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.
March 16 2010 - 6:00 am ET | Jim Patterson, founder and CEO, Mobile Symmetry
Each of us who works in the telecom industry is a manager of assets – whether networks, systems, circuits, or handsets. These assets provide the basis for the customer relationships used to create cash to pay back the ... Read More »
March 16 2010 - 6:00 am ET | Kevin Mitchell, Director Solutions Marketing, Acme Packet
Each year the mobile industry starts with a bang as attendees flock to the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), GSMA Mobile World Congress (MWC) and International CTIA Wireless conferences and vendors introduce new ... Read More »
March 9 2010 - 9:56 am ET | Jim Patterson, founder and CEO, Mobile Symmetry
After a column a few weeks back where I took the industry to task on its poor asset management discipline, a colleague came into my office and proclaimed “So – there is nothing new under the sun?” That got me to ... Read More »
March 9 2010 - 9:34 am ET | Marcelo Claure, Chairman, President and CEO, Brightstar Corp.
Historically, manufacturers, operators and retailers each focused on capturing and defending their respective market shares, fragmenting the wireless ecosystem. ... Read More »
March 2 2010 - 6:00 am ET | Andrew Shikiar, Global Marketing Director, LiMo Foundation
In 2009 the app-store gold rush induced “headless chicken” behavior within the mobile industry on an unprecedented level ... Read More »
March 2 2010 - 6:00 am ET | Jim Patterson, founder and CEO, Mobile Symmetry
Greetings from the ice-crusted prairie where we celebrate mid-30 degree temperatures. The mercury wasn't the only thing that rose this past week as Cablevision, T-Mobile, Metro PCS, CenturyLink, Leap Wireless, Frontier and a host ... Read More »
February 23 2010 - 9:32 am ET | Jim Patterson, founder and CEO, Mobile Symmetry
With the Mobile World Congress behind us, it’s time to start re-frame the new-new broadband debate. We will continue to have the technology arguments, which, while valid, sound a lot like IP vs. Frame Relay arguments of the ... Read More »
February 23 2010 - 6:00 am ET | Steve Ives, co-founder and CEO, Taptu Ltd.
Over the past couple of years businesses have been scrambling to develop mobile apps, as the popularity of smart phones has created an app-frenzy world. ... Read More »
February 16 2010 - 6:00 am ET | Kevin Mitchell, Director Solutions Marketing, Acme Packet
Last year the issue of Voice over Long Term Evolution (VoLTE) emerged from the shadows, and after a rigorous debate, concluded in resounding fashion with a positive answer (yes, it's needed) and near unanimous support of a ... Read More »
February 9 2010 - 12:53 pm ET | Michael W. Shonafelt, Partner at lawfirm Parker Milliken Clark O’Hara and Samuelian; and Rich Grimes, Principal and CEO, Capital Tower Group L.L
Emboldened by a vision of a national wireless infrastructure that would set the standard for the world, Congress enacted the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to “promote competition and reduce regulation” and ... Read More »
February 9 2010 - 6:00 am ET | Terry Stepien, President, Sybase iAnywhere
Ecosystems found in nature can be easily destroyed when there is an imbalance. Business ecosystems tend to be somewhat hardier, yet they too demand balance. ... Read More »
February 9 2010 - 6:00 am ET | Marcelo Claure, Chairman, President and CEO, Brightstar Corp.
2010 will definitely be a year of significant innovation in the wireless industry, and the buzz surrounding wireless at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas was palpable. ... Read More »
February 2 2010 - 6:00 am ET | Andrew Shikiar, Global Marketing Director, LiMo Foundation
Over the past three years there has been an irreversible shift towards open platforms in the mobile marketplace. With this rapid adoption of openness and collaboration, mobile has yet again proven that it is one of the fastest ... Read More »
January 26 2010 - 6:00 am ET | Elizabeth Kerton, Managing Director, The Kerton Group
This year, like last year, they might as well have renamed CES the “iPhone and iPhone Accessories Show.” ... Read More »
January 26 2010 - 6:00 am ET | Jim Patterson, Founder and CEO, Mobile Symmetry
How do you “make it big” or “get the “big break?” You need access. Assuming you have the talent, you need to know the right person and be in the right place at the right time to make it “on the ... Read More »
January 19 2010 - 12:15 pm ET | Jim Patterson, Founder and CEO, Mobile Symmetry
On Friday, Verizon announced a new phone strategy, largely misreported as their volley in an escalating price war. ... Read More »
January 19 2010 - 6:00 am ET | Kevin Mitchell, Director Solutions Marketing, Acme Packet
On the threshold of this new decade, mobile service providers are in the early stages of a service delivery evolution encompassing both new services and new ways to deliver them. The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) lies at the ... Read More »
January 13 2010 - 10:38 am ET | Terry Stepien, President, Sybase iAnywhere
Based on the shopping bags I saw this past holiday season, the smartphone industry is posed to have a banner year in 2010. ... Read More »
January 12 2010 - 10:23 am ET | Jim Patterson, Founder and CEO, Mobile Symmetry
Whether you cringe at the thought of attending CES or look forward to it as much as the holiday break, you cannot leave the show without a feeling of tired awe. It is a logistical masterpiece. But more than that, it’s a ... Read More »
January 12 2010 - 6:00 am ET | Mike Tennefoss, Head of Strategic Marketing, Aruba Networks
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. ... Read More »
January 5 2010 - 6:00 am ET | Jim Patterson, Founder and CEO, Mobile Symmetry
Many of us, including me, will converge on Las Vegas to ingest the latest trends in telecommunications products and services. There’s a lot to see and hear, from companies both large and small at CES, so I’ll make ... Read More »
January 5 2010 - 6:00 am ET | Rob Rovetta, VP of Products, Quantance Inc.
As wireless voice and data communication has evolved from a high-end business tool to a mass market consumer service, wireless operators have increased their service footprints, extended roaming to a global level, added radio ... Read More »
December 29 2009 - 11:20 am ET | Jim Patterson, Founder and CEO, Mobile Symmetry
Season's greetings to the Reality Check faithful. It's been a trendful year, and while the pundits regurgitate headlines, I'll try to provide a deeper understanding into the “Nine for 2009” trends. So far, we have ... Read More »
December 15 2009 - 12:02 pm ET | Jim Patterson, CEO and Co-Founder, Mobile Symmetry
Happy holidays from Reality Check. Below are the three of the top trends that shaped our industry in 2009: ... Read More »
December 15 2009 - 10:44 am ET | Adi Ofrat, CEO, CelleBrite USA
The holiday season is upon us, and for carriers and device makers, things are looking good. Google’s Android is on the streets, application sales continue apace and the upcoming holiday rush is looking like it will be just ... Read More »
December 8 2009 - 6:00 am ET | Rob Rovetta, VP of Products, Quantance Inc.
Wireless service providers and their manufacturing partners are feeling the heat to deliver a wide range of new devices that will enable consumers to communicate via voice, Internet, e-mail and social networks at increasingly ... Read More »
December 8 2009 - 6:00 am ET | Jim Patterson, CEO and Co-Founder, Mobile Symmetry
With holiday shopping in full swing, and an early snow to boot, it's time to complete the list for the telecom industry. ... Read More »
December 1 2009 - 6:00 am ET | Isabelle Dumont, Senior Director of Marketing, Seven Networks Inc.
Mass adoption of mobile data services is becoming more and more driven by end users rather than operators or mobile service providers as an increasing number of devices at the lower end of the device portfolio are loaded with ... Read More »
December 1 2009 - 6:00 am ET | Jim Patterson, CEO and Co-Founder, Mobile Symmetry
As the spin doctors try to put a happy face on the retail shopping season, I thought I’d weigh in with my wish list for the industry. It’s kind of lengthy, so this is part one (in no particular order): ... Read More »
November 24 2009 - 6:00 am ET | Dan Warren, Director of Technology, GSMA
The global mobile industry is about to reach a major inflection point: Mobile broadband is on the verge of making the transition from a premium service for the affluent to a mass-market service. ... Read More »
November 17 2009 - 6:00 am ET | Jim Patterson, CEO and Co-Founder, Mobile Symmetry
I know that many of you are thinking “Isn't he a little late for Q3 comments?” Believe it or not, we just received the last of the quarterly SEC filings a couple of Fridays ago. ... Read More »
November 17 2009 - 6:00 am ET | Terry Stepien, President, Sybase iAnywhere
Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, iPhone, Android. What's next? The public's taste in smartphones seems to change much like the flavor of the week at the local coffee house. Yesterday's Double-Espresso Delight can be easily replaced by ... Read More »
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