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TM Forum 2012 Wrap-up: Over analyzing the importance of Analytics in CEM?

The benefit of a long plane ride home with no diversions other than sitting through a playlist of hot-poker-to-the-eye "rom-coms" that I already watched traveling to and from the other spring trade shows is that I had plenty of time to stare out the...

TM Forum 2012: Keynote discusses investment conundrum in digital world

DUBLIN – In the morning keynote panel kicking off the TM Forum's Management World 2012 event, financial analysts joined the TM Forum's executive leadership to discuss what factors will determine the "winners and losers" in the digital world. Specifically, the questions to the panel...

TM Forum 2012: Alcatel-Lucent’s managed CEM looks to solve implementation black box

DUBLIN – Alcatel-Lucent kicked off its TM Forum Management World 2012 presence by announcing a significant new addition to the CEM solution capabilities that it officially brought to market in February. The new offering, entitled Managed Service Quality and Assurance, essentially offers the capabilities...

TM Forum Management World Preview: An obsession with monetization

As I get ready to make the journey from Austin to Dublin for the TM Forum's Management World 2012 event, I'm scrolling through a few key checklist items in my mind: remember my passport, rationalize the need to pack sweaters as I sit here...

Analyst Angle: Spectrum issues create uncertainty in the air

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. The 2012 edition of the International CTIA Wireless show held in New Orleans served as...

Sprint touts customer satisfaction, customers in Austin promptly lose service

On the day that Sprint tooted its horn as being the leading U.S. carrier in terms of customer satisfaction, the wireless operator's service went down covering nearly the entire Austin, Texas metro area. Local station KEYE TV reported that "a marathon repair effort...

Analyst Angle:The evolution of iDEN operators

During the last decade, Latin America's telecom industry has seen the rise and fall of many challengers to the iDEN "push-to-talk" service. The would-be successors used different technologies

Spectrum re-farming reigns as key small cells deployment challenge – a video essay

Beside hearing the obligatory merger rumors, and seeing an unbelievably massive amount of cell phone bling on display, last week's CTIA showcased plenty of equipment vendors showing off technologies that can help operators serve up blazing fast mobile broadband connections. Clearly small cells are...

Analyst Angle (CTIA 2012 Special Edition): Operators look to respond to challenging market dynamics with new sources of differentiation and aggressive posturing

Last week carriers, original equipment manufacturers and wireless ecosystem participants of all shapes and sizes descended on New Orleans for the annual CTIA show. And in a nice quirk of timing

CTIA 2012: Consumers want easy Wi-Fi access, but that’s easier said than done

NEW ORLEANS - In a study released by the WiFi Alliance, 90% of participants said that they would stick with their current mobile service provider, while 70% said that they would switch service providers, if necessary, to gain access to such a service. Sounds...

Analyst Angle: Operator survey – VoLTE will happen, but …

What do mobile operators think about VoLTE? Operators like MetroPCS and Verizon Wireless have announced aggressive VoLTE plans, with MetroPCS planning to launch two to three VoLTE handsets before

CTIA 2012: Ericsson brings AIR, NSN re-farms spectrum; both win at T-Mobile USA

NEW ORLEANS - Ericsson and Nokia Siemens Networks both announced radio and professional services deals with T-Mobile USA to modernize the operator's GSM and HSPA+ assets and support its LTE roll-out which is scheduled to begin in 2013. For its part, however, NSN also...

CTIA 2012: GSMA gets Canadian operator consortium to open APIs

NEW ORLEANS - The GSM Association announced the commercial launch of its OpenAPI gateway, along with its adoption by a consortium of three mobile network operators in Canada - Bell Canada, Rogers and Telus. The gateway offers application developers the ability to connect to...

3M unveils Slim Lock closure to automate process of weatherproofing tower mounted radios

New Orleans, Louisiana - In advance of CTIA Wireless, 3M released the Slim Lock Closure which provides weatherproof protection for coaxial jumper connections between tower mounted remote radio units and the antenna. The Slim Lock product consists of a hard plastic closure which snaps...

CTIA 2012: CTIA pre-show buzz – who cares, who doesn’t

By now I've read most of the "what we expect to see" columns heading into this year's edition of CTIA Wireless. As expected, most of them are pretty bland, some are kinda whiny and a few are insightful. With that in mind, rather than...

In-app advertising companies score big: LifeStreet and Vungle both close VC rounds

For most folks, news of heightened venture capital activity, especially when centered on a particular hot industry trend, should conjure a very appealing mental image: Jobs. Today, LifeStreet Media, a mobile advertising platform vendor, announced a $66 million investment from Nautic Partners. In addition...

Amdocs primes the pump for CTIA, announces BSS transformation with Globe

Amdocs announced that it has won a 7-year BSS transformation and data warehouse modernization contract with Globe in the Philippines. The contract builds upon an existing relationship between Amdocs and Globe in which the operator has already deployed the jNetx Convergent Service Platform, along...

Analyst Angle: HSPA+ and LTE offer a unique opportunity in Latin America, Caribbean

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. A primary challenge for wireless operators in Latin America and the Caribbean during the past three...

Analyst Angle: Anatel should have amended LTE spectrum auction rules to be more attractive

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. In January 2012, Anatel opened the LTE-spectrum auction rules for public consideration. The rules included details...

Analyst Angle: What is the future of Wi-Fi in the mobile network?

It is well established that mobile data traffic is growing much faster than mobile data service revenues. One thing that really has helped mobile operators handle this traffic is

Ericsson, NSN trump Huawei/ZTE with Softbank LTE references, then try to one-up each other

On consecutive days Nokia Siemens Networks and Ericsson announced deals to supply Softbank Mobile with LTE RAN equipment in support of the operator’s nationwide deployment which is expected to commence during the second half of 2012. In many ways, the consecutive announcements – which...

Analyst Angle: WiGig – Lightning fast wireless connectivity

There seems to be an insatiable thirst for speed when it comes to wireless. Whatever we have today, users always want more than what’s currently available. I remember when the predecessors

Analyst Angle: Reviewing Latin America’s MVNOs scenario

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.  More than ten years ago I authored the report “MVNO Opportunities in Latin America,” which recognized that...

Analyst Angle: Who am I? Privacy and Personal identity on the smartphone

Personal identity is an intriguing issue philosophy – I spent countless hours in university debating whether or not you are still yourself if you forget everything about your past, or your brain is moved to another body, or somebody else’s brain is transplanted to your body.