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Contributor - RCR Wireless News CEO of Patterson Advisory [email protected] Jim Patterson is CEO of Patterson Advisory Group, a tactical consulting and advisory services firm dedicated to the telecommunications industry. Previously, he was EVP – Business Development for Infotel Broadband Services Ltd., the 4G service provider for Reliance Industries Ltd. Patterson also co-founded Mobile Symmetry, an identity-focused applications platform for wireless broadband carriers that was acquired by Infotel in 2011. Prior to Mobile Symmetry, Patterson was President – Wholesale Services for Sprint and has a career that spans over twenty years in telecom and technology. Patterson welcomes your comments at [email protected] and you can follow him on Twitter @pattersonadvice.

  • The Sunday Brief: 2Q earnings review (Part 3) — Verizon’s calculus

    by Jim Patterson August 25, 2025
    by Jim Patterson August 25, 2025

    Greetings from Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, and Missouri.  We presented with Jeff Yount of Intermountain Infrastrucutre Group (IIG) at the UNITEL 2025 Executive Summit.  Terrific discussions with several fiber and legislative leaders there, and many …

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  • Value Creation — Long-term charts, Fab Five vs. Telco Top Five (Analyst Angle)

    by Jim Patterson August 4, 2025
    by Jim Patterson August 4, 2025

    Over the last two weeks, the Fab Five were up $16 billion — basically no change on their $13.2 trillion total market capitalization Given earnings growth in last week’s quarterly …

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  • The Sunday Brief: 2Q earnings review (Part 1)

    by Jim Patterson July 28, 2025
    by Jim Patterson July 28, 2025

    Greetings from soggy Kansas City and Cedar Rapids.  Pictured is the crew from this year’s CellSite Solutions 2025 INDATEL Summit dinner.  Nine different companies represented in the picture – an …

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  • The Sunday Brief: Influencing events

    by Jim Patterson July 14, 2025
    by Jim Patterson July 14, 2025

    PLEASE NOTE – This is the last email edition of The Sunday Brief that we will distribute, going forward, you will receive an email from Wordpress where the online edition …

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  • The Sunday Brief: 2Q earnings preview — the questions no one will ask (but should)

    by Jim Patterson June 23, 2025
    by Jim Patterson June 23, 2025

    Greetings from Cedar Rapids (Iowa) and Camdenton, Jefferson City and Kansas City (Missouri).  Pictured are some protesters walking by our lunch location in Jefferson City last Saturday (the sign reads …

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  • The Sunday Brief: Another disappointing BEAD delay

    by Jim Patterson June 9, 2025
    by Jim Patterson June 9, 2025

    Greetings from Nashville, Cedar Rapids, and Kansas City.  It has been a whirlwind of activity since Memorial Day, and the summer promises to be filled with even more headlines.  The …

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  • The Sunday Brief: Three long-form videos (Memorial Day edition)

    by Jim Patterson May 27, 2025
    by Jim Patterson May 27, 2025

    Memorial Day Greetings from Florida, Iowa, and Missouri.  The picture is from our dog’s (Abby) recent visit to the Springfield (MO) farm where she awarded the Editor with multiple prize …

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  • The Sunday Brief: Two Q1 earnings mysteries

    by Jim Patterson May 12, 2025
    by Jim Patterson May 12, 2025

    Mother’s Day greetings from Missouri, Iowa, and, by the time most of you read this, Florida, home of the Conexon Ignite workshop (CellSite Solutions has been a longtime supplier of …

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  • The Sunday Brief: Q1 telco top five earnings — five observations

    by Jim Patterson April 28, 2025
    by Jim Patterson April 28, 2025

    Greetings from Mexico, Missouri, and Iowa.  We realigned the start date of the bi-weekly format to accommodate the Easter holiday (and our 30th wedding anniversary) weekend.  We will have a similar skip …

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  • The Sunday Brief: Is telecom a safe haven?

    by Jim Patterson April 7, 2025
    by Jim Patterson April 7, 2025

    March greetings from Iowa and Missouri.  This week’s picture is of Saturday’s peaceful protest on the Kansas City Plaza.  While this location is known for weekly demonstrations, the crowd size …

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  • The Sunday Brief: Q1 wireless competitive dynamics

    by Jim Patterson March 24, 2025
    by Jim Patterson March 24, 2025

    March greetings from Iowa and Missouri.  This week’s picture is a throwback to what we were all doing five years ago.  Humans and dogs looked for any opportunity to get …

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  • The Sunday Brief: Where are they spending money? (2025 edition)

    by Jim Patterson March 10, 2025
    by Jim Patterson March 10, 2025

    March greetings from Iowa and Missouri.  Pictured is Jim with his colleague Marty Smith during a recent facility tour of Blue Star Power Systems manufacturng facilty in North Mankato, Minnesota …

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  • The Sunday Brief: Did they prove it?

    by Jim Patterson February 10, 2025
    by Jim Patterson February 10, 2025

    February greetings from Boston (pictured), Iowa, and Missouri.  The last two weeks have been filled with earnings releases, economic reports, and general news.  We will do our best to cover …

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  • The Sunday Brief: Q1 earnings preview—what each company must prove (part 2)

    by Jim Patterson January 27, 2025
    by Jim Patterson January 27, 2025

    January greetings from Minnesota, Missouri, Kentucky, Ohio and Iowa — back on the road drumming up business for CellSite Solutions even with Arctic Chill weather.  But never too busy to stop for …

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  • The Sunday Brief: Q1 earnings preview—what each company must prove (Part 1)

    by Jim Patterson January 13, 2025
    by Jim Patterson January 13, 2025

    January greetings from Missouri and Iowa, where one of the two states received a foot of snow (and the other, their northern neighbor, received a small amount yet participated in …

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  • The Sunday Brief: CES preview—AI helps but does not remake the consumer electronics industry

    by Jim Patterson January 2, 2025
    by Jim Patterson January 2, 2025

    December greetings from Fraser, Colorado (picured), Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Kansas City, Missouri.  We hope the Holidays have been restful and enjoyable for each of you, and that 2025 brings …

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  • The Sunday Brief: Bandwidth infrastructure hype?

    by Jim Patterson December 16, 2024
    by Jim Patterson December 16, 2024

    December greetings from Cedar Rapids and Kansas City.  The opening picture is of the Christmas tree perched atop the Quaker Oats plant in Cedar Rapids.  Not only was this a …

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  • The Sunday Brief: Who’s got momentum? (Part 2)

    by Jim Patterson November 18, 2024
    by Jim Patterson November 18, 2024

    November greetings from Cedar Rapids and Kansas City.  The picture will be a familiar sight for those in the fiber industry.  Yes, we are getting a second fiber to the home (FTTH) …

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  • The Sunday Brief: Who’s got momentum? (Part 1)

    by Jim Patterson November 4, 2024
    by Jim Patterson November 4, 2024

    November greetings Cedar Rapids, Kansas City, and Iowa City.  The opening picture was taken from Kinnick Stadium after the first quarter (note the “Hi Kids” sign on the scoreboard – …

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  • The Sunday Brief: 3Q earnings questions (Part 2)

    by Jim Patterson October 20, 2024
    by Jim Patterson October 20, 2024

    October greetings from Boston, Cedar Rapids, and Kansas City.  It was great to meet with Troy Doom, the CEO of Ice House America, one of Fort Point Capital’s investments (more …

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  • The Sunday Brief: 3Q earnings questions (Part 1)

    by Jim Patterson October 7, 2024
    by Jim Patterson October 7, 2024

    October greetings from Virginia, Iowa, Missouri and Massachusetts.  Our hearts go out to those impacted by Hurricane Helene.  CellSite is providing civil construction services to several tower companies and service …

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  • The Sunday Brief: T-Mobile Capital Markets Day—what it takes to be a champion

    by Jim Patterson September 22, 2024
    by Jim Patterson September 22, 2024

    September greetings from Kansas City, Cedar Rapids, and Charlottesville where we are attending a family wedding (picture is of the Rotunda at the University of Virginia).  A terrific celebration with …

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  • The Sunday Brief: Why Frontier? Why now?

    by Jim Patterson September 9, 2024
    by Jim Patterson September 9, 2024

    September greetings from Kansas City and Cedar Rapids.  Pictured is the CellSite Solutions indoor gantry crane moving one of September’s remufacturing shelter projects into place (twenty tons of project in …

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  • The Sunday Brief: 2Q earnings review—when history rhymes (Part 2)

    by Jim Patterson August 26, 2024
    by Jim Patterson August 26, 2024

    August greetings from Cedar Rapids and Kansas City.  This week’s opening picture comes courtesy of the 49th Annual St Jude’s Sweet Corn Festival held from August 9-11 in Cedar Rapids.  The …

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  • The Sunday Brief: 2Q earnings review—when history rhymes (Part 1)

    by Jim Patterson August 12, 2024
    by Jim Patterson August 12, 2024

    July and August greetings from Nashville, Boston, Cedar Rapids, St. Louis, and Kansas City.  Pictured is our wonderful view from the Cardinals-Royals game on Saturday  No one complained about the …

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