manufacturer and spending most of my career consulting with wireless operators, I started thinking about how this space would evolve in the future. ... Read More »

It’s official — fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) has proved to be a failure in the enterprise. The technology works beautifully and the capabilities are compelling. Ask an IT executive if the functionality enabled by ... Read More »

Wireless infrastructure OEMs such as the likes of Ericsson, Nokia Siemens Networks, Alcatel-Lucent, Huawei, etc., face new challenges in the era of increased competition, shorter technology cycles and eroding margins. ... Read More »

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. ... Read More »

With 150+ million wireless subscribers today, Brazil has become one of the largest wireless markets in the world. While the market remains in its early stage, there is a growing appetite for mobile content and services. ... Read More »

Interest in prepaid providers continues to boom. TNS Compete's behavioral panel tracks the online behavior of millions of consumers across the U.S. ... Read More »

Cheap phones attract new subscribers. Many consumers just would not pay $200 - $500 for a phone. But spread those payments over two years, and everyone will shove a phone in their pocket. ... Read More »

Mobile broadband is the network connectivity environment, where networks of different shapes and sizes collaborate to provide users unfettered access to the information they seek, the content they want to engage in, connect ... Read More »

The wireless market is littered with companies failing to extend their strong brand into the potentially lucrative U.S. smartphone market. Compaq, Hewlett-Packard, Motorola and Nokia, to name a few, all tried and failed to become ... Read More »

Today, while the U.S. mobile adult content market remains in a very early stage as there is no “pure” mobile adult content available on the carrier's deck, no “robust” age verification, classification or ... Read More »

The growth of the netbook sector has been an anomaly in an otherwise tired PC market. Netbooks are sub 3-pound ( ... Read More »

For wireless carriers, the white knight in the tale of declining voice ARPUs is wireless data services. They have been employing various techniques over the years to drive adoption. ... Read More »

Cellular phones are, as you well know, ubiquitous these days. And for the past decade, the dominant players in the industry have been well distributed around the globe. There is strong representation from Korea, Japan, ... Read More »

After months of speculations, Apple iPhone 3G S is about to make its “official” entry in the Chinese market, following China Unicom's announcement of a three-year deal with Apple to sell the watershed device in China ... Read More »